Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-06-01
TROUBLE OYER DINING ROOM
Mrs. A. E. Warren Claims 7. H.
Murphy Broke Contract
AK. for Damages of $1,000, Alleging
u-,,o, Treatment and Many An
uoynnces In Effort 10 DAM
age Her business.

Claiming that he has broken all the
terms of a lease whereby her dining
rooms in the Sherwood House were to
have been conducted for the benefit of
the guests of his hotel Mrs. A. E. war
rem. who conducts the Warren dining
rooms, has retained Max l.. Powell ana
V. A. Bullard in a suit against T. Fl.
Murphy, proprietor of the hotel, in which
she asks 5000 damages.
Ms. Warren placed her case in the
hands Of Mr. Powell and Mr.. Billiard
on Saturday and suit will be started
at once, according to a statement made
last evening by Mrs. Warren. The lat
ter claims that not only has Mr.. Murphy
broken all the terms of his two-year lease
with her. whereby she was to have the
dining rooms until June of next year.
but she also alleges that the proprietor
Of the Sherwood House has treated her
in a brutal manner and that he has used
every means in his power to force her
to give up the business in the hotel
Mrs Warren claims that Mr.. Murphy
has made It impossible for her to conduct
her business. by tearing out the cold
storage used in connection with her es-
Enlistment so that she is unable to
arranged his rates in the hotel so that
guests of the house are not allowed to
patronizo her dining rooms, but are sent
to the regular dining room of the hotel,
this being in direct opposition to her
understanding with Mr. Murphy
According to Mrs. Warren, she has
written lease of the dining rooms in the
Sherwood House until June OF next year.
Mrc
Warren, that her dining room shall be
conducted as the regular Sherwood
House dining room. to take care of the
hotel trade. She claims that when the
Hotel Burlington burned in January,
1910, Mr.. Murphy conceived the idea that
no would run an Independent dining
room at the hotel and Mr. Murphy be-
gan. according to Mrs. Warren. TO plan
a literal freeze out" of the Warren
dining rooms.
Mrs. Warren claims that in following
out this policy, Mr.. Murphy sent guests
of his house 70 other dining rooms and
when the hotel was rebuilt, 1t is claimed
by Mrs. Warren. that Mr.. Murphy caus-
ed the cellar to be changed SO that it
could not be used as q storage cellar
and also that he caused the hot water
connections to be cut off from the War
rem dining room kitchen and caused
the rear stairway entrance to tho War
rem rooms to be changed so that there
was much confusion in getting to the
Warren dining rooms
When Mr.. Murphy opened his regular
hotel dining rooms. Mrs. Warren claims
that the printed cards that were posted
about the hotel stating that the War
rem dining rooms We're the regular hotel
rooms, We're torn down and the rates
wore so adjusted that patrons of the
hotel could not get their meals at the
Warren dining rooms, but must take
their meals at the regular hotel dining
room. Mrs Warren also claims that
she was compelled to heat all the hot
water used in the establishment with
gas. which put her to a great expense.
| She also alleges that Mr.. Murphy caus-
| ID her cold storage to be torn out, say
| ing that it had been condemned and
that this last action has left her en-
| tirely without means of providing for
| her patrons inasmuch as II is impossible
| to keep provisions during tho hot
weather without n suitable cold storage
arrangement. Mrs. Warren also claims
that she will now he unable to conduct
| both her establishments. as she had in
tended but will he forced to give up the
| one in the Sherwood House. The other
dining room conducted by Mrs. Warren
is in the Burlington block and is known
| as the Plaza.
MIS-. Warren claims THAT on several
| occasions when she has had contract
for furnishing large banquets. she has
been compelled to go into the Sherwood
House office and argue with Mr.. Murphy
over his treatment of her and that Mr.
Murphy has not lost an opportunity to
hamper her business in his effort to
force her TO give up the dining rooms.
She claims that he has stationed bell
boys at the dining room entrance to di-
rect guests to 80 to the regular hotel
| dining rooms. and has caused large signs
TO be printed directing patrons to the
| hotel dining room, all of which she alleges
IS breach of Mr.. Murphy's agreement
/ with her, whereby she was to pay S75
per month and conduct her dining room
as the regular Sherwood House dining
| room.