Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-12-11
OUR CITY GOVERNMENT.


The Hearing III the Case of Wormcll
Against the Telephone Company.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Aldermen was held last night,
President Taft and Aldermen Alger,
Booth, Goodcll, llolton, Kelley, PIERCE,
Walker, Watson, and Weaver being pres
ent A large proportion of the time of the
Board was taken up with the hearing in
the case of f. o. Wormell against the
New England Telephone and Telegraph
company, it being claim for $4,000 dam
ages which Wormell asserts is done to his
business by the presence of the telephone
wires in front of his photograph windows
on Church street. f. h. Hard appeared
for Wormell and Wales & Wales for the
Telephone company. l.. y. Atwood, the
first witness called, said that he and In
fact photographers in general printed by
the diiluSed light process which is not
affected by Instructions to light, and Mr..
Wormell had told him that he used the
direct light process. He Thought the
wires were no damage to Mr.. Wormell S
business at present but they. might in
mid summer, because the shadows from
them would then strike the building dl-
rectly In the direct process there would
be some effect from the shadows but
when the diifuSed light was used in print
ing they would have no affect.
l.. H. Durham testified that he had
been in the business and wires ran in front
of his office but he experienced no trouble
ton he said he could not say as to the dis
lance of the wires from the window OF
their direction When the opera house
was built it shut off the light from him Sc
that he had To take his printing to his
house.
II. y. Hubbard said he used difTused
light i'm printing and all tirst-class photog
raphers used that, it being the most i'm
proved method. In printing by that
method he never experienced disadvan-
tages from the sash in his window.
Mr. Dutton, who is with l.. y. Atwood
made some tests in Wormell's window by
direct light. He got no bad effects from
the wires, but did from the pole. The
samples obtained by the tests were shown
He usually printed by ditfused light. II
there was any bad effect strom the wires
upon Wormells windows it could be OBJ
Waited by erecting structure upon the
roof which wOuld cost somewhere neal
500.
Mir Wormell stated that he received nc
damage from the wires at present and did
not expect further trouble until May. lie
experienced trouble from the pole in front
of his premises and it would have to bC
moved ninety feet in Ordertha the shadow
might not trouble him.
N. l.. Kelsey thought that the wires as
located in front of Mr.. Wormell's window,
were a positive detriment. On cross eX
animation he said that it had been twenty
years since he had worked at photography
Geo. H. Whitman had formerly occupied
the office now leased by Wormell. He
hung "A window for printing with wire,
which made shadows to such extent as tC
spoil his work.
Mr.. Gallvln said that he had wires over one
of his printing windows and experienced
great difficulty from them. He printed
by light ditfused through ground glass
and tissue paper. He thought the wire!
in front of Wormell's windows would
spoil photographs
In his closing argument Mr.. Hard sale
among other things that the damage
were not placed too high. Mr.. Wormel
had hired another room for Sl25. He had
also been compelled to hire another printer
at ten dollars a week, beside the disadvan
tage of going back and forward between
his two places of business. 1t was useless
to claim that the lines did not affect hi:
negatives. The Board had seen the sam
plies which clearly showed the effects o
the shadows cast by the wires.
Geo. w. Wales replied. Assuming tina
the Board had jurisdiction in the matter
the amount of damages they wer,
asked to give Mr.. WOrmell was eXces
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