New Britain herald., 1919-08-13
COUNCIL VOTES TO
 BUY ARMY SUPPLIES
City Fathers Decide to Purchase
 100000 Pounds Of Food

l The food situation was the reason l for the special meeting of the com mon council last night. About half an hour before the time set by Mayor l Geo. A. Quigley for the opening of l the session, the counciImen were 1 grouped about in the halls discussing l the coming meeting. The councilmen were so interested in the samples of | bacon, ham and canned goods that l Mayor Quigley brought up from the 1 army storehouse in New York that 1 it was eight twenty-five before the mayor could call the meeting to or l der.
 Alderman H. P. Richards took the | chair, while Mayor Quigley explained l the general plan of purchase of army goods that has been followed | out in other> cities. The original spe- l cial meeting was to have been held l last Friday evening, explained the mayor, but at that time there were not enough facts on hand to justify l any action that might be taken. i Samples of bacon, corn. syrup, and 1 canned goods that were secured from 1 the government warehouse were l placed on the clerks table, and ii was the opinion of the mayor that l the corn syrup, peas and tomatoes l were wanted. This conclusion, on l the part of the mayor, was reached 1 after he had talked with different people that came into his office after l seeing the display of goods in his of i fee window. The mayor recommend | ed that the selection of varieties of l canned goods rest entirely with the 1 committee appointed to handle the l army supplies. While in New York | last Friday, the mayor reserved 15,- | 900 pounds of bacon and 15,00O pounds of ham, subject to the ap- 1 proval of the council.
 Factories to Cooperate.
 Talking informally, the mayor told l of a plan suggested by Jesse F. Att 1 water, traffic manager for the Amer | iCan Hardware Corporation. The fac l tory goods re taken to New Haven | by motor truck, and return to New l Britain empty, and it was the opinion 1 of MT. Atwater that these empty i trucks could carry the goods back to 1 New Britain from New Haven. The only expense to the city would be the l freight charges on the boat from New
 York to New Haven. The freight car l congestion question would be elim- mated in this way, besides making l the transportation expenses much more reasonable.
 Alderman A. M. Paonessa intro ] duced a resolution authorizing a conl-
 mittee of five, appointed by the mayor,
 to purchase 100000 pounds of ham and bacon. also canned goods. l Councilman Gillen did not like the
 restriction of 100000 pounds in the
 resolution, and favored "a free rein"
 to be given the mayor to purchase as
 much goods as would be practical.
 The mayor made a short speech in
 whic4rtAe expressed his desire not to
 assume Responsibility for the entire
 matter.
 Places of Sale.
 The places of sale were ed
 by Alderman Curtis, and Councilmen
 Gillen and Gill because the original
 resolution restricted the sale of the
 goods to fire houses. If the original
 resolution were carried there would
 be four sale places above the rail-
 road tracks and only one below to
 city Councilman Gillen's amend
 ment: '1The fire stations or any other 1 places the committee deems best"
 was accepted.
 Resolution Adopted.
 1 Without much further discussion
 the following resolution was adopted
 Be It Resolved That, This body of
 members of the common council fla
 VOrS going on record of faVOring of
 authorizing the mayor to purchase
 from the Federal government 100,-
 900 pounds of ham and bacon, more
 or less, at the discretion of the com
 mittee, also canned goods at the dis | erection of the committee.
 The mayor shall appoint a commit
 tee of seven members to help manage the sale of said goods.
 The distribution places be the fire 1 stations or any other places deemed | best and the goods are to be sold at 1 cost.
 Freight Question Discussed. The freight question and the cost of getting the goods to the consum CT i was discussed. The mayor thought l that the bacon. for example, could 1 be sold one cent in advance of what | the original price was. The bacon | would sell from 34 to 36 cents a | pound and all expenses would be cov- l cred.
 The council then voted that an ap- propriation of $1.00O be made to 1 cover freight and other incidental | expenses. The .000 was to be se- l Cured from the city's emergency fund and returned as soon as the goods