The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-26
MANUF FACTURERS
ARE IN QUANDARY
Those Burning Waste Wood
Don't Know What is Re-
quired of Them
FUEL RULINGS
CONTRADICTORY
New England Administrator Says Plants
Burning By-products are Exempt
While State Administrator Says No
Other Rulings Made for Monday.

On the eve of the second Monday
holiday Brattleboro manufacturers who
use wood for fuel are confronted with
conflicting interpretations of the fuel
administration s closing orders.
From the Office of the state fuel ad-
ministratora comes this order;
The present order is designated
to restrict the use of all kinds of
fuel on the days prescribed and
this includes fuel in whatever form
burned. All plants except those ex-
empted in the ruling must shut
down on the prescribed days. Fuel
may only be used to prevent freez-
ing. Even plants using more coal
when shut down must carefully
comply with ruling
From the Office of the New England
fuel administrator has been issued a
codification " superseding all provision
al Monday rulings inconsistent there
with, - of which the second ruling IS as
foIlows:
Factories which, like WOODWORK
ing plants, through the burning of
byproducts of manufacture use no
more coal or wood or electric eur
rent derived from fuel than they
would he obliged to use keep their
water pipes from freezing if they
did not operate, are not within the
order
Ruling , from the New England ad-
ministrator codifcation says:
Operation by water power is not
within the order. In factories so
operated the use Of fuel for minor
incidental purposes is not forbid
den.
The Rcformer this noon called the
| office of the state fuel administration
in Montpelier and brought to its atten
tion the contradictory interpretations
Its reply was that the ruling made by
the Vermont official was based on {
! telegram from Washington answering
specific question IN regard to plant.
| burning wood, and that Vermont man
ufacturers should follow it
| On the other hand, the Storrow in
| depreciation of the Garfield order bear
the statement that it is from Wash
ington.'
local plants affected by this appar
ont conflict of fuel authorities are TIL
/ White River Chair Co, the S. A. Smitl
! Manufacturing Co, Holden & Martin
| and the Hooker, Corser & Mitchell
! Overall Co. f. c. Bacon, counsel 70
the White River Chair Co, called th
office of the New England fuel admins
traitor last week and received from tha
source a ruling which conforms to tha
in Mr. Storrow s latest codifcation an
would give the local plant the right t
orerate. IN view of the latest rulin
from the state fuel administration
however, Mr.. Bacon frankly confegse
that he is at loss as to what to aC
wise his client we are anxious I
obey the order of the federal fuel &C
ministrator, he said this noon, "bu
in order to do that we must know wha
is required of US.
Other rulings on Monday closin
promulgated by the state fuel admini
traitor today are as follows:
Manufacturers using shavings
for heating may run sufficiently on
Mondays to prevent plants from
freezing.
Wholesale grocery stores must
shut down at noon.
Restaurants cannot sell cigars to
their guests on Monday but hotels
can.
Pool and billiard rooms can keep
open on Monday for play but can
not sell tobacco or cigars. They
cannot keep open on Tuesday for
play but can keep open to sell to
bacco and cigars.
Barber shops can keep open on
Monday to attend to the require
: ments of their regular trade.