The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-12-06
$50 until 4
TO Be C|TY'S
FUTURE HOURS
Merchants and Business Men
Decide to Go on Short
+. Schedule to Save Coal -
! Factories Run From J to 4.
RESTAURANT EXCEPTED

morning at the Commercial club, pre-
sided over by Mayor w. w. thinner
man and largely attended by mer-
chants and manufacturers, measures
were adopted for coping with the local
coal scarcity situation.
Beginning Monday, Dec. 8, every
store, picture show, and place Of busi-
ness in Richmond with the exception
of restaurants and factories, will open
atI8:30 and close at 4 in the afternoon.
Factories may run from z a. m. to
noon and from to 4 p. m. On SItur-
days, stores will be allowed to remain
open until p. m.
!, Tonight stores will be closed ats
o'clock. In accordance with the rul-
ing issued earlier in the week. Pic
Rture shows and the Coliseum will open
4eaturday and Sunday night, but will
be closed from next Monday night.
Church services will be held this
Sunday night but not thereafter at
night.
Restaurants Open Until ?
Restaurants will be allowed to re-
main open from 6 a m. until p. M.
rs there are many residents of the
city dependent on the restaurants for
their meals.
Picture shows, pool rooms, bowling
alleys, cigar stores and barbershops
are the hardest hit by the new order.
as practically all their business is
conducted in the evening, after other
Industries, stores and the like have
closed.
: On a motion the following commit
tee was appointed to draft regulations
governing the use of power by fac
tories: Adam H. Bartel Walker N.
Land. George E. Seidel, Ray Robinson,
Charles A. MCGUIRE, c, D. Slifer, T.
A. Greenstreet, Edward Hollarn, JOS
eph H. Hill, J. p. Dillon and Mayor
w. w. Zimmerman.
To this committee later were added
the following, representing the mer.
chants:
Elmer Eggemeyer, L. Nusbaum. w.
Rindt, H. Goldfinger, w. Romey, DR..
Rae and Frank Holland.
This committee will meet at 2 p. m.
Monday to consider further measures
relatiys n ys e The &C. I,aa sstustion, y. .n
pointment OF the Acommittee to draft
factory regulStionA considerable d.
vergence u opinion developed regard
ing the advisability Of attempting to
regulate factories that we're not users
Of power from fsrcity light plant, and
that had reserve supplies Of coal or
69and enough to continue operating in
definitely.
NJ Mr.. James A. Carr, president Of the
American Seeding. Machine company
while agreeing to abide By the decis
ion OF the committee, stated he felt II
would be wrong to close down or put
on short hours factories that had plen
ty of coal on hand to continue opera
tions and that were not using power
or light from the city light plant.
Mr.. Carr stated his concern had sui
ficient coal on hand to continue run
ming for 60 to 80 days, and he could
not see: the sense OF shutting dowr
and throwing his working force out OF
employment.
Burns Much Refuse.
He called attention to the fact tina,
the plant he represented obtained
much of its fuel from the woodwork
ing departments and added that il shut
down this source of fuel would auto
matically cease and more coal woult
be consumed than when operating
simply to heat the factory building!
and to keep the automatic fire ex
tinguishing sprinkler heads from freez
ing and being ruined.
Mr.. Fred Gennett. representing thu
Starr Piano company, expressed him
self similarly to Mr.. Carr.
Mr.. A. ]. Harwood, of the Alta!
Jnderware company. stated thai
foreseeing the situation nat would
result from a nation wide coal strike
he had installed a power plant al
the underwear factory and laid in {
large supply of coal at high prices fo1
Just such an emergency as now exists
He also expressed himself as op
posed to shutting down his factory
land throwing his employees out OF EN-
T 1ployment when as matter OF fact
he is prepared to continue operations
for several months.
Mayor Zimmerman issued the fol
lowing proclamation:
Conforming to instructions tOda!
received from DR.. H. A. Garfield. Unit
ed States fuel administration, through
the railroad administration, the fol
lowing order is in effect at 800 a. m
Monday, Dec. s, 1919:
All factories and industries not Gov
cred by the ruling on mercantile es
tablishments. whether operating o.
their own or city power, .are hereb!
ordered to operate the following
hours:
700 a. M to 1900 noon: 100 p. m
to 400 p. m, on Monday, Tuesday
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. o.
Saturday and Sunday all industries
and factories will close down entirely
Business houses and stores will or
crate the following hours:
$50 a. m. to 400 p. M, on Monday
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