The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-06-26
THAT LICENSE TRUST.
Aldermen Make Denial of a
Bargain with the Liquor
Dealers Association.
SIX HUNDRED LICENSES GRANTED.
Dangerous Shooting by the Clare
mont Gun Club---Horse Car
Tracks to be Torn Up.

1TackS 10 De Torn up.
The Liquor Dealers Association got
black eye last night and the Excise Com
mittee of the Board of Aldermen most
thoroughly sat on that order Everyone
of public prominence was present and
anxious to see what would be done.
Among them were District Attorney
Winfield, Sheriff Davis, M. J. O'Donnel,
Undertaken Hope. City Treasurer Nugent,
John p. Feeney, ex-Corporation Attorney
Seymour, Commissioner Sommers, Police
Captain Christy Smith, James Hennessey
and James OConnor. the beer dealer.
A BATCH OF LICENSES.
After receiving several invitations,
among them being one from the Tilden
Club, to celebrate the Fourth, the real
business of the evening was taken up
temporarily by petition to transfer two
licenses being received, and immediately
afterward, applications for 491 licenses to
be granted, five of which were for inns and
taverns, and four for places where liquor
Ii not drunk ON the premises
These were referred to the committee
and taken up again later, when without
dissenting vote the entire 491 applications
were granted, and also 139 licenses which
the Board at its last meeting declined to
act on. This makes $50 licenses granted
last night.
MR.. o'NEILL MAKES DENIAL.
When the Board took up the question
for discussion, Alderman O'Neill sur
prised many by SAYING
''Mr. President-I want to state to the
public and the press that the Excise Com
mittee are not issuing the arbitrary rules
that they are accused of doing / never
1of
ers' Association, except what has been
published, and / want to say that these
reports are not true, and that the Liquor
Dealers Association never has or win
have any influence with this Board.
"The Association has a committee, am
told, who sit at Roche's Hall to receive
those who desire to become members,
which they have right to do but want
it distinctly understood that no member
of the Liquor Dealers Association has
waited on me or my colleague, Mr.. Jor-
dan."
PRIeGE DENIES IT, TOO.
When the Board adjourned Alderman
Prigge, chairman of the Excise Commit
tee, a Tax Commissioner and liquor dealer,
declared positively that no arrangement
had been entered into by the committee
and the Association, and said he knew
nothing about the matter except what
had been published, and this he claimed
III unQ QuallubU bermS 10 DC uulTU6. i-lfa q
Alderman Van Horn was, in very
hesitating manner, just as positive as
Alderman Prigge, but before he would
say anything he carefully thought over
the question. He declared that he had
entered into no agreement with the
Liquor Dealers Association; that he
knew of none, and, as did Messrs O'Nei1l
and Prigge, intimated that high regard
for truth Is not necessary to be member
of the association.
REPUBLICAN DOWN ON TRUSTS.
Before the meeting began Alderman
Schermerhorn, in front of the City Hall,
declared that he was opposed to trusts,
and that he intended to assail the Liquor
Dealers Association at the meeting. He
did not say word except when he voted
to grant the licenses
Both Aldermen Prigge and Van Horn
declared that not one name of the $50
who had received licenses had been
recommended to them by the Liquor
Dealers Association. The association
will have their innings soon, and they
will then show the public whether they
have been flying under false colors or
not
THE TAX BOARDS QUARTER.
To locate the new Tax Commission in
place where the members can pursue
their work has been difficult one, but
last night possible solution was reached.
The Mayor, it was said, had intimated
that he was willing to give up his Office to
| the Commission and himself go to the
third floor, now occupied by Van Hounten
Post, G. A. r. The matter was referred
| to the committee.
| A complaint was received from Captain
w. H. Lang, of the Fifth precinct, that
there is much dangerous shooting at the
Claremont Gun Club grounds, on Clare
| mont avenue. The complaint stated that
several persons have been struck by spent
shot and that the place is dangerous to
any one passing. The complaint was re-
ferred to the proper committee.
PREPARING TO LICENSE vENDERs.
The Board decided to purchase 800
plates for vender's licenses and then or
dered paid to Van Houten, Zabriskie,
Henry Wilson and Thomas Posts, G. A.
R., $50 each for services Decoration Day.
The ordinance to license, at IS each,
street musicians, and to refuse to permit
them to play between the hours of nine
o'clock in the morning and eight o'clock
in the evening, was adopted. A failure
to observe this ordinance carries fine OF
S. upon conviction.
A TRACK TO BE TORN UP.
BY vote of eight yeas to five nays it
was decided to tear up the track of the
Pavonia Street Car Company on st. Paups
avenue. 1t was represented that this road
has been abandoned at this point and that
it causes the street to be in very bad
condition. An ordinance to prevent the
Zinc works and other companies from
carting dust of any kind in anything but
perfectly tight carts was introduced. Tho
object is to prevent the dust from being
scattered all over the streets.
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