The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-15
GIVEN LEAVE TO WITHDRAW
SUCH IS ACTION TAKEN BY AL
 DERMANIC COMMITTEE

Others Favor Petition-Others Were
 Opposed to It--One Speaker Offers ns
 Substitute . Tunnel Under the Cor
 ner of Church and Chapel Streets
 question as to Who Has Charge of
 the Green.
 The special committee of the board of aldermen having in charge the matter of placing a waiting room on the green held a public hearing on the subject in city hall last evening. The meeting was very poorly attended, there not being over fifteen people in the room. including the committee, when the meeting was called to order.
 The first speaker was Judge Lynde Harrison, who favored the petition. He spoke of the needs of such a place for those who had to wait on the corner of Church and Chapel streets in both cold and indictment weather He said that he had no sympathy with New Haven people who thought that everything should remain as it was a hundred years ago The speaker said that the present was an age of advancement, and as time changes, so also do condi- tions.
 Judge Harrison said that there was no doubt that the green would look as beautiful with even a library there, if need be. as it does now. Said the speaker: Those who died a hundred years ago are beyond waiting rooms, but those who are now living here need them.'' The speaker referred to wait ing rooms in the various cities in diff ferent parts of Europe. as well as in this country, and told of the great ben eft they were to the public.
 At this point the speaker was asked by Alderman Langley if he did not think that the railroad company should be the one to pay for such a room, if anybody did, and Judge Harrison said that he not only thought so, but he also thought that the company would be willing to do so. Alderman Langley then suggested that the land which was needed for such a building would bring a considerable amount of money if it were rented, and said that it would be wholly for the patrons of the road.
 Alderman Spreyer asked about the title, and Judge Harrison replied that the title would, of course, remain with the city. Alderman Spreyer then want ed to know if the city had the title at the present time, and Judge Harrison replied that he thought so, but if not they ought to petition the legislature and get it.
 The next speaker was Theodore Fl. Macdonald, and he favored the waiting room because he thought that'it would be of great benefit to the public. He also favored it because It could be used partly as a public lavatory, of which, the speaker thought. there was great need in the center of the city. He said that if the question of whether or not the waiting room should be erected were put to a vote to the people it would be carried 10 to 1. Asked by Al dernan Langley who should furnish it, the speaker said that it should un- doubtedly be furnished by the railroad company. Alderman Langley then ask ed the speaker what the proprietors or trustees of the green thought about 1t, and MT. Macdonald said that they were not talking about 1t, as far as he could learn from the newspapers, and that it was apparent that they were waiting to see what the result of the present meeting would be.
 Judge Harrison spoke again and said that he thought the lavatory sugges- ton was good one He said that they had them all through Central park in New York, and that no one thought that they marred the beauty of the park.
 The next speaker was John Doughan.
 He said that in Market square, Provi- dence there was waiting room, and that a series of indicators in the room told those waiting when their cars were approaching. This was, however, on ground that the railroad company itself owned, the speaker thought, and the city had nothing to do with it. The speaker said that he did not think that the time had yet arrived when the beauties of the green should be disfig- ured with any waiting rooms.
 The next speaker was pr. Bishop. He told how he had opposed the plac- ing of the bandstand around the flag pole and of the city spending S2. 500 for this purpose. He said that his plea was dismissed and the stand was placed there. Now see the result,'' said the speaker. There were any number of complaints about3it, and see where 1t is now. It was removed and placed way over to one side of the green.n Contin- uing, the speaker said: '.The green is one of the most beautiful squares in the world, and it's beauties should not he marred by any cheap waiting room The railroad company would never con- sent to put up any $200,OO0 granite building, and surely no cheap affair should be allowed. Don't let us disfig- ure the green with anything in as con- spicuous a place as that proposed" Continuing the speaker said he was sure the peope would be glad to stand outdoors and wait for car rather than injure the beauties of the green. He said that 1t was not the young people who wanted it. They did not mind the cold. It was the old people who did, and, said the speaker, T am the oldest person here probably, and I don't mind the waiting anymore at that corner than do anywhere else along the line, Whitney avenue, for instance. If the rail road company would squeeze half the rpatnr Aiff nf aeits ettntre +bar ;+