New Britain herald., 1921-10-20
| PLAMVULE NEWS BUSINESS OUTLOOK IS FAIRLY BRIGHT Several Factories Lengthen Working Schedule
 MANY ATTEND GRANGE FAIR i May Be Mistake in Name of Local
 Man Held in New Haven For AL ] legged Theft of Diamond-Scarlet 1 Fever Case in Town.
MANY ATTEND GRANGE FAIR

| Fever Case in Town,
 Although there seems to be no definite change in the business and
 manufacturing conditions of the town it appears that the factories are 1n- creasing their working schedules slow, which indicates that orders are com ling in gradually. No help is being hired, however, yet the happy thought among the officials of the local con- cerns is that the conditions are not tgetting any forse. There still remain many unemployed in the town and this lproblem must be solved soon. With the winter coming on, the town cannot offer them aid as they had been giving during the summer on street work.
 The Trumbull Electric Company, tc which all resident turn as the barometer for working conditions, lis operating four departments on i5O hour week basis, one on 55 hours
 and the rest about S2. There has been a slight increase noticeable in the in-
 coming orders yet there will be no i'm
 mediate promise of hiring help. The Plainville manufacturing com pany, coming next, seems to be the busiest shop in town. This plant is
 
 and has been doing so since last September. A normal force is being
 held but an additional help is re- quired at the present time. Superin-
 tendent Woodruff of Bristol, who suc- ceeded MT. Garragus at the plant, sees 9 mild increase in orders yet canno! i predict any great change suddenly. The Newton Manufacturing Co. still
 retains it's schedule of a nine hour day Lwith four days a week and the Hills . plant is operating on 50 hours week.
 The H. c. Baum Electro Plating Go. l reports excellent conditions and stiij
 continues it's usual working hours O.
 a full week. h., The Standard Steel and Bearings Co has moved its machinery from the
 New Haven shop and has some ten
 hands employed here at the present
 time. It is operating on 45 hours a
 week with no immediate prospects
 of increasing. Help had been hired
 during the course of moving the ma
 chinery but let go when the work
 was completed.
 The Plainville Casting Go. is thriv-
 ing and increasing it's force continually 1 However, there being no moulders in
 the town, little aid iss seen from that jsource.
 The Bristol Mills machines have
 started and about 30 are kept busy iii
 an effort to fill standing orders which
 were on the files when the plant closed last year.
 Grange Fair Successful
 The Grange fair had a capacity at- tendance last night when the play, "Rube's Ma" was presented. Dancing was enjoyed following the play and ho Tot oh icho T . music. Tonight, a minstrel show will be on the program and following that, the awarding of special prizes will r take place. The following are the prizes offered Half ton of coal, um-
 brella, five pound box of candy, box of cigars, blanket, pig and a wedding cake baked by the Plainville bakery H The committee in charge wishes to r thank the patrons of last night for their support and are looking forward , to large attendance tonight. Michael .Conforti
 , Residents of the town are wonder ing who the Michael Conforti is who , was arrested in New Haven yesterday , on charges of alleged theft of dia- l mond. Conforti claimed Plainvil1e to be his home. People here, however ; do not remember any person of that . name who had been living here. , Scarlet Fever Case.
 , The first case of scarlet fever ir , the town has been reported to the : health officer. Robert Sames, son o1
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles Sames of 21 East street, is confined to his home with the sickness The house has a been quarantined. There Is no imme diate fear of an epidemic in towr
 however, as the case is being carefully II watched, authorities report.
 r Chess Tournament.
 e Tho final games in the chess tour
 nament between two local teams vii l, be played out next Wednesday even d ing at the Odd Fellows hall. Stephen :, son and Marino comprise one team n while Livingston and Aspinwa1l are o1 e the other. The teams clashed las
 night with the result that they eac1 0 won two, breaking even on the series - Pos: Office Regulations. g The mail carriers have been report $ ing to Postmaster Prior of the condi Is tions on their routes in regards to tn
 proper numbering of houses and suit FOR EC7EMA \