New-York tribune., 1895-07-29
THERE WERE A FEW GASES.
so,,r s,1oONs DID A sIDEDOOR BUSI-
NESS UNDER CLOSE WATCH.

. ,y CODA FOUNTAINS WERE CLOSED
>.r THEIR pRoPRIEToRs SAID THEY HAD
u,n ORDERS FROM THE PoILcE-HoTEls
opsrpvE THE LAW TO THE LETTER
The city yesterday resembled' IN some .espe
. Great desert II was generally cry o''' ,s Wv
hnt here and there redeemihs oaS'' 80 ,,.,
found The Interpretation OF the Ia" i'e"' ~
tho sale of soda-water seems to De sun ma" s',,,
~ -. Some soda fountains were III lu''
hast Yesterday and they were not so lar "S ,,no
no ascertained molested In any way ps "e 49,
on tho other hand. great many soua io''.'"
ro closed and the proprietors OF thesc SIAM"
WIZ ia ,ha, the poljce had ordered them 10
refrain from selling anything IL was u, 49,.
- ,,,, csar stands Some were open ana o'ne'"
were closed 1t may have been voluntary "pC"
mart OF the proprietors OF stahus '""' oa,or
hr, one Of them told Tribune reporter
doy that he had been ordered to discontinue '"'
sale of cigars
SALOONS GENERALLY CLOSED
The saloons over the city were generai'' .'oSeu
and tho nroprietors OF the big uptown ho'e'S %,
1901 +na law 10 the letter. The cafes. leather ana
buNe, rooms were thrown open, put no "'i'''
were on hand. There did not seem 10 W. ~ "''e'
crumbnC about the enforcement Oh ''e ~
there has been on previous sundays r''io"'' w. 80,
citizens are becoming used to H. OF e'Se 'no'' w." 49,
bi,,lous inclinations have found quiet p".e
uhere tbev can satiate their thirst a guest at 'ne
,yaIdort uo,cl came into the hotel In the after
noon and said: - ,.oor
al have not been In New-fork lor o''s ''
until to-day ! had heard something apo"' Wv
Excise law being rigidly enforced' pu' "', NV
sunpose that II amounted TO mucA s'a''e" '"'
IN make n round Of the places that reme"pereu,
and | found every one Of them Closed S''''''
"a core hack TO the hotel and was trying to con
sole myself as | came along by saying Una.
ridn.. want n drink very much any way. and that
an
day could get all wanted. A was turning 'he
corner I ran across a part Of the salvation Army
and they were singing Every Day VIII he Suhnay
uv.and-by' said that I hope! not. one sunday
in the week under these conditions Is plenty
DRINKING CLUBS IN HOTEL ROOMS
II van hard upon stranger within the gates
| Yesterday but tho Initiated had no trouble IN get
| ting drink. What might be called ihp'""p'" !"
| chlhs are Quite the fashion these sundays ohe o'
| ,nes. clubs was formed In the corridor OF DIG
| hotc, uptown yesterday morning Two men were
| seated In the corridor talking Another man
| walked In and Joined them fout'h came "''"
| the hotel In n few moments and sat down win inc
| group drink waa suggested nut 'n''' '''"''
| to be no way OF getting H. one OF the party VINO
| vos A., guest in the house advised that his room
| no used The four took the elevator ana IN ie"
| moments the electric bell behind the desk n'R"h
| 70 ring II kept up intcrmit,cnty during th' IA!
| This sor, or an arrangement was In vogue at
|
room business had been growing steadily during
| the last few Sundays.
| Right In the renderloin. where the police pa'ro'
WAS the most watchful. the law was evadci bS
seyera. astute LIQUOR dealers. In some instances IN
| saloons the front door was bolt"d ana pAnds
| thrown up 10 show that the inside was free from
| suspicion. Even in two OF these saloons the
| law was broken The way In which the thing was
worked was the old sidedoor plan. The patron
| was let in by a door shielded from general View
| To be sure It was no, easy tfng 10 get III
| Ii was necessary that the customer shou!n DE-
| known. or else a great many signs and passes were
| necessary once within. the seeker after not ana
| rebellious liquors" was lei into back room ana
his wants supplied In no instance was any one
| let in until the coast was clear ana then ohly
| singly. In this way no crowd was seen tOiht vi
| coming and naturally suspicion was diverted iroH'
| the saloon
| II was said that the citizen spy system was IN
! working order ard that Mr. Abbott had ms Nlty
| Vigilance Leaguers out on the watch. This prob
| ably accounted for the extra care taken by ne
| saloon watchers. 1t was said In some quarters
| however, tha; this system had resulted IN mum
| Der OF arrests where the police were unable 70 gc'
| in and its extension is said 10 be assured II the
| reports to-day show that IL is warranted.
| Notwithstanding the report OF the Police Commis-
| sioners that Yesterday would be the 'driest sun
| day" on record. IL not so In the new annexed
| district A large number OF saloons did thriving
| s.de-door business. This on account OF the
| small number Of police duty. There were only
| six mounted policemen TO patrol the large terri
| law The police. however. made nine excise ar
|