Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-22
L|GHTLESS NIGHT
ORDER ISSUED HERE
Made Public Today by Charles n.
Ten Weeges, State Fuel
Administrator.

The government having dccrccd that,
beginning next Wednesday, Monday
Tuesday. "Wednesday and Thursday
nights shall be lightlcss IN delaware
Pennsylvania. New Jersey Maryland,
and The District of Columbia, state
Fucl Administrator Charles Ii. Ten
Wcegcs today made public tho order,
tho details of which follow:
|. No city, village or town and no
person, firm or corporation under any
contract with any city, village or town,
shall Use or consume any coal, OIL. gas or
other fucl tor the maintenance ot lights
m the streets, parks or other public places
of such city, village or town. except under
the following restrictions and limitations;
(a) Street illumination automatically
lighted. maintained hv ar for any such
rliv, village or town M the streets. parks
or other public places thereof, shall not
he lighted before sunset and shall he
turned out not later than sunrise
thl street illumination lighted by
hand IN any such city, village or town shall
conform rs nearly rs may be to the re
otlircmcnts hcrcinahove prescribed Tor
automatic lights.
tce Tho amount Of public lighting
IN any city, village or town shall hc only
So much as may Toe necessary tor safety
and the use cf lights commonly known as
cluster lights for purposes ct display 0F
decoration shall he reduced 70 such por
ton only of the cluster rs IS necessary tor
safety.
>. The local Fuel Administration for
the territory within which any Cty,
village or town IS located shall arrange
with the proper municipal or town nu-
thorItlcs Of such City. village or town inr
the regulation of public lighting IN accord
ance with the provisions OF paragraph
Number | of this order Regulations Tor
public lighting so arranged shall IN each
case br subject To the approval ot the
prDr.rr State Fuol Administrator, and ~
case regulations IN accordance with SAID
par,grsnh for the public lighting of
anv citv, village or town, satisfactory
IN the State Fuel Administrator of the
Stairs within which the game Is located
shall not have been arranged between the
local Fuel Administration and the proper
uunicir,al or town authorities as herein
af.,su, provuicsi within ten (lO1 days from
and after the elective date of thus order,
SAID State Fuel Administrator Is hereby
suthor,xed and directed to prescribe such
regulations fer such city, village or town,
and ahe sssI1c shall be valid and binding.
& Outdoor lights within a city,
vrlIafus or town, other than hose mon
toned IN paragraph nuIniSr ] ot thus
spis, Which INVOLVES gas or otheF fuel,
Gnsdl not tn lighted until thirty minutes
sft1v sunset
(al The trs of light grnerated
q troiuryd by the ,se or consumption
of r,nsI. gas. OIL ar other fuel, for Iiluminst
Ins or displaying ADVERTISEMENTS, an
nsnIncrments or essns, or for the external
.,snarnentaiaon II ary building shall be
srtirrsy discontinued on Monday, Tues
day. "Wednesday and Thursday Of each
vrsek. within New England and the States
OF New York, PenTssy wanna, New Jersey.
Delaware, Maryland and the Distinct
of Columbia, snd shall he entirely dis
continued on Monday and Tuesday oi
each vrek IN all the remainder Of the
tntOd States,
Exception Bosia hde roof gardens
where meals are servod and outdoor
restaurants, also establishments devoted
exclusively TO the exhibition Of outdoor
moving pictures st which admission IS
charged. arr exempt from this section
d ID The usc of hight generated oT
produced by the use or consumption oi
fuel for illuminating OF displaying any
shop windows, store windows or any agns
IN show windows, shall be discontinued
fTOfD SuIlliSe 10 S'HiSSt stio HAlAii a." -
discontinued on the nights specified IN
paragraph ts)-
3. The State Fsci Administrators
within the seyersi States are hereby
directed and authorized To see that the
Vrp<1slons Of this order afr Observed and
rarrled out within their several States,
10 report violations thereof to the tnited
Stairs Fuel Administrator, and 20 recon-
uN1lj to flII2 action 10 be taken with
respect to such yloiat1nns-
THIS rnieT shall be effective ON and
after Juy24, 1918