Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 142, Hammond, Lake County, 6 December 1917 — Page 8

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United States Fuel Administration 1033 Sixteenth Street WASHINGTON, D, C, November 9, 1917 ORDER ORDER OF THE UNITED STATES FUEL ADMINISTRATOR REGULATING THE USE OF COAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF GENERATING ELECTRICITY FOR USE IN OPERATING ILLUMINATED A DYERTISEMENTS, X O T I C E S, SIGNS, ETC. It appearing to the United States Fuel Administrator that it is essential to the national sccurit.y and defense, the successful prosecution of the war, and the support and maintenance of the Army and Navy, and to lessen or prevent the waste of coal which at the present time is and during the continuation of the war will he, in the judgment of the United States Fuel Administrator, needed for the purposes aforesaid, and to secure an adequate and equitable distribution, and to prevent, locally and generally, scarcity of coal, and to facilitate the movement of coal for the purposes aforesaid, that the use of coal in the manner and for the purposes hereafter set forth, and that the employment for such use of the present facilities already inadequate for the prompt and sufficient shipment, transportation, and delivery of coal for the purposes aforesaid, should be limited and restricted, in order that the essential purposes first hereinbefore referred to may be carried out, and that so far as possible the production, sale, shipment, distribution, and apportionment of coal among dealers and consumers, domestic and foreign may be maintained to the extent sufiicient to meet the governmental, commercial, and domestic require-ments for coal, THE UNITED STATES FUEL ADMINISTRATOR, acting under authority of an Executive Order of the President of the United States, dated August 101 1. appointing said Administrator, and in furtherance of the purpose of said order and of the Act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, FJ17, HEREBY ADJUDGES that in his opinion 'the use of coal for any of the purposes hereinafter described except to the ;xtent hereinafter indicated is wasteful, and that any person using any coal for such purposes except as aforesaid is engaged in a wasteful practice or device in handling or dealing with coal, and that the use of coal for such purposes except as aforesaid is prejudicial and injurious to the national security and defense, and a cause of scarcity, locally and generally; and HEREBY ORDERS AND DIRECTS that until further or other order of the United States Fuel Administrator and subject to modification hereafter from time to time and at any time, 1. Upon and after the fifteenth day of November, 1017, no corporation, association, partnership, or person engaged in whole or in part, in the business of furnishing electricity for illumination or power purposes, and no corporation, association, partnership, or person maintaining a plant for the purpose of supplying for their own use electricity for illuminating or power purposes, shall use any coal for the purpose of generating, producing, or supplying electricity, or supply r use electricity generated or produced, in whole or in part, by the consumption of coal, for the purpose of providing, maintaining, lighting, or operating, before the hour or 1A3 P. M. or after the hour of 11 P. M.. "leetrit ally ibumh.'tc o; ii ;.y adv i u.-enu nty. notices, announcements, signs, designation of the location of an oftf-'c or rbieo of busi?? o-i of the untrue of any business.-electric searchlights, or (t-xtrnnl) -illumination or oniant-itnoii of any building. (a) This order shall not apply to the United States Govermuent, the. government of any Commonwealth or State of the United States, or to any city, county, town, o.- other governmental subdivision in any such Commonwealth or State; p. (b) This older shall not apply to the maintenance of street lights by any city or town or within any city or town under a contract with the offici os thereof for such maintenance, or to the maintenance or any lights for any purpose by. or in compliance with orders of, any public authorities; , (c) Biectrie signs affied to tho street fronts or buildings over the street entrance thereof or over the street entrances to stores, shops, or other places of business therein, or extending therefrom over the sidewalks, for the purpose of announcing the name or business of a retail shop or store, or the name and location of a theater or other place of amusement or of a hall or other place of public assembly, together with the name of the play or other entertainment given therein, or of the purpose of any public assembly to be held therein, as the case may be, may be illuminated or lighted or operated by electricity, generated or produced by the use of coal, during the period from ' one half hour after sunset until such time, not later than 11:00 o'clock in the evening at which time in the case of a place of business the same is closed for the conduct of th business therein in the same manner and to the extent at such business is conducted therein during the day-? imp business hours, and in the case of places of amusemenf, and public assembly hereinbefore referred to until one-half hour after the time fixed for the beginning of an entertainment or of the meeting or other public assembly, as the case may be: Provided that the size of any such sign and the amount of electricity needed to operate and illuminate the same shall be reduced at any time upon direction of the State Fuel Administrator of tho State within which such sign is located; (d) This order shall not apply to porch lights upon houses or hotels, or at the entrances to buildings occupied or open for ingress or egress during the night-time, or to lights upon private driveways- walks, or in th grounds, of any hotel, manufacturing establishments, or residence, or upon the platform of railroad station?, approaches thereto, or in railroad yards or grounds, or ro lights to mark th( location of fire escapes or exits; or to lights for any similar purpose when authorized by any State Fuel Administrator of the State within which such lights are located; Provided, however, that the number and power of any such lights, by this paragraph (d) permitted, shall be reduced at any time upon direction of the State Fuel Administrator of the State within which such buildings or grounds are located; (e) Nothing herein shall be construed to extend the length of time, fixed by agreement or otherwise, between any person and a State Fuel. Administrator, for which any such sign or illumination may be displayed or operated. 2. 'The State Fuel Administrators within the several States are hereby directed and authorized to see that the provisions of this order arc observed and carried out within their several states, to report violations thereof to the United States Fuel Administrator, and to recommend to the United States Fuel Adminisrator action to be taken by him with respect to the sale, shipment, distribution, and apportionment of coal to the corporations, associations, partnerships, or persons found to be acting in violation of this order. (Signed) II. A. GAPFIELD, United States Fuel Administrator.

Unless this Order Is complied with it will become necessary to discontinue the electric service of any of our Consumers

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