New Britain herald., 1915-05-06
Eff|CENCY'S WAGES
 IS POLITICAL DEATH DI. Crowley Dropped as MIX h.
 spector After Eleven Years.
 STAR CHAMBER METHODS FAIL

OsHh OstHtAN2U aI@sAV00 busAs Dr. Radcliff Elected to Succeed pr.
 Crowley-Quinliyan Chosen Plumb
 ing Inspector Instead of Wciant- x Rcels Reelected.
 All records for political raw deals under the Quigley n1isadninistration were shattered late yesterday after noon when the board of health, with out notice and without expressing any fault with Milk Inspector George T. Crowley, fired him from office and elected in his stead Dr. BID. Rad- cliff. The vote was to 1, Dr. Henry T. Bray standing by pr. Crowley on the strength of his excellent record since 1904. Those who voted to dis miss this efficient public servant were Chairman Henry $. TalIard, Milton ". Davenport, pr. Arvid Anderson and Timothy Burns.
 Reporters Fool Commissioners.
 The committee thought it was going to have nice quiet session without any reporters being present and sev- eral faces assumed a funeral expres- sion when the scribes dropped in. The representatives of the press were not welcomed with open arms and glad smiles were conspicuous by their absence. It was a big disappointment to tho board as the hour of the meet ing had been kept. secret from the press and no one thought the report CTS knew anything about it.
 QuinIivan Plumbing Inspector.
 Tn addition to dumping Dr. Crow ley, the board declared the office Of plumbing inspector vacant and elect ed Thomas Quinlivan in place Of Al bert B. Weiant, who has held the of fee for the past year. Henry s. Tal- lard was reelected chairman. Other re-electioris were: Dr. T. E. Reeks, superintendent of health; John T.. O'Brien, sanitary inspector; John T. M cIinroe, assistant sanitary inspector; Miss Gertrude M. Johnson, welfare nurse: Miss Sara A. Carroll, tubercu- losis nurse, and Mrs. Gertrude Bowen, office clerk
 Tallard Hens and Flaws. s Chairman Tallard was asked after the meeting why pr. Crowley had been deposed as milk, food and meat inspector He hemmed and hawed and could give no specific reason ex- cept to say that the mem who had voted for him believed the department could be improved by the election of Dr Radcliff. He gavexa long speech on efficiency and told how hard the commissioners are working every waking minute trying to improve the department To hear him tell it, the health commission is emulating Atlas and carrying the world on it's shoul- ders He was informed that the peo- pie in general believed Dr.. Crowley was filing the office with efficiency and he admitted that such might be the case but enl-haw-well--. A reporter, told Commissioners Dayen- port that the firing of pr. Crowley was one of the dirtiest political tricks ever pulled in New Britain, but all the commissioner did was grin.
 Chairman Doesn't Know Charter.
 Dr. Reeks. as clerk of the board. called the meeting to order and called for the nomination of chairman. Commissioners Davenport nominated Commissioner Tallard and he was unanimously chosen. The chairman sllrowed his ignorance of the charter by calling for the nomination of q superintendent of health. pr. Bray called his attention to his little faux pas and said it was not necessary to
 elect g. superintendent of health as
 the charter says he shall serve until
 a successor Is appointed Commissicn-
 CT Burns moved that no appointment
 be made Chairman Tallard put the motion but Dr.. Bray emphasized his point that under the charter it is not necessary to take any action or to gc' on record regarding the office. Com
 missioner Burns didn't think it would do any harm to go on record In favor 1 of some action. Dr. Bray said he pre- ferred not to have the board go to record and Commissioner Burns with drew his motion.
 1 All Cut and Dried.
 The next business was putting the skids under Dr. Crowley. A blind per-
 son could see that it was all cut and l dried A Herald reporter had been 1 informed before the meeting that the 1 vote would be five to one and this was correct, pr. George H. Bodley I who was absent, expressing himself
 by letter as being in favor of Dr. Rad ! cliff.
 I Dr.. Reeks read an application foI the office from pr. Radcliff. Dr. Bray I said he would like to be certain that I the board was taking the right course l and was in order. He brought out I the point that there was no vacancy I existing in the office of the milk, meat and food inspector and he was desir. l ous of avoiding all entanglements.