The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-16
Merry-gO-rOund Not a Nui-
Sance in Legal Sense
CONCLUDES THE COUNCIL
Vigorous Remonstranee to Licensing Of
the Machine on the Tildsn Lot,
North Main Street. Was
Heard Last Night.

and some old familiar cast-off tunes, all
in conjunction with an application for
a merry go round license and vigorous
protest against the issuance OF the
same, had the city council all tied up
in knot for an hour and half last
night. But after a long parlsy the coun-
ell tabled the protest and granted the
application, and the wooden horses will
gallop around the circle on the Tilden
property, North Main street, to the
pleasure or discontinue of the nsighbors
and to the financial profit Of K. r. Gof
of Boston, so he hopes.
The meeting of the council was a
special one, called to near the protest
OF five OF the property owners near the
proposed bacchanalia of sound and sat
urnaIia of pleasure, who set forth in
their petition that il would be great
nuisance to the residents to have the
paraphernalia installed there. And it
was on that point Of nuisance" taat
the whole discussion hinged. Attorney
William Wishart, who appeared for the
protestants, strongly maintained that
it would be real nuisance.
Il assert" he said, that it would a
We Around Again, Will
he; Around, Around, Around, ,)---sancc
to have this thing running in this CEN
tral location. IL would probably keep
a-going until late into the even-e"we
Won't Go Home Til Morning, We Won't
20 Home Til Morning ling; and the
residents in that neighborhood would be
greatly disturb-("Therel Be a Hot
lime in the old Town To-night)--ed by
having the collection OF people about
hat is sure to gath--t"For If You
iain't Got No Money You Needn't Come
Around" l--er for such show.
Now this peti-t';You Don't Belong
o the Regulars, You're Only yolun-
eer')--tion was hastily. gotten up and
las not many names. but i don't doubt
'ut that we could get hundreds of sign
RS from all the blocks nearby What
lind of an im--[ She's Dark But Not
zoo Shady" l--pression of the city does
give people coming in here on the cars
o see this thing stuck up in this prom
nent place? l~say, gentlemen, that
rom the stand (''Get Away from Dat
point of local pride you
entlemen ought to refuse to grant this
cense. 'Toot! Tooti' (0ut this way,
'dies and gentlemen; we appear at the
sme stand tomorrow night"
individually, the council agreed with
Ir. Wishart that they would kick and
iek hard to have the Gof merry go
,und or any other merry -go-round
.uck up in their next-door lot; but
neither it constituted nuisance under
le Interpretation of the ordinances was
lother question and they did not feel
icy could refuse the license if it was
IT nuisance.
SO, as in all cases when they run
to a legal buffer, they called up City
ttorney Carver for his Interpretation
ty Attorney Carver was prompt to
press his opinion that the council
ould hardly be right in adiudieating
G merry -go-round a nuisance; that is
+ the courts to say. But il the prop
ty owners wish to determine the Ques-
m they can get an Injunction against
+. Goh. That, thought MIR. Wishart,
'uld be too slow a process, as tho
.rry goround would have done iu
rnedest, or part of it, at least, before
9 legal sledge hammer could BIZ
ought down.
It was brought out in the discussion
1t Mr.. Golf had been refused license
Haymarket square, Montpelier; but
IRE is this difference in the cases, as
ntpeiier owns Haymarket square and
IRE doesn't own the Tilden lot Tho
ntpelier council has decided to grant
merry go-round permit to set up
newhere else and Mr.. GoH expects
go there as soon as he has regaled
IRE people with his tunes and sepa-
ed them from their loose change.
alderman Alexander thought the ceun-
couldn't do anything else than grant
license; Alderman Thurston didn't
me the property~oWners DIT; AL
man Campbell, although inclined to
favor the location, had doubts of the
ncils right TO hold up the license;
erman MeNulty opposed issuing the
nse. Wards one and three were un-
resented. Mayor Robbins doubted
feasibility of clogging the wheels
merry go.round commerce.
Ir. Wishart asked that the council 60
record in the matter. and although
porarily baked in his desire, he got
ater, when the matter had to como
head with some action on the petit
OF the five property owners. Final
Alderman Campbell moved that the
tion be tabled and the license grant
With restrictions. Alderman Alexsn-
seconded and they were the only
to vote for the motion, but enough,
t turned out, as Alderman McNultv
e voted in opposition. The restric-
placed on the merry -go-round was
it close at $3.50 ?. m. ThsH the
Gil adjourned in relief.