Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-24
PEOPLE ARE KICKING.
There Is a Howl for More Drinking
Places in This County. a.,
TALK OF TESTING THE BROOKS LAW
Some Property Complications That Ksp'
Away the Prizes
NORRIS REFUSAL WAS A BIG SURPRISE

of talk among the balance Of ], III persons
who did not draw prizes.
The work of the court now gives Pitts
burg 3S9 retail licenses, and Allegheny
11s, with possibility of two more. Las,
year it had 122 drinking places. McKees-
port has only 20 against 26 last yesr, and
Braddock 10 against 25 of the year before.
Homestead has 81, decrease of two, while
the new borough of Duquesne gets six Ii.
censes and has one hold over. CHARTERS il
the only borough that has an increase, hav'
ing been granted seven, an increase of one.
Etna has three and last year it had five,
.Beltzhoover was left completely in the
| desert The whole number in the Dor.
oughs and townships was 149. a decrease of
g. The number refused was 314. E."
Why Some Applicants Were Held Over.
Max Schneider, of the Second ward, Alle-
| gheny, was held over and rehearing or.
dered on the question Of his alleged selling
to minors
Peter Koch, McKeesport, was held over
on imperfect papers. The petition of George
A. Bechtold, of McKeesport, does not state
sureties.
Sylvester A. Shaw, OF Homestead, has
not had hearing yet He has been sick,
and his case is held over until he gets able
to come into court.
John c. Bandi, of West Liberty borough,
will be granted when he makes proper
amendment to his papers. ...
Margaret j. Mcclure, of Lower st. Clair
| township, is held over on defective peti-
| tions.
The papers of James Bernkrant, Fourth
ward, McKeesport; Hugh Hickey, Fifth
| ward, Braddock; Samuel Markowitz, Second
ward, Homestead; George Dilich, 4 and 6
Lincoln street, Millvale borough; Eugene
Schuler, Third ward. Millvale borough, and
Joseph A. Schall, Harmon township, are
not marked as either granted or refused.
Clerk McGunnegle will refer them back to
the Court Monday morning for advice. 1t
is probable the Court intended to grant
some of them, but the clerk thinks they are
all refused.
Plenty of Surprises in Allegheny.
In the Allegheny list there was ; large
number of surprises. One of the features
was that of Ed Morris, the baseball player,
who has kept a good house on Robinson
street few doors from the baseball park.
Police Lieutenant Buckley, who with Officer
Nick Kelsh, had intended to relieve the
thirst OF the Fifth ward by opening saloon
at 73 Ridge avenue, are still allowed to
swing clubs and look pretty, but they can
not legally sell liquor this year.
Fred w. Golmer, of East Diamond street,
who applied for a new place, SO Ohio street,
was knocked out. He is an old-time saloon
keeper and . member of the Veteran
Legion. His case is creating more talk
than all the others. Robert Campbell had
held license in the place for which Golmer
applied. C. Campbell was refused
in his new house at 81 Rob-
inson street. The strangest part of
the combination was that Joseph nlenber-
ger, who last year sold out his license on
Ohio street, was granted license in the
place Golmer vacated. Another surprise
was that of Anthony FiIlman, who has held
license for 20 years at 70 Ohio street.
Heideger Bros at 20 Federal street also
drew blanks. John Sullivan, the we'll
known politician of the Sixth ward, was
also left out in the cold.
welI-Known Places StI1 in 1t.
Nearly all of the well-known places, how
ever, got their license again. Fred Beuch-
Ter, of West Diamond street, Sauers Bros.
and Hotel Schriber all pulled through, as
also did Mrs Kate Gust, of South Diamond
street, where Allegheny politicians and
street railway magnates all retire to take
their quiet nip.
The distribution of licenses in the Ale
gheny wards is as follows: s in the First,
5 in the Second, 90 in the Fourth, 8 in the
Fifth, IA in the Sixth, 10 in the Seventh, 6
in the Eighth, s in the Ninth. in the
Tenth, in the Eleventh, 2 in the Twelfth
and in the Thirteenth. -
In McKeesport the applicants were
handled pretty roughly, only 20 being
granted out Oft Samuel Carothers pulled
out prize for Hotel White and William
Mckay did the same for Hotel jerome
Bowers also secured license at the opera
house. At Braddock it was about the same
story, 10 out of 63 playing in luck. Ber-
nard Kelly and William Wymard are still
among the people who are in it.
The spots in the county left totally dry
are Coraopolis, Elliott, Beltzhoover and
Oakmont boroughs, and the townships of
Ohio, Hampton, McCandless, Robinson,
South Versailles, Snowden and Forward.
The result shows that all the applicants
against whom the Pennsylvania Railroad
demonstrated at Wall station and other
points along their line, were refused, while
the same is true of those against whom the
officials Of the Allegheny Valley protested.
Blame 1t All on Politics.
Charles Downey, of Duquesne, was re-
fused. His was the case upon which over
two hours were spent in hearing. A politi-
cal fight in the borough is the cause Of his
being refused. The same fight has been
made against him for two or three years,
but he always won out until this time.
Attorney Leon j. Long said yesterday
that the Court had followed Judge Whites
course in 1889 of cutting down licenses re-
gardless of the fact that Judge White has
seen his error. MI. Long predicted that
this would be great year for speak-easies.
Judges Collier and Slagle were found in
their comfortable Office in consultation with
Attorney James Young. Judge Collier was
asked for his ideas on liquor licenses, and for
his reasons for conducting the court as he
did. His answer was simply to pick up
copy of the Brooks law and remark:
''That is all we had to guide us, and if you
read it over you will find all the ideas that
guided u.s. We were guided by the bare
law"
"We have disposed of all the Pittsburg
rehearings," he continued, sand will give
passed on. We are tired of the work now
and glad it is over.'' .t.
"When do you expect to give an opinion
on the time for opening saloons in the
..s.
"Just as soon as the matter is brought
before us. !" '..-
A New Test Suggested.
Murmurs come from all sides Outside |
of legal circles there was much talk of test |
ing the Brooks law. The plan suggested |
was for one of the men who held license |
and has been refused to enter civil suit |
against the Judges for damages for destroy
ing his business They claimed this would !
prove the law unconstitutional, because it
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