Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-23
RULES TO GOVERN
COAL Distribution
Only Amount Needed Will Be
Allowed Westinghouse
After April /.
MUST FILE APPLICATION

Beginning Monday, April 1, no house
holder will be permitted to buy coal for
domestic uses until he has filed out and
filed with his dealer on the official form
an Application of consumer for annual
requirements" The blank forms have
been printed under direction Of John l.
Weaver, fuel administrator for the Dis
trict, and now are in the hands of deal
ers. They may be filled out and signed
at any time and orders placed under
them for delivery after April L.
Even If a consumer wants only ton
or half ton for spring and summer
use, he must specify his requirements
for a full year before any, can be de-
livered to him. The form provides
space first for the name of the dealer
with whom the application is filed.
Then must be stated the quantity re-
CURED for the year ending March 81,
1919, SO many tons for heating plant
and>so many tons for range.
The next question is as to the quanti7
ty desired for immediate delivery. If
the total requirement specified is over
six tons the dealer will be permitted
to deliver only two-thirds of the order.
SO long as he has untitled orders for
immediate delivery. When all his Gus
toners have beer supplied with two
thirds of the coal ordered for immedi-
ate delivery, the other third will be
delivered in the order in which appli-
cations were filed. This regulation is
provided so that all may have an equal
ho OF he yr71 irh
continue until August l. Orders for six
tons or less may be delivered in full
when received.
Must Answer Other Questions.
Other questions which the consumer
must answer are as to the quantity
consumed. during the year ending
April 1: kind of building occupied
number of rooms; kind of heating
plant, and whether he has any unified
orders with other dealers. Name and
with the certification that the state
ments he makes are true. to the best of
his knowledge and belief.
A footnote says: ANY person who
willfully makes a false statement upon
the foregoing application is subject to
prosecution under the Lever act, which
imposes a penalty of $1,000 fine or two
years imprisonment, or BOTH
1t is intended that every householder
shall be permitted to buy sufficient coal
to run him full year, but that he shall
not be permitted to buy in excess OF
that quantity. In addition to the pen
atty provided for the making OF a
false statement, dealers are forbidden,
under like penalty, to fill any orders
for what appears to be an excessive
quantity of coal. If the quantity speci-
fed by the applicant seems reasonable,
considering the size Of his house, It's
location and the kind of heating plant,
the dealer will fill the order without
question. II the quantity sought ap-
pears to the dealer to be unreasonably
large. the APPLICATION will be referred to
the office of the fuel administrator for
ginyesigation and proper acticn.Hse
I Can Get Only Years Supply.
The regulations provide that the
quantity Of coal a consumer has, on
hand April must be deducted from his
total requirements for the year. For
example. if his years requirement is
twelve tons and he has two tons on