Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1919 — EVERY LITTLE HELPS, YOU BET [ARTICLE]

EVERY LITTLE HELPS, YOU BET

And Rensselaer Will Do Her Part in Conserving Fuel. In compliance with an orddr of the national fuel administrator for the conservation of coal, several trains on the Monon have been temporarily discontinued. None of the trains passing through Rensselaer, however, have been taken off. The discontinued trains are Nos. 1 and 2, running between Monon and Michigan City, Nos. 9 and 10 between Lafayette and French Lick and Nos. 20 and 21 between French Lick and Orleans. The order is effective Dec. 10. Jasper county has about 300 tons of soft coal on hand for the heating plant, having bought its coal last summer and stored same while 'it was plentiful, and at a meeting held Monday afternoon by the coal dealers and Monop agent, W. H- Beam, who is at the head of the/local fuel conservation, at the Farmers’ Elevator office, and it was shown that the supply of soft coal in the hands of the dealers was practically exhausted, the county commissioners were called by phone and agreed to release 100 tons of this coal to four of the dealers here, the dealers to replace the coal when the supply became more plentiful. This will give each of tjie dealers 25 tons. D. E. Grow is to have charge of the weighted and keeping account of the coal taken from the county bins. The city light and water plant has enough coal on hand to run approximately five or six weeks, and while the national conservation order has been put into effect here, as to unnecessary lighting, such as cutting off window display lights, the outside lights of the picture’ shows, etc., and all patrons are requested to use no more lights than are absolutely' necessary, neither the sewing factory nor the furniture factory will be ordered

closed down, as It Is thought that It would work a greater hardship to close them than the small amount of “juice” saved thereby. A few cars of both soft and hard coal have been received in Rensselaer during the past week, and there Is no very severe shortage of fuel experienced in this city and probably w|ll not be, as It Is likely that the resumption of mining will soon relieve the stringency.