New Britain herald., 1915-04-14
That's Real Reason for Calling
 Special Meeting, t is Claimed.
COUNCIL FRIENDLY TO MAYOR
But Thorns May Spring Up in His Honor's Path and Vetoes May Be Harshly Dealt With When New Body Gets Into Office.

Students of politico-ethnology pro- fess to see member of the Ethiopian race in the woodpile in. the special meeting of the common council called Y for this evening by Mayor George A. Quigley ostensi5ly for the purpose of deciding whether the city desires to continue along the road to municipal ownership of an electric lighting and power plant. It is their belief that His Honor wants the meeting for the purpose of submitting veto on the crushed stone contract, which has been awarded by the board of public i. works to the White Oak Crushed Stone company, ratified by the com z mon council and held up by lack of approval on the parc of the mayor. Tho electric lighting proposition :s merely a cloak With which to cover the purpose Of the meeting, they al lege. s..,
 Echo of Personal Feud?
 These observers whose horizon is not limited by the length of their nasal organs, smelled a rodent in the call for the meeting. It is a we'll known fact that Mayor Quigley is decidedly opposed to awarding the contract to the White Oak people, although it was unanimously favored by the board of public works. They pro- fess to hear an echo of the fight be- tween L. M. Barnes and Mayor Quig- ley some time ago when the latter asked the courts to order an account ing of their joint real estate business. The courts held that Mayor Quigley did not prove he was in partnership with MT. Barnes and that an account
 
 Barnes is one of the prime movers in the'White Oak Crushed Stone com pany and some are of the opinion : that Mayor Quigley is using his big x stick, the veto, in order to make it "even Stephen with MT. Barnes.
 Nothing to It, Mayor Claims.
 This, Mayor Quigley denies He told a reporter a few days ago that he would not use his authority as mayor to square any personal grudges . and that he had decided to veto the crushed stone contract because of his conclusion that the Connecticut Guar ries company was the lowest bidder. The mayor explained that the greater part of the crushed stone used dur ing 1915-16 will be deposited in the second district and that on this basis the bid of the Connecticut Quarries company is much lower than that of X Mir. Barnes. ..
 Must Tender Veto Tonight.
 Asked this afternoon whether his veto would be submitted at the meet ing of the common council this even- ing, Mayor Quigley replied: T don't know. This is a special, meeting
 Section 49 of the city charter says:
 'Every vote, resolution, order or ordinance passed by said common council shall be submitted to the mayor in writing for his approval and If such vote, resolution. 4order or ordinance shall be disapproved by him the same shall be returned to the common council at it's next meeting whether an adjourned, regular or special meeting with the objections 4 thereto in writing, etc.
 Certain people of Sherlock Holiness ian natures claim that there is lots of wool where wool ought to be which is not over their eyes and that May or Quigley's real object in calling the meeting was to dispose of the veto with the present common council, which has entertained considerably this year by jumping through hoops when the ringmaster cracked the whip. They say the mayor fears that the common council which is about to come into authority may not feel as he does about the stone contract.