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Salt Lake Tribune May 20, 1942 WPB Restricts Purchases I Of Materials by Utilities Must Draw on Own Supplies in Home | Project Servicing, Says New Ruling; Approval Needed for Power Line Extensions WASHINGTON, May 19 (JP)—The war production board Tuesday prohibited open market purchasing, by electric utility i firms, of materials needed in extending power service to housing projects. - ? F ------—-----------— Henceforth, WPB announced, I the utilities must draw on their j excess stocks for such supplies, j purchasing from other utility com- * | panies.,if necessary. Further, WPB directed, no new housing project' may be started f I unlejs plans for extension of all .utilities services — including gas and water as well as electricity^^'. I first have been approved by the ! government. I A power company also must ;ob- ! | tain WPB approval for extensions | of more than 250 feet, with such i approval merely allowing the j company to use its own materialSi! j dr those bought from another ! utility! ' Making further reductions.in the | quantities of critical materials J' used in making electric, gas and S ! water extensions to housing proj- / J ects, WPB also established new; I standards, applying , to houses on I which construction began after 1 , April 22. For example, only 30 pounds of copper wire may be used for each dwelling unit instead ! 5 of the 60 pounds previously ,:aj-L flowed, and the distribution trans-1 |former capacity may be only 200 f iwatts instead of 300. The maxi-’ Imum length of gas and water mains, in each dwelling unit, r as reduced from 60 to 50 feet.