The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-25
PASS FUEL LAW
LIMITING LIGHT,
POW'R and HEAT
Business Houses and Industries
Open at s, Close at 5.
To Become Effective s O'clock
Thanksgiving Morning.
NO STORES SATURDAY NIGHTS
Electricity for Lights Must Be
Curtailed so Per Cent.
Heavy Penalty, $50 to $1,000
Fine, Provided in Ordinance.
CUT CITY LIGHTS TO HALF
Turn Them Completely Out
Thursday Night, Painter Says.
City Plant Has Only One Nights
Supply on Hand.
Electricity for Lights Must Be
CurtaiIed so Per Cent.
Heavy Penalty, $50 to $1,000
Fine, Provided in Ordinance.
CUT CITY LIGHTS TO HALF
Turn Them Completely Out
Thursday Night, Painter Says.
City Plant Has Only One Nights
Supply on Hand.

(ordinance in full on page ?, COL
umn 5.)
The emergency heat, light and pow
er conservation ordinance was passed
this morning by the city commission
ers.
1t will become effective at s o'clock
THANKSGIVING morning. November 81.
and contains the following general
provisions;
Mercan ntile and Industrial establish
ments-ope9 & a; m close close tPpedtc-s ?; m;
open at . p. M. close IL p. m.
Lights to be reduced 80 per cent.
Commercial heat cut off at p. m.
One-half usual radiation surface used.
Twenty-Five per cent reduction in
power.
Several changes were made this
morning in the tentative ordinance.
completed Monday night Hours of
operation for theaters, dance halls and
pool halls were changed from II
o'clock noon until IL p. m. to p. m.
until IL p. m, putting them on an
eight hour basis the same as other
establishments.
No stores or business establishments
except those listed to be open in the
evening every day will be permitted to
do business Saturday night. An erro-
neous impression prevailed that bust
for Saturday nights. The commits
sioners corrected this idea this morn
ing.
To Cut Street Lights.
After tomorrow night. unless the
city electric light plant is able to OBJ
tain more COAL the streets of the city
of Topeka will be left in total dark
ness it was asserted this morning by
Supt. Fred Painter.
Street lights will be shut off tonight
at midnight. thruout the city, includ-
ing white way lights and street lights
In the residence districts.
Tomorrow night the lights will be
run again until midnight. Painter has
Just enough coal on hand to run the
plant one night operating normally.
For this reason half will be used to-
night and half tomorrow night, pro-
longing the advent of darkness as long
as possible in an effort to obtain more
fuel.
Painter said he had been unable to
obtain coal here or in Kansas City.
He made a trip to Kansas City bit
obtained no coal He has not been
able to get even promise He says
that altho railroads have coal. some
of it the city's, he has been unable to
obtain release of any of it.
The burglar epidemic is expected to
take another jump in activities to-
night, it was feared.
Cut Elevator Clause.
The clause in the new city or
dinance limiting operation of pas
senger elevators to one car in a build
ing was stricken from the ordinance.
For the present nothing will be done
with elevators except that the commits
sioners will make a request that one
car only be operated other than dur
ing periods where it is most essential
to work more than one car.
Essential industries will be permit
ted TO continue on normal basis as far
as possible. Railway buildings, Off
ces and shops, express offices, tele-
graph and telephone companies, hos
pitfalls, bakeries, slaughter and pack
ing houses, hotels. restaurants, lodg-
ing houses and the postoffice have
been declared essential.
other business will open and close
at a. m. and p. m. respectively
In this class are meat markets, gro
Gerry stores, drug stores. department
stores, job printing, auto sales and
display rooms and barber shops
Drug stores may remain open later
for the sale of drugs alone.
Theaters, dance halls and poo
Fooms may open at 2 p. m. and mus
close at II p. m.
Manufa cturing industries are limited
20 the s a. m. to p. m. hours and 81
per cent of the normal consumption oi
heat. light and power.
The use of electricity for signs, win
Cow displays, and during open hours
must not exceed so per cent of normal
Safety lights and those necessary t.
ianitor service are permitted
Limit Public Institutions.
The high school buildings and th'
eity library are subject to the so pei
cent three way reduction. Floul
mills and grain elevators shall not use
electric current between 4 p. m. anC
$3.50 a, m.
Newspapers and other publication
will be limited to Is per cent of nor
NAL consumption of light, heat anC
power.
Business closing at will shut of
steam heat at 8 p. m.
All light users are asked to limi
their light ConSum ption.
Only one elevator may be operates
in any building.
A penalty is provided by way of
fine of from $50 to $1,000.
Officials who looked over condi
tions at the Edison plant estimate tina
on the old basis of operation, the,
could continue until about Decembe
4. Then unless coal was obtained
the company would be finished"
Under the conservation plan. adopt
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