New Britain herald., 1917-11-22
Council FAILS TO
FIX POTATO PRICES
Resolution Putting Quotation at t
$3.50 Not Passed

me NOVemDer meeting OF the COM
mon council last night failed to come
up to expectations as an exciting
event. The report Of the municipal
farm was received and ordered
printed in the minutes, but it was not
subjected to the grtlling that was an
ticpatsd. In fact there was practi-
cally no discussion on the report it
self. Although later in the meeting
there was a lengthy debate on the
wisdom of selling the potatoes at the
price fixed by the committee-$1.9O
and $1.95 per bushel. Alderman O.
F. Curtis and Charles May introduced
resolutions CLING for the sale Of these
potatoes at $3.50 per bushel and this
was amended by Councilman A. F.
Spencer, making the price $1.65.
Definite action was prevented, how
ever, when 1t was moved that the
signers of both resolutions be given
permission to withdraw. Thus, the
potato situation stands exactly as it
did before, with the committee in
charge and selling them at the origi-
nal prices.
Praises Tallard's Work
Printed copies OF the municipal
farm report were given to all men,
bers of the council and on the re-
quest Of Alderman o. F. Curtis, Judge
B. F. Gaffney. a member of the farm
committee, was invited to make a
statement. He said that there wa
little to be added to the reports and
that, the committee had been named
and had carried out the work Of the
farm at the behest OF the council
which had taken up that phase out
lined in the mayors annual message
Judge Gaffney paid a high tribute to
the work done for the city by H. S
Tallard, chairman of the farm com.
| m1ttee, and said no small measure
! OF its success was due to this one
mans efforts He worked from early
| in the morning until late at night and
| gave not only his oversight to the
work but actually labored himself
'Mr. Tallard has done a magnificent
work in a grand way and I think the
common council owes him q tribute
Of thanks for what he has DONE
Judge Gaffney declared.
Alderman Curtis asked the statu!
| Of the farm committee, whether i
| was controlled by the council o.
| whether 1t derived it's powers from
| legislative action. Judge Gaffney re
|
the food and fuel committee hae
| merged and that in planting the farm
| it was the work OF the farm com
mittee, while in buying several car
loads Of potatoes it was the work o
the food and fuel committee. How
ever, the Judge explained to another
| question from the alderman that thu
| committee did not claim to be indie
| pendent Of the common council. AL
derman May expressed curiosity as tt
the exact cost of raising the farm
potatoes, but Alderman Curtis ad
vised him to figure it out for himself
from the galaxy of figures before him
Mayor Quigley explained that thu
farm potatoes cost about $3.50 Pc
bushel, while the car potatoes aver
| aged about $1.65 per bushel.
Farm Committees Report.
Following is the report of the farm
| committee:
ITO the Mayor and Members of tn
Common Council:
| Pursuant to q vote of the Common
Council, the special committee Ap
pointed by Mayor George A. Quigle,
i, to take up the matter Of q municipa
| farm met on May 1s, 1917, in tn,
mayors once. Those present wer.
Mayor Quigley, H. s. Tailard. Judg,