The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-14
ILLeoALlTY IN OIL.
eaIer DeFosse finos Quality and auan
tity No, Up to andard.

There are several of the oil dealers
n this city who are rejoicing in a new
ease on the liberty to dispense oil to
N oil-hungry populace.
For time the liberties Of the afore-
said dealers trembled in the balance
Their tank wagons, common, ordinary
tauk wagons, like the widows crust
lever seemed to run dry, and the pop
llace wondered at the mystery OF It.
from wondering, they fell 70 lnVestl-
eating, and it was not long before com
Jlaints were made to the officials OF the
,uantity of oil received and the quail
nv thereof. The complaints reached
he ears of Mayor Dodge, and by him
"a. Herbert De Posse, sealer OF
weights and measures, was directed to
.xsmine into the whyness Of it.
The investigation on the part OF Mr..
De Fosse convinced him that some Of
the oil dealers throughout the city were
not dispensing oil in conformity with
he law, and he at once investigated
the matter. He found that his suspi-
lions were correct, and that there was
a wholesale violation of the law in eff
feet on the part of practically all of the
street pedlers of oil. The statutes pro-
vide that all such cans and receptacles
shall conform in every respect to Off
eial measurement, and be officially
sealed The law has been in effect
for many years. and Mr.. De Posse
learned that it has apparently never
been enforced in this city heretofore.
The cans used in the pedling Of oil
were found to be clearly at variance
with the intent of the law, and the
pedlers were all served with notice that
they must at once take steps to con-
form with the law in this respect. The
pedlers expressed q willingness to con-
form to the law and it is evident that
their violation of it was through igno-
rance rather than intention.
Mr.. De Fosse has received a lot of five
gallon cans which have been officially
scaled and delivered to the peddlers for
street use SO that now the cans of all
the peddlers in the city conform to the
law and the oil has again been spread
upon the troubled waters. There are
fifteen street peddlers of oil in the city
and each peddler will average four doz-
en- cans
Mr.. De Fosse returned yesterday
morning from Boston, where he attend
ed the sessions of the Massachusetts
State Association of sealers of weights
and measures held In the American
House, on Wednesday and Thursday
every city and town in the state were
present and the meeting was a highly
Interesting one. Daniel A. Palmer Of
Boston was elected president of the as
socfation, and Mr.. DeFosse was elected
vice president. Reports of the work in
the different cities were presented. The
report fromsW Worcester showed perhaps
as great an increase in the work as
from any other place. From the foot of
the list the record of work in this city
has been brought up to place next to
Boston.
A general discussion of an important
decision by State Deputy Sealer Palmer
of Boston was a feature of the conven-
ton. Mr.. De Fosse read a paper on the
sealing OF glass jars and measures and
the easiest way to handle and mark
them. and also on the mechanical prin-
ciples and leverage of scales.
A. Il. Roberts, sealer OF the CITY OF
Cambridge, has discovered a LIQUID, by
the use Of which 1t is possible to mark
a glass bottle with an ordinary steel
pen as easily as a person would write
upon paper, and in proof Of his dis
covery brought q quantity of the fluid
to the convention in g. rubber bottle,
and afforded those present a chance
TO see an actual demonstration Of its
wonderful qualities. His report was
brought into the meeting written upon
sheets Of glass by means OF the fluid.
The fluid, the composition Of which