and distributed for use and consumption within the following-described section of the United States, in addition to the territory hereinbefore described, viz: All points reached via the car ferries of the

(a) Grand Trunk Railway operating between Grand Haven, Michigan, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin;

(b) Pere Marquette Railway operating between Ludington, Michigan, and Manitowoc, Wisconsin; and between Ludington, Michigan, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin;

(c) Ann Arbor Steamship Company operating between Frankfort, Michigan, and Manistique, Michigan; between Frankfort, Michigan, and Menominee, Michigan; between Frankfort, Michigan, and Kewaunee, Wisconsin; and between Frankfort, Michigan, and Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

Provided, further, that bituminous coal produced in said Producing Zone F-2 shall not be sold, shipped, or distributed for domestic use, or to retail dealers in the abovedescribed portion of the State of Indiana.

This order shall be effective December 16, 1918.

H. A. GARFIELD,

United States Fuel Administrator.

Section 8.-Zone G and Modifications.1

Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of March 27, 1918, Effective April 1, 1918, Establishing Bituminous Coal "Zone G." Regulating the Distribution and Apportionment of Bituminous Coal from Operations in Tennessee and Georgia; in Kentucky along the Line of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Main Line and Branches Connecting at and South of Corbin, and along the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway south of Somerset; in the Black Mountain and Stonega Districts in Lee, Wise, and Western Russell Counties of Virginia, located along the line of the Louisville & Nashville, Virginia & Southwestern, Interstate, Norfolk & Western and Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroads, and their Short Line Connections.

WASHINGTON, D. C., March 27, 1918. It appearing to the United States Fuel Administrator that it is essential to the national security and defense, the successful prosecution of the war, and the support and maintenance of the army and navy, that the greatest possible supply of bituminous coal should be produced in the United States; that such production, even though all other conditions necessary therefor are present and capable of employment, is, because of the locations of the mines and the nature of the commodity, limited in part by the capacity of existing transportation facilities for the movement of the coal from points of production to points of delivery and consumption; that the amount of production, notwithstanding a continuance of the other present favorable conditions therefor, can be immediately increased by means of the greater utilization of coal cars, locomotives and other railroad facilities; and that among such means are the elimination of unnecessarily long hauls and of avoidable cross hauls of loaded and empty coal cars, and the provision of the necessary supply of such coal for each consuming section of the country from the one or more coal fields nearest thereto, or most readily accessible thereto, either in actual distance or in the freedom from congestion and delays in rail movements between such coal fields and such section; and that apportionment of the bituminous coal, produced in the various coal fields of the United States, for delivery and consumption thereof in different designated consuming sections of the United States, sometimes called a zoning system, will facilitate the movement of bituminous coal, tend to prevent either locally or generally scarcity thereof, and is necessary for the production of a sufficient quantity of bituminous coal to aid in the successful prosecution of the war.

1 See also Chapter III, Title II, Section 15, for orders modifying the provisions of the "Zone G❞ order with respect to shipments of smithing coal.

The United States Fuel Administrator, acting under authority of an Executive Order of the President of the United States, dated 23 August, 1917, appointing said Administrator, and of subsequent Executive Orders, and in furtherance of the purpose of said order and of the Act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917,

Hereby orders and directs that until further or other order of the United States Fuel Administrator, and subject to revocation or modification by him from time to time hereafter, every producer (which term shall include every person, firm, corporation or association operating as owner, lessee or purchaser of the entire output of a mine) of bituminous coal in the states of Tennessee and Georgia and in Kentucky along the Louisville & Nashville Railroad main line and branches connecting at and south of Corbin and on the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway south of Somerset, and in the Black Mountain and Stonega districts in Lee, Wise and western Russell Counties of Virginia along the Louisville & Nashville, Virginia and Southwestern, Interstate, Norfolk & Western and Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroads and their short line connections, shall, except as hereinafter provided, sell, ship and distribute such coal only to dealers and consumers and for use and consumption within the following described section of the United States hereinafter called consuming zone, viz:

(1) The States of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia;

(2) That portion of the State of Tennessee on and east of a line coincident with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad from Mitchelville to Collinwood through Nashville, Columbia and Iron City; that portion of the State of Alabama north of the Tennessee River; that portion of the State of Virginia on and south of a line coincident with the Norfolk & Western through Roanoke and Petersburg to Norfolk, including branches connecting at Petersburg; that portion of the State of Florida east of the Apalachicola River:

Provided, however, that any such producer may ship such a quantity of coal of such special quality, and for such special use or purpose, and to such retail dealer or consumer outside of the above designated zone, as may be described and designated in a permit issued by the United States Fuel Administration upon an application from such consumer, and in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be from time to time prescribed by the United States Fuel Administration;

And, provided further, that this order shall not apply to bituminous coal:

(a) Shipped for use as railroad fuel;

(b) Shipped in whole or in part by inland waterways (other than the Great Lakes) excepting cases where any rail movement from the mines to the waterways would not terminate within the above designated consuming zone;

(c) Shipped to any points in Canada or Mexico.

And, provided further, that all of the producers in the producing districts in Kentucky herein before described and producers in Tennessee on the Cumberland Valley Division of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad and on the Middlesborough Railroad and producers in Virginia on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, only, may also ship coal to the north as and to the extent provided in another order of this date.

Wherever any boundary of the consuming zone described in this order follows a line of railway, the consuming zone shall include all places usually taking deliveries of bituminous coal from points on the portion of the line of railway included in such boundary or within switching limits of other railway lines connecting therewith. This order shall be effective on and after April 1, 1918.

H. A. GARFIELD, United States Fuel Administrator.

Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of July 3, 1918, Effective July 8, Modifying with Respect to Shipments from Operations in Tennessee, the Order of March 27, 1918, Establishing Bituminous Coal "Zone G," being Modification No. 1 of said Order. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 3, 1918.

It appearing to the United States Fuel Administrator that it is essential that the producers of bituminous coal in Tennessee be permitted to make shipments to points outside of "Zone G," as described in the order of March 27, 1918, and that further apportionment of bituminous coal in that portion of the so-called "Zoning System" covered by his "order relative to bituminous coal Zone G” of March 27, 1918, will facilitate the movement of bituminous coal, tend to prevent scarcity thereof and is necessary for the production of a sufficient quantity of bituminous coal to aid in the successful prosecution of the war,

The United States Fuel Administrator, acting under authority of an Executive Order of the President of the United States, dated 23 August, 1917, appointing said Administrator, and of subsequent Executive Orders, and in furtherance of the purpose of said orders and of the Act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917,

Hereby orders and directs that, until further or other order of the United States Fuel Administrator, and subject to revocation or modification by him from time to time and at any time hereafter, every producer (which term shall include every person, firm, corporation, or association operating as owner, lessee, or purchaser of the entire output of a mine) of bituminous coal in the State of Tennessee may, in addition to the territory to which they are permitted to ship under "Zone G," sell, ship, and distribute such coal to dealers and consumers and for use and consumption within the following described section of the United States, viz:

All stations and points of delivery in the State of Alabama which are located along the Huntsville and Gadsden Branch of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway between Guntersville and Boaz, including all points of delivery within switching limits on other railway lines connecting therewith.

This order shall be effective on and after July 8th, 1918.

H. A. GARFIELD,

United States Fuel Administrator.

Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of Nov. 13, 1918, Establishing Bituminous Coal Zone G-1 Regulating the Sale, Shipment, Distribution, and Apportionment of Bituminous Coal Produced in the Coal-Producing Districts of Clinch Valley, Black Mountain, and Stonega, in Tazewell, Russell, Lee, Wise, and Dickenson Counties of Virginia, Located along the Louisville & Nashville, Virginia & Southwestern, Interstate, Norfolk & Western, and Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroads and their Short Line Connections, and of Eastern Kentucky along the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad, and Vacating all prior Orders Relative to Bituminous Coal Zone G so far as said Orders Relate to the Distribution of Coal from the above-described District.

WASHINGTON, D. C., November 13, 1918. It appearing to the United States Fuel Administrator that Bituminous Coal Zone G, as heretofore established and modified by said Administrator, should be subdivided into two zones to be called, respectively, Bituminous Coal Zone G-1 and Bituminous Coal Zone G-2,

The United States Fuel Administrator, acting under authority of an Executive Order of the President of the United States, dated 23 August, 1917, appointing said Administrator, and of subsequent Executive Orders, and in furtherance of the purpose of said orders and of the Act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917,

Hereby orders and directs that the order of said Administrator dated March 27, 1918, entitled "Order relative to bituminous coal 'Zone G' regulating the production, sale, shipment, distribution, and apportionment of bituminous coal and the method of such production, sale, shipment, distribution, and apportionment by all producers of bituminous coal operating in the coal producing districts of Tennessee and Georgia; of Kentucky along the line of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad main line and branches connecting at and south of Corbin, and along the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway south of Somerset; of Black Mountain and Stonega in Lee, Wise, and Western Russell Counties of Virginia, located along the line of the Louisville & Nashville, Virginia & Southwestern, Interstate, Norfolk & Western, and Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railroads and their short line connections; and of eastern Kentucky along the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad," and all modifications and amendments of said order, be, and the same hereby are, vacated and set aside as of the effective date of the regulation hereinafter established, so far as said order and amendments relate to or affect the sale, shipment, and distribution of bituminous coal produced in the producing district hereinafter described, and Hereby makes and establishes the following regulation, effective November 21, 1918, and until other or further order in the premises:

SECTION I.

Except as hereinafter provided no bituminous coal produced in the coal-producing districts of Clinch Valley, Black Mountain, and Stonega in Tazewell, Russell, Lee, Wise, and Dickenson Counties of Virginia, located along the Louisville & Nashville, Virginia & Southwestern, Interstate, Norfolk & Western, and Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroads and their short line connections, and of eastern Kentucky along the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad, hereinafter called Producing Zone G-1, shall be sold, shipped, or distributed except to consumers, and for use and consumption, in the following-described sections of the United States, viz:

(1) The State of North Carolina;

(2) The State of South Carolina; (3) The State of Georgia;

(4) That portion of the State of Tennessee east of a line coincident with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad from Mitchellville to Collinwood through Nashville, Columbia, and Iron City;

(5) That portion of the State of Alabama north of the Tennessee River; and all stations and points of delivery located on the Huntsville and Gadsden Branch of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway from and including Guntersville, Alabama, to and including Boaz;

(6) The State of Virginia;

(7) That portion of the State of Florida east of the Apalachicola River.

SECTION II.

The territory described in Section I hereof is hereby designated Consuming Zone G-1, and wherever any boundary of said zone follows a line of railway, said zone shall include all points on the portion of the line of railway included in said boundary, and all places within the switching limits of said points.

SECTION III.

Coal consigned in accordance with Section I hereof shall not be diverted to any point outside said Consuming Zone G-1, unless the consent in writing of the Coal Zone Permit Bureau of the United States Fuel Administration to such diversion shall first have been obtained.

SECTION IV.

The provisions of Section I of this regulation shall not apply to, or restrict, deliveries of bituminous coal from Producing Zone G-1, by wagon or truck, or shipments of such coal,

(a) For use as railroad fuel;

(b) In whole or in part, by inland waterways (other than the Great Lakes), except where such shipment requires a rail movement from the mines to the waterways terminating outside Consuming Zone G-1;

(c) To any points in Canada or Mexico when points of entry to these countries are located within said consuming zone, such shipments to be subject to all applicable license regulations of the United States Fuel Administration or the War Trade Board now or hereafter in force.

SECTION V.

Bituminous coal produced in said Producing Zone G-1, of such special quality, for such special use or purpose, in such quantity and consigned to such retail dealer or consumer outside said Consuming Zone G-1, as shall be designated in a permit issued by the Coal Zone Permit Bureau of the United States Fuel Administration in accordance with such rules and regulations as said Administration may from time to time prescribe, may be shipped to said retail dealer or consumer, provided that no coal shipped under such permit shall be diverted by reconsignment or otherwise from the original consignee unless the consent in writing of said Coal Zone Permit Bureau to such diversion shall first have been obtained.

SECTION VI.

Bituminous coal produced in said Producing Zone G-1 may be sold, shipped, and distributed, for blacksmithing purposes only, in such portions of the United States outside Consuming Zone G-1 as shall be designated in a permit issued to the producer of such coal by the Coal Zone Permit Bureau of the United States Fuel Administration in accordance with such rules and regulations as are, or may be from time to time, prescribed by said Administration. Every such permit shall be revocable by said Coal Zone Permit Bureau at any time.

Any person, firm, association, or corporation violating or refusing to conform to this regulation will be liable to the penalties prescribed in the aforesaid Act of Congress.

H. A. GARFIELD, United States Fuel Administrator.

Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of Nov. 13, 1918, Establishing Bituminous Coal Zone G-2 Regulating the Sale, Shipment, Distribution, and Apportionment of Bituminous Coal Produced in the Coal-Producing Districts of Tennessee and Georgia, and Vacating all prior Orders Relative to Bituminous Coal Zone G so far as said Orders Relate to the Distribution of Coal from the above-described District.

WASHINGTON, D. C., November 13, 1918. It appearing to the United States Fuel Administrator that Bituminous Coal Zone G, as heretofore established and modified by said Administrator, should be subdivided into two zones to be known, respectively, as Bituminous Coal Zone G-1 and Bituminous Coal Zone G-2.

The United States Fuel Administrator, acting under authority of an Executive Order of the President of the United States dated 23 August, 1917, appointing said Administrator, and of subsequent Executive Orders, and in furtherance of the purpose of said orders and of the Act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917,