The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-10-13
THE aoTHENBuRa SYSTEM.
Sketch of this Famous Plan for the
Diminution of Drunkenness.
(CnncLnHedl


ton for the Sale of Spirituous lii
quors and Beer" and also an ex-
planatory letter from the book keep
or of said association, we shall use
these papers as the standard, and as
the capital is the largest city of
Norway (about 100000 inhabitants)
the association of that city is also
the grandest and its merits are most
sharply outlined. Every little town
in the country has one now and
some of the thickly populated coun-
try districts even.
The statutes made by general
meeting of the "Christiania Associa-
ton for the Sale of Spirituous Lii
quors and Beer" we're approved by
Royal Patent of August %, 1884, for
term of FIVE years from January
l, 1885; however, the association did
not start operations till January 1,
1886, and has since been renewed.
The association is formed as limit
ed corporation. From the net pro-
ceeds of the business the sharehold-
ers receive percent interest per
annum on their shares The sur
plus is used mostly for public bene-
fit.
OF licensed dram-shops, which
also sold by the bottle, there existed
in the city seventy-two and some of
the licenses were issued for the life
of the holder and his wife, and this
last kind could only be taken away
from the holder for non-payment,
In order to have the liquor-tratfic
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manner everybody agreed that the
association must have all the bar
rooms in order to fulfil it's inten-
tions. All sale by the glass is now
done by the association. The total
number of bar-rooms in Christiania
is now twenty-seven, and twelve of
these are carried on by hotels and
restaurants, the owners of which
are approved of as managers in the
service of the association. At each
of the places of business of the asso-
citation, it has also the right to sell
by the boItle or larger quantities,
but sale by the bottle is connected
with eight of the places only.
Besides the association there are
% merchants, mostly grocers, who
yet possess unredeemed licenses to
sell by the bottle or larger quaint
ties. The association has not re-
deemed them because the holders
are mostly old and the license will
expire when they die. The associa-
ton sells also wines and beer by the
glass.
The association in Christiania
pays to the community an annual
fee for each license of Kr. $3.50
(S56O). The license to sell wines and
beer by the glass is Kr. 240 (S62).
When the association started its
operations it was tried as much as
possible to employ the former hold
ers of the licenses as managers of
the associations saloon business, as
these men were thrown out of en-
ployment by this new arrangement.
The choice of managers must be APP
proved by the city council, and the
manager has the same duties to-
wards the government as anybody
else, who has for himself acquired
a liquor license. All clerks are also
employed by the association and not
by the manager. The managers are
under bond to fulfil a contract to
keep their places orderly and it is
their duty not to encourage drink
ing but to do all in their power to
hinder intoxication and not to allow
an intoxicated man on the premises.
The manager is responsible to the
association for the politeness and
decency of his employees. Any
misconduct must be reported i'm
mediately to the general manager.
With the exception of the sale of
food, milk, coffee, tea and chocolate,
the manager must not engage in any
other kind of business. He gets his
turntables from the association
warehouse by sending an order
which goes to the Office to be coun-
tersigned and then the goods are
sent to the saloon and the manager
gives his receipt on the order, which
order then goes back to the store
house to be entered in the stock
book and is then sent to the Office to
be entered on the books, in which
every saloon and liquor store be
longing to the association have
their separate account.
Instead of the seventy-two licenses
which existed before the association
started, the association has only
twenty-seven saloons, which number
they find sufficient These saloon:
are scattered about the town, mostly
in places where saloons were form
erly located. The places are mostly
divided in two apartments, one com
mon in the first story and finer il
the second story. In both places tn,
outfit is solid and neat. In the
second story somewhat finer anc
better class of goods is furnished
and the prices are higher. No one
of the places gives the impression OF
being a gin palace. The places o.
business are opened at 8 O'clock il
the morning and are closed at eight
in the evening except on evening.
before Sundays and holy days, wher
all the places are closed at 5 p. m.
and not opened again till next worl
day at a. m.
All sales are only for cash and ac
cording to price list posted in the
saloon, and nobody is furnished by
the glass with SO much liquor that
he can be supposed to get intoxi.