The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-03-15
COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER
 WAITING ROOM PLANS
IN CONJUNCTION WITH BENNETT
 MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN

Special Joint Committee Confers-AIso
 Listens to Several Citizens--Proposal
 to Erect Covering over Sidewalk at
 Southeast Corner of Green Has sev-
 eraI sponsors-John Mccarthy Says
 Railroad Company is Making the Caty.
 The postponed joint meeting of the aldermanic committee. the park comA missioners and the director of public works, called to consider the erecting of some kind of 8, covering for street car patrons at the corner of Church and Chapel streets in conjunction with the Bennett memorial fountain, was held in the mayors office in city hall last evening. The three members of tho aldermanic committee. Messrs. Towns send. Weiss and Langley, Mayor Sud- ley, President Blake of the park board and Director of Public Works Coo were all present. In addition there were a number of citizens present who stated that they understood that the meeting was to be a public one,
 Among the citizens present were Judge Joseph Sheldon, William s. Par- dee, William J. o'Brien. Henry Dono- van, Frederick Orr and John McCar- thy. It was voted to allow any one present to speak. MT. Pardee was tha first speaker. He said that he was op- posed to the erection of any waiting room on the Green proper, but thought it would be a splendid plan if sonle
 sort of 8 canopy was erected over tha sidewalk for about 1G0 feet at the south east corner of the Green, both along the Chapel street and the Church street sides, This would act as g covering for the people during indictment wea< ther.
 Francis Orr was the next speaker. He thought that the trolley company ought to provide a waiting room in some nearby building. He also was op- posed to the erection of anything other than the fountain on the Green William O'Brien took a similar view to Mir. Orr's, but carried it further by. saying that he believed that Trinity church and the North church were, in a way, trespassers on the Green. He considered that the Center church ha< a right there, however.
 Henry Donovan favored the plan | which has been suggested by John Mc-
 Carthy, only he objected to even a corr ner of the Green being used for the l purpose. He thought that the side- walk cover was. however, a good thing.
 Judge Sheldon said that there was no 1 question but that the public needed
 some sort of covering in stormy wealth
 CT, and thought that the joint commit tee ought to get together on some sort of a scheme which would be satisfac tory to the majority of the public of | the city.
 It was voted that last nights meet ing be an informal one. Although May or Studley said he much preferred the
 committee to act without him last even- ing, he was elected chairman, and graciously accepted.
 President Blake of the park board was the next speaker, and he said that he thought that someone ought to ap- pear before the legislature in behalf of
 the joint committee and represent the city in reference to the bill concerning the Green which is now before it. He suggested that g committee from the joint committee be selected for this
 purpose. It was decided, however, aft CT matters had been talked over to let this matter rest until the park corn-
 mittee and the proprietors of the Green
 had been consulted. Mi. Blake thougilt Continued on Eighth Page.)