Evening star., 1922-12-15
MOVES TO PREVENT
| BUYING Coal FROM
| MORE THAN | YARD
Public Utilities Commission
Lays Down Drastic New
Rules to Dealers.
BOARD WILL APPROVE
ALL NEW APPLICANTS
List of Signatories to New Agree
ment Will Be Given Local
| Publicity.

The Public Utilities Commission to-
! day took drastic steps to stop house
holders from attempting to get hard
coal from more than one dealer At
time.
The commission transmitted to each
dealer a set Of new regulations. with
the request that they signify in writ
F, ing whether they will abide by them
| The letter states that any dealer who
declines to accept and abide by the con
| ditions laid down may expect to re-
cefve no further assistance from the
commission"
Will Publish Signatories.
Announcement is made that the com
mission will give to the newspapers a
list of the dealers who agree to live
up to the regulations.
In substance the new rules are de-
signed TO prevent a dealer from de-
! livering coal to a customer until he
| makes certain that the consumer In
question has no orders pending with
| another dealer.
The commission state. in the rule.
that 1t will decide whether house.
holder shall be permitted to cancel an
| order he has pending with one dealer
in order to get coal from another
concern.
III this practice Of shopping
around is continued" says the com
! mission, many consumers will OBJ
tain more than their so per cent al
lotment this winter. with the conse-
Quent curtailment of the allotment to
those consumers who are abiding by
the regulation"
Text OF Statement.
Many complaints have been made
| to this commission by local coal mer-
! chants that their customers are 60
ing to other dealers and obtaining
coal from them. when the regular
dealers are prepared to fill their or
ders. thus disrupting the regular
course of business
I'm many cases. consumers request
the commission to cancel their orders
on one dealer and place them on an
other; in other cases. the second deal
that the application 10 on file with
another dealer.
THE commission has been appealed
[ to to stop these practicss. and this
/
can have the full cooperation Of all
dealers. II this practice Of shopping
around" Is continued. many consum-
ers will obtain more than their so per
cent allotment this winter. with the
consequent curtailment Of the ailot-
\ ment to those consumers who are
, abiding by the regulation.
| The commission, therefore, con-
siders 1t necessary to issue the fol-
lowing instructions to each dealer:
Lays Down Instructis,s.
First. When an applicant applies to
you for a delivery of coal and states
that he has an order on another
dealer. you must tell him that you
cannot furnish him with coal until
he has obtained a cancellation Of his
outstanding order from this commits
sion. You will give the applicant .
blank form. with instructions to pre-
| sent 1t to the dealer with whom his
application has been filed and have
that dealer flll 1t out and send II In to
the commission. Upon receipt of this
form. properly filled out, the commits
sion will decide whether the original
application will be cancelled. and II
1t is cancelled. will notify you that
you may furnish the applicant with
coal. You are to deliver no coal to
tnle applicant Until you receive euch
| authorization from the commission.
| Second When an applicant ap-
plies to you for a delivery of coal
and states definitely that he has no
/ application on hle with any other
dealer. and the applicant 10 not one
tell him that you cannot deliver him.
any coal until authorised by the CONF.
mission. These cases you should re-
port to the commission daily. asking
authority to serve them with coal.
Promptly upon receipt Of this FORM:
properly filled out, the commission,
will investigate the cases involve9.:
and II no duplication OF orders 10
found, will notify you whether or not
you are authorized to deliver coal
to any Of the applicants mentioned.
| VIII Notify Dealers.
| Third. In cases where consumers
make request directly to the COM
mission for transfer of their applica-
tions. either by mail. by telephone or
| in person, or where applications for
the same address are filed with the
commission on two or moro dealers.
the commission will notify each
dealer mentioned in the applications
not to deliver coal thereon until no
titled to do SO by the commission.
Fourth. In order that there may
he no Misunderstanding Of these in
structions, each dealer will sign the
| inclosed form, No. 800. stating that
he agrees to these conditions and will
abide by them.
Fifth. Any dealer who declines to
accept and abide by these conditions
NAV expect to receive no further as
sistance from the commission. Che
commission will give to the local
| press the names of all dealers who
agree to abide by the above rules"
WILL RESUME INVESTIGATION
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