Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1922-08-16


realize the seriousness of the coal
strike and the shortage in the coal
supply for this winter that it is going
to cause. 1t will not be long before
these people must start to lay in their
coal for the winter and then the short
age will show itself.
The Delaware Coal Commission
held its organization meeting in Will
! mington, last week, chairman Leon
Walker presiding. The commission
arranged rules and regulations under
which coal will be distributed, per-
fected organization and arranged
questionnaries covering registration of
those in various classes designated by
the regulations.
The members of the commission
entered very fully into all phases of
the coal situation and their duties in
the premises, as far as it was possible
so to do in view of the situation as
it confronts them in the State at this
time.
FolloaO Federal Plan
The commission will adhere rigidly
to the rules and regulations as adopted
by the Federal Fuel Administration
and the commission. These rules and
regulations are printed below, and
the commission advised that every
person DESTROYS of securing coal will
save himself and the commission time,
trouble and annoyance by following
exactly the regulations as set forth.
The following statement, covering
the entire situation, as it obtains to-
day was issued after the meeting, by
Leon Walker, chairman of the COM
mission:
The Delaware Coal Commission, ap
pointed by Governor, William D.
Denney, announces the following Or
ganization, rules and regulations for
the distribution of fuel throughout
the State of Delaware in the existing
emergency.
Organization
Leon Walker, chairman, Whining
ton.
Henry P. Scott, Jr., treasurer, Will
mington.
Robert D. Kemp, commissioner for
Wilmington and vicinity.
John E. Walker, commissioner for
Wilmington and vicinity.
Jesse L. Shepherd, Middletown, for
lower New Castle county.
Charles B. Wilson, Dover, for Kent
county.
Garrett S. Harrington, Harrington,
for Kent county. .
L. Lee Layton, Jr., Georgetown, for
Sussex county.
Hon. John G. Townsend, Jr., Selby-
lille, for Sussex county.
Rules and Regulations
(A) The Federal Fuel Admins
traitors priority list will apply to
shipments of coal received through
the federal distributor, as follows:
Glass 1-For such special purposes
as may from time to time be specially
designated by the commission or its
agent therefore. And subject thereto.
Glass 2-(a) Fuel for railroads
and other common carriers, and for
bunkering ships and vessels; (b) for
public utilities which directly serve
the general public under a franchise
therefore, with street and interurban
railways, electric power and light,
gas, water, and sewer works; ice
| plants which directly serve the public
generally with ice, or supply refriger-
alton for human food stuffs; hos
pitfalls; (c) for the United States,
! state, county, or municipal govern
ments, and for their hospitals, schools,
and for their other public institutions
all to the end that such common
carriers, public utilities, quasi-public
utilities and governments may be kept
supplied with coal for current use for
such purposes, but not for storage, ex-
change, or sale. And subject thereto:
Glass 3-As to each coal-loading
carrier which reaches mines in Penn
sylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Ken
lucky, Tennessee, and Alabama. For
bituminous coal consigned to any
Lake Erie port for transshipment by
n re oil.