New Britain herald., 1926-08-11
Bristol News COAL CONTRACT
 IS AWARDED But One Bidder for Bristol Sup ply-BurslaS Active ATTEMPT TO ENTER STORE
Man Arrested on Complaint of Wife Placed on Probaticn-Autos in Collision, Occupants Escape Outings at CompouRe-Sotes

Outings at Compounte-Sotes.
 The contract for furnishing coal to the various schools and tirehouscs Of the city has been awarded 10 the Quinion Coal and Trucking Co. of : North Main street. This concern was the only biddcd and deliveries have already been started.
 The contract calls for the delivery. as needed, Of SsO tons of anthracite coal and l.O5O tons Of bituininous coal City Clerk Thomas B, Steele. ho Is also purchasing agent for the city, when asked this morning for bidders. refused 10 divulge that in formation, feeling. apparently, that it was something ir which the pub { lie had no concern. The Herald representative also later approached two couucilmen regarding 10 mat ter and was advised that the award ing of the coal contract was left en- tirely in the hands of City Purchas- ing Agent Steele. Later il was learned indirectly that the prices quoted by Mir. Quinion and accepted by Mir. Steele were SIS < ton for the anthracite and $7.50 a ton for he bitumiuoI
 The city charter provides that no contract in rAccsss of &, 800 shall Dc entered into by any department without the approval Of the city council The coal contract, how ever. totals slS.125 and was never submitted to the council at any of = their meetings for their stamp ot approval. It is possible, however that a vote may have been taken 4' some time by the city fathers turn ing the coal situation over to th' city purchasing agent with power tt act without the sanction of th' council.
 There are number of other coa , dealers in the city who were re qucsted by letter 10 submit bids, bu for some reason ignored the request
 Placed on Probation
 Nick kirasiwich of Benhan street, who was arrested Sunday af,
 ernoon on complaint of his wife was placed on probation for si months by Judge William J. Ma lone. Mrs. KirasiWich informed tn court that her husband was intoXi . cated and had beaten her. On on
 previous occasion, she claimed, h 2 had attempted to break her arn n The court believed. however, tha T both man and wife were equally It st spopsible and the probation sentenC followed.
 Burglars Active Again s An attempt to enter the plulili : ing and hardware store Of Murph y X Sheehy at S:05 o'clock this morr n ing was frustrated by the approac 5. of Officer William w. Thompsol 'f who happened to be passing an' $ hearing a piece of tin droppe a started to investigate. He passe " around to the rear of the bulidln }. and noticed a man starting 10 ru
 The officer gave chase down ten d street and was almost up with u e man when a neighbours dog can
 
 jumping after the officer. Ihoml
 son fired a shot from his revolver
 scare the dog, and had 1t not be'
 for the animal the man would u
 doubtedly have been captured. II
 policeman followed the course tak' by the would-he burglar and as tn neared the high school noticed | The nllTSn , jumped into the car and sped a" III toward Forestville. and due to | a' fact that he did not turn on l. lights the officer was unable 10
 cure the numbers of the markers. CT A report was also made at hea " ouartcrs last evening that the lau or dry shop of Fong Lee at l9 Scht re street had been entered some til C. during Saturday night, althou co nothing valuable was reported mi as ing. l. appears that entry was ma
 throueh the front transom. and {
 would indicate that two men "'
 implicated in the break.
 il, The police are investigating o' O. cases.
 ay Autos Collide ll- An Oldsmobile touring car, op ns ated by Patrick Powers of Fairii an stret and a Ford tourning car oy Ib ed by Early Gray of East Wa ,ut ington street, were in collision Ia about S:45 p. m. yesterday at
 corner of Washington and Cii
 streets, Forcstville. Mir Gray
 proceeding east on Washing ~N street and Mir. Powers In the op
 site direction when they apparel
 locked wheels. The Ford was
 molishcd and the Oldsmobile
 badly damaged. One Of the oc
 pants O. the Ford was slig bruisc.. and cut. the other men " of the party miraculously escal I injury.