Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-09
AFTER "a YEARS.
The Firm of Miller s Peck Going Out @
Bu. illness.

The Firm of Miller Peck Going Out of
Bu.iness.
! Charles II. Miller of the firm, of Miller
is Peck informed q representative of the
DEMOCRAT last evening that ipasmuch as
he had been denied the privilege of re-
pairing his building, he had decided to go out
of business and had made settlement
with the insurance adjusters to that effect.
Mr. Miller believes that an injustice has
been done him by the board of aldermen.
He could have resumed business and en-
ployed his usual number of help. about
fifty hands, in few days if allowed to go
ahead as he had planned. After the vote
of Monday night refused to allow Mr. Miller
to repair the building, the case was laid
before the aldermen personally with view
to secure another hearing on the matter:
Alderman Gregory. who talked and voted
against giving Mr. Miller privilege of re-
pairing the building, after looking
over the place, with Aldermen
Begnal. Barnes, Barlow and Cross,
all of whom voted to grant the
petitioner leave to repair the building,
signed a petition for special meeting.
The rest of the members adhered to the
action taken by. them at the meeting of
Monday night. The mayor refused to sign
the petition for special meeting unless
the signature Oh all the alueiLAe hccom-
panied it.
Mr. Miller -. came to Waterbury in
1860 with Fl. H. Peck and opened
a dry goods business in the store
recently vacated by John B. Mullings,
the cl0thier. Business was conducted
there for short time when they moved to
the store in the Irving block. The dull
season of 1862 drove most of the dry
goods men of Waterbury out of the bust
ness, the only ones withstanding the
storm being Benedict & Merriman and
Miller & Peck. In the meantime the firm
had purchased the present site for $4,000,
and moved there shortly after. They
came to this city as strangers and engaged
in business with a capital of 50 900 and by
strict application to business and honest
dealing succeeded in gaining the conf
dence of the people and held it to the
present time. Mr. Miller says he is out of
the business and does not care to discuss
matters beyond. His stock suffered a
good deal on account of the rain storm the
other evening. The insurance companies
will take the stock away from Waterbury.
Alderman Gregory said to-day in regard
to his conversation with Mr. Miller: 'Mr
Miller wished me to sign petition calling
special meeting of the board of alder
men. Not seeing any objection to it l
signed the petition telling Mr. Miller. how
ever, l wished him to understand that by
so doing 1 made no promises and did not
compromise my position in the least"
Mayor Kilduff said to-day: There is no
use in discussing the matter any further.
The subject was debated''ln an intelligent
manner before the meeting of the board of
aldermen and the vote stood four to four,
consequently the motion was not carried.
There was no tie vote about it. I did say,
though, that if all the members of the
| board of aldermen should request me to
call another meeting would consider it.
There was no politics in thematter. Two
republican members of the board voted
against granting the petition and one dem
ocrat for it. The action of the board in
this matter requires no defense or eXpla-
| nation