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Show LEWIS CANNOT ENCROACH ON SIDEWALK The smoke nuisance complained of by tenants of the Leu is block, caused caus-ed from low tlues in the Arlington block and the Pingree National Bank building, was settled by the city com-' missioners last night, when a report' from Commissioner T. Samuel Brown'ng was presented, explaining that the matter had been adjusted by the elevation of the smokestack of the Pingree Bank building and a promise on the part of the manager mana-ger of the Peery estate that the chimney chim-ney on the Arlington would be raised to a point where the smoke would pass aboe the windows of tho Leis block. On the- petition of the .7. S.. Lewis company asking the privilege of extending- the front of the company's jewelry store on the sidewalk something some-thing over three feet, Commissioner J. C. Nye recommended that the pe-tit'on pe-tit'on be not granted and that tho company be advised that if it should make any such extension it would be at its own peril. In his communication, Mr. Nye stated that the city had no power to grant permission to build on the sidewalk and that such building would not be tolerated. The Lewis block is adjacent to the Pingree National bank, which was recently re-cently erected, the front of which extends ex-tends over the property line on the sidewalk a few inches over three feet. Mr. Lewis desired to extend the front of his store to the same line as the front of the bank building. Mr. Nje's recommendation was approved ap-proved by the commissioners, but it was not stated whether the Pingree bank company had been given permission per-mission to encroach upon the sidewalk. |