Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-13
AFTER PORTER NOW.
We'll Known East Ender Moved Building Without Permission.

A rllmpus is now OH fn the city gov ernment which puts the Platt Bros sewage disposal injunction case in the shade and makes such little things as the beheading of Foreman Doran look like a very trffiing matter. The par ties to this row include Mayor John F. Elton, Building Inspector A. I. Chatfeld, Superintendent Hotchkiss of the street department, Commissioners Goss, Jackson, Wade, Brown and Holmes of the board of public works the Hon David G. Porter and Nelson Dingwell, the building mover. The scene of the conflict is on the Cheshire road at the property of MT Porter. who moved his barn across the public high- way to a more convenient spot without taking out a license as the ordinance requires. The city has always been very particular about this kind of work because it is attended with great risk and consequently people who de sire to change the location of buildings have to submit petition to the de- Kartment of public works setting forth the size of the structure to be moved, the name of the street or streets it is to pass over, the length of time the building will be on the public highway and the name of the mover. And this is not all. If he gets permission, something which does not always hap pen, he has to get a permit from the city clerk and pay $10 for it. The document is usually conditioned upon time limit with forfeit of anywhere from $25 to $100 for every day the building is on the street beyond the time specified and a clause to the eff feet that the petitioner shall save the city harmless from any damage that may occur while the building is on public property. Owing to some mis- take the barns were moved without a permit and the work was practically completed before the building inspect or heard of it. It is understood that Mir Porter thought that the man he hired to do the moving took out the permit and on the other hand the con- tractor supposed that MT Porter had attended to the details. Tn any case no permit was applied for and as q result MT Chatfeld is getting Hail Columbia and the mayor and every body else in authority are coming in for some hard knockks from citizens who want to know why some folks cannot tack a shingle on their houses without being brought before the court and fined while others can move their buildings, shingles and all and set them down wherever they think they ought to be without let or hindrance on the uart of the authorities. Mayor Elton is accused of having said some thing to MT Porter which led him to believe that he could go ahead and move his barns, the superintendent of streets is getting fits" for not report ing that such an obstruction was on the highway and the building inspect or will never hear the last of it. All are accused of being asleep when they should haves been wide awake. What the outcome of the affair will be has not yet been decided upon, but it is not likely that MT Porter can be com
 pelled to return the buildings to where he moved them from and under the conditions it is a question if he car be compelled to take out the license
 because there is no positive proof that the buildings ever were on the street the rear end of the structure having
 cleared the road when the officials go out there