Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-02-12
A THIRSTY CITY.
The Eaermous Quantity of Beer and
Spirits Consumed in Cincinnati-Six
Miles Of Drinking Houses--Nme Mil
lion Dollars Year FIR Drink.
Cincinnati Gazette.

LIQUORS are retailed in this CITY ranges
from 500 to 1000. Our report, how
ever, is not dependent upon guess-work.
Under the internal revenue law every
place where liquors are sold Is licensed,
and distinction is observed between
wholesale and retail establishm ents.
Upon reference to the government rec
ords, therefore, it is found that in the
first district of Ohio, which comprises
Hamilton county, there are 3,24S
places where liquors are sold at retail.
THIS includes places where liquors are
retailed, but not drank on the premises;
also houses that are not properly sa-
looms, where wines, chiefly are sold. 1t
is safe to put the whole number of pub
lie saloons or bars in the city proper,
at $500. These are open every day in
the week, and most Of them the greater
part of the night. ea
Allowing ten feet Of gound for each
saloon IN the county. they would. if
placed in row, extend distant of 81
$50 feet, or over six miles. Estimating
that three adults are employed on an
average in each saloon. it would give
and aggregate of seventy-fve hundred
in the city, and over nine thousand in
the county. These probably represent
twenty-five thousand persons who de-
pend upon the profits of saloons for a
living. The total voting population Of
49, az t,,osn c,,oo;rhtp, 49, olo1e
~ tho ratn;I Gonor hns;r ",o I I;Isas','
E,t; 49, ~ -, ' oe uileo1iy;
fon naIansS, $500, wv '' ~ SEQ 0pely soeu
~ c''iTot pui pooea "O Poo lor ,roht
,oo., ,ne .oto1 gnipio'e eai anu we
az seo 600 sV,''' NJ Io,, ~, tie county OF
Wv, oro.tly ~ nvoaSs nf +h" "t''0 10 piooa-
TIE msnnfact,,re inn "ort,t;on o,d
oxnort of hoor Tow tha Ia $500 J ~
Sapt ! 1879 MOS 90 foiIo, "i 0iioins
Amount manufactured ml,a 90 'oiio" :. 5eo e75
Imported during the year ...... ......... 1852
r,.o, n,, ,ou,s co--u
Exported, barrels GA
FT TOT nome c1nsunP'ion' oarreis ......: .3Sa s2a
n nna1 nuue a O. fran aSs asn oia"l rom
o".. ~ 400 ID ~ ioo' VIC
a .Ihi Ie IVY "Goociils 'he
"hioio w 81" &c al" VIC i1'e' DIS d re-
sun ioo,ooo, ~ s'a1se' VI oeer CON
suilieu ", 4l; e. ILLS couh'y. Eal-
oui't ,ni' q. w oonO' PEI siaoo'
WIZ A., go 70 10y. zoo ,n,i piloe' anu us value
Is % 'o' o too' Ila' 10 say near
eieuC llliiloii ooilars IS paio III cash
.4l: .lo'o "io uiliA Deer
"iI.'i Ulils oo "iio"@iioe 10
W oc itauo lo1 oooi caiiieo lll'o Tue
"uJ'iiniiiis oooiiy III wagons y,
W., WIZ Nv "ooo'.nU 10 AopO' anu aioo VI
Ino oo ~ aoi W. ~ onnpiosoo III
uie"eitoe ~ 10 saie however, - put
,ile a,iiI"l ''''ii eApei''o a' SEVEN iiii'-
iioI1 uo'i"ie;
o uC' nH6 'ne popuia'ioli u Clhcll'iiatl
aI ooo'eoo' anu es.iina'lnS siA pe[s sons
so 11;a aa n3 th l,"s mouau eve 800
"n. .iu s,, .'nio e1tN f p''o,.uie ~ oeei
e Meo on w. '0 1T, oaoi i"nliy VI
20 ~ pc, o"' ,i"",,. nl' Liay Ieeih dill
eA'i avasan' Gtio.''a'lon' out 'liere are
1no LsuIee. 10 wv uiiooiii llioh lor
Iol .n il b ~ Pay .nlity Genus per
ner annum- # will be said of conrsa
which is trne that this business rsata,
mnIovment for many thonsand naonIs
It furnishes a market for barley and
hons: Supplies grain to feed catt1e
tenants for houses and navs Iarre
q n omit of ia To the nat1nno1
ment II will also ha sud ~ hoo
takes the nlace of solid food to SOM
extent. and q certain class Of noonl..
regard # as essential to solid com fort
and endowment as bread ~. neat %,
clothinS bevond q certain limit Those
are QUESTIONS however tho Discussion
of which Is foreion to orr present n,7r-
nose =
,rhe statistics of tho oons,,n, n+;,>, &c
vino and distilled snir;ts cannof no q y.
c,ra, tl1 ascer,s;ned Tbo ano,,n w NO. ~
duoaS v;tn;,, Wv ;n1rortaJ ;,,ts, NV ~ A.
tr;cr no;oht he reached annroDinaatelv
onG o,So tho quantity eynortad. ~
sn;r;ts anter l., raai,. ;nto ~ CRIES
aod IL Void no. on;tn ;nnnSs;b1a 800 r
fora to deternine tba nvant n,ont;,y
eta;led To act,a1 dr;nl ers raason
abIo os+;n,,,to $500 :. ~ "e ~,
nosS;h;l;t;as - WV ~ WY
~ ~
a gallUn u WHISKY averages Sixty