Evening journal., 1912-08-24
FENCE GOES
UP TO BLOCK
WINDOW VIEW
Not Spite, Says MCMOnagle,
Owns Alley and Will
Use ii
COURT TO SETTLE
NEI j. BORIS SQUABBLE

Residents Of Market street. be-
tween Nineteenth and Twentieth
streets. have been wondering since
Tuesday whether the ball scores
were 20 be displayed for their benefit
in the afternoon or whether they
We're 20 be treated to moving pictures
at -gnt. The cause Of their specu-
lat.On was due to the placing OF a five
foot renee ac the top OF two sixteen
feet upiights on the lawn in front of
the house No. 1905 Market street,
owned and tenanted by Francis Nc
Monagle. There was some talk or it
being a spite fence, but this is de-
MED
The fence was placed by Mr.. Nc
Monagle on his lawn with the broad
side facing the windows OF the house
next door, No. 1907. owned by l.. p.
Williamson, Of Brandyw.ne Summit,
and tenanted by Mr.. and Mrs. George
ID. Hall. The room in which the win
dow opens is used by the Hall family
as a sitting room and as their house
extends fui Their out than McMonagle's
they heretofore had a clear view
down market street to the Brandy
wine.
This is changed now and all to be
seen from the window is live feet of
implanted boards. In addition, there
is little use Of raising the window as
no air reaches the room, the boards
acting as a shield.
That the fence is not serving as a
spite fence" was apparent to a re-
, porter for THE EVENING JOURNAL.
alter a conversation with Mrs. Hall
this morning, who said Miss McMona-
/ gle, who lives with her brother IN
the house is a nice woman; in fact
they are all as nice as they can be-
AS an evidence of this Mrs. Hall said
that only this morning a package
came TO her by express and While she
was on. Miss McMonagle pad for and
kept the package until she returned
AT other times Miss McMonagle
has covered my garbage can during
storms to prevent water from getting
into it," Mrs. Hall said.
Mrs. Hall stated that as Tar as she
knew the fence had not been erected
because Of any trouble with her neigh
bors, but that last winter the allie,
leading into the yards was closed by
Mr. McMonagle and the owner
through William J. Fisher, the agent
took the case into the Court Of Chan
Gerry and the alley was ordered opened
Mr. Fisher is away now and will no
return before September.
McMonagle was found at work thi
morning placing rocks around tn
uprights supporting the fence an
when asked if the fence had bee
erected out of spit, said mo, it wa
sot have no spite against any mai
| merely contend that when / bougl
the property j live in. a year ago lai
March. / did not notice the window /
, the house next door, which overlook
! my lawn. Had / done so | woul
have hesitated in buying the PROF
: erty"
Continuing. Mr. McMonagle sale
, MY deed calls for that alley an
half of that wall and the rain spou
p running down the side is on my lin
and the comm gwinter ] will remoy
7 it.
Mr.. Monagle spoke Of the courts VI
dering the alley opened, and whe
, asked why he had placed the fenc
! said 81 did Il TO protect myself. An,
one can see into my house from tn;
! window. II is not supposed to
. there. Several times | have planne
TO paint the glass in it or break
but my sister had prevailed on N
IL not TO do so.
+ McMonagle also contended that a
r though the alley has been in use
.. other persons for thirty years, thu
docs NOT mean that he does not OW
1t.
The outcome is being watched wit
interest by the neighbors, and
Z each owner has placed the matter
the hands of attorneys, the questiC
may be settled in the cuorts IN
II winter.