New Britain herald., 1915-07-30
CLOSED SESSION
 ORDER ||| DE ] THE DAY
Mayor and His Friends Meet to I Decide City Policies

Deep ciOudS OI mystery dIC HoHSA ing about the city building today, ow- ing to the quiet little party" that held forth in Mayor c. A. Quigley's office last evening and discussed sew eral matters which are none of the bubbles business if the sta tements ot w. K. Quigley are to be believed.
 It was shortly after o'clock when the members of the council who are believed to be disciples" of the Divine Quigley," gathered about the City building and in few minutes 1t was noised about, that there was to Be meeting, but it was to be strictly of private nature. It was held too. but as far as the public is concerned they must be satisfied to wait until the members of the party are re- leased from their pledge Of silence.
 Most Republicans Present.
 It was discovered by one of the members of the council who is not of the same political faith as Quigley, that most of the republicans were present except Councilman o. E. Cur tis and also Councilman Hewitt who is known to have a strong liking for the city's chief executive. (Not so you could notice it.)
 Efforts to secure any information regarding the doings of the session availed a reporter nothing last eve- ming. Mayor Quigley, was asked this morning to throw some light on the subject that would clear the atmos- phere of the cloud.
 The mayor, however, was as closed nouthed as the proverbial claim The reporter in calling his attention to the fact that closed door sessions were supposed to have been done away with during the time of his predeces- sor, who believed if a matter was to be discussed it was only right that the public should be gwen the privi- lege of attending the meetings and yoicing their views.
 No Public in His.
 This is not the opinion of our humble servant, thesN mayor, who proudly stormeds about the executive office this morning until he found a copy of the annual message to the 1914 council in which he recommend sd that boards and commissions get together at times in an executive manner and talk things over.
 This applied to boards and com missions. but if appears as if every board in the city was represented at the meeting last evening so there must be some important business to De- eonducted shortly.
 Mayor Quigley was asked if tre-e was any truth in the runlor that Counciinan Curtis had not been asked to attend the meeting. He 1n- ferred in his reply that such was the case.
 Councilman Curtis.
 A Herald man in discussing rhe matter today with Councilman Curtis. received assurance from that official that he had not even heard of tue meeting. He gave the information --that he had received from one of tho members in attendance at the secre, session, that the advisory matter and the Ellis street matter which mas been referred to a special committee were talked over
 Councilman Curtis, also gave infor- nation to the effect that the recent action of the board of public works in referring the matter of the sidetraclS Ion Bigelow street, in which they had received a written opinion from Cor poration Counsel Cooper. where he deemed 1t advisable to allow rhe railroad company to retain the track without charging them, until the citv deemed it advisable to use it whcn conditions merited was debated upon.
 is reported that Mayor Quiriey fs looking up the matter again despite the Tact that Corporation Counsel Cooper. who gave his closest atten- uon for several weeks, before he de- cfded that would be the proper course 1 pursue probably with the view of uslng his veto pen again.
 While Councilman Curtis does rot fesl at all sighted on account of not psing invited to the meeting, he raises the point that if matter is to be dis cussed it is city business and republt- cans and democrats alike should be reeognized and allowed to attend.
 Mayor Quigley this afternoon stat fd to the Herald that he had taken the matter of allowing the railroad company to use Bigelow street up with corporation Counsel Cooper and that 3gal authority, who had assured him a1at after closely Investigating the matter he had come to the conclusion that the best course to pursue was as he had advised in his report to the board of public works. The mayor , decided that he guessed he would let the matter go through.
 
 INJUNCTION AGAINST FEDS.