Garland Globe | 1906-12-29 | Page 7 | Phonograph Defies a City

PHONOGRAPH DEF1E8 A CITY. Trenton's Solicitor and Police Baf fled by Harassing Music. Trenton. N. J. City Solicitor Charles K. Ulrd and Capt. John J Cleary held a conference the other day in an effort to find some way tc silence the big phonograph which has been making ltfo miserable for rest dents and business mon In tho vicinity vicin-ity of Stato and Broad streets, the center ot tho city. Complaint as to tho nerve-destroying power of tho machine ma-chine has been mudo by the clorlcnl forco of the city board of assessors In city hall, Just opposite They nllego that It is Impossible to figure correctly correct-ly when such molodlos as "Keep on tho Sunny Sldo" and "Moon Dear" aro being poured Into tholr oars. Counsellor William J. Ilackcs has ofllces adjoining and ho complains that his reading of lilackstone Is Impossible Im-possible while the rnckut Is going on. Tho city authorities uro hopeful thnt thoy nan malto tho "imtlnolso" ordinance ordi-nance flt tho caso ami soino action will likely bo taken by the common council