Evening star., 1946-11-21

cept where necessary for the con-
duct of business Of outdoor estab-
lishments.
90 Outdoor decorative and out
door ornamental lighting.
(4) Show window lighting, except
where necessary for interior illumi-
nation.
CD Marquee lighting in excess OF
go watts for each marquee.
go Outdoor sign lighting, except
for:
a. Directional or identification
signs required for fire or police
protection, traffic control, trans
portation terminals or hospitals.
b. Directional or identification
signs using not more than go watts
per establishment, for doctors
hotels and other public lodging
places.
Air Conditioning Curbed.
Cd Refrigeration for air condi-
tioning and electric space heating
except where necessary for indus
trial processes essential to the pub
lie health, welfare and safety, OF
for protection of property or health
CD Interior showcase lighting.
90 Interior outline and orna-
mental lighting.
q0. Interior lighting for decora-
tive or advertising purposes.
CID Direct heating of street rail-
way cars to temperature in excess
OF 40 degrees Fahrenheit in the cars.
d2) Outdoor and flood lighting,
including but not limited to flood
lighting for amusements or sports,
above minimum requirements for
safety.
d3) Interior lighting in excess of
one watt per square foot of floor
area In any private, commercial or
other establishment, including of
fees and residences, but excepting
drafting rooms and other similar in
teriors in which the visual tasks are
difficult and prolonged.
Essential Services Exempted.
Exempted generally from the
power ban were essential community
services such as police, fire, prisons.
hospitals, doctors and dentists Of
fees, laboratories essential to the
public health, schools, refrigeration
for food-preservation plants, trans
portation services, communication
services, water supply and SANTA
ton systems, the gas company and
ordinary street or tra1ic lighting.
The order permits Health Officer
George G. Ruhland or Maj. Gala
han to certify exemptions from the
order where they are necessary to
the public health, welfare and safety
Of the city and it's population.
Firms or individuals having ac-
cess to workable standby electric
generating equipment are ordered to
use current from this source to the
maximum extent possible before
calling on Pepco supplies.
In regard to- the order for war
time regulations on heating FEEDER
ally-owned buildings, Gen. Fleming
directed the Public Buildings Ad-
ministration to take every necessary
step to conserve the Governments
fuel supply.
Uniform Control Impossible.
Gen. Fleming said every effort
would be made to reduce tempera-
lures to levels comparable to those
used during the war. Because of
engineering and mechanical diff
culties 1t is not possible to set a
uniform temperature to be main
tanned in each individual Office.
In many Of the older buildings, the
room temperatures are directly un-
der control of the occupants. The
Public Buildings Administration is
requesting the cooperation of per-
sons using those buildings in its
efforts to conserve its available sup
ply of coal.
Spokesman for the Capital Transit
Co. commented earlier that, Like
any good citizen, we'll do all we can
to ease the emergency" This may
mean some curtailment of streetcar
service, as well as temperature re-
strictions. but it was their expec-
tation that trolley users will be
given advance notice of any curbs.
AT the Potomac Electric Power
Co. an advertising campaign was in
preparation to urge fullest CO.
operation in conserving fuel by
holding home electric use to a mini
mum. This appeal will be directed
to home consumers who represent
approximately % per cent of the
Pepco business.
Urge Use of Single Room.
Among reminders given were to
turn out lights when not in use and
the suggestion that, during the
families congregate as
much as possible in single room,
Especially fortunate in the emer-
gehcy. it appeared, are business
establishments and homes equipped
for oil or gas heating.
lester Scott, director of the oil
heating division of the merchants
and manufacturers group, estimated
10000 of the Metropolitan areas
230, 600 homes are heated with oil.