The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-18
FEDERAL FUEL ORDER
IS NOW IN OPERATION


all persons selling fuel in whatever
capacity, SHALL in filling their contracts
| for orders now on hand, give prefer
ence to necessary current requirements
of railroads, domestic consumers, hos
pitfalls, charitable institutions, army and
product coke plants supplying gas for
household uses. telephone and tele-
graph plants, shipping for bunker pur-
poses, the United States, for strictly
governmental purposes (not including
factories or plants working or con-
tracts for the United States), manu-
facturers of perishable food or of food
for necessary immediate consumption
and municipal, county or state govern
ments for necessary public uses.
"Any tonnage remaining after the
foregoing preferred shipments have
been made may be applied in filling
any other contracts or orders.
"Sec. 2. On the following days
namely, January Is, 10, 20, 21 and %,
l91S-the state fuel administrators and
various communities in the territory in
which this regulation applies are here
by empowered and directed to divert
such fuel as arrives in communities
in carload lots to keep current require
ments and to provide an adequate and
normal supply for such consumers of
fuel as are specified in section 1 hereof.
"Sec. 3. On the following days
namely, January Is, 10, 20, q and %,
191S-and also on each and every Mon
| day beginning January %, 1918, and
continuing up to and including March
%, 1918, no manufacturer or manufac-
turing plant shall burn fuel or use
| power derived from fuel for any pur-
| pose, 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
necessary to prevent such injury to
| the plant or its contents.
"(b) Manufacturers or plants manu-
| featuring perishable food or food for
, necessary immediate consumption.
Hoover Rules on Food Needs.
"(c) Manufacturers of food not per-
| iShable and not necessary for immedi-
ate consumption may burn fuel to the
! extent authorized by the fuel admins
| traitor of the state in which such plant
, is located or by his fully authorized
representative upon application to the
United States food administrator.
| "(d) Plants necessary to the print
/ ing and publication Of daily papers
may burn fuel and use power derived
| therefrom as usual, except that on
every Monday from January p to
March %, 1918, inclusive, they may
| burn fuel or use power derived there
from only to such extent as is neces-
sary to print and publish such edi-
| tions as such plant customarily prints
and publishes on legal holidays other
than the Sabbath; or, if such plants
do not customarily print or publish
any edition on such legal holidays
they may burn fuel or use such power
to such extent as is necessary to issue
one edition on the said Monday,
"(e)) Printing establishments may
burn fuel on January Is, 19, 20, p
and %, 1918, to such an extent as is
necessary to issue current numbers OF
magazines and other publications peri
odically issued.
"Dry" Restaurants Exempt.
"Sec. 4. On each Monday beginning
January q and continuing up to anC
including Monday, March 25, 1918, nc
fuel shall be burned Except to such
an extent as is essential to prevent in
jury to property, freezing) for the pur
pose of supplying heat for:
"(a) Any business or professional of
fees, except offices used by the United
States state, county or municipal gov
ernments, transportation companies
public utilities companies, telephone
and telegraph companies, banks, trus
companies, physicians or dentists.
"{b) Wholesale or retail stores Of
any stores, business houses or busi
ness buildings whatever, except tha
for the purpose of selling food only
stores may maintain necessary hea
on any of the specified days unit
twelve o'clock noon, and except ina
for the purpose of selling drugs ant
medical supplies only, stores ma!
maintain necessary heat Throughout
the day and evening.
"(c) TheaterS, mOvlng-plctur'
houses, bowling alleys, billiard rooms
private or public dance halls, or an!
other place of public amusement.
"Sec. 5. On each Monday beginning
January %, 1918, and continuing up tt
and including March %, 1918, no fue
shall be burned for the purpose O
heating rooms in which intoxicating
liquor is sold or served on these days:
Nothing in this regulation shall p'
construed to forbid the heating OF res
taurants. hotels or other places IL
which meals are served, but in whicl
no intoxicating liquor is sold or serVe'
on the said Mondays.
"Sec. 6. No fuel shall be burned OF
anv of the Mondays specified in tn
foregoing section for the purpose o
supplying power for the movement o
surface. elevated, subway or suburban
trains in excess of the amount used OF
, the Sunday previously thereto.
"Sec. 7. Nothing in this regulation
shall be construed to apply to or at