The herald., 1894-08-08
RESTAURANT LICENSE ROAS1S.
Spicy Reports Submitted to the
Police Commission.
Some Lively Language Used in
Discussing Matters.
The Stevenson aud white Invsstig alto
Before the Board, and the Bur-
eoyne Donuadieu Saloon
Matter 10 Tabled.

The police commission met yesterday
with the mayor in the chair, and ap-
proved the report of the chief OF police,
showing $556 received from fines and
that the chain gang worked $40 days.
The application of Joseph Schindell
for restaurant license at Central
avenue and Adams ntreet, was read
and the chief reported that he
had no cause to alter his original
report against the same, as it would be
speedily converted into second Main
street garden. on a small scale, and it
would be q mere subterfuge to call it q
restaurant.
II move that the petition be denied. +"
said Mr.. Bradish, "that is q residence
portion OF the city and the people Go
| not want restaurant there"
II think the parties should be given a
hearing" remarked Mr.. Weldon.
A vote WAS taken on MIR. Bradish's
motion and it was adopted. The sppli-
cation of Mrs. L. H. Emerson for req
taurant license at 5ll New High street
was read and drew out the following
spicy report from Mayors Clerk Moffat.
Mrs. L. II. Emerson for llcense for a
restaurant for No. 5l1 New High street,
with permission to cell and serve liquors
with bona flee meals, now respectfully
report as follows: The place is a par
ticularly vile and dirty designation house
and resort of street walkers and the fell
lows they pick up on the streete. 1t is
in no sense a restaurant, nor is there
any pretense on the part OF the appli-
cant that it would be a restaurant il she
got the license. She sage that she some
times cooks some for three or four of
the girls and that the. girls bring
liquors to their rooms sometimes. aud
that she thought she might as well sell
it to them right there. The place is
hell hole now, and | doubt il | could
find an appropriate name for it if liquor
selling was added"
On motion the license was denied by
q unanimous vote The petition OF F.
Kerkow for rebate on his July license
was referred to the council. The appli-
cations of Christian Krimpel. BIZ
South Main street, and Frank Scheitler,
239 East Seventh street, were granted
and the following we're referred to the
| chief:
Brown & Trabart, 10l North Los An
gelee street; l. Machado. 3l5 CONNER
cial street; Louis Rees, S20l South Main
street; B. Gordon, 11S South Spring
street.
The application for transfer OF Mat
son & Lokourtz, yCS East Fifth street,
was granted.
]. r. Conley submitted a petition for
appointment as special policeman at
River station, which was referred to the
chief.
The complaint against Donnadieu &
Burgoyne was laid over in consequence
OF the parties place being attached for
debt.
The chief of police called attention to
the open charge made that the police
department was corrupt by License In
spector Hutchinson, which he wished
to deny emphatically. If there was any
corruption it was ON the other eide. The
their duty, he had found on investiga-
ton, and it wac a question with him
whether the two Cinnamon, who were
dealing wholesale in vegetables, were
liable. The license inspector attempted
to dictate what the bail should be and
the clerk would not permit it. The
chief did not think Hutchinson wae Fl,
to be license inspector and did not
propose to have him making sweeping
charges of corruption in the police de.
partment, which he was incapable oil
proving.
The charges made by j. L. Whits
against Officer Stevenson were then
taken up. He charged Stevenson with
conduct un becoming an officer. by reason