New Britain herald., 1919-07-10
OUIGLEY INDIGNANT
 ON GARAGE SUBJECT
Hints at Calling City Meeting if
 Council Does Not Act MAY RESORT TO COURTS
Unless City Fathers Prohibit Con- structiOn of. Garages in Residential Section, Mayor Will Appeal to Citi- Zens to Take Action.

Should the common council, at the special meeting to be held this eve- ming fail to enact an ordinance for bidding the erection of a garage by the Swift & Ferguson Motor Car com pany adjacent to the library on West Main street, Mayor George A. Quigley will endeavor to have the city pur- chase the property and if necessary resort to the courts to condemn it. Mayor Quigley this morning issued a statement saying that every available means will be taken to- oppose the construction of the proposed garage
 May Call City Meeting. If the city cannot enact an ordi- nance or receive sufficient protection by law" said the mavor' -"forbidding. the erection of garages in residential sections, I will ask the council to call a special meeting of the city in order to have money appropriated for the purpose of buying the Bunnell prop erty on which the garage is to be constructed. The land will be used for library purposes. If necessary the mat ter should be taken into the courts and the property should be con- dcmned.
 Win Fight to Limit
 "The erection of the proposed gar age will not be tolerated and I will use every means to opno~- +-~ con- struction. The beauty of West Main street, containing the finest municipal buildings, the postof1ice and the i- brary will be destroyed. The garage must not be built in the civic center of the city. It will prove a menace to public safety. The space between the trolley tracks and the curb is so mar row that I believe that it will be al most impossible for a machine and a trolley car to pass each other at the same time"
 Hot Meeting Promised.
 The courci7 roocting this evening promises to be an interesting session. It is said that A. J. Olson. whose per mt to build a garage on Lincoln street has been withheld by Building. Inspector Arthur N r1,+1.o,,fn~I will be represented by counsel at the meet ing.
 poration counsel. will also be in at. tendance to give advice op any legal questions which may arise.
 The permit Of the White Ea gle com pany to build a factory, against which Washington street residents have pro- tested, has not been issued yet
 Hint at Damage Suit.
 1t is reported today that should the council this evening pass the ordi- nance forbidding the construction of the garages, a suit for damages will be brought against the city by the pros pective builders. It is said that Mr. Olson is at the present time under going a loss of several dollars each day because of the delay in having the permit granted and will seek dam ages.
 E In discussing the matter this morn ing Building Inspector Rutherford did not state whether or not he would issue the permits. At the present time he is just withholding the applica- tions on the advice of the corporation counsel.
 It was reported today that the di- rectors of the New Britain Institute . had offered to buy the Bunnell prop erty from MT. Swift and that the lat ter had declined to sell. Mr. Swift re- fused to throw any light on the sub- ject, declaring that he had nothing to say. He stated that he would not be by a lawyer at the conn.,, mon council session this evening" -