New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-20
A MENACE TO THE CHILDREN
BARRooMs SURROUND SCHOOL NO. g.

HOW THE PUPILS HAVE TO MAKE THEIR WAY
THROUGH CROWDS OF TIPPLERs AND
IoArERs-TIIE EFFORT TO GET RID
OF THE DRAMsTIoPs WITHIN
THE 200 FEET LIMIT.
Every Mallson-ave. horse-car is supplied with
Indicator every conductor Ia required 70 ring up
his fares and all along the line spoilers and in
sp,.ctors keep sharp lookout as 20 the number OF
passengers. At the Elghty-sixth-st. stables where
horses and conductors are changed. passengers are
i,,tled and crowded by n swarm of hookkeepers
and record men, and still drivers and conductors
manage 10 make enough money TO keep a number
OF tarrooms busy night and day. right In the I'M
mediate vicinity OF the stable Here the men on
'SwIng' contregate. here the supernumerar1es loaf
while waiting for trip and here a number OF
regularly employed 60 and come OF duty.
Each change Is in most cases marked by a visit
70 one OF the barrooms while the short
time between changing horses Is frequently uti-
lied for the same purpose.
Until recently this was an affair which concerned
the railroad company only. but since May It mas
attracted public attention. on that day the new
model Grammar School No 6. AT Madison-ave. and
Eighty-nfth-st. was opened. Several or these BAR
rooms are less than 200 feet from the school en-
trance and az a law provides that no liquor-store
shall exist within 200 feet OF any school, the AFFAIR
becomes public concern. description or the schooi
was given I'm The Tribune on April -. NOthlhS
has been spared in the effort 10 make the buih-
Ing perfect, and still II IS now feared that the
proximity OF these rumshops to the school VIII
more than Offset the schools architectural advan-
tages and that many parents will keep their chill
dren away that account
The dramshop Immediately north of the school
is n one-story shanty IN a state OF decay. William
Crawford Is the proprietor on the corner oppo-
site the school the southeast corner of Madison
ave and Eghty-hfth-st. is Michael kaders gin
mill This Ia OF the plate-glass mirror, polished
wood inlaid floor. costly bar kind with little
coon on the Eighty-sxth-st. side. where gents
can take their lady friends" East of kadels, and
aiso within the 200 feet limit f. j. Barry mas a
barroom with free-lunch attachment, while IN the
other direction I'm the same street. between Madi-
son and Fifth ayes, there Is a dramshop with tne
name Edward T. Michselis over the door. rms
place In OF q lower order. has sawdust on the floor
drinks are served In "schooners. and 1t has a
back ROOM In which conductors and drivers can be
seen at any hour. playing cards. Through the
crowds which congregate about the doors OF these
places the children who attend the new school must
pass several times daily.
J. NJ iornthal. OF the Board OF Trustees. was
seen at his home No East Seventy elghth-st
and said ''Our board can do nothing in the matter
of the saloons more than 1t has done. We petitioned
the Board OF Excis" To rsfus" to grant further
licenses when those now in force have expired and
as the law Is emphatic on the subject, suppose no
new licenses will he issued. The new school,. con-
tinued Mr. Hornthal, does not seem TO suffer. how
ever because Of the saloons II is filling up fast
especially In the boys department. But the saloons
should not exist where they do