New Britain herald., 1916-01-07
CITY MEETING IS A DISGRACEFUL AFFAIR
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 him. He claimed that he saves s5 ak year by buying ice at municipal 5 rates and the net income to him would be $40. Municipal ice per nits people who could never get five cent piece of ice from private dealers to do so now, he said, and he thought the city was doing a char Nftable act to go into the business.
 Ice and Mortality.
 "Whether a child has ice or not sometimes means life or death," said MT. Kehoe. Health department sta- tistics for last summer showed that there were twenty deaths less among schildren than the previous summer. Whether municipal ice had anything to do with it I don't know. But l do know I would rather pay my share of the tax than to see little white casket being taken to the cem- etery." Applause followed MT. Kehoe's speech.
 A MT. Sullivan registered his pro- test against Councilman Curtis amendment.
 Mayor Quigley jumped into the fray at this point and reminded the audience that it was not voting s4,1O0 to repair the ice house but to conl-
 
 been completed.
 Crime to Divert the Money.'
 T. ". Weber spoke in favor of postponing action indefinitely. He said the business had been conducted at loss for two years and a third venture would probab bly mean an in creased loss. Any sane man would say 1t has been a failure, in his opin- ion, and he considered it crime to divert money to such a proposi- tlon when it was needed so badly for schools. He did not believe the city has any business cutting ice on Shuttle Meadow and polluting the Eater the people drink, thereby jeo- pardizing the health of the city.
 Alderman Parker remarked that he did not believe any man present would be in favor of abandoning the municipal water works in which thousands of dollars had been sunk He believed in doing som mething for the working people instead of for the aristocrats and questioned the wis dom Of spending so much money for parks and other purposes as had been done in the past, thereby giv- ing Mayor Quigley's administration an unintentional knock.
 City in Hole $14,OOO.
 Councilman Curtis said the board of charities could furnish ice to the needy or the council could authorize the water commissioners to buy ice and dispose of it for not more than thirty cents a hundred pounds to poor people The city has gone in the hole about $14,00 on the ice project, he said, and the end is not in sight yet. He said he had been Informed by the superintendent of the water #works that the runway leading from the dam at Shuttle Meadow to the ice house must be Repaired before it can be used This in the s4.1O0 estimate
 Then the Steam Roller.
 Several voices called for the vote. Mayor Quigley, standing on a chair, informed the audience that it was voting on Councilman Curtis amend ment and he asked for the ayes who replied with a roar that shook the Rslllding. The mayor called for the nos and another roar rang forth The mayor ruled that the amendment had been beaten and it was at this point that he started up the steam roller and crushed the opposition. Those who had voted for the amendment called for a count of the votes by a division of the house. Mayor Quiglay refused to listen to their legitimate -. -. . -. ~ =