New Britain herald., 1919-06-03
PLAINVILLE FACING
 MILK SHORTAGE Two More Dealers Quit and
 Supply Is Limited TOWN WILL BUY ICE
Norton Will Make Deliveries Question of Accepting Strong Court Coming Up for Settlement- Other News Items.

Other News Items.
 Hot weather is here and Plainville finds itself in rather peculiar position in regard to its milk supply The present time of year is when the people buy the most milk and it's use for cooling drinks is also well known The situation shows Plainville people facing serious shortage unless some more milk routes are started in town immediately.
 Two men, Denton and Russell, have recently qquit the business. The latter was reported to have stopped peddling this morning, while MT. Denton threw up the sponge some time>ago. This town is a community of between 5000 and 4,000 people, with many stores using milk, and two restaurants demanding a large supply. The soda fountains in the various confectionery stores vie with the res taurants in using the liquid food, These are the people who are now affected.
 The past two years have seen a steady breaking up of the old milk men who formerly supplied the town. Of all the old ones there is but one left, James Burns of Red Stone Hill. Walter Benstead, Fred Scoville, and others are among those who stopped some time ago. Mr. Benstead enjoyed the largest sale of willl in the town and in fact probably supplied about 1,5O0 quarts a day in the town. He decided to quit and attend to his large farm. He sold to MT. Denton who ran it for some months and he quit a few weeks ago and the route is now being run by Walter Dexter.
 Ice Will Be Disposed of.
 From reports current around town, there will be an interesting report submitted to the voters of the town tonight at the special town meeting called to take care of the ice which was brought here from other states during the winter in order to assure a summer supply.
 Contrary to other reports concern ing bidding for the ice, it is now al- most certain that the voters will order the town to pay for the ice and will leave it's selling, etc., to MT. Norton, the local dealer. At the present time he is the only known ice dealer in town as Leland Hart never resumed his business after being discharged from the army. MT. Norton has stored the ice which was brought here in his ice houses without charging rent for it's use and it will be but fair on the part of the townspeople to let him have the privilege of selling it through the town during the summer.
 Yesterday and today proved the sound judgment used by the commit tee of the Plainville Business and Im- proVement association in purchasing a supply for the summer. The two days have started a demand for the commodity which, if the weather keeps up, will exhaust even the extra supply long efore summer is done.
 Agents for artificial ice freezing plants and artificial cooling plants have been in town within the past few weeks talking with business men in regard to having the systems installed in their stores. It is not known whether orders have been given but some of the local men were anxious to find out at the time what arrange ments had been made for the towns supply for the summer.
 May Accept Strong Court.
 At a special meeting tonight the question of accepting Strong court as a public street will also be brought up. It is proba bly that it's acceptance will be unquestioned. The court is located half way between Canal and Church streets and was formed by cutting into building lots the old Will Hams property which included the whole territory. That was done some years ago and since that time the pieces of property have been sold to various local people. The proposed public street is a residential one de- cidedly. From the class of people settling there it would assure the west end of the town of being the res idential section when the town grows larger.