The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-07-09
LICENSES UNCLAIMED
Fifty Liquor Men Have Not
Paid for Their Parch-
ments.
SALOONS ON THE DECLINE
The License Money That Has Been
Received and What Will
Become Of 1t.

licenses that expired on July l. Most of
the liquor dealers had to hustle pretty
lively to raise the $3.50 to -pay for their
parchments. But most of them sue
ceeded in getting there The forty-eight
whose licenses are yet in the City Clerks
possession, were probably less fortunate.
The reason why they have failed to take
them up is, likely, that they cannot pay
the money. The licenses of two of these.
Michael F. Keating and Cornelius
O'Driscoll expired as far back as June
&c, and with the other forty-six whose
licenses expired on July /, they are pre-
sumed to have been doing business
without authority of law since then.
THE LITTLE LIST
The list of the dealers whose papers
are yet unclaimed with Mr. Scott en-
braces these names:-
Timothy Brandon, No. e57 Summit ave-
nue..
Thomas Bray, No. 5s5 Jersey avenue.
Nellie Broadbent, No. 779 Communipaw
avenue.
John Bonkalski, No. 129 Essex street.
Mary Creegan. No. 37916 Bramball ave-
nue..
H. G. Cassell, No SO Coles street.
Thomas Condor, No. IL Grand street.
John II. Doscher, No 50 Bergen avenue.
q.
Henry Detjen, No. so Essex street.
Patrick Doyle, No. 562 Grove street.
Ernst Ewest, No. $40 Grove street.
Peter Flein, No. 119 Sherman avenue.
Philip Freitag, No. 349 Fourth street.
Michael Fahey, Caledonia Park.
Julia Freund, No. 654 Grand street.
Jacob Frey, No. 81 Webster avenue.
Edward w Fox, No 42O Grand street.
Joseph Fuchs, Glendale Park.
John Flayin, No IA Essex street.
John Farrant, No. 326 Henderson street,
Peter J. Cannon, No. 249 Warren
Mary Gary Garrigan, No. 1868 Fifth
street.
George A. Hahn, No. s7o Newark
Charles Jackson, No. 50 Montgomery
street.
Michael F. Keating, No. 1923 Pine
street.
Michael j. Kennedy, Communipaw
avenue.
John Lenihan. No. 5es Henderson
street.
Frances McHugh,, No. 81 Green street
William Mccain, No. s64 Montgomery
Roger Nc Carthy. No. 749 Ocean avenue.
Thomas J. Mccarthy, No. 272 Wayne
street.
William Mallon. No. % Cedar street.
Daniel j. Murphy, No. i32 Phillip
street.
Patrick Mach, No. AGO Halliday street.
NJ. O'Grady, No. S53 Grove street.
Cornelius O'Driscoll, No. 122 Pine
street.
James Reddy, No. Cos Newark avenue.
Reen & Egan, No. 12S Pavonia avenue.
Dennis Sullivan, No. lS9 Pavonia ave-
nue.
Ludwig F. Seggel, No. 2s5 Central ave-
nue..
William Schenk, No. 1 Milton avenue.
r. B. Sailer, No. 100 South street.
Joseph j. Scott, No. 9S4 Newark avenue
Verene Schusler, No. 175 Payonia ave-
nue..
John White, No. SO Sussex street.
Thomas Ready, of No. 81 Plymouth
street, would have been added to the list
If he had not called in while the NEWS
reporter was copying the list at noon to-
day. Dorcher, whose name appears in
the list, is a grocer.
jackson, of No. SO Montgomery street,
will probably not take up his license. He
is said to have purchased saloon with a
license that does not expire for several
months to come.
The failure to take out the license for
Caledonian Park and Gans1on's place. on
Warren street, Is probably due to care
lesSness.
A MARKED DECREASE.
The enforcement of the high license
law has worked noticeable decrease in
the number of saloons doing business in
the city. When it cost only $50 for
license about 1900 places were supplied
with them. Last year there were only
9O4 licenses issued all told. The decrease
was partly due to the fact that high
licenses took the corner grocery
stores out of the business.
There were scores and scores of
little groceries who kept bars in
dark and uninviting back rooms. These
have either closed their dram shops or
are doing business without liceDse and
running the risk of discovery and arrest
Only eight grocers have made appiica-
tions this year. But the decrease in the
total number of licenses is not all due to
the grocers abandoning the traffic. Hosts
of men who ran liquor saloons either find
themselves unable to pay the fee, or con-
cluded that the fee robbed the business
of its profits, and found something else
to do.
The number of saloons is apt to be even
less this year than last. The July appli-
cations this summer fell forty behind the
July applications of last summer. OF
those in the list above who applied, and
who have failed to pay for their papers,
twenty perhaps will not call for their
licenses. A decrease of sixty as against
last years number is thus accounted for.
OF the 1866 dealers whose licenses expire
later IN the year, it is estimated that
twenty five will not ask for renewals; so
THAT hnc total lalunR OH IN the number OF
saloons In the city will probably reach
between eighty and ninety. AS compared
with the old-time $50 era, the decrease Will
be more than one-third.
HOW THE MONEY GOES
The City Clerk has turned into City
Comptroller Hough's Office these Sc veral
amounts paid to him by the liquor
Dealers
July a.....................-. sos, 500
July $1,000
July .......................... ...... 1850
July y7........................ 1880
July ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 7,7b0
July y9..-...................... 1900
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $4,000
Assuming that Of the licenses yet TO
expire the renewal of 140 will be sought.
the city will receive S35, 900 more, or about
500. 900 altogether from this source. Mr..
Hough said to The NEWS reporter that
the Board of fFinance into special funds