New Britain herald., 1917-03-09
MILK. HDDLERS TO
|. RAISE THEIR Rates
Nj. High Cost Of Living Con-:
. stiauss Very Active
: $500:
:ABE PRICE its "A QUART
High Price q Grain aud Scarcity 81
!, Labor Keeps Farmers ON Anxious
se 8. =. Tor Jury Duty + Two
!. Oovrts. Town Cldrk In a Quandary.

I'll .ssss Is 49, eea.7,,,-.s - ~
Oogrts. Town Cldrk In a Quandary
Material increases in the cost .,
grain coupled with. the fancy prices
now obtaining for household s neces.
stiles which they have to use them
selves Are given by the local milk
dealers as reasons for their announce
ment that beginning next Sunday milk
VIII be served to customers for eleven
4 cents quart. a raise of one sent over
the rates now prevailing. Notice has
been served on the trade by the
various dealers, all Of whom have
agreed TO recognize the new price.
The action of the dealers is in line
with the change in prices made by
milk peddlers in other places in this
vicinity. Bristol and New Britain
people have been paying eleven cents
quart for some time but the local
men held off making q raise in the
| hope that there would be some re-
! duction in the cost of grain and other
foodstuffs. The scarcity of labor and
tho high wages demanded by farm
hands also enter into the decision
made by the milk dealers. Owners of
farms in this locality are experiencing
/ a great deal Of trouble in getting help
and in the srring when planting time
| begins they fear that they may have
to face most serious problem.
l While their customers are not en-
thusiastic over the increase. they Of
course have no alternative, all tho
dealers having agreed on the new
| price, they are viewing the raise p11ilo-
! sophically and are placing the blame
to Mr.. High Cost Of Living.
Court Orders Conflict.
Town Clerk Robert c. Usher was
placed In a Quandary this morning
when Constable Philip Marine APP
peared at HE Office to summons him
for jury 6Cty at the March term of
the superior court, criminal side.
The subpoena ordered him to report
next Tuesday morning at 1890. Mr..
Usher's difficulty develops from the
fact that a few days ago he was
served with a subpoena to present an
appearance before tho court of COM
mon pleas Tuesday morning at 1880 |
to serve as ju1yman in civil actions |
The physical impossibility Of mans |
being In two places at once will pre-
vent the town clerk from answering |
both orders He Will seek to be ex-
cused from duty in at least one Of the |
courts, although he would like to be |
let off from both. because of the large
amount of work now facing him in |
his capacity as town clerk
MIR. Usher Is at present working |
the tax collectors books, a task which |
is occupying a considerable part of |
HE time each day. The local taxes are
due ON April 1 and the officials are
anxious to have the bills in the hands
of the property owners by that date, If
possible.
New Britainites vanquished
The Ramblers of New Britain were
forced to bow in submission to the
Plainville Young Mems club basket
ball team last evening. The local
boys winning the game played in the
Town hall by a score of 81 to II.
The, Plainville team was much faster |
than the Ramblers and displayed {
more accuracy in basket shooting. a ]
TACT attested to by the score
After the game there was dancing. p,
Aged Resident Dying.
Morris Correll, an aged resident. is
exported to be in q dying condition at I
he home Of his son on West Main
treet. The patient was very low this &
morning and his death was momen- =
arilq expected. He is So years old =
md has been in feeble health for a
ong time.
Dissatisfaction Here :
while Plainville may not be Of
ciaily represented at the hearinr he :.
ore the public utilities commission II
ext Thursday regarding the service r
wen by the Connecticut comnanv n
1ere Is nevertheless considera HE | ~
here with the accom-
lodations on the. New Britain line. q,
specially during rush hours and on =,
undays.
A fifteen minute service to South
gton Is also agitated although the :,
'mpiaint is not SO strong as that =.
the service on the New :.
ritain line. OF
Plainville is also anxious to have OF
le double track to New Britain COM
eted. The Connecticut comnanr fo
IS had plan for this Improvement CT
the works for a long time but the to
engagement admits that there is no
mediate prospect of getting the
ork done. The. cost of operating
Id the big increase in the expense G.
new construction work are given
reasons for the delay.
Over 1900 Blanks in.
'Plainville has already dispatched Ia
>P-OAsAA".OiS t"oVS HuHQTeQ blanks w
the central Office of the military d,
nsus in Hartford and there are in st
cations that within the next few ! ms
Iys about fifty more will be sent in
The town has been we'll covered II
the enumerators and the work is
actically finished. Constable Ma ~
10 Is picking up a few additional al
anks each day, however. Men who or
We been overlooked or those with W.;
1om the enumerators failed to get oil,
touch are sending in their blanks -,
mail and others are sending them -
the officials through other chan ne