The Portland daily press., 1898-11-02
ANOTHER TALKING BEE.
Aldermen Le,rn Something About
Barns and Sheds. /.
AN EVENING PLEASANTLY PASS ED
BY THE CITY FATHERS.

A c.iou on Petition TO Rebuild Sheds on
Pearl and Newbury Streets Deferred
who Ordered the Reservoir Filled Up
and Who Is Going to Pay the Bill.
The board of aldermen held a talking
bee last night. As usual Aldermen
Maunix and Rounds did about all the
talking, while Alderman Lamson said
a word when he got chance which was
rot often.
Alderman Dow was absent and Alder
man Merrill acted as clerk pro tenn.
I. The meeting was called to act upon a
petition of the Consolidated Electric
Light company for permission to srect
poles in various parts of the oity. The
petition was granted after some discus
sion sss
Then the petition of Stephen G. Whit
more of Brunswick for permission to re-
build the sheds on the corner OF Newbury
and Pearl streets, recently partially de-
stroyed by fire, WAS brought up and a
hearing granted the remonstrants. Mr..
Whittmore was represented by Seth L.
Larrabee. ESQ.,, and was present himself
at the meeting. The petitioner unfolded
his plans to the board of aldermen. He
said he wanted to build on this lot a
wooden shed seven feet high, cover 1t
with iron and gravel roofsand iease IL
oe n ctahla for horcas
The remonstrants were three ladies and
Mr. Floyd, who was represented by NJ.
A. Floyd. Esq. The ladies had great
deal to say about the nuisance, sas they
termed the sheds. and took an active part
in the discussion. interrupting Alderman
Rounds once or twice, correcting state
ments made by the petitioners and In
general presented their side of the case
with muoh energy. They told how the
sheds were regarded by the people who
lived in their vicinity and how very an
noying the noise of the horses was at
night and how these stables polluted the
air in their neighborhood. They said that
in the neighborhood of these sheds there
were always many boys and girls who
made great deal of noise and drunken
men loitered about in this neighborhood
nearly all the time.
MIR. Whittmore was asked If he thought
it would improve his property any to
erect these sheds, and he said he didn'5
know whether it would or not. Alder
man Mannix and Alderman Rounds were
OF the opinion that it would injUre bis
property to build these unsightly sheds
upon it.
Mr.. Whittmore was-.asked by Alderman
Rounds If he had floors In these sheds
Mr.. Whittmore replied that he had not.
Alderman Rounds then asked II he
thought it was right to make horses stand
on the ground all winter. Mr.. Whit
more said he didn't know anything about
io. This reply brought Alderman Rounds
to his feet in some anger and he demand
ed to be told whether or not Mr.. Whit
more thought it was right that horses
should stand on the ground in these
stables all winter. He said he wanted to
know, it was Mr.. Whittmore's place to
know whether it was right or not and he,
Alderman Rounds, had come to this meet
ing to find out all about the matter
MIR. Whittmore finally said he thought
1t did the horses no harm to stand on
the ground in the winter, but that he in
tended to put plank floors insthe stables
which he wanted to build.
After some frrther discussion Mr.. LIAR
rabee said that what Mr.. Whittmore
wanted to do was to putEup new build
ings in the place OF the unslghtly struc.
lures now standing. The buildings would
be covered with iron and painted and
would be great improvement over the
unsightlys structures now on the spot
.If we are not allowed to put up new
buildings said Mr.. Larrabee, 1--WE will
repair the old sheds and the ladies here
may have an opportunity of viewing the
unsightly sheds for some years to come.
II an opportunity is given Mr.. Whit
more to erect new buildings he will put
ur structures which will be an improve
ment over those on the spot or those re-
GENTLY burned down..
One of the ladies here took part in the
discussion and said that ME- Ward, the
building inspector had condemned these
buildings. sDidn't you Mr.. Wardf'' said
she, appealing to MIR. Ward, who was
present.
II shall answer any and all questions
at the proper time,'' replied Mr.. Ward
with dignity. The woman sat down and
then Alderman Rounds thundered forth: !:
I've want to learn all about this bust
ness. Did you or'did you not condemn
these buildingsY'
time to reply so he arose and said that ho
had never condemned the BUILDINGS but