The Republican journal., 1918-01-31
THE STATE OF MAINE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Pursuant to the orders issued by DR..
Garfield, U. S. Federal Fuel Administra-
tor have adopted the following regula-
tions to be applied on Mondays beginning
January 81, 1918, up to and including
March rs, '1S
The spirit of DR.. Garfield's order is that
no fuel shall be consumed for the heating
of any buildings except such quantity
as will prevent injury or damage to build
ings and their contents.
The Committee understands this to
mean that degree of heat sufficient only
to prevent sprinkler systems from freez-
ing or contents of stores from freezing or
being damaged may be maintained dur
ing the days specified.
The following exceptions are allowed:
Buildings in which are situated banks
! and trust companies, doctors and dent
lists offices or offices of the U. S. Gov
ernment, County or Municipal govern
ment offices, transportation companies,
public utility companies, telephone or
telegraph companies and the rooms used
in the connection with the production,
transportation or distribution of fuel are
allowed to furnish heat for those offices
alone. The heat in other offices in such
buildings shall be reduced to minimum
sufficient only to prevent injury to the
building or its contents.
Lodge rooms in which are held stated
or regular meetings are allowed to be
heated.
Wholesale and retail grocery and pro-
vision stores may remain open Monday
until IL o'clock noon, but if it is abso-
lutely necessary for the proper distribu-
tion of food, they may remain open the
entire day. Confectionery stores may
keep open until noon.
Bakeries and Bake Shops may remain
open until IL o'clock noon. A manufac-
turing baker may remain open all day.
Cigar stores may remain open until IL
o'clock noon.
| day.
Laundries may remain open all day.
Stores carrying a regular line of news
papers and periodicals may be allowed to
keep open until IL o'clock noon for the
selling of newspapers and such other
articles as they may have in stock. At
ter Il o'clock noon only periodicals and
newspapers shall be sold. These stores
are supposed to close not later than g. 80
D. m. or at such time as will enable such
stores to distribute evening papers.
| Barber shops, manicuring and hair
dressing rooms, except those where the
business is conducted in their living
1 apartments, shoe repairing shops and
boot blacking establishments may remain
open until - o'clock noon
Automobile repair shops may remain
open all day but automobile sales rooms
must be closed.
Electrical repair shops may be open all
day but sales rooms connected with such
| establishments must remain closed
4 Fruit stores remain open until noon
The provisions relating to the distribution
of food does not apply to these stores.
| Drug stores, both wholesale and retail,
may remain open until noon for the SELL
ing of all articles in stock. After noon
| they may remain open but only for the
| selling of drugs and medical and surgical
supplies.
Billiard halls, pool rooms, bowling al
! leys, dance halls, theatres and all other
places of amusement are allowed to keep
open on Monday but must close on Tues
day.
Restaurants, hotels or other places in
which meals are served are allowed to be
open all day After noon these places
shall remain only open for the purpose of
serving meals, the selling of tobacco,
cigars and cigarettes and other similar
articles are prohibited.
Printing establishments must remain
/ closed all day unless they are such estab-
iishmentS as newspaper offices, or places
! in which it is necessary to issue current
numbers of magazines and other publlca-
tons periodically issued.
Optician stores, optometrists and es-
adjustments where dental supplies are
sold are not considered within the eX-
emption granted to physicians or dentists
and therefore must remain closed only to
/ be opened in case of an emergency.
/ Manufacturers expressly exempted by
( the Fuel and Food Administration or by
/ the U. S. Departments for which they
are carrying out contracts are allowed to
run.
All others must remain closed unless
I the power for running their factories is
water power hydro electric power or II
the power is furnished by waste made
from their own plant
In other manufacturing plants only sui
| ficient heat shall be allowed to prevent
damage to their plant but no fuel In thelr
case shall be used for the generation OF
power.
The term fuel includes coal, wood, gas,
all fuel oils, kerosene and gasoline.
j. C. HAMLEN.