The evening times., 1895-12-04
REFUSED nIII LICENSES
Excise Boards Action Affects
Nearly 100 SaIoonksepers.
PRESSURE OF THEIR WORK
1t LIS Not Allowed to Interfere with
Their Duties as Assistant As
sessors-Letter Concerning the
Sixth Street Sewer-Mtnor District
Matters-Daily Orders Issued.

Although the excise board Is busy ev
cry day making assess ments unHer thu
| New law their attention is not withdrawn
from the questions arising over granting
! liquor licenses. They will be occupied with
asses nlents until next september. Before
that time they will be obliged to give q
hearing in many disputed cases.
Soinc time ago large number of ap.
| plicatIons Tor uCenses sent in according 10
| law before November 1 last were handed
over TO the police for investigation. Re-
turns have been made upon many of these,
ami In some cases, IL Is believed 10y the
saloODkeepers, decisions have been given.
man whose business 1t is 10 know what
the board is doing said recently over q
hundred Of these have been turned down. -
As soon as SalOOnkeeper gets hint
that he may be refused renewal he
goes at once TO the excise office and at
tempts TO present his case. There are
several men about the place who act as
special attorneys By their familiarity
with the conditions and SURROUNDINGS tney
frequently can do much better for an ap-
pilCant u.an he can DO for himself. Upon
u presentation or the facts uecfSlonS are
occasionally reversed.
THE HARTENS CASE.
A case where it was reported a license
would De refused was tnat ur Hugh Hartens
OF wentyfuurth and q streets northwest.
Mr.. Harteus had been in business there sey.
eial years. Nnen he learned tnat ms case
was Ia IL critical position ne went at once
To the excise Office to make an expiana-
ton. The principal thing against HIM, 81
far as he vouid learn, was charge that
he had sold liquor to a man already drunk
ana known as afflicted with the habtt be-
yond II is control.
the facts are, Mr.. Hartens claims, that
n policeman who dislikes him sent IN Il
weu-known drunkard Ia try him. He re-
fused To sell Ia the fellow, but Mr.. Con-
nor, who happened 10 be III the room, gave
HIM a urhK OF the liquor lie had just bought.
Mr.. Hartens was ready TO pruduce Alr
Conner 10 prove the fact.
Only two or three licenses have been
granted this year. The delay Is caused
by the desire oil the board TO get their
work done while the weather continues
good In the severe weather or December
and January inspections for assessments
must cease, and II is supposed excise heaf-
probable one or more night sessions may
be set.
The posiponement of action works no
hardship on the saloon Keeper other tban
to keep him in suspense AS to the result:
He goes on with business under the old
writing until his case is passed upon.
New applicants for Licenses are prevented
from beginning business. OF course. and to
prevent nartisnlp in such cases it Ia under
stood they will receive attention first.
Sixth STREET SEWER.
The Commissioners this morning replied
to a recent complaint of Lieutenant Com
mander Leutze against the Sixth street
sewer, which empties near the navy yard
Their letter is addressed TO Acting Sec
retary william McAdo".
They Etatc that the wall OF the sewer
has beencompleted. butnot Observation-Disclosures.
Work has been delayed by the building of
the Navy Yard wall. A small space exists
between the yard and the wall. but 1t will
soon be filled and the annoyance from
sewage then relieved.
The boards oi Ihe cs,ffcrdatn have been
removed Ia distance beluw the bottom
OF the sewer. that they dn not impede
the discharge. There is a bank at the out
let which appears for an h"ur and half
at low tide, but thc1low continues through
a channel cut in it.
They hope the nuisance created by the
sewer will soon he removed in n large de-
gree, bat regret they have not the money
10 drcdsc at the outlet, as requested by
Comma nder LeutZc.