The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28
Monday and Tuesday Nights to Be Dark" According
 to Fuel Administrator
CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS
 ARE ANNOUNCED
Fuel Administration Proposes to Meet Coal Shortage if Pos sible by Starting in
 Time

/, Beginning with tomorrow the light
 less nights order of the United States
 fuel administration will be put into
 effect in Birmingham. according to an | order received by County Fuel Ad- ministrator Frank B. Fowlkes from State Fuel Administrator S. P. Ken
 nedy of Anniston. MT. Fowlkes at once served notice on the city of Birming | ham and the Birmingham Railway, | Light and Power company to begin it's | observance tomorrow night, Monday and Tuesday of each week being des- | ignated as lightless nights.
 United States Fuel Administrator II. A. Garfield issued an order about q week ago providing for lightless nights similar to those enforced last winter during the acute coal situation all over
 the country. The issuance of the or der at this time is for the purpose of avoiding a repetition of conditions last winter when several sections of the
 country were without any kind of fuel in quantities sufficient to meet their commercial domestic and industrial needs
 It has been estimated that an in-
 crease of 100,00o,000 tons of coal in 1918 over the 1917 output would Le required to meet the needs of the
 country, and up to July 1 the increase was only about 12,o00,000 tons over
 the first six months of 1917. To mest
 the estimated requirements the in crease during the last six months of this year must exceed the output of the last half of 1917 by sS,000, 000 tons. Reports to the United States fuel ad-
 ministration indicate that the output for this year will not exceed that of last year by anything like the esti-
 mated requirements, and in fact, 1t may fall short of last years tonnage Under the new order of the fuel ad- ministration no city. village, town, per son, firm or corporation under any
 contract with city. village or town shall use or consume any coal oil.
 gas or other fuel for the maintenance
 of lights in the streets, parks or pub
 lie places of such city. village or town
 except under certain restrictions among them, that street illuminat tion automatically lighted maintained by or for any such city, village or town
 in the streets. parks or other public places thereof, shall not be lighted be- fore sunset and shall be turned off not later than sunrise, and the amount or Such lighting shall be only so much as may be necessary for safety: clus-
 ter lights for decoration or dispIay shall be reduced to such portion or,lv of the cluster as is necessary for safety
 Outdoor lights of a city. village or town involving directly or indirectly the use or consumption of coal, oil. gas or other fuel shall not be lighted until 30 minutes after sunset Lights Tor Illuminating or displaying adver- tisements, announcements or signs or for external ornamentation of any building shall be entirely discontin- ued on Monday and Tuesday of each week, except that bona fide roof gar dens where meals are served and out- door restaurants. also establishments devoted exclusively to the exhibition of outdoor moving pictures at which admission is charged, are exempted
 Lights in show windows shall ho discontinued from sunrise to sunset every day.