New Britain herald., 1915-06-17
MINOR VIOLATIONS FOUND

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 ter Grand Jurors Reported No Complaints. Anticipating with dread the arrival of an officer with warrant for their
 spent a rather uneasy morning today as a result of an unexpected visit to town yesterday of representatives of the state police departm working on an investigation of suspected vio- 1ations of the law relating to weights and measures. While the store keep CTS here are all thought to be giving full weight, it is admitted that tech nicaIly some of them have been vio- lating certain statutes and for care
 lessness in looking after trivial fea- lures they would not be greatly sur prised if the inspectors decided to bring them into court.
 Grand Jurors Minton A. Norton and Stanley s. GWillim both denied today fthat they had received any complaints from the visiting officers Tn fact the
 men had not reported to them. Their failure to make immediate applica- tion for warrants is considered by many to mean that they decided to overlook the techncal violations, let ting the merchants off with warn ing.
 spent considerably time in town. They visited all the stores and made a care- full inspection of the scales and meas ures, also examining packages of goods on sale to see if they had been
 marked to show their weight In some places, it is understood the visitors found that sugar and butter that had been put up to make it easy for clerks during rush hours had not been marked for their weight The law provides that the weight or quan- tity shall be marked on the outside of the bag or. wrapper. Packages con- taining creamery butter, the wrap pers on which had been marked "16 ounces,' were found to be short in weight, it is said. The merchants ascribed this to the fact that there was probably natural shrinkage af- ter the goods left the creamery. It is said that the packages were but a small fraction of an ounce under weight.
 In these cases the inspectors ex- plained that the merchants rather than the creamery owners were lia- ble under the law as the statutes pro- vide that it is up to them to see that full weight is given. In one store one of the officers found a quart measure, the edge of which had been broken This he destroyed.
 The visitors also called at the coal and wood yards and made an exam ination of scales and also reweighed loads that had left the premises to see if the teamsters slips showed the proper weight. They made no state- ments as to the results of their in- vestigation.
 Speculation was rife today as to what action would be taken regarding alleged violations of technical points in the law.
 This was the third visit of the in spectors to Plainville within few
 months. One prosecution resulted from previous call and the destruc- tion of some scales and measures used
 by merchants was also ordered. The violations seemingly were due to an | the part of the dealers to cheat. New ertheless the frequent visits of the of ficers is having a tendency to make tn storekeepers more wary and some if them are almost ready to begin stuying law in order that they may be prepared in the future
 Part of old Church Standing.
 Investigation of the history of the CongregationaI church. which is to celebrate it's seventy first anniversary on Sunday, June 27. reveals the fact that part of the building erected in June, 1840, as a place of worship for local people is still standing. The original Plainville Congregational church was situated on Canal street. After the building now in use was completed, the old structure was cut in half, one part being moved to West Main street, where it was used as hall for the Good Tenplars. This part has since been razed.
 The other half. remains standing in the rear of the Bacon property on Canal street.
 The church building which now serves the Congregationalists was built many years ago. At the time of its erection it was regarded as one l of the finest church buildings, archi- tectually, in this locality. A gallery | has been added to it and it is still in l excellent condition. ej
 The committee in charge of the ar- engagements has not as yet completed | the program for the celebration. It | Is making good progress, however, and it's reports indicate that the | event will be made a memorable one l for the town as we'll as the members of the church.