Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-22
Dinout
Continued From First page.)

purpose of his order was to secure
compliance rather than to make a
large number Of arrests for viola
tons"
VIII Save Is Per Cent of Output.
The dimout order, issued yesterday
by the District Commissioners, will
result in an immediate saving of at
least IS per cent of the city's daily
electrical output, city authorities
estimated.
j. H. Ferry, vice president and
general manager of the Potomac
Electric Power Co., said the COM
pany's saving in fuel from the dim
out would be about 1000 tons a week
on the company's consumption of
10000 tons weekly.
Over a period of five weeks, Mr..
Ferry said, the savings of about
10000 tons would extend the COM
pany's supplies for another 10 days.
The present stock pile, he said,
amounts to about 100000 tons.
While the order is effective at
midnight, business establishments
and the city are expected to start
turning down lights after sunset
today.
City to Back Pepco Enforcement.
James H. Flanagan, chairman of
the Public Utilities Commission,
made it plain today that the city
would back Pepco in its efforts to
save coal. An order issued by Mr..
Flanagan yesterday authorized Pepco
to shut, off electric, current to any
one found to be willfully violating
the dimout order.
Officials recall that last Mays
dimout resulted in a substantial saw
ing of coal at the outset of the order,
but that savings Stacked of after
q few days as observance of the
order declined. J
This time, however, officials plan
Q strict enforcement program that |
will continue through the emergency.
One city official said an attempt
will be made to step up the IS per
cent saving Of power as the program
goes into high gear.
Includes Every Household.
The Commissioners order stipu-
lated that the lowering of lights
should extend to every Washington
household. Specifically, they stated
interior lighting should not exceed
one watt per square foot of floor
space.
Virtually all Federal buildings
have returned to wartime heating
and lighting schedules as the Gov
eminent Joined the city in conserv-
ing fuel.
Beating the order by one night,
David Lynn, Capitol architect,
ordered blackout of the Capitol
dome last night.
He also directed rigid conservation
Of fuel in the Capitol, Supreme Court
Building, Library Of Congress and
Senate and House ONCE Buildings.
These buildings are served with
electric power and heat from the
Central Heating Plant, operated by
the Government
The dimout applies to outdoor adj
vertising, outdoor promotional light
ing, outdoor display lighting, ex-
cept where necessary for conduct
Of an outdoor business; outdoor
decorative and ornamental light
ing, show window lighting, ex-
cept where necessary for in
terror illumination; marquee lighting
in excess Of go watts for each mar
quee; refrigeration for air condi-
tioning and electric space heating,
except where essential to public
health, welfare and safety; interior
showcase lighting, interior outline
and ornamental lighting, interior
lighting for any decorative or ad-
vertising purpose, direct heating of
streetcarS to temperature in excess
Of 40 degrees, interior lighting in
excess Of one watt per square foot
Of floor space in any private, COM
mercial or other establishment, in
GLIDING residences, and outdoor
flood lighting.
II the coal strike is prolonged, the
dimout will eliminate the traditional
outdoor lighting of trees by thou
sands of Washington homeowners
for the Christmas holidays.
Night sports events will not be
seriously affected, a check showed.
Uline's Arena, scene of ice hockey
and professional basket ball, and
Griffith Stadium, where the next big
event is the high school champion
ship football game between Coolidge
and Mckinley High Schools next
Friday, can fall back on power gen.
@Yafad hyy %I,oiy ouyx, y,1o ,afc