South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-19
DRASTIC STEP
IS TAKEN To
CONSERVE COAL
New Moonlight Ruling to Be-
come Effective in South
Bend at Once.

South Bend is on a moonlight
lighting schedule
P Drastic orders from the Indiana
service commission promulgating the
moonlight lighting schedule. in an
effort TO save fuel. were received in
South Bend Tuesday.
While the street lighting portion
~ the order does not become actual
ly operative until next Monday
night. when the moon is supposed
70 shed its light over the city suf-
dciently 10 take the place OF cleo
tricity and gas. that part Of the or
ders demanding the discontinuance
Of window display lighting for ad-
verJ.sing purposes. and the use OF
gas FOR any but cooking, lighting.
domestic water heating and indus
trial uses is now in effect.
Next Monday night the full SEIZED
uIe for moonlight street lighting will
become operative. After consulting
with members OF the board Of pub
were made by the Indiana & Michi-
gan Electric Co, through c. s. Ken
uedy. that in the downtown district
the boulevard lights shall be left
burning until o'clock during moon
light nights, and then throughout
tie rest OF the nights only the top
globe shall BE- left on. Throughout
the rest Of the city, the full moon
light schedule Will be observed on
moonlight nights.
Would CurtaiI Service.
The orders from the commission
also order a curtailment in street
car service. the number of cars op-
Grated 10 be cut down. Inquiry at
the Offices OF the Chicago. South
Bend & Northern Indiana Railway
=. Co Tuesday failed TO bring out any
Information there regarding a COM
pliance with the orders of the COM
mission.
The orders OF the commission af-
feet every city in the state. Some
OF the cities were reported Tuesday
TO have begun an observance OF the
orders affecting street car service,
window display lighting. the use Of
aas and other instructions not af-
tected my moonlight, Monday night
The orders affect hHating com
panies as well as other utilities. The
heating companies are directed to
furnish such water for steam and at
such temperature that the present
adopted standards for heating build
ings Will be lowered five degrees.
VIII Observe Order.
South Bend will observe the or
ders OF the commission. according
to city officials Tuesday. although
Mayor Carson viewed the impending
situation in regard TO lightless ]. -hts
win alarm.
The mayors perturbation is
caused by recent law violations in
the city. He declared Tuesday that
he will make every effort 10 enlarge
the police departments night force
I'M order TO meet whatever situation
may arise from an observance Of the
Dommission's orders.
Ordinarily South Bend would not
bee affected insofar as its street light
ing is concerned, owing TO the fact
that the current for these lights is
furnished by water power. but ac-
cording 20 Mr.. Kennedy Of the cleo
trio company, there is not enough
water i'm the river to replace steam
power by water power just at this
time
Kennedy Issues Statement.
If we should have heavy rains.
and the condition OF the river re-
comes more prepiuous for furnish
ing water power. South Bend may
1e able TO disregard the orders of
the commission" said NIr. Kennedy
Tuesday. But the heavy rains do
not generally come until about the
middle or December he continued.
So for the present we will strictly
observe the orders of the commits
sion"
The commission. in issuing jts or
ders. which are said 10 be far more
drastic than those OF the fuel ad-
ministration during the war. when
Iightless nights were observed, says:
Reports for municipality and pri-
vately operated utilities and munich
paIities 10 this commission reveal
that as the result Of the production
~ bituminous coal being virtually
stopped. and the improbabuity Of
the resumption OF coal mining i'm
the Immediate future. the state Of
Indiana is rapidly approaching a