The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-01
BOSTON BARS MUST 60.
The Thirsty Must Hereafter Drink Their
Beverages sitting at Tables.

beverages Sitting ut Tables,
BOSTON, April 30.-Bostonians are await
ing with no little interest the inauguration Of
the era OF beer gardens in the staid old city
which has for generations seen whiskey
straight and rare compounds Of that and other
liquors served over the bar In the good old
style. For many years there has been on the
statute books q law which prohibited this kind
OF service, but nobody ever thought OF entorc-
ing It, and few people knew OF Its
existence. but the defeat of the pro-
hibition amendment to the Constitu-
ton last spring stirred the Prohibitionists
and temperance Republicans to action. and
they dug out that forgotten law and demand
ed its enforcement. The Board OF Police Of
the city Of Boston determined to give the poo
pie a taste OF the law, and the result was an or
der to remove the bars. They gave the deal
era margin OF twenty days in which to make
the changes. and at the end OF that time II
bars remains the proprietor OF that place Will
lose his license. In view OF the fact that first
class licenses cost $1,000 each. there Ia no dis
position to fool with the order. unless the law
to be expected, because every effort in that d.
rection was exhausted before the order to
clean out the bars was issued.
The scheme is TO supply liquors 70 customers
after they are seated at small tables. q la beer
garden style; The liquor men are decidedly
unhappy. l06Te NTe u idTRt VI sulHll
places that cannot begin to accommodate their
customers at tables They Will need more
room. and In many instances the room is not
to be had. Tho prcprietors OF small places
with big trades are at their wits ends to know
what to do. The liquor men are mad clear
through, A big campaign fund was raised In
liquor men to pull Mr., Bracket through. and
they expected return for their favOrs They
think the Governor could have fixed things in
tho Senate SO as to secure u favorable result
when the effort to repeal the law was being
Many OF the brewers and wholesale dealers
are interested in from one to half dozen of
the smaller places, and 1t will cost them many
dollars to make the change required by the
law Some idea Of the cost may he estimated.
The cost OF the bars In use will average oyer
800, and this means a loss OF $1SO0l The
value of some of the bars will run up into the
thousands. There, will be loss of
like amount on fixtures and then comes
in the cost for tables and chairs
liberal estimate sets the figures as follows:
bars. S79.000 fixtures and pumps. $4,000:
chairs and tables, $4,000: extra help ms wait
ers. $4,000: carpenters. $1,000; tncidentals
$1,000. Total. $2l2.000. All this change must
be made within the next twenty days.
The hotel men will suffer the most, but all
the proprietors OF the leading hotels say they
will obey the order. The prevailing opinion
seems TO be that the enforcement OF the law
will lead to harder drinking. Men will drink
longer when sitting at their ease. and when "a
party get together will BIO more apt to buy a
bottle and finish 1t up before leaving than to
conflne themselves to II glass or two.