Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-18
CASSIDY COMES IN.
TIE FIRST WARD ALDERMAN ON
HAND AS SCHEDULED,

He Stirs Up tho Animals and IL Amused
When They Roar-Those He Had It In
For-How He Made Them Nervous and
What He Said.
George S. Fallon, who was licensed one
year ago to keep saloon at No. 13 Penn
avenue, asked for o renewal. He is slim
young man. with smooth face. When he
stepped up to the bar Alderman Cassidy
went forward and stood near him. This
made Mr.. Fallon very nervous. Mr.. Fall
lon said that he had kept nothing more
than saloon. He said that he did not keep
q restaurant because he could not get the
rest OF the house. There is not room enough
in the building for hotel. His mother and
her family occupy three rooms and two
front rooms over the saloon are vacant. Mr..
Fallon is unmarried. Judge Ewing said:
"There have been some charges against
you, selling to minors"
"Yes, sir; there was a charge of that sort,
but the grand jury ignored the bill"
THAT doesn't even add probability to
its not being true"
1.-THE boy swore before the grand jury that
he thought he was 81 years old at the time
he told me he was. The man who made the
charge brought him in and youched for him.
If man says he is 81 years old, sometimes
1 sell to him and sometimes don't. 1
judge by his appearance"
RECORD OF THE DISTRICT.
Alderman Cassidy was sworn. He said
that within the past five months he had
had more informations from that district for
drunkenness and fighting than he had for
five years before that. Many of them said
they got their liquor at Fallon's place.
Judge Ewing said there seemed to have
been good many licenses granted in that
district.
Fallon said that if he was granted IL
cense this year he intended to run restaur-
ant in the back part of the house. Judge
Ewing remarked: "We don't propose to IL
cense prospectus. There does not seem to
be place down there that has proper ac-
commodations.
Martin Foley, a smooth-looking young
man, who used to be engaged at spiral
spring making, and was then for time EN-
ployed in the postofice, asked for a license
in the three-story brick building at No. 200
Penn avenue. He said he intended to keep
a lodging and eating house. He acknowl-
edged that he occasionally took a drink of
beer. He had money of his own, be
answered, and no other person was interested
with him, directly or indirectly.
BIG ENOUGH FOR THE BUSINESS.
Then came big, sturdy man, Michael j.
Feeny, who said that he had been a labor
ing boss on public contracts, and wanted to
keep q restaurant and saloon at No. 45
Water street. He is bachelor and lives at
No. 229 Penn avenue The proposed house
is two stories i'll height, and % by 20 feet.
At present it is occupied by families. Mr..
Feeny said that he had put In four years as
a cook on towboats on the river working on
about 20 different steamers. Judge Ewing
asked Mr. Feeny if he didn't think he would
be better off at his present work, but the ap-
plicant did not agree to that idea.
Martin Foley was recalled and asked how
close to his proposed place is the Catholic
school. He said it was distant about six
houses.
George P. and Charles F. Goettman, the
round, well-fed brothers who keep the big
restaurant on the west side of Diamond
square, appealed for liquor license. One
is blonde and the other brunette They
said they had kept the restaurant three
years and had not previously asked for
liquor license. Their two dining rooms seat
225 people. Their father was in the
restaurant business before them. They
serve about 800 meals a day and have SO
employees. Judge Ewing said:
QUITE CHANGE MADE.
"I think there has been a considerable
change made in the order of that locality
George responded: "Yes, sir; there has
been. We have the best people come to us.
Everybody advised us not to 60 there"
"You must be careful, if you get a IL
cense," said the Judge, in dismissal.
John P. Goldthorp, an old man, who keeps
q cigar stand and small eating house at
the corner of Wood and Water, said that he
had occupied the place since August 1. 1889.
His patrons are rivermen, both white and
black. Judge Ewing said
"That is an exceedingly hard place to
keep decent house. There have been many
murders and robberes and everything that
is vile in that neighborhood within Is
years."
Mr.. Goldthorp said that he sold soft