New Britain herald., 1919-12-09
HAMVXLE NEWS

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 ?. Q. READY FOR XMAS RUSH Public Has Paid But Little Attention
 to Advice of Postmaster-CcIebrat
 Birthday Recovered-
 Other News Items About Town.
 AS far as could be learned this
 morning the principal factories in Plainvillc will not be affected by the rulings issued yesterday by the nation a fuel administration. Officials of nearly all of the local manufacturing plants are optimistic about the matter and do not fear the consequences of the order.
 The local plant of the Standa I'd Steel X Bearings, Inc, form erly
 known as the Rockwell Drake. cor poration. will not be affected by the ruling. Like many of the factories in New Britain, the plant is supplied with electric power generated by water power at the new Stevenson dam of the Conn ecticut Light & Power Co. The only manner in which the plant may be affected is in regard to rulings concerning consumption of coal for heating.
 The plant of the Trumb bull Electric
 Manufa curing com pany will not come within the terms of the fuel order, ac- cording to a statement made by Gen eral Manager Stanley S. Gwillim to- day. He says that the officials Ot the 'Trum bull plant have studied the orde and added that if their interpretation is correct they will have no fears for the future except in the event of fur ther conditions which may be issued by the fuel administra ton. MT.
 Gwillim says the factory will be able to fill it's orders as in the past. The officials believe that the plant is eA- empt because it will not have to enter the market to purchase coal, ha;ylr1 s a fairly large supply on hand. At the Bristol Manufacturing com ~ pany no statem ent. could be secured from officials and the situation at that plant is a matter of speculation. The plant is operated on steam power gen. erated by coal.
 Other factories in PlainvilIe which operate on a smaller scale may be forced to curtail production as a, re- suit of the fuel order as the majority of them use coal in generating their power.
 Ready for Rusl,
 Postmaster P. J. Prior has caused notices to be posted in the office rela- tive to the mailing of Christmas packages. The usual cry of Mail your Christmas packages early'' pre- dominates. Such legends as Not to be opened until Christmas" may be written on packages.
 Up to the present time nc increase in the volume of incoming or oul~ going mail has been noted and the clerks in the local office are preparing for the annual last minute rush The office employees say that as a result Of the condition of the railroads and the brand of service being furnished, to- gether with the curtailment an nounced yesterday, it will be abso- lutely necessary to mail packages on or before December 1 5 in order to insure delivery on or before Christmas Day. Packages addressed to western states or places at a similar distance will also have to be mailed very early to guarantee delivery.
 The only unusual packages noted thus far were two large packages ad dressed to two children in France. The boxes were the gifts of local in- dividuals. No mail has been re- ceived for members of the American expeditionary forces in France, Ger many or Russia.
 Celebrates Birthday. Mrs. George Renev of North Wash ngton street, celebrated her birth day today. post card shower from her. friends was a surprise, Mrs Reney is in ill health and has re- gently returned from St. Francis hos pital in Hartford.
 Hemingway RecOyers. Willis J. Hemingway has recovered from a serious attack of pneumonia and is able to be about for a short time each day, He has appeared at the grocery store several mornings. To Enlarge Business. Daniel M. Collins, who will insta II and manage a restaurant at the plant of the Standard Steel and Bearings, Inc, does not intend to abandon his plans for expansion of his business. He will open a restaurant in the new Neri Brothers block soon after it's completion. He has already pur- chased the furnishings for the new eating house.
 The building is expected to be completed within a short time, al