New Britain herald., 1923-07-28
THE OBSER YER Makes Random Observations
 On the City and Its People

.>>~~~~o@e~>,.So~ ~e~~e.>e>s~~~~e~~>~~~ ing made to develop the city as a market center for the surrounding territory.
 Tn an effort to remove this handi- cap to business, the chamber of com merce consulted the police commis- sioner. It was decided not only to exempt out town motorists from parking restrictions, but to conduct 3 publicity campaign informing them oi their exemption.
 ITO inform the out-of-town buyers, an Omaha Guest Card was devised. Arrangements were made with the police to tie the cards, strings were sattached and they were shaped like tags, to the steering wheel of any guest car not already having one. In that position, the bright yellow tag was very conspicuous.
 '.The question: How can the out-of- town car be distinguished from local automobiles? naturally arises. The apparent difficulty Is simplified in Omaha--just as it is in many cities l by the method of registration. Each license tag bears a state and county number. Therefore, glance at tag reveals instantly whether the car Is from ut-of-town.
 "As soon the the police began the Guest Card distribution, the cham Der of commerce was deluged with re- quests for supplies of tags from re- tailers, wholesalers, service companies and manufacturers. Removal of an- moving restrictions had stimulated business. The out-of-town buyer could now park his car and forget it.. His mind was free to consider only his purchases
 "'We find the importance of the Omaha Guest Tag growing every day. says J. l.. Lee of the chamber of com- merce. Since the tag was introduced last fall, we have distributed thous- ands of them through local retailers and to out-of-town shoppers direct With the impetus to buying-which is already apparent--we are preparing to distribute many additional thous- ands'."
 The Omaha Guest Tag reads as fol- lows:
 This card entities you to park your car as long as you please while in Omaha.
 Omaha welcomes you and hopes that you will come often.
 Chamber of Commerce, Approved, H. w. Dunn, Police supt.
 I'M. F. Dempsey, Chief of Police.
 ''This will not exempt you from ar- rest for parking in safety zones, near fire hydrants. or in alleys"
 Because of the large amount of suf- fering which was experienced through out the winter last year, because of the coal shortage, Southington fac tories have taken hand in the situa- tion this year and are preparing to fortify their employees against anoth- CT fuel famine, by supplying them with the amount of coal which they were unable to secure last year.
 The officials have picked out number of canvassers to go through the shops inquiring from the em- ployes how many tons of coal they are accustomed to burn throughout the winter, and how many tons they secured last winter. The difference in the number of tons Is supplied by the factory. sa
 Because the manufacturing con- cerns have such a large number of cars coming into their yards and are able to have coal shipped much more quickly and in greater quantities than the coal dealers, they have been able to complete about half the orders given them already. Peck, Stow & Wilcox employees are the most for tunate of all. because this factory has been delivering every day. . This concern buys the coal at a good figure, uses it's own trucks and teams to deliver 1t to the homes and when the coal is in the cellar, a charge of $16 per ton is made. The only requirement Is that the people pay for the coal when 1t is delivered. Other factories have been allowing their help to pay for the coal by weekly deductions from the pay en- velopes, but the Pexto people have decided to ask for prompt payment.