New Britain herald., 1930-04-03
Quigley Bitterly Attacks Opponent;
 God and "0ld Man. Curtis to Blame
 For Potato Venture Fiiasco, He Says

Wagner sponsored the movement. He said he should not blame Mr. Halloran because the matter orig mated in the common council.
 Ed Hennessy built it, he said. Mir. Hennessy was the former build ing inspector and is a democrat. 'I think the ice house idea was a good one The price of ice was high and it brought q reduction but good or bad I had nothing to do with it.. Quigley said former Mayor G. NJ. Landers purchased the old Russwin hotel as site for the present city hall building. T could not be said of the mayors that succeeded him, Halloran, Quigley or Paonessa that they were responsible, but if the roof fell in I suppose McDonough would find some way to blame it on me"
 Turning his attention to the po- tato criticism, he. said;
 Sick of Hearing Potatoes "Hc digs up the matter of pota- | toes I'm sick of it. It is disgusting | to hear it. The year before Uncle Sam was asking the citizens to use back yards and lots for planting. William E. Rossberg and myself bought 40 acres of the old Tracy farm and later a resolution was in troduccd in the council which allow cd an appropriation for the pota toes.
 Was it my fault because of I blight, an act of God that ruined part of the crop? We went to Maine, Mir, Rossberg and myself, and purchased potatoes at our own expense. We brought them to this city and had them stored in cellars and store rooms, that is true. They were stored in my cellar. Mac would not allow them in his cellar. He might not have room.
 "OId Man" Curtis
 Am I to blame if old Man Cur tis blocked us in our attempt to sell the potatoes by his common council resolution?
 Certainly some of the COWS caught tuberculosis and we lost some cows. The new barn was not to blame as McDonough would have it.
 Denies Costing City $5OO,OOO
 The statement credited to McDon- ough who lamed Quigley admin strative mistakes for costing the city S500,O00 in Mayor Curtis term is false, Quigley said.
 "I would like to brand it by d harshcr term but 1 want to keep the campaign as clean as Mir. Me Donough will allow it." he said The city debt increased one and one-half per cent annually during my terms of office but for the nine years since that time it has increas- cd Il per cent
 Taxation and rcassessmcnt are the issues, according to Quiglcy who | gave as example two parcels of pro- pcrty. One was purchased for $S2,- GOO and is assessed for $lG,500 and another was assessed for $240,0 ,00C less than it should be. If that l S240,000 is riGhtfully put on tn. grand list 1t will make possible Sl.- 900 reductions on 240 homes fol taxpayers who arc so kccnly feeling the burden of taNation.'
 Democrats Worried, Bartlett Says
 It was the contention of Donald L. Bartlett, defeated candidate fol the republican nomination for may l,+ | T because Quigley will have a great deal of money to spend.
 What they are worried about i; that they will not have the oppor. tunity to spend it." he said. II, urged the crowd not to believe what tho democrats arc saying. He saic it would be better to have an ex. perienccd rather than an ineXpcri cnced man in office.
 He said the primary fight was tn, republicans business and democrats should not be concerned about it He referred to Quiglcy as d mar for whom he had the greatest re. spect before, during and after tho primary.
 Other speakers were George V Hamlin, candidate for first select man; William H. Day, candidate fo. comptrollcr; Judge Morris D. SaXe William M. Grccnstcin, assistant prosecuting attorney, and Attorne, Harry Ginsburg, chairman of thu republican town committee. Cit; Treasurer Curtis L. Sheldon, wht has been nominated by the rcpubli cans and endorsed by the democrats ] WAS lntroduCed but he did not Sncal