The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-14
NEWMAN'S SALOON.
Teachers of School No. Is
Think II May Depraye
the Children.
IT IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR
The Proprietor Says All His Money
is Sunk in It-He Has a
Good Reputation.
1T IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR

son avenue is erecting $500 building
on the corner of Zabriskie street and the
Boulevard adjoining School No. %, IN
which he proposes to open saloon The
building is nearly completed and Mr..
Newman has already sent his applica-
ton for a license to the Board of Alder
men. AS soon as the teachers in the
school heard that there was to be
saloon in the new building they got their
heads together and decided if possible to
prevent it. They started petition to
the Board of Aldermen not to grant the
license, and sent their pupils around
among the residents in the district for
signatures The petition was similar to
the one sent to the Board of Education
Thursday night, in which the teachers
requested the Board to use it's influence
in defeating the granting of the license.
The teachers objections to the saloon
are that it will be very disagreeable to
pass on their way to and from school,
and very detrimental to the welfare of
the pupils.
Although the petition was circulated
throughout the entire old Fourth dis
trict, yet there were only about seventy
signatures to it out of population of
1900, and more than seven-eighths of the
petitioners live outside the district.
Mr.. Newman's application was signed
by seven property owners. two more than
the law requires, and was accompanied
by letter signed by 160 residents in the
immediate vicinity of the proposed sa
loon, stating that he had conducted sa-
looms in that neighborhood for a number
of years past, and was never known to
have the least trouble of any kind in any
of them.
When Principals ]. p Towne and Miss
Margaret Young of School No. 25 were
asked yesterday what their objections
were to the saloon, Mr.. Towne replied
that he had nothing whatever to say
further than what was in the petition.
Miss Young threw up her hands in hor-
ror and exclaimed why, do you mean
to say you don't know why we object to
the saloon; Pm surprised
The reporter told her he couldn't
oven imagine what their objections
were. ladies had SO many. If the
obiectors were all men. it might be be-
cause the fellow kept bad stuff.
Mr.. Towne blushed and Miss Young
tried to look indignant. but she took
the Joke good naturedly and remarked
that she also had nothing further to
say in regard to the matter
Several other teachers of the school
had tle same answer, Il nave nothing
TO say
had nothing whatever against Newman
personally and did not doubt for one
moment that he, would conduct 70
spectacle place. but he did emphaticall
OBJECT to it being right next door to
MIR. Newman was next seen, and he he
appeared all broken up. He said:-'1
don't know exactly who's bounding me
in this matter, but it is evidently some
one who has grpdgs i, against sS,h 1aas., me. |
but he objects to the saloon upon gen. gen
some ne one who has get It It'll IN for me has
rve % put into hoa' this building. and il
don't get that It license Ea n5 I'm don nafkpt be
lieve that there are ten people in the
whole ward who would vote against the
but you see the people have got to object
to it for a bluff.
.'Pastor Merry, of the. Second Reformed
Church, told me. he didn't object to the
saloon, and so did the Rev, John Etjen,
of the German Evangelical Lutheran
Church ON Charles street. Professor
on Central avenue, also told me he
could find no fault with the way con-
Quoted my saloon, which had next door
to his saloon for six years Mr. Hagen
will tell YOU that I never allowed his
pupils or. amy other minor in the place"
ad NJ that ba gsgned 4 the sneo petfon proes pae
ine against the licensing of the place
because he. thought there We're alfeauy
too a gin s Mn IN that nsghP95ho4a To- s
pupils of the school.
Rev. DR.. Parker, of the Presbyterian
Church on Hancock avenue, objects to
the saloon for the same reason that he
objects to all gin mills. simply because
they are 'hells of vice" he says, and
them.''
DR.. Allen was seen this morning and he
said:-ssMr. Newman is wrong when he
ment. 1t is true I said / would oppose
the saloon when he first spoke of build
ing it, but as for taking any action IN
day night when it was brought before
the Board of Education. Mr. Newman
came came to me 9f sewera1dd 1d nn omtns ago oon ahq i
he should start one there and 1 told
him If the residents or the parents of
the pupils attending the school came to
me and asked me to do so, should GER
tainly oppose it. At that time I advised
him not to build a saloon adjoining the
trouble in getting license for it. But
he paid no attention to me and went
right ahead with the work. He has APP
piled for the license at least a month
his best to have ii pushed through. Why
the g e @ s1n 20 be @ npptien patGie 9x nae
to the license, as the Board of Aldermen
referred the application to the Excise
Committee. and they met the following
Thursday night. That accounts for the
small number of signatures on the petit
tion.
Personally have nothing. against Mr..
Newman and would not object to the
saloon if lit was a respectable distance
away from the school. say only i've or
six doors. That. you see, would give the
out coming in contact with the saloon:
b1rf if It adioins the school the children
Will. Of ryi-,e, hear and see more or
less of the goings on in the place, and
consider that very detrimental to their
welfare. / consequently will do all IN
nv power to prevent the place from
getting a license.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.