New Britain herald., 1917-05-12
ety Officials and Others Enlist in Army to Raise Crops for Municipal Market to Prevent Food Shortage
FINANCE BOARD IS
 DIRECTED TO MEET

eds-Higll School Students to Be
 Urged to Turn Their Energy to Az # ricnlture Special City Meeting to
 Be Held May 21.
 Mayor G. A. Quigley is exerting all his energy toward getting ready for municipal farms that the city may not feel the food shortage so much next fall and this morning he communi- cAted with Storrs Agricultural college with . view of getting some expert ad- vice. The director at storrs promised to send needed information hero on Monday. After considering the situa- tion carefully. Mayor Quigley has de- cided that plans for the appropriation Of farming money must be made through regular channels Accord ingly, he will call . special meeting of the finance board on Monday evening. This board will recommend to the ieouncil that c4rtain money be used for farm purposes and tho Acouncil, at tho msstinx ca wsdnsadey nI1aA VIII advise tho mayor U n . special ckkyI meeting for . week from Monday niglit Hs will Iay before the citixens Ahe exact food situation, fully ex- plained in last evenings Herald. and swill ask that they levy 2 special tax gof one mill to provide about $4s.o00 to be used to finance the project. The produce from the city farms would be cold Tt cost to the citizens and the money borrowed from the city would be returned.
 < Seeds and Tractor Bought.
 The mayor stated this morning that he has already secured for the city, in anticipation of the special meeting, an option on 1000 bushels of seed pota- toes. It will be necessary however. to get as many more. According to es- inmates given to the mayor 1t will require 2.OO0 bushels of potatoes to plant 125 acres and it is planned to plant at least 250 acres. The mayor . states that an average yield from 250 acres of potatoes would be about sO.O0O bushels. Desiring to be pre- pared to begin work as soon as the citizens so vote, the mayor today pur- chased four automobile tractor blows for use on the city farms. He expects .it will be necessary to purchase more as 1t Is almost impossible to secure horses. If. for any reason, these plans fail. Mayor Quigley. with several other men, will take over the equipment personally and use 1t.
 { Already many men who are not elegible for military duty, because o1 age. occupation or physique. have vol unteered to work these farms and will give up at least one day week dur ] ing the summer for this work. Next week the mayor plans to visit the High school with Superintendent 8 H. Holmes and make a plea to the High school boys to enlist In thls service for their country and city Showing that their patriotism is a. strong as any, the members of En zine company No. 3, have notified tn, mayor that they will sacrifice theil weekly day of' to work on thes, farms.
 , Recruits for Army.
 Following is list of a number O
 the men who have thus far volun
 teered their services for at least on
 day Q week during the summer:
 Mayor G. 4. Quigley. Howard Tim
 brell. Harold Jones. A. E. Magnet @ ". B. Rossberg, chairman water de pertinent; Daniel Fitzpatrick, city me
 chanic: Harry Emmett, clerk of boar of ppblic works: Bernadotte Loomi.
 tax Collector: ". J. Rawlings, chic
 of police: "A. N. Rutherford. buildin
 inspector; James Towers, superinten
 dent water department; A. L. Thomp son. city clerk; Dr. T. E. Reeks, su a perintendent of health; J. D. Williams
 Stanley H. Holmes. superintendent C
 schools; Thomas Flannery. B. F. Ga1
 ney. judge of probate; T. J. Smitl
 fseistrar: William Zeigler. registrar
 Oscar J. Murray, photographer: P. {.
 Egnn. clerk of water board: Josep
 Roche, Edward M. Pratt, member (
 school board: Fred c. Walker, Harr
 Haf. John c. Loomis. treasurer Com
 m{rcaal Trust Co.,; James M. Curtil X - s1aAnt Commercial Trust Co., an