The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-31
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ANDNE lISURN
COUNTY ASSURED 1. S: ! {. !:
sealer Straight Kept Buy All
the Time Checking Up
on instruments.

OI Civ
measures in Marion County are
second 70 nom e in West Virginia.
according to w D. Straight. sealer
;8of weights and measures IN this
bounty The condition was not
always this sway, according to the
sealer. who said a few years back
1.-THE condition was as bad in this
county as anywhere else in West
| Virginia, Constant work on the
Epart of the sealer and hearty CO.
/ Operation on the part OF the buS1-
mess people Of the county has been
responsible for the change.
/ At the present time Mr.. Straight
LIS encounterinE quite few difh-
cuIties and is very busy me
settlement Of the coal strike
meant work for him. Before the
miners would return to work at
the mines they demanded that the
i scales be tested. During the long
A time that the mines were closed
j the scales were out of use and
i many of them are not working
! right lust yet The sealer has
been working day and night and
1 is beginning to get things moving
] at a number of the mines.
Gas Pumps Accurate
One of the m ost important tasks
/ entrusted to the county sealers Is
1 that of testing the gasoline pumps.
! Last year residents of Marion
/ County used 100000 gallons of
! gasoline. and this year the con-
sumption is expected toSgo over
1.-THE 1000. 900 gallon mark
tically all of this gasoline Is meas
ured through the gasoline pumps
4 at the various gasoline service
| ~ IN #rn11ntV-11 ~ NJ T.
| Straight has just completed tests
! on forty-five gasoline, pum-s in the
county and reports that they are
! all in good working con d1t1on-
| Slight discrepancies were und IN
| the county but the average snort
age on the forty-fye pumps IN.
spected did not amount to hair
! mint on each five gallons of saso-
line This record compares very
4 favorably when contrasted TO
j recent test made at Huntin ton
i when seventy-one Of the elShIy-
4 two pumps were found 70 Pc
1 giving short measure. me snort
age in many instances was as
much as one quart on the hve sal.
lon. IN this county only three
nnnps have been found 10 be bad
| and they are homemade analrs
1 and give long measure as OFTEN, as
! short measure. One of the pumps
i was repaired SO thai 1T would give
accurate measure and tie other
two were, discarde d.
Ruling Hinders .Sealer
1.-THE wors. trouble the sealer
i has IN Keeping close check on any
i branch of busin rs in the city IS IN
/ regard to the retail sale of ice a
! ruIinr on this section of the state
/ law makes it SO that it Is almost
impossibIe for the sealer 10 keep a
i close check on it, The ruling says
+! that If consumer wants the ice
weighed he must visit the ice
wagon each day and demand that
the ice be weighed the drivers
! of the wagons then produce q
\ scale carried on the wagon anu anu
+! weigh the ice. Otherwise the cakes
i ave cut into sections which are
! supposed to weigh certain
amount and If properly. cut usually
/ come up to. if not over the re-
quired am cunt.
i The large cakes CO lceNare sup
i posed to weigh 400 pounds but
! most of them weigh between 40
i and 44o pounds When delivered
i tothe ice wagons for city delivery
]; thew are cut into two sections
i weighing from 21o to go pounds
\ each. This cake is halyed II a
I person wants 100 pounds, quar-
tered for fifty pound orders and
j cut into cights if twenty-five
!. pounds are wanted. With-the
!; original cake weighing over Il e
j required amount even when tie
i ice is cut into eight pieces. 1t
i should contain more than the re-
i CURED amount. The greatest
i trouble in this, according to- the
sealer. is that it gives dishonest
man a. chance to cut his ice II
4 sma Her pieces than is prescribed
:. by the ice company. tl-cc-"bv max
:. ing some extra money for himself.
The scales in all the markets,
grocery and confectionery stores;
as well as the bake shops ano
other places where they directly
j affect the public. are inspected
regularly by Mr.. Straight aud are
i ali in excellent condition.
I r,c HIM