Milford chronicle., 1918-01-18
GOVERNMENT CLOSES
PLANTS TO SAVE FUEL
Orders are Strict, and Apply to All
Glasses Of Business-HeaYy
Penalty for ViOlatOrs.

I
Orders were issued Wednesday
/ night by the Fuel Administrator to
the effect that all manufacturing bus
inesses must close today friday and
to remain closed until midnight on
I Tuesday next. The order also requires
that stores and other places Of busi-
ness must close each Monday, begin
ming with next Monday, and continu-
ing for ten weeks. This order, so
FAR as can be learned as we 20 to
press, applies to schools and other
public institutions, as we'll as stores.
A briet summary of the orders, as
preliminarily outlined, follows:
Until further order of the United
States Fuel Administrator all persons
selling fuel in whatever capacity shall
give preference to orders for neces-
sary requirements. This includes rail-
roads, domestic consumers, hospitals.
army and navy cantonments. manu-
facturers of perishable food or food
for necessary immediate CONSUMPTION
The order provides that on January
IS. 10, 20, p and %. 1918. no fne1
snail be delivered to any person, firm.
association or corporation for anv
uses or requirements not included in
the foregoing list until the REQUIRE
ments included in the list shall have
been first delivered
On January is, 10. 20. 21 and %. !
1918, and also on each and every Mon
day beginning January 2S. 1918, and |
up to and including March /
20 1918, no manufacturing plant shall |
burn fuel or use power derived from |
fuel for any purpose except
"Sucl Dianfg from fhofr naf,,r,
must be continuously operated seven
days each week, to avoid serious in
jury to the plant itself or to its CON
tents;
Manufacturers of perishable food;
Manufacturers of food not perish
able and not in immediate demand
who may burn fuel to such extent as
S authorized by the fuel administra-
or of the state in which such plant
S located or by mis- representative
authorized therefor, upon application
~ the United States Food Admins
rator;
printing establishments may burn ,
uel on January IS, 19, 20, 21 and %. .
o such extent as is necessary to issue
urrent numbers of magazines and
ther publications periodically issued. =
On each Monday beginning Janu- I
ry p, 1918, and continuing up to and 1
including Monday, March 25, 1918, no Z
lel snail be burned Except to such 3
Ntent as is essential to prevent in \
lry to property from freezing) for t
he purpose of supplying heat for \
ANY business or professional Offic- a
s. except offices used by the United
tates, State, County, or municipal s
OVernments, transportation compan- a
IS. or which are occupied by banks |;
nd trust companies or by physicians s.
r dentists; b
wholesale or retail stores, or any n
ores, business houses, or buildings
hatever, except that for the purpose
: selling food only, for which pur-
)ses stores may maintain necessary
eat until II o'clock noon; and for
.e purpose of selling drugs and med !,
al supplies only, stores may main II !
in necessary heat throughout the
~ and evening;
Theatres, moving picture houses. al
wiling alleys. billiard rooms, private m
public dance halls, or any other H
ace of amusement. in
ON the above specified MONDAYS
fuel shall be burned for the pur- OF
,se OF heating rooms or buildings in hi
lich liquor is sold on those days. in
NO fuel shall be burned on any of al
g foregoing specified Mondays for
e purpose of supplying power for NJ
e movement of surface, elevated. d.
bway or suburban cars or trains in .
cess of the amount used on Sun a.
US previously thereto. al
The order provides that nothing in ~
order shall be held to forbid the
rning Of fuel to heat rooms or such IN
rtions of buildings as are used in az
nnection with the production or dis M
button of fuel Cf
The state fuel administrators are by
thorized by the order to issue ord SIS
on special applications for relief: IN
ere necessary to prevent injury to
llth or destruction of or injury to
'perty by fire or freezing.
The order under which the above
trictions are made is designed to
tribute with absolute impartiality
burden of patriotic denial. All Jal
sSes of business are treated alike De