New Britain herald., 1920-02-27
Lower Rate Advocates Estimate Incon
 $l, 399, 218.85 in First District and S28 in Second-New Car for Fire Chic
 Alterations at No. } Engine House Exc
Mayor Continues Drive On Profiteering Landlords Sexton Denies Taxpayers Are Implicated.

Mayor Quigley continued his fight against protiteering landlords. today by compiling figures that bring to light two additional cases of profit eering going on in the city, and in one of the cases he has offered finan- cial assistance in securing legal re- enforcement to fight a threatened eJection that rivals the eyictions of historical European periods of hard times
 Will Fight Each Case Whether the corporation counsel or common council rules ordinance for the purpose of curbing profiteering landlords to be illegal or not the mayor said, II will appoint com mittee to receive complaints Of ten
 ants and act against them in that way. We will have an attorney, paid for, possibly, by voluntary subscriptions, and we will fight every case in which the element of profiteering enters.-' He told of woman in rather straitened financial circumstances and who is just recovering from an illness, who received a letter from her landlord February 21 natifying her that she must move within a. week. In the past two years, since the present owner acquired the prop erty, the rent has risen from $23 to $32 month or $10S year for each year he has been in charge. Now she is confronted with the proposi- 1 ton of getting out and finding a new home within 8 week. Mayor Quigiey 1 has advised her to secure legal advice , and if she has not the funds with 1 which to pay, he has agreed to stand 1 for the bill
 Another Profiteering Case. The other case is that Of a land lord who purchased a business block I on one of the streets running off Main i street In 1919 the building, which ] was purchased by him for S2S0O0 l was assessed for s14,000. and his ta X ] was s294. In 1920 the assessment was 1 boosted to s22,000, bringing his taxes l to $660. When informed of the raise ] in assessmen due to coal bills and i increased taxes the landlord sent let ] ters to his tenants telling them their 1 rent must be increased.
 ] Investigation revealed that the in 1 creases on three stores was s1260 during the year. The increased taxes l were s366, leaving the amount of | profit obtained $S94.
 1 Sexton Refutes Claims. ! Lawyer Michael A. Sexton, counsel 1 for the New Britain Taxpayers asso- l citation, today "came back at Mayor 1 George A. Quigley for his remarks ! relative to profiteering indulged in y I members of the association M- l Sexton termed the statements attri-
 buted to the mayor as political prop
 aganda., issued at this time in the in l terests of his political cause. which 1 he, no doubt, will plead prior to the 1 spring election.
 Won't Support Quigley. ! During his conversation, Mir Sex ! ton added that while the Taxpayers i association is not political organiza- ! tion, the members, despite their poli- 1 tbcal affiliations, will not support Mayor Quigley, for the reason that 1 they believe his adm inistration has i been q failure. The association will i lend it's support to any strong cand;- ' date. either Of the democratic or re- ! publican party, put forth this spring : as a candidate for mayor, MT. Sexton
 said. He also favored a complete l houseclcaning of City hall and the iT1- 1 fusion of new blood into the political i life of New Britain. Mir. Sexton ] sounded as warning the proposed ! S0-mill tax rate favored by the ad- i ministration, claiming that in the event of it's being made the rent payers would be the sufferers.
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 As 10 the claims of Mayor QuHsley concerning rent proitteerins. Lawyer sexton said:
 Tn reply to Mayor Quigley rega r,!- ing rent protitecring. it is not fair to single out two or three cases in con- demning the Taxpayers association II is faulty reasoning 10 judge cla ss
 bN waste specimens. l venture to say
 thai the average rent has not in
 creased more than 25 per cent. in the
 past two years. As an illustration [
 wish to take the case of P. $. NcAIa-
 hon, president of the Taxpayers as-
 sociation. ! know where he is renting
 hve-room apartments for $11 l
 month, just what they rented for 10
 years ago. In the meantime, his ta xes
 have about trebled. I have another
 case where q prominent member of
 the association rents four-roonl apart
 ments for SIG q month. the same
 which rented for s12 few yc.ir., ago.
 In the case ot this gentleman, let it
 be said that his taxes have increased
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