Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-16
FEW WHO SAY DON'T.
Only Sixty-Eight RemOnstrances
Against Licenses Yesterday,
THOUGH IT WAS THE LAST CHANCE
Two Wards in Allegheny and BraddOck
Borough Most Notable.
THE HALF ACRE CONES IN ONCE MORE

Comparatively few remonstrances against
the granting of liquor licenses were filed
yesterday, considering the fact that it was
the last day upon which they will be re.
ceived. There were exactly 6S papers in
yesterdays list. The bulk of them were
from the Second and Sixth wards of Allie
gheny. The signers were mostly women.
Following is a summary of the 6S papers
and their purport:
There were three general remonstrances
against applicants of the Second ward. They
were David G. Jones, corner of Federal and
North Diamond streets, "a; William O'Donnell
75 Perrysville avenue, 81; Christian ortmann,
Fremont street, g. The numbers following
the applicants address denote the number of
signerS to his or her remonstrance.
In the Third ward remonstrances were filed
against:A. c. Darrah, of 60 James street. and
Charles Wilt 2O6 Federal street. They are
general remonstrances, and each paper is
signed by 76 persons.
The remonstrances from the Sixth ward bore
the Endorsement: ITO the best of my belief the
within signatures are all genuine. s. Collins"
but none of the papers were sworn to. This is
Rev. Samuel Collins, D. D., Secretary of the
Allegheny County Constitutional Amendment
Association. The applicants against whom re-
nonstrances were filed from this ward were:
ON THE LITTLE LIST.
Barbara Beizenroede, 15S Washington ave-
nue., 1S7; Theresa Heyl, 1l3 Juniata street, 81;
Paul Bauer, AS Beaver avenue, IS: John Ben
der 27S Beaver avenue, 60; Alex Fisher, 25
Adams street, 56; John Kelly. 9l7 Beaver ave-
nue., IS: Henry Rober, 15S Market street, Y;
Joseph Marx, Az Beaver avenue. 90; John Mon
aghan, 24s Beaver avenue, 81; John Windle, Ss7
Beaver avenue, 66.
Remonstrances were received from the
Ninth ward against the following: Mrs.
Bridget Sweeney, III Cass avenue, 20; Thomas
B. McNally, 5S5 Preble avenue, 20; James Oh
life. l02 Wilkins street, 20; William Flack, 6S4
Preble avenue, 20; Dorothea Brost, 81 wilkins
street, 20; Josephine Brown, $40 Preble avenue,
20; James Craigh, 5l5 California avenue, 20;
Patrick Flaherty, 59S Preble avenue. 20.
Six general remonstrances were received
from the Eleventh ward against Fred Noight,
ia Mcclure avenue, 40; Frank Wolff, New
Brighton road, 40; Hermann Sebastian, % Nc
Clure avenue, Al; Schor Benjamin New
Brighton road, Al; Thomas B. Jones' 597 Preble
avenue, 20 and Charles Laresch, Shady ave-
nue., 20.
A letter was filed from Morris Ernsteiu,
Select Councilman of the Third ward, Allie
gheny, in support of the application of Theodore
Huckenstein, of that ward. Mr.. Ernstein
states that ''Huckenstein's place is a great ac-
commodation to the people in that section of
the city,"
Nearly a score of remonstrances were filed
from Sharpsburg They were against ]. ].
Lutz ll3; Louis Walger, ia; Valentine BerneT,
1l3; Jacob n. Bragg. llSis Louis Laeng, us;
Thos. j. Murphy. iIS: F. {. Pilgrim, lis; Patrick
Mcbride. 20; Andrew Use, ll3; John Joyce liz;
Nicholas Schmidtchen, liz; Charles O'Donnell,
Henry Stein, IiS: John Brinz, 1888 and Henry
Stein, 100 The remonstrances against Mr..
Brinz state that ''he has kept a disorderly
house in the past year, and was convicted and
sentenced" and those against Mr.. Stein say
that there is great and unusual annoyance
from loatng on the street in front of his sa-
loom"
One of the applicants from Braddock fares
rather badly. his name is James Percell and
he is located in the Third ward. There are
three remonstrances against him. One of the
papers was written by a typewriter, signed by
81 persons.
THE REASONS GIVEN.
Among the reasons assigned why a license
should not be granted to Mr.. Percell, is one
stating that his place is now "a licensed resort
ofmen and boys of various nationalities, who
congregate in boisterous crowds on the side
walk in front of the house to such an extent
that it is at times impossible for male pedes-
trians to pass, and ladies have been frequently
compelled to take the roadway and are
subject to insult in passing" Another
complaint is that numerous drunken rows have
occurred IN and ABOUT the mouse and IN plain
view of the public school. which has a morally
had influence on the school children. 1t is also
stated that the building occupied by Mr.. Per-
cell is in bad condition, and that "human life
is endangered by the granting of license to
him." One of the remonstrances is signed by
13 women, who state that they have frequently
been obliged to step into the street to avoid
the rough crowds of drunken men and boys
that congregate in front of his place."
Another general remonstrance bears % names.
Remonstrances were also received from the
Third ward, Braddock, against Michael
Mooney. Ill, and Samuel r. Holmes. 103.
OF the townships four were heard
from - Forward, Harmar, O'Hara and
shaler. There was nothing special
in any of the papers. There are
remOnstranees against Jacob L. Snyder and
Thomas Scurfeld, of Forward township.
These applicants are located at place known
as "HelIs Half Acre" As there are two re-
monstrances against Mr.. Scurfeld signed by
56 and 36 people respectively there is an evident
desire to rid the place of saloons.
In Harmar township Thomas Hulings and
Joseph A Shaul are demonstrated against. 1t
is stated that Mr.. Shaul has been refused a
license for the last two terms of court.
Papers were filed against eight applicants in
O'Hara township. They are: Jacob Fross, 2S
Magdalia Brendel, IS; Henry Thomas, Is; Chris
Nader, 81; Anton Burkbard, 2S; Philip House,
2; John Hammer, So. and Joseph J. Wick, Is
Shaler township wound up the list with four
applicants demonstrated against: George G.
Rote. 42; Adolph Shaffer, Sc: Conrad Sontag, A
and Jacob F. SnoddeT, 43.
The hearing of the applications for licenses