New-York tribune., 1919-12-05
Subway Heat,
Broadway Light
Cut Down Here
Continued from pas. !

Naturally the whole city wants light.
If We have to curtail some things we
had better do 1t now than wait until
the time arrives when we see that q
shutdown is inevitable"
j.. w. Lieb, vice-president Of the New
York Edison Company, was the frst to
respond when Comm ssioner Nixon
asked for suggestions. He said that
while the saving of. fuel through cut.
ting off street lights and electric signs
would be comparatively small, the psy-
chol logical effect would be great and
probably would help tho public save
fue,.
theatrical Interests Confer
Among the companies represented at
and All ed Companies, New York and
Queens Gas Company, Degnon Railroad
Terminal Corporation, Brooklyn Edison
Company; New York New Haven &
Hartford Railroad. New York Central
Queensborough Gas and Electric Light
Company. New York & Queens Rail-
way Company. Manhattan & Queens
Railway. Company, Queens Electric
Light and Power Company, Westchester
Lighting Company, and the New York
and Queens Gas Comr~'.v.
ne broadway Coai-esVIHE pldn Was
decided on last night at meeting of
representatives of theatrical interests
in the office of Marcus Loew in the
Putnam Building. Mr.. Loew, who
served as chairman of the fuel con-
serving committee of the motion pic
ture industry during the war, was re-
appointed to office recently when the
coal stringency set in. At first last
night was named for the beginning of
the new lightlessness, but it was
thought that all concerned could not
We reached in time and tonight was
'ecided on.
No estimate on the probable saving
# coal through the order was made,
,ut it was said that thousands Of dol
lars and great amount of fuel would
&c conserved.
Roads May Cut Schedules
Members of the Eastern Regional
Coal Committee were in Washington
yesterday comforting on tentative re
sions of schedules. 1t was learned
hat officials Of the New. York Contra
ines brought to the conference sched
SO per cent reductions in the pres
Mt schedule. At present, It was said
1T the Offices Of the New York Centra
he traffic is cut down to "comfort
able minimum" and the next attempt
t reducing the service would probably
,li~htly incnnvcn ence tho pub|ir
The first fears that office buildings
'no+ors md other plants and buildings
not included in the revised priorities
ist would be without coal as soon as
their present supplies we're depleted
were dispeled yesterday. Those p ants
using bituminous coal. it was xp'ained
of hn oil
Coal Committee, can turn to the small
er sized anthracite coal for heat. W.
A. Marshall, president of the New York
Wholesale Coal Trade Association has
estimated the stocks of small sized an
hracite coal in this district to total
5 100000 tons, enough to ward off q
shortage even after the bituminous
supply here runs out
Merchants Seek Information
The Mo~charts' ass cia'ion sent iet-
ters to Governor Smith and Harry A.
Garfield, Federal Fuel Administrator
asking for information on meeting
coal shortage should any occur during
the present crisis.
I've are wiring to inquire of you,"
he letter to DR.. Garfield said in part,
what official will have charge of coal
on ervation and priority distribution
n this district in case the situation
becomes so acute as to necessitate
suggest to this official the desirability
Of making plans Immediately for the
mergcncy. probably in conjunction
ith an advisory committee of repre-
entative business men Of the COM
luniy in order that any measures
hich may be put into effect may re-
ult in maximum conservation and
cost equitable distribution with the
asst pos ible dislocation OF industry.
"When the drastic conservation
riders were pu' into effect during the
nd general ineffectiveness in this
district. due to the fact that regula-
ions had to be put into effect sud-
lenly and without time for much de-
Iteration. It is hoped that such will
not be the case during the emergency
which is possibly approaching
Manufacturers Asked to Stint
Stephen C. Mason president of the
National Association of Manufacturers,
sent a letter to members Of his Or
ganization askin gthem not to embar-
rass the government by demanding lib
eral coal rations. He asked them to
stint to win the fight against "small.
wilful group of men, in control of the
miners unions, who presume to set
themselves up as more powerful than
the government Of the United States
and to regard their personal interests
as being more important than the
health, safety and prosperity Of the
American people"
He described the coal strike as an
acid test of our representative form Of
government He said it was q test Of
whether the miners unions were
stronger tha nthe United States gov
ernment.
"The prospect of any empty coal
bin,' he wrote in part, 'either in our
homes or in our factories, no matter
how serious or far reaching these pro-
vations may be, is not as important to
us as liberty loving citizens of free
republic as the preservation invio ate
Of American institutions and princi-
pes of government"
He closed with an appeal to make
America safe for Americans"
Bunkering of American cargo vessels