The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-19
FUEL ADMINISTRATOR
EXEMPTS 1000 FIRMS
FROM CLOSING ORDER
Hundreds of Thousands Will Return to Work Under New
Immunity Ruling Factories Building Aircraft Long
est on Lists of Non Restricted Plants

Washington, Jan. 19-United States
Fuel Administrator Garfield gave out
a list yesterday of industrial concerns
which had been exempted from the
operation of the order curtailing the
use of coal This list was compiled
on information furnished by the Sec
rotary of War, the Secretary of the
Navy, and heads of other govern
ment departments. About 1000 plants
are included insuring work to hun
dreds of thousands Of men It en-
braces concerns supplying materials
under contract to the government,
where these materials are immedi-
ateIy needed and can be delivered
without adding to the present con-
gested transportation condition.
The concerns are exempted only in
so far as they are operating on the
articles specified in the list. There
are no general exemptions of indus
try. The longest list of special in
dustries constitute the firms building
aircraft.
The list follows:
For the manufacture of t1gas masks
of the box respirator type:
B. Goodrich Company, Akron, Ohio.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company,
Akron, Ohio.
Mechanical Rubber Goods Com
pany, Cleveland.
c. Kenyon Company, Brooklyn.
Gas Defense Plant. Long Island,
Operated by Gas Defense Ser
vice.)
Astoria Light, Heat & Power Com
pany. Astoria, L. I.
F'ulford Manufacturing Company,
Providence.
Nashawanna Mill, New Bedford,
Mass.
Wamsutta Mil. New Bedford, Mass.
Sayles B1eacheries, Saylesvfl1e, RI
Hero Manufacturing Company,
Philadelphia
All plants of the du Pont Powder
Company.
Hercules Powder Company, Will
mington, Del.
Aetna Powder Company, New York
For the manufacture of rifles, pistols
machine guns and small arms
ammunition:
Savage Arms Company, Utica, N. Y.
Marlin Arms Corporation, New Ha.
ven, Conn.
Remington. o. M G. Company
Bridgeport, Conn
Remington q. N. c. Co.. nion, N. Y
Remington U. NJ c. Co, Hoboken
N. J.
Remington q. NJ Y. Co., swanton
vt.
Colt Patent Fire Arms Co., Hart
ford. Conn.
Marlin Rockwell Corporation, New
Haven, Conn.
Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
Eddystone, Penn.
q. S. Cartridge Co, Lowell, Mass.
National Brass and Copper Tube
Co., Hastings, N. Y.
Peters Cartridge Co., Cincinnati.
Western Cartridge Co., Upper Al.
ton, Ill.
Smith &c Wesson, Springfield, Mass
U. S. Machine Gun Co., CHopkfnt
& Allen Plant,) Meriden, Conn.
For the manufacture of tmportan
forgings:
Bethlehem Steel Company, sout1
Betnlehem. Penn.
Midvale Steel Co, Nfcetown, Penn
Hydraulic Pressed Steel Co., Cleve
land.
American Car and Foundry Co.
Detroit.
For the manufacture OF war essen
tiaIs needed Immediately:
AI1is-Chalmers Mfg. Co.. Milwaukee
Wis.
Burks Electric Co.. Erie, Pa.
Electric Machinery Co.. Minneapolis
General Electric Co.. Schenectady
N.
Goodman Mfg. Co.. Chicago.
Jeffrey Mfg. Co., Columbus
Pittsburgh Transformer Co., Pitts
burgh.
Reliance Electric & Engineering Co.
! Cleveland.
Triumph Elect. Co.. Cincinnati.
Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg Co., Eas
Pittsburgh.
For the manufacture of Liberty Bon
paper:
Crane & Co., Pittsfie1d. Mass.
For the manufacture Of chrome green
J. T. Lewis Bros. Co., Philadelphia.
For the manufacture of linseed oil.
c. W. H. Carter. 8 Ferry street, Ney
York
For the manufacture OF destroyers:
Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation
Quincy. Mass.
VIM. Cramp & Sons, 8. & e. B. Co
Philadelphia
New York Shipbuilding Co.. Camder
N. J.
Newport News shipbufiding & D. I
Co., Newport News, Va.
For the manufacture Of forgings 70
destroyezs:
Camden Forge Co.. Camden: n. J.
Aliis-Chalmers Co, Milwaukee. Wi!
Erie Forge Co.. Erie, Pa.
For the manufacture of boilers fc
destToyers:
Babcoek & Wilcox Co., Bayonn.
N. J.
For the manufacture of seanIe,
tues less than one and one-haIf il
ches in diameter:
National Tube Co., MeKeesport, Penn
Pittsburgh Steel Tube Co., Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Steel Products Co, Pitts
burgh.
Ohio Seamless Steel Tube Co, Sheb,
> Ohio.
For the manufacture Of condens,
tubes f1ve-eighths of an inch in di,
meter for destroyers:
= American Brass Co., Bridgeport, Com
Bridgeport Brass Co., Brfdgepor
= Conn.
For the manufacture of aircraft al
signal corps products:
A. c. Clark Co., Chicago.
Packard Motor Co. Detroit.
Ford Motor Co., Detroit.
Lincoln Motor Co, Detroit