The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-28
Mr.. MAlONEY CAN'T
EXPLAIN THE CRAFT


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office. ''''
rhia time HIS EXPLANATION wna
totally different.
D9oyou know. MIR. Maloney. that
the building was already apilt In
two and that the original reoueat
shows Mr. Roney never asked FOR
a permit 10 move In wholef" the
visitor asked.
Well, now. possibly that ia true g
returned the superintendent. II
cannot remember the details. MFR.
Cay wood. my assistant, tends to all
details.
Hls Second Explanation.
"nut his figures show that the
building was 30 feet wide aud the
street bud 90 That the moving
OF the building would absolutely
block all traffic on this busy street.
There are no sidewalks along tho
street, The building you aro moving
must be given foot OF loeway from
the poles. and the timbera stick out
another two feet. leaving but seven
feet for traffic"
"But the permit was finally
granted and the bulidlna
moved" reminded the quss-
toner. 80. must have blocked
traffic then Iuat the same 40 IL
would have previously"
Mr.. Maloney paused and recon,
sidered Il guess Il did" he return.
cd. but anyway. opposed II right
along II wasn't on my motion 1,
was finally granted"
DO you remember on whose mo
ton Il was grantcdg" no was asked
He Can't Remember.
mo, I don't. am not sure
whether was present az the meet
Ing or not Hut I always opposed
the granting OF tho permit"
DO you know this man Anderson.
whom Roney says told him he could
fix tho permit up all right. on the
payment OF $50. $50 OF which An.
derson was TO keep and the rest 70
90 TO somebody at the city haiig"
he was asked
No. sir. | don't know him, never
saw him nor never heard OF him.
until this matter first came up"
The records OF the board of pub
NC works show that Mr.. Mal0ney
first opposed the permit on tho
grounds that permission would have
10 b. obtained from the railway
companies, Roney explained he had
attended 70 that detail. Then Ma.
loney told him the permit must be
advertised Roney complied with
that feature on February s. aud the
next hearing was set for February
.. At that meeting MIR Maionoy was
outspoken In his objection 10 the
permit ON the grounds that II would
interfere with traffic. He had with
him At that time a letter from q. ].
Caywood. which read as follows.
Nerc 70 the RECORD.
"The roadway between the lines
OF poles on Occidental az. il 90 feet.
The buildings 10 be moved are 30
BY 30 feet n building q moved Ia
center Of roadway. traffic vii be
blocked while moving. n building
was moved close to east line '0f
poles. wagon could get through on
west side"
The letter was written February
!. aigued by caywood aud %. K.d-
BY Aaiouey.
Caywood speaks Of "the build,
ings." showing that a. early a.
February he knew tho structure
was to be moved in two sections.
Upon Malonsy's objection. sec.
onded b. City Engineer Thomson.
the permit was refused.
II was after this. says Ronay.
that the mysterious Mr.. Anderson
told hlm--Roney--that for $3.50 the
matter could be fixed up.
Roney says he paid tho money.
and Il Is a matter Of record that
the permit was suddenly reconsld.
cred February 10. one week later.
II vas readyartised by Mr.. Roney
and the final hearing waa SGT for
February 10, when the board com.
pieteiy reversed the action and
granted H.
And the building was moved. in.
torfering with traffic Just "a much
as II would have originally, and
varying ln not single detail from
the features which caused tho
board to reject the application q
week before.
Mr. Bouiilon turned over the psr.
mit and all the original papers 10
the board Of public works this
morning. II was Immediately NOV
cd and carried that the papers be
referred 60 Chairman Thomson for
a continuation Of the Investigation.
WHITNEY I[bu[c [01