Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-01
NEW DOORS OPENED.
Two Hundred and Twenty
Eight Saloons Started.
THICK ABOUT THE MARKET.
Severe Opinion on the Refusal of a
Township Applicant.
JUDGE EWING OFF FOR VACATION

their doors In the city OF PlttSburg. Va tne
90 who have held licenses during the past
wear, IL have fallen BY the wayside, two on
account OF the death of the proprierors be-
tween the time of filing applications and the
day of hearing. These two were Hugh
Foster, of the Tenth ward, and Terence
Murphy, of the Twenty-eighth ward. Appli-
cations were made to have their widows sub
stituted, but the Court refused to do SO,
holding that the law did not warrant it. Oi
the nine licensed saloonkeepers who closed
their doors at midnight, four were In the
First ward, John K. Durr, George S.
FaIlon. Patrick McDonough and John Nee.
P. C. Duffy and George c. Pitfield were re-
fused in the Fifth ward, John n. Farmerie
and Frank Klein in the Ninth, Scnusler &
Pool in the Ninteenth.
The First ward has IL new saloons, the
Second u, the Third Il, the Fourth and
Fifth 8 each. The total number of saloons
in the First Second, Third, Fourth and
Ninth wards, the down town wards, is 9S,
more than there were in the whole city dur
ing the IL months just closed.
DAY OF ACTIVITY.
Yesterday was a day of great activity
about the new places. Nearly all are ready
for patronage this morning. There are, how
ever, a few exceptions. The greatest live
illness was observed on the Diamond, around
the market. That place is almost wholly
given over to saloons and wholesale liquor
stores. The Diamond was thronged with
wagons, from which men were unloading
barrels of liquor, kegs of beer, bar fixtures
and ice.
The house at the corner of Market street
and the Diamond, Nos. 1 and on the
Diamond square, is occupied by Joseph
Fleming & Co., wholesale dealers in liquor.
Next door is Goettman's restaurant, No.
entering the dining room aud No. being
the new bar. Yesterday the cellar was
filed with barrels Of spirituous and malt
liquors. Next door, No. 5, is the wholesale
liquor house of E. Klinordlinger. Turning
the corner along the east side, No. is occu-
pied BY the wholesale liquor store of Otto
Frey, and No. 10 by the store of Frank
Bonistalli. No. IL is Fred Speier's new
saloon. The barroom is rather small. No.
r. on the corner of Diamond street, is the
wholesale liquor house of Otto Schmitt.
No. II is occupied by the restaurant and
new saloon of George Dimling, the MAR.
ket Exchange" The barroom was in order
Yesterday. Its decorations and appoint.
ments are call frst-class, and doorway
and window are all decorated with plants
and evergreens, The second door north, or
Masters alley, is John Eichleay's Black
Bear saloon, and the second door from thai
is Billy Wright's bar, both old places.
OLD PLACES BRIGHT AGAIN.
In q small house at No. Union street is
William H. Jacobs saloon, which is all
painted and ready for business. A few doors
south is Johnny Stroups' biz and splendid
barroom, at No. 25 Diamond square. No
&c is Roth's restaurant, celebrated saloon
in 1888, which reopens this morning. The
license is held BY Edwin w. Porter. No
2S is the Hotel Heck, where Harry Heck
has retailed liquor for several years. Acros,
the street, Nos. 90 and 80, are the store
rooms of the Philip Hamburger Company, 8
large lieuor house. Nos. 81, 80 and 33 are
occupied by Boley's Hotel. The bar, which
has been closed ior a year, is at No. 81. II
has been remodeled and decorated
No. "a is the new saloon and res
taurant Of Frank D, Larkin, a Younger
brother to the recent Democratic postmaster
John Heck applied for license at the same
number but withdrew while the court wa.
sitting. Larkin and Heck seem to have
Joined forces as Mr.. Heck was about the
place yesterday assisting in the work of fix.
ing up. The bar is pretty, commodiou:
room. In the rear is a very large and lighr
dining room, three steps higher than the
barroom. A hallway reaches this room 81
that it will not be necessary to pass through
the saloon.
At right angles to Larkin's place, No. 81
Diamond, is the entrance to the saloon o.
Peter Kolbecker. The bar is long, wide and
high, and bright with new paint and wall
paper. The bar counter is high and long.
This mpletes the list of the Is liquor stores
Immediately around the market.
THREE IN A ROW.
Another place where there will be big
increase in drinking facilities is the block
of Diamond street between Wood and Smith
field streets. Bihlman's sons have had the
only saloon there during the past year. Now
there are three in a row on the opposite side
Of the street, Bardele Gallisaith, the ole
soldier, at No. As Diamond; Woifgang Mil.
ler's "Zur Blauen Donau," "On the Blue
Danube" at No, 80, and Michael Frey, al
Nos. 60 and 62. As no extra licenses were
granted on Fifth avenue from its lower enc
to Smithfeld street, the court probably in
tended to divert some of the saloon business
from that retail thoroughfare to Diamond
street.
The thirsty denizens of the Point are in
hard way. Fallon and McDonough on Penn
avenue, near Water street, and John Nee
two blocks further up on Penn, are al
closed. They sold 10-cent whisky, and it j:
reported that Martin Logan, the old gentle
man who will succeed them at the corner o
Penn and Water intends to charge Is cent
for drink. This is sad blow. and is caus
ing furry of gossip in the Schenley settle
ment about the Old Fort. The scalps o
Nee, Fallon, McDonough, Delaney, Hazel
Cavanaugh and others are carefully huns
up to DRY in Alderman Cassidy's rear room
EIGHTEEN ON SNIITHFIELD STREET.
During the past year there were sever
saloons on Smithfeld street from one end Il
the other. To-day there are Is. In the Fiftl
ward Duffy aud Pitield closed at midnight
The testimony in court showed that boil
places were frequented by the roughest clas
of men. These people are bound to GO some
where, and the men who get Dufiy's anC
Pit6eld's trade will probably have hare
time a yesr-henae-- Dur, 81 the corner o
Mayk5t street and Fourth avenue, wa
Knocked out because his corner was said Il
be a resort for loafers and his bar was fire
quented by toughs and topers. These peopl
will now drift to some other point, and vii
most likely flock around Charlie Stevens
new place, at the corner OF Market ant
Second. Charlie declares that he will no
tolerate them, but he will have big job OF
his hands. He reopens Tom Godfrey's OLE
stand. Tom was refused a license yea
ago, but it is alleged that he failed t.
retire from the liquor business on May 1
He kept his place open for several months
but when he learned that an information
had been duly drawn up charging him will
the selling of whisky on Sunday, it is said