The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-08-23
COMPLETE vINDICATlON OF H. D. PIERCE.
He Did Not Enjoy the Profits of that Fruit
Stand. Except to Get the Rent.
e Editor of the Indianapolis Journar

To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journan
You do great wrong. l hope u%nintention-
ally, by not publishing all the facts about
the matter of the fruit stand. Perhaps you
had not space. but since what you do say
is an injury to Us and Mr.. Henry ID. Pierce.
1 ask you to publish this.
You and every body know that there are
many fruit stands and stair on the
in different parts of this city.
You may think with the city authorities
that they have no right there, but the
fruit-stand dealers are la w.abiding and
earning an honest living. For many years
my aunt has been running a stand OF
Market street, opposite the POstOtiCe, pay.
ing Mr.: Pierce. a rent of Sl3 in summer.
and 50 in winter. just IS all the othcr fruit
stand are doing TO the owners of the prop.
erty against which their stands are. Mr..
Pierce had absolutely nothing to do with
tho stand business, and never had. When
the cement pavement was built on Market
street, the stand was detached from the
pavement, but not from the wall. The
pavement dragged for weeks. and my aunt
suffered much loss. Just rs the pavement
was finished. some one detached the stand
from the wall. and before we knew any
thing about 1t, 1t WAS entirely carried
away. The city authorities are not mo.
testing any other fruit stands or the
stair ways on the street, and say
Ln6y WOulu HUI ulobIuO tule Ou6, IL
the old stand was still in place; but after
il was destroyed without our knowledge
and we were putting In another, much
neater and no larger. somebody steps in to
take advantage OF the fact that the old one
hau been knocked to pieces, and that this
was q new one and not the same one. Then
the board of Public Works stops us from
going on TO finish 1t, and says we must not
have q stand there because the stand is q
new one. and, while 1t is not disturbing
tho old Onaa all 0var tnUp If will atm paw
ones from going up. Perhaps this is the
law, but it does not seem right
that otner stands all over town.
run by men. should be allowed to go on
preoIsely like this one. because they are
old, while this one, run by my aunt. a
woman sixty years old, supporting four
little children. should be acted against be-
cause hers is new. My aunt had land in u
large stock of fruits for encempment trade.
and had gone to much eXp ense fixing a new
stand. Mr. PIerca was not in the city. and
had nothing TO do with the putting of the
stand there. and he simply went before the
board yesterday because my aunt and.I
have been asking him nearly every day for
q week, and earnestly asking, that he
should.
He laid the above facts before the board
at some length. ami expressly told the
board that he did not expect 1t to consider
his interests in the matter. but only the
misfortunes OF my aunt. who was present,
In deep suffering. distress, and weeping at
the destruction of her business, she having
wept and refused food ever SINCE the board
lnterfersd. The stand has been there for
years, occupying less than four feet OF the
side walk. and attached to the wall. : If the
sidewalk. iOur feet and all. 10 city
property. why does the city permit
the other fruit stands. and also
staIrwsys, to occupy it. and why have
they permitted this woman to lie here
against MIR. Pierce's property all these
years without objections; and why DO you
abuse Mr.. Pierce and no one else for what
the city has not objected to in this case.
and is not Directing to in the case of other
stands and stairwaysi Surely you do not
wish to be unfair. Mr. Pierce simply asked
the board. at our request. that my aunt be
let alone. as the other stands were let
alone, to be removed when they were re-
moved, asking no rights or privileges. He
would not have said anything If we had
not sasked hlm to go there and ex plain
for us.
In behalf of Antoinetts Bogians. to whom
the above was interpreted. and signed in
the presence of two witnesses.
LENA FASADA.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
Your reporter misunderstood me with
Mr.. Pierce When 1 asked Mr.. Pierce If
he had interest In the profits OF the fruit
stand on his corner. be answered con-