The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-26

AN ORDINANCE for the conservation OF
coal by limiting the hours of opening
and closing and the hours and quantity
of use of electric light, heat and power,
for the purpose of preventing suffering
from cold, to preserve and protect the
public health to preveat impending calam-
ity due to the shortage of the coal sup
ply in the present emergency, making
offerse, and prescribing penalties for the
violation thereof.
WHEREAS, The available supply of coal
in the City of Topeka is sufficient only
for few days normal use, and severe and
continuous cold weather may be expected
at any time: and
WHEREAS, 1t will be practically i'm
possible to secure an immediate supply Of
coal If the production is resumed at once;
/ WHEREAS. The comfort and health of
the citizens of this community are threat
ened and endangered by the present short
as Now " ',iT THEREFdRE. Ell fpRs BE IT ORDAINED
BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
OF THE CITY OF TOPEKA:
Section L. That the following priority of
users and hours and quantity Of use of
light, heat and power should be and are
hereby established:
clared to be essential and their full opera
ton necessary to the public service and
welfare, and are permitted to continue as
in normal times, with such limitatio only
shall be dictated and carried out by
the managers and operators thereof in
obedience to humanitarian motives. and
/
and directed to adopt and carry out every
possible measure OF coal conservation
All railway buildings. offices and Shops,
all express offices, all telegraph com
panies, all telephone companies, all hos
pitals, all bakeries. all Slaughter and pack
ing houses, all hotels. restaurants, lodging.
rooming and boarding houses, and the
United States postoffice;
PROVIDED, however, that all hotels
shall reduce the lights in the lobbies to
not to exceed fifty per cent of their normal
demand
to be essentials but can and must be con-
ducted subject to the limitations herein
prescribed therefor.
Meat shops.%g grocery stores, drug stores.
| department stores, and oil classes of retail
stores, job printing plants and office build
ings.
'b" shall until further order of the com
mission open not earlier than eight O'Clock
9; m. and shall remain open not later than
| may remain open for the purpose of the
| sale of drugs only.
/ (c) The following businesses shall not
/ open earlier than two O'Clock D. m and shall
not remain open later than eleven o'clock
p. M:
Confectioners, theaters dance halls, pool
| halls and shoe shining parlors.
(d.) The following businesses shall not
open earlier than eight o'clock A. m, and
close not later thnn five o'clock p. m, and
shall be conducted on not to exceed fifty
per cent Of the normal demand of heat,
| light and power:
Planning mills, trunk factories mattress
factories, filling stations. manufacturers of
machinery and metal products.
(e.D Flour mills and grain elevators
shall not use electric current for power be-
tween the hours of four clock p. M, AMI
ID The sale of cigars tobacco and
soft drinks shall be discontinued between
F, the hours of five O'Clock, p. and eight
| O'Clock, a. M
] (g.) All stores and businesses. including
| theaters automobile sales and display
rooms. shall discontinue the use of eiec-
| trio current for electric lights and signs,
window displays and all other display
| lights: and during opening hours as de-
| fined in this ordinance. shall use not to ak
coed fifty per cent of their normal tle-
mand of light, and after closing hours no
| inside lights shall be used except such as
may be necessary for safety lights. and stfrn
| limited use as may be absolutely neces-
sary for janitor service in cleaning, stores
! and public buildings.
! (h.) The high school. manual framing
| school and. public library, shall ench re-
duce its heating and lighting load to fifty
! per cent of its normal demand; and said
schools are hereby required and directed to
| limit school hours or. otherwise arrange
the course of study that the heaIth of the
students may be protected under. the
limited supply of heat and light available
and allowed herein.
| ~ Newspapers and publishers Of
| periodicals shall limit their use of heat
and light to seventy five per cent of their
normal demand and reduce power wherever
J.J Residents of the City of Topeka