Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 311, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1920 — COST OF FUEL CONTROL [ARTICLE]

COST OF FUEL CONTROL

Federal Government During War Spent $4,824,681. Sum Represents All Expenditures, National and State, by Fuel Admintration From 1917 to 1919. Washington, Dec. 30.—The total cost of fuel control to the federal govenrment during the war was $4,824,681, according to the final report of the business manager of the fnei administration made public here. This sum represents all expenditures, national and state, by the fuel administration from its organization in September, 1917, to June 30, 1919, when the administration virtually was disbanded. Appropriations made for fuel control totaled $5,813,818 and Lawrence Mitchell, assistant business manager, who prepared the report, said there was a balance of $989,137 on hand on June 30, last year, Expenditures by the headquarters in Washington totaled $2,706,479 and by the states $1,948,618. By far the largest sum was spent In New York state, the total being $212,012, while In New York city $51,675 was spent Pennsylvania was the second state in the list of expendiutres with $84,025, while Illinois was third with $66,849. In the New England states as a whole the cost was $99,812. The report shows that there were fifty-two sl-a-year men in the fuel administration, these including Dr. Harry A. Garfield, the administrator; J. D. A. Morrow, Rembrandt Peale, John P. White, Timothy Healy, F. M. Whitaker, Pierrepont B. Noyes, Mark L. Requa and Alfred M. Ogle. - The highest salary on a. yearly basis listed in the report is $3,600 a year.