Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-04
forbid DELIVERY
Of COAL EXCEPT
/. FOR ESSENTIALS
Only Concerns Providing Food,
Clothing or Other Neces-
saries Will Receive
Fuel Supplies.
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(, "Turn off your registers and
j radiators.
"Reduce maximum temperature
in homes to 90 degrees and still
lower in business places. :,
Keep windows and doors closed.
Put more clothes on your back
and less coal on the fire.
Dealers were, also instructed not
to deliver any coal until application
has been approved by the terminal
committee.
No Estimate on Saving.
when dealers have applications
declined. or quantities applied for
are reduced. they must conform to
the ruling said Mr.. Snyder. Any
failure to observe this regulation
will be considered failure to CO.
operate"
Mr.. Snyder was unable to esti-
mate the amount of coal which will
be saved by the new order, but said
it might exceed SO per cent of the
total now used.
As food producers, packers will
continue to receive coal, he said.
Other food producing plants will
also be furnished fuel as long as
possible.
Reveal Seriousness.
The seriousness Of the coal situa-
ton in Omaha was revealed yester-
day in terms of increasing gravity,
summarized as follows:
All coal now in Omaha is under
the control of the local committee,
whose authority comes from the
United States fuel administration;
street car service to be further cur
tailed at once; all coal hereafter
received during emergency will be
distributed by coal committee, COM
munity coal distribution now fact
and community heating an early
probability.
Effect Will Be Serious.
The effect of the Garfield order
on the industrial life of Omaha and
Council Bluffs will be serious, caus-
ing unemployment of many work
! erS.
The American Smelling and Re-
fining company yesterday morning
closed their blast furnaces and dis
charged 200 men. Coal consigned
to this industry has been diverted.
\ w. T. Page, manager, stated that
unless he"obtains coat relief within
few days. the entire plant will be
closed within week. The aver
age payroll of the smelter has 500
+ names.
Il All Coal Taken Over.
sAll coaf received here during the
emergency will be taken over by
the terminal committee, regardless
Of the corsignees.
The distribution of all coal is
now under the full supervision OF
the committee, which has authority
to distribute in any manner neces-
sary to accomplish the purpose of
conservation.
A temperature of 2 degrees below
\ zero at yesterday morning was
the coolest recorded here this sea-
son, increasing the suffering among
the poor. The temperature Tuesday
morning at was degree above
zero. The forecast is for slowly
rising temperature.
The terminal coal committee is
in continuous session and will hold
night sessions indefinitely, and
Omahans are advised that there is
no telling at this time to what ends
it may be necessary for them to go
in facing this crisis.
The refusal of further coal deliv-
cries to nonesseniial industries will
automa tically close them and place
thousands out of employment. Pub
lie utility plants furnishing power
! to nonessential industries are re-
! quired under the Garfield order to
terminate such service.
Plan Community Distribution.
w. M. letters, chairman of the
committee, yesterday pre- iicted that
community heating is among the
possibilities of the near future
Householders and others having
ample fuel on hand and spare room
probably will be called upon to
double up" with less fortunate per
sons. Community church services
will be ordered and the abandon
ment of all services in church build
ings may be ordered unless an early
coal relief is in sight.
The big work now before the coal
committee is to determine to what
extent the industrial life of Omaha
and Council Bluffs will be affected
by the provisions of the Garfield
order.
Would Stimulate Production.
Mr.. letters left for Wyoming yes
terday to make an effort to stimu-
late increased coal production in the
/, southern Wyoming mines through
the volunteer plan. Mr.. Jeffers viii
confer with the Wyoming state Off
cia1s today.
Twenty-Five of g mines in til.
southern Wyoming district were
operated Tuesday to two-thirds nor.
NAL capacity and yesterday 20 Of
these mines were being worked.
"The mines in Wyoming are no
producing enough coal to supply
the Union Pacific lines, which mean.
that drastic curtailment OF railroad
service will be necessary within
: short time," said Mr.. Jeffers. HI
expressed considerable confidence
in the volunteer plan of operating
mines.
The addition of w. D. Hosford oi
Omaha Chamber of Commerce anc
F. r. Davis of the Council Bluff!
Chamber of Commerce to the COM
nittee is for the purpose of assist
ing the committee in announcing it:
nonessential industries orders with
wisdom and justice.
Mr.. Snyder yesterday APPRAISED
the situation by stating that Oman;
and Council Bluffs are now con
suming 90 to 100 cars of coal pc
day and 10 cars day are being re