Republican farmer., 1919-06-27

years, the ice to be sold as the To THE HONORARY MAYOR AND
 BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE
 CITY OF NEW HAVEN:
 The committee appointed in pursu- ance of a. resolution adopted by the Honorable Board of Aldermen of the City of New Haven on May 19. 1919, for the purpose of Investigating and .nquiring into the situation concern Ing the supplying. furnishing and de- ivering the ice to the people of New Haven. and of inquiring into the price charged therefor, and of reporting upon any plan or means. whether the same be by purchasing of a municipal ice plant or otherwise to safeguard and protect the interests of said city hereafter, submits the following as its report:
 The committee held it's first meeting May 27, 1919, fin the City Hall and duly organized fin accordance with the di- rcctions of the resolution under which it was appointed As q basis of it's procedure. the committee adopted the following plan and scope:
 An investigation of the supply, price and delivery of ice for this pres ent summer.
 Ca Private Investigation of com nittee conducted by trustworthy agents.
 Qb) Public hearings to which whole sale and retail ice dealers and per- sons now or recently engaged in wholesale or retail sale of ice in the icty be subpoenaed and an opportu- city be subpoenaed and an opportu- other persons having valuable infor- nation on the subject to give the pame to the committee.
 A consideration of the Ice problen. Gor future summers.
 (a) Investigation by committee of similar provisions by other cities of the sis, of New Haven.
 Cb) A public hearing devoted to the following questions
 1. Advisability of a municipal ice plaa..
 2, Advisability of municipal option on natural ice crops.
 2. Advisability of municipal con- tracts with established ice concerns for the purpose of assuring supply sn1 controlling prices.
 An inquiry by the Committee to determine whether the present short age of ice and the present prices thereof, are due wholly or in part to illegal practices.
 (a) Is there. or has there beer any combination. conspiracy or mo- nopoly in violation of State or Fed erai Statutes?
 (b) Is there, or has there beer unlawful profiteering2
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 A formal report to the Mayor ant the Board of Alderman, embodyinl the Committees conclusions and rec ommendations after investigation ha: X been completed.
 Thereafter the Committee helC gundry public hearings in which i subpoenaed as witnesses persons now or recently engaged in tho Zee bust ress in this locality, whose knowIedg, and experience would be helpful tt the Committee. The general publi' vas elso invited to volunteer any in formation or advance any opinions bearing on the subject under inves tixation, that 1t cared to. The Com / rnaftes closed its public investigation with . meeting held in the Alder maic Chamber. to which the genera public was invited and at which tn frseR possible expression of opinioi eoncerninr measures to be taken fo futuro protection was solicited. Tn Committse also sent out a numbe of 1s<terp to persons whose juGg ,m~ut the Cou.mittee had reasons q oSlsNve would be of help. and also t' nnuY others who had manifeste' opso1aI iuterest in tho matter.
 Tn addition to Information pro eurod by the testimony of witncsse S1foro the Committee at Its fo-ma sltf1n6s, tho record of tho Federal in vogt1gation of 1917, undertaken fl th1a City concerning tho ice situation Ga existing. was carefully zstudlcc