The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-19

dprsed as transferred.
S"What DO you require of an applicant
besides the fling Of a bond and the pay
ment of the fee; Is there any expense for
advertising?"
"No, SIR"
sis the bond approved?'
"No, sir. ~
"Don't the license comm issioners have
TO be satisfied Of the sufficiency OF the
bondsmen?'
"Yes, sir. 7"
SIN this case when the bond was ap-
proved what was done?''
"Wby, the commissioners satisfied
themselves about the bond. That word
completed means that the bond and all
the legal requirements had been complied
with.
'When was the bond presented?"
81 couldn't say"
'sWas 1t approved before Dec. 2S?"
"Yes. sir.n
"Before the mandamus proceedingsG"
"'Did not the board approve that bond
before Dec. 2S?''
Yes, sir
"Then every requirement was complied
with before the subpoena was served on
you in the mandamus case?"
"Yes, sir.n
"And yet you didn't sign the trans
fer?p
mo, sir.
severe you advised by the other COM
missioners not 10 do so?'
"Not as board.
sin what capacity, thenp'
"Mell, the president made the sugges-
tion that 1t would be better to hold on
to it"
"who is the president?"
"Mr. Sprague."
"Did he give you any reason?"
50 He said there was some talk Outeida
about the matter and 1T was liable to
come up"
ANTE-ELECTIoN TALK.
"What was said?p
"Well, that there was election talk
about the matter and that as the remon-
strances might prove sufficient it would
be better TO hold on to it."
"Do you mean to say there was election
talk about this particular case?"
81 mean to say there was talk in the
Newspapers about the Tobias Burke and
'Did you read any account about this
case9"
"Yes."
"What did 1t say?''
son, that there was going to be an in
vestigation il the transfer was granted
against the remonstrances."
''Did you have any talk with Mr..
Burke?n
"No, sir.''
. "were you not informed that man.
damus case was TO be brought against
your"
"No, SIR"
"Were you not advised to endorse the
transfer until compelled to by the su-
preme Court?'
"No, sir.
"When the citation was served did you
talk with any one?"
''To our COUNSEL ~
"How many times Was a demsnd made
for the signing OF that Transient"
"Two times, L think"
"By whom were the demands NADER"
"By MIR. Burke's man."
"Will you swear toat Mr.. Burke did
not present the license for endorsement"
"No. sir, because he did,"
"How many times?f
"Once."
"Were there any remonst'ancess"
"How many?"
81 can't say.n
"what proportion OF land within 200
feet of the corner of Plain and Bishop
streets did they representa-"
81 don't know myself, but believe it
was stated that they claimed S4, O)O featv
"M hat proportion of land was repre-
sented?'
81 don't know"
'Did you examiner"
"No, sir. ~
Here Mr.. Wilson interposed to say that
the remonstrances were Il before the
committee and if Mr.. Mccarthy wished
to question the witness about either of
them he should hand ii to him.
"Were there any rem onstrances before
the board voted TO grant the transfer"
"Yesn
"Do you know what proportion of land
they representedg'
'Not of my own knowledge ~
"What Is the custom OF the beard, for
instance, in case where an application
is presented and refused on account of
remonstrances and another application
comes in later? Is it the practice TO con-
slider those remonstrsnces as holding
good during the year?"
"The board did so consider them at one
time, but after the court ruled to the
contrary it does not DO so now. Each
application must now have its own Ie-
monstrance."
''Do you know OF your own knowledge
whether the remonslrence presented prior
to the granting of the application was
considered?n
"Yes, il was considered when the IL
cense was granted?"
Mr. wilson: sis it claimed there were
more than three remonstrances to the
Burke transfer, one before and three after
the granting OF the transfer?'
There was some discussion of this point
but it was finally made clear that there
were four remonstrances received-one be-
fore tho granting Of the transfer and
three afterward.
THE TRAINoR TRANSFER.
MIR. Mccarthy then called the witness
attention to the transfer from Luke Fay
of Joslin street to William Trainor at l
Bogman street and asked when the appli-
cation was filed.
Mr.. Nixon did not know the date but
said IL was advertised January Ia, 1885,
"What is the record on that case. ~
swell. the hearing on 1t was held Feb
ruary II"
"Mell, what was done with it?''
General Wilson: II would like to
know whst the purpose OF the inquiry into
this matter Is.
Mr.. Mccarthy replied that ii was for
the purpose OF ascertaining what was
done IN the case OF an application for a IL
cense for place almost on an opposite
corner from the Burke place.
IAN right" said Gen. Wilson, "go
ahead"
"Was that application fled with you
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