New-York tribune., 1877-11-24
LEGAL AND ILLEGAL BARS.
ENFORCING THE LICENSE SYSTEM.

THE EXcIsE COMMISSIONERS REQUIRING STRICT
OBSERVANCE OF THE LAw-cAREFUL EAANiNA-
TIoN OF APPLICANTS FOR RLCENsEs-IHE PoLlCE
pIscoURAGED BY THE FAILURE TO PROsECuTk
vIoIAToRs OF THE LAW AFTER THEY ARE AR
RESTED.
The Excise Commissioners claim that they insist
nm a very strict observance of all the requirements
of the Excise law by applicants for licenses ana
they question carefully all persons who make apph-
cation, as TO tho hotel accommodations when they
furnish. The police authorities declare that they
have endeavored TO do their duty in arresting deal
ers who break the law but their efforts are made OF
no value by the failure TO prosecute the arrested
men.
QUESTIONING APPLICANTS FOR LICENSES.
When a TRIBUNE reporter visited the once
OF the Excise Board yesterday aeru he found sTo
Delmonico one OF the well-mown Demonico brothers,
standing upon the steps Br DelmOnco had been sum
moned 10 appear before the board TO answer some IN
ou!ries in regard his restaurants In BroadsI ana
Broadway for which he had applied for licenses as
hotels number of other applicants for hotel licenses
were In the office OF the board, having appeared
IN response TO notices They had all applied in the legal
manner or licenses paid their license fees ana eu
the bonds required. The Excise Inspectors had Vseu
the places Tor which licenses were asked, ana hau re-
ported fayOraby in every but the COMMISSIONERS
NOT being satisfied with the representations made III he
and IN the reports ol AhSPVN'VAN' ~
requested the applicants to before the Board ana
be examined their ideas Of what an hotel 49, anu
their accommodations for guests.
Commissioner Morton. the President OF the Board hrst
defined what hotel was. Restaurants boarding
houses and lodging-h0uSes were not hotels An MOTEL
was place for the accommodation OF travellers ana II
must have facilities for furnishing meals and lodgings
Its business must conducted openly and publicly ana
IL must urn s TO guests all the comforts and enjoyment
they could receive I'm temporary home An hotel was
place for public accommodation The following appll-
cauts were then called and questioned by President
Morton
Thomas Adams, No 507 West Thirty-third-st.; John
Kelly No A. HudsOu-st.; Jacob Ahrcns, l1S2 second
ave-; william Kramer. No. 30 Bowery Leopold llheI
No. 5l3 sNtaayc.; A. RcGersicider washing s'1i-a1e
aud sNtl-s;; tFdAcls Horne
lawrcnce-st, between Tentnave ana Blold""y James
" han, No Cnathalm-sti ttedgIlck hCps "a At@Snuo @ "a
ami FIti-eishth-,t; Henry G. Miner, IiTH-thfd's'
aud Ihtd-tyc; Joseph Zoe NO. ~ tisl hn'SS l!si;
John Belts No. 9Ol9 Tim tavc.i Aaolph siam, NO. .fJ
Irsayc; MattAcwTyrrei huqdi c'and- ,iiri third
st.: Henry Mouquin. 40. 20 Auu->t; herman Handel
-. Sic.Oias.yc.. between OIe-uuudI
and Ouc-Aula cutltsts jacob Ahlss no.
I55 East Fiity-icurti-s; Louis Habcrsiroh. No. lo3
T4st Hitytairi-st; john Rogers, No SO siXth"Fe'i
ana Tfcophilus Honcsscr No. Los IhId-aNe
They an admitted that they had signed the ahdauts
Included n TIC applications licenses. and reiterated
the statements there made When asked what an hotel
was thcy gave various answers one said that he Kept
tavern, aud when asked the difference. sad tAdt an
hotel was conducted on moro extensive scale than
identical u The eye Of the law. TIE accommodations IN
the way u beds at the places kept by the applicants,
G red widely Some Of tho applicants could acconno-
dale only five or sX people. While one had as many as
SEVENTY beds large number had u0 sign up indicating
that they kept hotel and one said that be dd not
consider it -sry 90 put up sign before the license
WIS granted M Morton -ad that tIe law dio not re-
ouire the sign 90 be exhibited until within thirty
after the license had been Issued bu the board intended
L. be strict and would ISSUE licenses % places where
on hoto sign was not displayed M Rckcrseder's place
was called tie National Hail, and be told that
would bc necessary Tor Inn % insert n tAc sn ,he word
ir tavern or hotel This required bJ statute, said
MI Norton but whore the hotels wei and
N1.',. y ,.as ror considered necessary 10 require
the u. OF tue word hotel Goa The ssu To Mr. Bets who
SAID tat De could milC dte tuTtc or faur persons
oni f., he had DO sI.r Nr Morton sad don't think
Won can keeu an hotcl Nr Kobpc SAID that lc could
Gccommoiatr dodgers necessary
Wl,.ain kramer tue proprietor of tie Atlantic Gar
De-. u t. Bowcry said thar hc had kept place for
nineteen ycnrs; for ig last i4rce years he nad Och a9e
m.l-s. etc Henry MoEquiu; who G.'s @ Restaurant III
fut'u--t. was a~,cl NJ r n.u io'tI ','
had any doubt about Mr. n 'lquius amuty 90 furnish
meals Alr. Muuqun rrIl,a. that Doc had the requisite
accommodations Tor lodseis sud had a hotel SIGN dis
Iiay,4 .,o ,,.., ,rt,,, ,,.t
i }ae & l N 1' s.e lne ~'cl cla i'.
iucd ana when t.cy ha1 NEARLY a poac away De en-
Ic sali tnat Dee would furnish a,coumodatoes FOR
lod-cs n lis restaurants ana ihy -"amissloucr l"ld MIN
,i .rrr would Doe farther trouble Ia regard 90 the
licenses Search was mate by he clerks ior ;Ar aplca-
lion, nd by Ar D.mcnco. put tLcy could not Doe found
Oue thc clerks suggested that hcv might bee in the
possession of one e" Et lScciois, N.cIcuiou Coiins-
"What u tine use of inspecting a man Ike III. Del
molico. whom everybody AlowsF
TAe clerk Of tie beard Mr C'nc', replied that that
wa, tae usual course aud tr D,im'Ico Was tod that
lr need uot before the board again. Licenses fOr
TN Brlmcnc1 hotels iu Fltudye. ana u brOad-st
i.sIrt some time a-o
tho LIST ol Us p.Teuust0 whom licenses 10 keep hotc
have urc Granted I'm fact Commissioner Murphy said
trr9v o th, 12~ licenses stln the hands OF
board Aail kept bacn for various reasons AL Of the
objections having The list of LOiCl keepers published,
and nu Wednesday President Morton promised 90 bring
tie matter before the board at is next meeting lie
thought tins necessary. a- matter OF FORM The
lYari bed 20 meeting yesterday and it WAS supposed
tlst permission would hc given 10 make copy of these
names but at the close OF tuc meeting r Morton sad
tlatt ttncy had no, had uuc ~ consider Le natter ana
tie lisI could not Poe obtained
Nr Murphy said hat frequently Applications and bonds
were Gs:tctyc and hga TO Dc sent bdck for correction.
Sometime. Ol t.c Cotui,- uucrs lad some doubt u
certain cases. and wished 0 make personal invest gitOn.
On Taut.d.y he Lad yl q place Wnele lie found tn
accommodations insufficient, uut the applicant had
promised 10 have everything put u order Mr. Murphy
mentioned the ease of proprietor Of one Of the
most prominent hotels on EIth-aNc., whose bonds
found 90 De- d fecttSe.
William ". Waite an agent OF Dr Crosby's society.
visited the bar-rO0ms OF George H. Pcis as No. 272
Iccrkcr-t Henry =. Wolf. at No 81 BleecEerst and
william H. staul. at No. Gl2 HudsOii-~t., Thursday
evening aud procured liquor. Then he demanded
the saloon Keepers show their licenses They
unable t0 produce ten aud he caused them tO De AZ
rested They were sEed before Justice Morgan, yes
terday and held "a 800 bail each
WHAT TIE POLICE HAVE DONE.
The police are greatly concerned over the