New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
CITYFATHERS GONE
 BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Annual Outing Held Today and
 Long Auto Trip Enjoyed
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l cause or the missing party, why or
 course the fourteenth annual outing 1 of the New Britain City officials and | their friends who have gone on a trip l from here to there and from there to | somewhere else in this beautiful state | of Connecticut. At g o'clock this morning the officials lined up in front of the city hall, New Britain, and de- | spite the overcast skies were ready for anything that might happen. The home of the city fathers. is empty and from the amount of business being ! done might just as well be closed. : Before starting each member was presented with a pink badge on which was printed the following: "14th An- nual Outing, New Britain City Off, cials, July 20, 1916", and in the cen- ter was printed a small seal of the city. All cars showed a liberal dis play of the national colors and were quickly loaded and dispatched. The party was composed of the following: Alderman M. I. Jester, Personal Tax Collector Charles J. Elliott, Registrar of Voters William Ziegler, Emil J.. Danberg, Superintendent of Health T. E. Reeks, Thomas Quinlivan, Building Inspector A. N. Rutherford, City En- ginecr w H. Hall, Aldermen Albert Anderson, Val E. Chamberlain, John Stadler, Jr., William McCabe, Angelo Paonessa, Councilmen Walter w. Gould, Cornelius J. Dehr, Charles May, Anton J. Steiner, Albert F. Eichsteadt, James Iverson, Olof F. Falk, Arthur F. Spencer, Orson F. Curtis, Charles Mueller Joseph c. Andrews, Eliot H. Porter, Hubert P. Richards Albin H. Olson, Lincoln A. Odenkircn en, David A. Wicander, Jo- seph Owsiak, John Partyka, Louis J. Arata, John Tomaszewsky, William J. Smith, Francis T. McDOnOugh, George M. Landers, William J. Lenehan and E. N. Humphrey, John ". Allen Will liam B. Rossberg, Frank T. Riley, Harry E. Morton, John Durn. Charles G. Muellr Peter P. Curran, Morris D. Saxe and the membes of the engin- eering department E. A. Mccarthy, Rice, Warner, Moore, Ellison, Lam phere, Clark, Williams, and Klett.
 Cars for the trip were loaned by the following men:
 Councilman G. M. Landers, Safety Commissioner H. M. Steele, E. N. Humphrey, Dr. T. E. Reeks, MT. Porter, Albert N. Volz, Mr. Tomasew- ski, w. B. Rossberg, MT. Philipps, Councilman Richards, MT. Robinson
  Charles Boyle Councilman Steiner, George Smedley, E. G. Babcock, Thomas Quinlivan, Councilman Muel- Ter.
 Captain Mccarthy of the engin neers' ball team said there would be nothing to it but his team. The other party was silent and nothing could be dis covered as to their make up or even captain Mayor George Quigley and Tax Collector Bernadotte Loomis joined the party in time for dinner at Lake Compounce after the picnick- CTS had inspected the proposed new municipal reservoir at Burlington.
 Mayor Quigley Eloquent.
 Mayor Quigley spent the greater part of his time explaining the won- ders he was about to work with his magic wand. He was mute concerning another ''touch' he had made in boosting New Britain's tax rate until it was almost on a level with the fleecy clouds.
 "On the right he said, "you saw a place where we will soon have one Ot the finest reservoirs in the state ot Connecticut Posterity will proudly acclaim the regime of George A. Quigley and say he was the greatest mayor New Britain ever had. On the left, in front of you and behind you saw where we will have other parts of this great reservoir Mayor Quigley intends to build. You see, gentleIne en, l hate to talk abot my self. Tn fact, that is one of my chief characteristics. l admit 1 am the sweuest chief executive the Hardware city has ever known but we will let that pass Only don't forget 1t.
 t'In order to build this great reser- voir-which I suggest we name the Quigley reservoir in honor of yours truly-it was necessary to move a graveyard. No personalities meant, gentlemen. I admit some of the mem bers of the common council were rather obstinate on this proposition but did not mean to cast any insinu- ations. It is too bad the graveyard had to be moved before you arrived there as some of you would feel more at home if it was still in existense.
 T am glad to be among you today and I hope you all have a good time. But don't forget the name Quigley when you're picking out a title for this little water supply.'
 Refreshments were served on the trip.
 Between his attempts to sell the winters supply of coal to the pie nickers Alderman Jester insisted he had seen a shark in the Whigville reservoir. He wasn't sure about it but he thought it was pink one with crimson fins and a striped tail.
 At the dinner served at Lake Con- bounce, Water Commissioner P. J. Egan sprung his annual poem on the gathering. He stood near the door so none could escape. Odes have been written to Bacchus by the bushel but MT. Egan is believed to be the first man to laud in rhyme plain water, which, everyone knows, is good for