Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-18
United States Fuel Administra-
tration, Washington, d. c.,
Jan. II, 1918.

tration. Washington, ID. c..
Jan. II, 1918.
Regulation making provision
for u more adequate supply OF
Iuel Tor railroads, domestic con-
sumers, puphc utilities and 9TH
er uses necessary to the national
security.
The United States fuel admin
istrator, acting under the au-
thorIty of an executive order of
the President of the United
states dated % August, 1917,
appointing said administrators,
in furtherance of the purposes
OF said order and of the pur-
poses of the act of Congress
therein referred to, approved
10 August, 1917, and tinuing it
essential effectively to carry out
the provisions OF this act, to
make provision for a more ade-
quate supply of fuel for rail-
roads, domestic consumers, pub
lie utilities and for other uses
necessary to the national Sc
curity in certain parts of the
United States, hereby makes and
prescribes the following regula-
ton:
Section l. Until further order
of the United States fuel ad-
,ministrator, all persons selling
fuel in whatever capacity shall,
in filling their contracts or or
ders now on hand, give prefer
ence to necessary current re-
,quircments of: Railroads, do
meStic consumers, hospitals,
charitable institutions, army
ana navy cantonments, public
utilities, byproduct coke plants
supplying gas for household use,
telephone and telegraph plants,
shipping for bunker purposes,
the United States for strictly
governmental purposes (not
including factories or plants
working on contracts for the
United States), manufacturers
of perishable food or of food for
necessary immediate consump-
ton, and municipal, county or
state governments for necessary
public uses, any tonnage re-
naming after the foregoing
preferred shipments have been
made may be applied in filling
any other contracts or orders.
Sec. IL. On the following days,
namely, January IS, 10, 2O,f2l
and %, 1918, the state fuel ad-
ministrators and their accred-
tied representatives in the va
rious communities in the terri
tory in which this regulation
applies are hereby empowered
and directed to divert such fuel
as arrives in such communities
in carload lots to meet the cur
rent requirements and to pro-
vide an adequate and normal
supply for such consumers OF
fuel as are specified in Section
| hereof.
Sec. III. on the following
days, namely, January lS, ~,
20, 21 and %, 1918, and also on
each and every Monday begin
ming January 2S, 1918, and con-
tinu!ng up to and including
March %, 1918, no manutac-
turer or manufacturing plant
shall burn fuel or use power de-
rived from fuel for any purpose
with the following exceptions:
(a) Plants which necessarily
must be continuously operated
seven days each week to avoid
serious injury to the plant itself
or its contents may use only
such quantity of fuel as is nee
essary to prevent such injury to
the plant or its contents;
(b) Manufacturers or plants
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or foods for necessary imme-
date consumption;
(c) Manufacturers of food not
perishable and not necessary for
Immediate consumption may
burn fuel to the extent author
lied by the fuel administrator
of the state in which such plant
is located or by his duly author
lied representative upon appli-
cation by the United States food
Cd Plants necessary to the
printing and publication of daily
papers may burn fuel or use
power derived therefrom as
usual. except that on everyM Mon
day. from January 21 to March
%, 1918. inclusive. they may
burn fuel or use power derived
therefrom only to such extent
as is necessary to print and pub
lish such editions as such plants
customarily print and publish on
legal holidays other than the
Sabbath: or, if such plants do
not customarily print or pub
lish any editions on such legal
holidays they may burn fuel or
use such power to such extent
as is necessary to issue one edi-
ton on the said Mondays;
(e) Printing establishments
may burn fuel on January IS,
10, 20, 81 and %, 1918, to such
extent as is necessary to issue
current numbers of magazines
and other publications periodi-
cally issued.
Sec. ". On each Monday be-
ginning January 81, 1918. and
continuing up to and including
Nor day. March 25, 1918, no fuel