New-York tribune., 1908-10-04

near by. discovered Carey erecting a fence
feet high across the front Of his lot. The boards
were old and rough and it plain the fence
would detract from the aesthetic appearance of the
neighborhood. Since the Municipal Art League was
organized Chicagoans in general have embraced the
City Beautiful' idea. Some have planted potatoes
in their back yards while others have installed
bright red flower boxes their front porches
window sills. Carey's, fence seemed to be out OF
harmony with the city Beautiful" The whole
neighborhood protested against its completion.
y guess own the ground and do what
please with it, replied Carey. Then he finished the
high. ugly fence
The community sought a remedy at law. After
this effort failed It was awakened one night and
has been every night since. by the barking dogs
seemingly thousand. There short. snappy
yeips fnterspersed with fear-inspiring grovls and
prolonged. dismal bowling. The canine voices
half q dozen octeves. The auditors insist there
we're at least hundred stars in the dog grand
opera. with the space back of Careys fence as the
stage Carey has press agent. hut personally
announces that the fence is permanent and that
the dogs have continuous engagement Actual
count Of his midnight performers discloses that
they aggregate only two
Apparently there is something in the very air OF
Chicago that epgenders contrariness The residents
seem more or less like other people when they get
outside the city limits. Charles BabCock. for in
stance. went 10 Guthrie Okla. bought and de-
cided to build house. He loss TO know
in what direction the house should face. All who
nNed round about were ohlging with suggestions,
each wanted the residence to front toward mis-
own. Tn adopt sll your suggestions said Bah
cock. They wondered how he would do it. When
his house finished they that It round,
Every one determined that my house
should face his, said Babcock. in relating his
perience. and all the people ont there s.?
mighty nice. ! decided 10 disappont any one:
but I the laugh them Just the same. DO
like my round dwelling? Sure. Isn't 1T full ot
irglenooks and ccsey corners? They make life
worth living
You can discover spite fence in almost
section Of Chicago you choose TO search. Here one
separates a white family rom q negro neighbor
there ten-foot wall divides ward which chill
dren play in sand piles from another in which
chickens scratch gravel For thirty more years
tur7h'adovn storz spite house stood alone
in the midst Of the Grand Trunk & Western Indi-
Railroad tracks. at 18th street. The owner
had refused to sell the railroads h,1ilt around
and isolated IL. II vas converted into = saloon
and until owner died and his heirs sold the
ground to the rsroads was known "Ye Old
Rail"
At No 10 Quincy street there is another spite
house II is only eight feet wide. hut it is three
stories high Tears ago. when State street rner
chant tried to buy the narrow lot end extend
his store hack it. the asked
orhitant price The merchant refused to pay It,
and erected = five story building right against
the line. The owner Of the lot the ether side
put 10 a FIVE story huilding the of the
narrow strip must lose the Of his land or
construct marrow building He chose the latter
course. but the structure has not prospered- on
the first foor there is a mite Of a saloon
The latest spite house is known as the Get
Even Annex At No. z5s2 North Pauina street
lived DR.. John Spi-keI On a corner adjacent 10
his property Adolph Spiemann erected apart
ment building three stories high This shut of
part Of the light the doctors house. and be
sides. tie privacy Of hts home intruded
hy persons who sat in the windows Of the fiat
building. Dr. Spirkel constructed & story
end half 10 his residence. to cover the
space between his house and The fiat building,
space seven feet wide. The annex is fGrty-Fiy
feet deep. seals Theoretically nineteen windows
in the S2ieIrann apartment building. all OF fash
ionable and expensive glazing. It also provides
the dcctor-s family with four seven-foot bedrooms
il didn't need.