Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-24
MANS LIMIT DEFINED.
Judge Ewing Tells How Many Beers
Will Cause Intemperance.
FIVE Or SIXADAY ARE TOO MANY.
The Wholesale List in Allegheny City Fin
ished Yesterday.
no RE-HEARINGS In THE THIRTEENTH

To-day Homestead Will be finished. Judge
Ewing, twice during the day, declared his
opinion that man who drank five or six
glasses of beer day was not temperate.
The First ward of Allegheny has the fol-
lowing 13 wholesale applicants: Frederick
Andriessen, Nos. 40 and 40 Ohio street;
Louis Becker, No. Il Craig street; E. T.
Cooper, No. 40 South Diamond; P. f. Cul-
lin, No. 139 Lacock street; Robert Carson,
No. IS Federal street; B. A. Earle, No. 33
Ann street; Edward Engieman, No. Rob
inson street; G. Eisenbeis, No. 113 Federal
street; John Limegrover, Jr., No. A Ohio
street; John W. Mueller, Nos. 465 and 467
Rebecca street; Robert Palmer, No. 80 Rob-
inson street; Edward Rutledge, Jr., No. 1l6
Robinson street; Joseph H. Reed, No. so
Robinson street.
LIKE CREASED LIGHTNING.
Judge Ewing put them through like
CREASED lightning. 1t will be big task to
finish this week. Becker attends bar for
Kaiser, Carson street. He has s., 500, and
was formerly in the wholesale business.
Judge Ewing said he thought Craig street was
strange place for legitimate wholesale busi-
ness. but Becker said that as he intended to sell
TO saloonkeepers at large 1t made little differ
Craig street he would secure low rental.
Cullln kept saloon from 1870 to 1883. be SAID
that be did not know whether there was
speak-easy near him on LacocK street or not.
Tins struck the Court as showing lack of dis
cernment. Patrick will probably be left out
in the cold. Earle has a botter's license. He
sells in pint bottles but says never less than six
pints at once. Judge Magee thought this was
possibly not in accordance with law, and that
he ought to sell only in quart bottles. MIeller
was not present.
AN ARMY VETERAN UP.
Palmer is a native of Allegheny a veteran of
the Civil War, a bricklayer and inexperienced
in the liquor trade HIS capital is $500 only.
Rutledge has been employed by Pier Dan
mails, but was never in the saloon business. He
is son-in-law to Alderman Tatem, of Allie
gheny. Last fall he drove the delivery wagon
for B. A. Earle. Reed was born in Washington
county. For ten years he has been working
for the Westinghouse Airbrake Company, but
does not care TO follow it to Wilmerding.
There are only five applicants from the Sec
ond ward-Nartip Breitweiser Nos, 81 and 81
Taggart street; Thomas l. Carey No. l39 Jack
son street; George w. Exler, No. 207 Federal
street,and Frank Peters. No. l22 Taggart street
BreiUweIser is now licensed. Carey is a grocer.
and Exler contractor. kannofsky's case. at
Mr.. Christy's request was held over until after
dinner. Peters said that he had 81, 400 in bank.
FROM THE TENTH WARD.
The ten applications from the Third ward by
A. Andriessen, No. liz Federal street; Henry
Drummer, No. 2O6 Federal street; Christian
Buehl, No. 275 Ohio street; Robert Campbell,
NO. 81 Ohio street; Anthony Filman, No. 70
Ohio street; Herman H. Klein, No. 80 Middle
street; August KochendOerfer. No. 2l9 Ohio
Street; Andrew Langlitz, No. 153 Ohio street:
Gregor Meyer, No 327 Ohio street; Christian
Eende and Leonard karn. No. 40 East street.
Filman and Campbell have been granted re-
Licensees Rrunnpr Dppn Eaeninp har at
the Hotel Federal. Langlitz was refused re-
tail license. Klein did not answer. Meyer is
Licensed and has done business of S34, 600 dur
ing the past year.
There were Is applications for the Fourth
ward: Anton Briegel, No. 81 East Diamond;
Joseph Carson. 49 South Diamond; Hugh Ander-
Son. No. 80 Anderson street; John Gothart No.
72 River avenue; Louis Haspel 2S2 Ohio street;
George, Charles r. and John +. Heideger No.
53 South Diamond; H. w. Hespenhelde and w.
H. Mohrmann, No. l6S Ohio street; Max Klein
No. 81 Federal street; JohniLofink, No. % San
dusky street; William p. Mack, No. 20 Federal
street; August Marshall, No. 14l South Canal
street; John ID. Mabold, No "a Federal street;
Z. H Shute and B. Wolkolsky. No. 81 South
Diamond: Peter Steuernagel No. 81 Chestnut
street. and Joseph Zeller, No. 81 Saudusky
street.
Briegel, Mack and Mabold have been granted
retail licenses Hespenheide Co. and Max
Klein are now licensed, and Conroy, Gothart
Haspel and Heideger q Sons have all been in
the saloon business. After hearing Marshall
the noon recess was taken.
RUSHING THEM AFTER DINNER.
After dinner Judge Ewing called for Frank
Peters of the Second ward saying that he had
information that Peters had 70 money in bank
Peters was not present. Shute is an Indiana
school teacher, who has restaurant and two
poolrooms in Allegheny, while his partner,
Wolkolsky, is a Hebrew who came here seven
years ago from Russia with 81, ,0OO and by the
jnstallment business has increased 1t to S., 900.
Kannofsky, the Second ward bother, was re-
called. MIR. Christy was able to show only that
the applicant had delivered beer to a boy
named Buehler on an order from the boys en-
ployer, Philip Schweitzer. Two neighbors tes-
tilted that Kannofsky's place was well con-
Quoted. Steuernagel withdrew because his
brother. George, had secured a retail license
next door.
The Fifth ward had seven applicants: F. B.
EisenbeIs, No. III Rebecca street: B. J. Ford,
Nos. l3 and 10 Allegheny avenue; Tobias Gold
burg, No. 50 Beaver avenue: Bernhart kroll,
No. Belmont street; Samuel Mccartney, No.
Us Rebecca street, granted retail; Andrew V.
Sende, No. 81 Rebecca street. and John
Weckerle, No. las Beaver avenue.
A STRONG INTIMATIoN.
Ford admitted that the house which he has
rented was notorious speak-easy during the
past year. Judge Ewing intimated strongly
that Ford would be refused. Kroll a bother.
has SO United States license which allows
him to sell less than five gallons, but admitted
that be had sold two cases at once. or SIX gal
Ions. Weckerle's application was Withdrawn.
There are ten from the Sixth ward: John
Bender, No. 24S; Henry Ka>sel. No S34; John
kelley,;3l7; Mrs. Susanna keIlbach, No. 35S;
Joseph Marx. No. Az. and Charles Nees, No. 233
Beaver avenue; Joseph Fierle. No. l52 Frank
lin street; Martin Glitsch. No. lib Juniata
street; Richard II. Gangwisch, Juniata and
Magnolia Streets and August Schlegel, No. 81
California street. Fierle withdrew his mother
having secured 4 retail license at No. l54
Eror lin cab
Kassel has worked for Oberhardt & Ober for
two years. Kelley was refused a retail Incense.
He has a retail Government license. Marx,
who was refused retail license, is a lame
man. He was helped to his chair by his wife.
Nees is dyer and Iaundryman. Schegel is a
bother, and wishes to become general whole
saler.
NEARLY ALL BREwERIES.
The Seventh ward is nearly all breweries.
Eberhardt & Ober, Hippely Son and F. L.
Ober q Co., each apply for both brewing and
bottling licenses. in lge Ewing expressed a
desire that the attorneys representing brewers
would get together and furnish briet on the
question whether brewer could be licensed to
bottle. He believed that the bottline business
would be safer in the hands of brewers alone,
hut thought the statutes were against 1t. ID.
Lutz Son apply for licenses for two brewer
jrs, but for no bottling license. Ihe wholesale
applicants fer the ward are George Rain, No.
B35 Spring Garden avenue, and Sebastian
Zang, Rhine and CaJawba streets. Christopher
Wagner withdrew, by his counsel, Henry Meyer
Joseph Hack, No. 249 Main street. is the only
Eighth ward applicant. He kept saloon from
1850 to 1855 He has been suffering with exces-
sive fist and told the court that last fall he
took to drinking cider. 1t has reduced his
weight 40 pounds.
NINE FROM THE NINTH.
The Ninth ward had nine applicants: Charles
-Breitweiser. No. 645. Joseph Reilly, No 6l2 and
Scott M. Woods, No. 500 Preble avenue; Frank