The Portland daily press., 1899-08-19

Smith was right aud the first informn-
tion In this matter be got from Mr..
Smith. Mr.. Jordan was asked By Judge
Peabody 'sif the building when completed
aud braced would be strong enough =
Mr.. Jordan replied that he thought II
would be. Mr.. Colesworthy was then
questioned BY Aldermen Mannix and
johnson about the construction Of the ell
and In the course OF his replies said;
''If a man ownsfa a lot Of land he
wants 70 put something on 1t to pay taxes
and when the land on Sherman
street Ia all built on that Col. Prindable
win not be able to see as well as he does
now" He also said that some Of the
remonstrants had been 10 him and said
they were sorry they had signed the
protest. He named as one of them, ex-
Mayor Baxter, whose land was about
1-2 feet from his own line and about o5
feet deep. he also referred to the Preble
and Anderson heirs. MIR. Jordan was
again questioned by the aldermen, after
which recess was taken TO allow Col.
Printable an opportunity to distribute
for the examination OF the board photo-
graph OF the house. ell and surroundings
After the board had examined the pic-
fture Col. Printable being questioned said
that he lived on Grant street, north of the
building in controversy. That he had
tried to get little comfortable home for
his family and this home was now near
.he new house which had been built b,
MIR. Colesworthy. When MIR. Colesworthy
started on the basement he asked him II
be was going to put up a two or three
story house. Mr.. Colesworthy replied
that he did not know whether 1t would
be two or three stories high.
Col. Printable went to the city clerk
for information and was informed that
he had not seen the application. MIR.
Dyer called up Mr.. Jordan by the tela-
phone and found out that the permit was
for a two story house. Col. Prindabls
said he did not know where the matter
would END for he recalled the fact that
one time MIR. Colesworthy had a permit
to build three story house and had
added three story she'd and never got
permit for the shed. For this reason 1t.
was no telling what MIR. Colesworthy
would in the end build.
Col. Frlndable then detailed his obiec-
tions to the ell saying that IL completely
shut him In and injured him and tended
to keep decent property owners away
from the locality. That the shed Is so
constructed that the water runs off into
his yard carrying the sand with 1t.
Referring to the construction of the shed,
Col. Printable said: s'I tell you it is q
good deal like finding gold mine TO run
across q post four feet deep under this
ell" He gave a description of the pests
and as the joists did not come out far
enough a olapboari was used. "The
further YOU get eff the shed looks like
an addition to my house," sAid hc, 'and
under the shed rocks and ashes and hoops
have been thrown with which to fill In. !"
He said that 1t was not SO much for him
self that he demonstrated but TO protect
his wife aud little children, for he saw
in the ell an element of danger He had
no otjsotion to the house but he objected
TO the ell because II. was likely to col
lapse.
Col. Prindable was briefly cross-ques-
TONED by Judge Peabody who asked ii
his real objection TO the ell was not the
fact that it darkened the promises and
that 1t was built without permit. and
II the ell was made stronger whether he
would still object.
Col. Printable renewed his objection
| which was based on the water which run
into his yard, etc. The cross-examin-
alton over, City Clerk Dyer was callad
and said that on the 18th of May, Mr.
Coleswcrthy applied for permit to built
q two story house of certain dimensions
on the site described and that August 4
the permit was granted but that no per-
NIT had ever been granted to build an
ell.
This closed the testimony and action by
| the board was deferred.