The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-19

the echoclhouso II is said 10 menace. But
there Il no saloon thcrc. and no license.
Tho alleged saloon nc 2i5 Mott street. said
to monaco Grammar School 0. Mt d distance
~ 20 feet. or inst across tho street. lie the
Innocent italian grocery already referred
to as threatening likewise the Henry street
school.
| The place at asa Elizabeth street. n,enac-
Ing this same school at an alleged distance
Of 800 feet. Is really Clio feet away by the
nearest line. Here tho Post has lied $40 feet
to bring license within its radius The
actual distance from this school to this
place by sidewalk is $50 feet.
The place ut 81 Bowery. said by the Post
to have been established by Mr.. Koch and
Mr.. FrTZrATHrCg with brutal indifference to
the interests Of Grammar School No. 2. on
Chrystle street. at n distance OF 575 feet. is
100 feet away by the nearest route.
Thus far by way OF illustration. Now to
summarize tho results OF our examination
OF the Pbsfs pretended investigation OF
these 70 licenses. made in its list to do duty
as 100 saloons" all In tho immediate
vicinity" OF the public schools.
Four are represented as being COO feet
distant. The actual distances. by the near
est practicable method Of approach. are re-
spectively $50. $50. $50. and GEO feet.
Twelve ore represented as from 5jJ to 600
feet distant. The actual distances. by the
honest method Of measurement. vary in
these twelve cases from 5a5 to $40. seven Of
the twelve being over 800 feet, and all but
two Of the twelve over 700 feet. The average
distance OF the twelve places by the nearest
way OF approach to the schools alleged to
be menaced Is 77s feet.
Four are represented as being from 800 to
$50 feet distant. The true distances Of these
four places, correcting the Posts fraudu-
lent measurements, are. respectively. G25.
TO. $40. and 900 feet.
Thirty places are represented ne distant
from 400 to 500 feet. The true distances. for
everybody but the Ecening Post. vary from
400 to 07s feet. In all but two OF the thirty
cases the licensed place Is on a different
street. around one or two corners. and re-
moved from all offensive juxtaposition with
the schools by intervening blocks OF build
ings. In each OF tho two cases where the
licensed place Is on the same street as the
school supposed to DO affected. 1t Is 400 feet
away and on the next block, or the next but
one. In twenty OF the thirty cases the dis
tance is over GOO feet. and tho average dis
lance OF the thirty places is GA feet.
Fourteen places are represented as being
at distances Of from 800 to 400 feet. The true
distances by sidewalk from nearest point
Of schoolhouse to nearest point Of alleged
saloon vary In these fourteen cases from
800 to 1850 feet. All but two cases are on
different streets, away from the schools.
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corners, the schools being on cross streets.
Seven OF the fourteen places are more than
600 feet removed: ten are 800 feet or more.
The average distance OF the fourteen places
from the schools concerned Is FOG feet: but
this average is considerably increased by
the case where tho Post has reckoned an
Italian grocery as n saloon threatening q
school moro than half a mile away.
Twenty-four places are exhibited as from |
200 to 800 feet distant. The true distances.
by shortest way Of approach. vary from $50 |
to 1.04o feet. Some Of the worst instances |
OF Misrepresentation appear In this class. |
as. for example. in the case OF Grammar |
School No. SO. in East Fifty-seventh street. |
The Post measures across two solid blocks |
to East Fifty.flfth street to the tap-room OF |
a large brewery. making it threaten the |
school ct the distance Of 260 feet. when In |
fact it can be reached from tho school only |
by walk Of more than 1000 feet. The aver
age distance Of the twenty-four places front |
the schools concerned is 4S5 feet.
This disposes Of eighty-eIght per cent. OF
the licensed places specified by the Post in
the specimen list which We have analysed.
Next we find eight places set down as dis
tant from tho school between 100 and 200
feet. and four places where the distance is
stated at less than 100 feet. These twelve
cases constitute the only reasonable ground
for criticism OF the action of the Commits
sloners in the list under examination. The
rest is padding. much OF it ridiculous in the
extreme. Here are the twelve cases which.
on the face Of tho Posts showing. alone
seem to afford some little support to its ex-
travagant accusations:
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