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187 The hearing was declared closed at 8:17 P.M., and the ' petitioner was advised that the matter would be taken under advisement. At 8:17 P.M., hearing was declared open upon the application of Mr. James M. E+ter for permission to alter the one -family house located at 197 rear, Woburn Street to accommodate more than one family. The notice of the hearing was read by the Clerk Pro - tem. Mr. Etter stated that hissister-in-law was an old lady and that she has not had a home for three years, but has been rooming out. He would like to finish the three rooms upstairs in his bungalow and let her live there. He said that he started in wrong, that he should have had a hearing before he started the work, but did not know enough to. e hired a carpenter who said that he would get a permit to finish the three rooms, which he did. The Chairman asked Etter if the house was his home, and he said that it was. It is a seven room house, and the lower floor is rented. The Chairman asked how far along the work was now, and he,replied that the three rooms had been finished. There is a toilet and a bowl, and the woman would like to have an oil stove to cook on. Mr. Ferguson asked if the outside of the house had been ' altered at all, and he replied in the negative. The Chairman asked Etter what hiss:ister-in-law's name was, and he said it was Mrs. Christine Miller. The Building Inspector, Longbottom, said that about two months ago, he received an application from the carpenter, a Mr. Leslie, for a permit to finish the attic. The first question he asked him was whether or not it was going to be made into a double house, and he said that it was not. He then asked him if the people downstairs were going to use the rooms, and he replied in the negative. Longbottom told Leslie that the rooms could not be used for another flat. He received a complaint from one of the neighbors that the house was going to be used for a double house, and he went down there and asked if this was true and was told that it was not. He received a second complaint and went down and saw Mrs. Miller, and she admitted that she was going to live there. He asked Mrs. Miller if she was going to do any cooking, and she replied that she would like to make a cup of tea occasionally. Longbottom told her that he would not give her an occupancy permit. He went down to the house again, but there was no evidence that any provisions had been made for cooking. Mr. Fleck, the tenant in the house, said that he had. no objection to Mrs. Millers' living upstairs, and that she had his permission to do whatever cooking she wished in his kitchen. The following persons stated that they had no objection to the granting of the petition: Mr. C. Sperandio, Mr. James A. Pratt, Mr. George L. Rice and wife, and Mr. & Mrs. A. Labes.