New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-26
LICENSING OF NEWSSTANDS
THE NEwspEALERg ASSOCIATION TO
APPEAL TO THE LEGISLATURE.
A BILL BEING PREPARED TO ALLOW THE EHHc'
TON OF ORNAMENTAL BOOTHS FOR THE USE
OF WHICH THE CITY SHALL. COLLECT
FEE-A FRiENpLY INJUNCTION
To STOP REMOVALS

OF WHICH THE Clif S~H~-~N
rEE-A rRrENpLy INJUNCTION
To STOP REMOVALS
The deter nination of the Police Board 10 e"io1e
the law as II fnds it having resulted IN 'he VI,
that vendors OF newspapers who do business on 'he
sidewalks outside the stoop lines shat De maue "
comply with the law forbdding the CARRYING on y.
that business. caused n meeting on Iussaay n,s"'
OF the Sew-York Newsdealers and stationefs ir'
tective ind Benevolent Association al WHICH a''o"
was taken, resulting az follows:
Ho.m g. Smith the associations lawyers. were IN
s,ructed 10 continue the preparation OF p'' winch
will soon be completed. and which. wheh II oe0o'','
an act, Will provide for the licensing OF certain
newsstands under the e.evated rai'roau s'a''''ie,
which benr at present unlicensed. the ponce VIII
remove after October l. II Is proposed tha' 'ne pro
pretors OF these stands shall pay license fees 10 inc
city OF about s. a moah for each stand As uere
are usually two stands under each station Ton oppo-
site sides OF the street,. this pan wouu p'hs
thousands of dollars into the city treasury each
year 1t is also suggested that these stahos We
made ornamental booths or bosks, ana IL Is sa'o
that a number of prominent city omciais VII sisi
the petition for the passage OF the Dill. Inc Dill
,,u rive relief from the iron law. which now re-
s,ricts tho issuance Of licenses TO vendors with
stands within the stoop line ard which, through re-
cent agitation OF the question: Is making great 'rou
bic for the many worthy vendors who, by right OF
custom haze for ycnrs sold papers below the sta
t,ons without being moiested by the police This
bill. Il Is understood. will apply to the STANDS pc
meath the stations. and whore the required space ~
not needed by the public.
Narrower. Inc members OF the association hope
mat Acting Police Superintendent Conn and Cor
poratIon Counsel Scott will Jet the unlicensed ven
ders remain they are. under tho stations until
the Legislature convenes. An arrangement for
friendly Injunction to stop the removal OF inc
stands Is IN progress
NEWSPAPERS OK ELEVATED STATIONS
The members Of the association say that the news
paper and periodical business done above, on the
stations has more legal right to existence man
the business done by the poor people who sell their
papers and periodicals In the shadow al ue struc-
lures erected by the Manhattan Elevated halfway
Company.
on this point Mr. SCOTS first assistant. David J.
Dean acting during his chiefs absence in syracuse.
said yesterday that no could not give an onhnhd
answer. especially as he might be called upon 10
give formal opinion he said that the power
conferred on the Aldermen. by acts and their
amendments. seemed 20 restrict explicitly the Alder
mems power 70 grant licenses for stands within the
sioop lines on which newspaper. periodicals. fruit
and soda water are sold lie II inclined to the beef
that the stands the stations need not be licensed,
although he sAys that the cltys right 10 regulate
anything on the stations that inerf"rcs with Hight
or ventilation TO the annoyance OF the public was
clearly shown when NJ. j. O'l'ren was Corporation
Counsel by the forced removal Of some signs ON tho
stations The association members however. hold
that the right OF regulation OF the stands on the
stations was proven years ago by test casca
affecting tn, sale Of fruit and confectionery there
1t said at the Office OF the clerk Of the Corpora
board OF Aldermen Within the last few months re-
iang to the question of sidewalk stands.
E snde o" the Tx s the rsvoe INC
time ago. vacation taken delayed action on
their re,issuance. There are 4 is said about 300
acted on in, few days. In the mean, time appli-
cants have been furnished with slips of paper set
res f eGe" by S"s the tA police '"e' Which
POLICE TO BE IENIENT
Tribune reporter yesterday had information
from the best Of authority to the effect that the
police will be lenent possible with the dealers
under the elevated railroad stations. and If of
these people cannot possibly find places to conduct
their trade elsewhere by October /, they will be
allowed 10 remain where they for several days.
and possibly until October 10. Moreover. the police
have their attention directed toward offenders
against the law OF the sidewalk who better able
10 suffer than the old men, widows and orphans
who make scanty living by selling papers beneath
the elevated railroad stations. These offenders are
the firms in the drygoods and wholesale districts,
who cucumber the sidewalks In front of their
with bales. boxes and bags. which sometimes are
left for hours where a truckman has thrown them
down. These firms will be made o legal
"chalk line So will certain other people, among
them firms who place distractions outside the stoop-
lines. which not the Aldermen have power 10
license.
storekeepers who have rented the right 10 exhibit
goods the sidewalks in front of their stores will
be brought up with round turn" These store
keepers have right to exhibit and even sell their
goods there but they have right to lease the
privilege Some storekeepers have done a large
business IN this way. The police force Is aware of
one merchant up town who has a corner store and
who has leased to fruit and confectionery vendors
the right to sell the sidewalks along the sides Of
his store on both streets For this privilege the
The stoop-linc. IL is said, runs five feet away from
the store or house front but on narrow sidewalks it
ISSUED provide for stands extending not more than
four feet from the house line and being not over six
Thomas Quinn; vender at Thirty;,thlrd-s and
Sixth-ave says he has the right to sell newspapers
under the station by virtue of permit granted by
the Aldermen before the present law became effec-
tive It Is said that number Of bootbacks are now
selling few papers In an effort to hold their stands
The dealers under the stations are much exercised
over the order for the enforcement of the law
them have gone with tears in their eyes to Acting
Police Superintendent Conlin asking him to let them
must obey and the most he can do is TO be as encnt
A typical case is that of Mrs. Annie Young an
elderly widow whose stand s under the Houston
ST station Of the Third Avenue Elevated Road. She
says that she and her son have been there fifteen
years. and that her business will be ruined she has
to move In past years she says Inspector WIN;
by the police as her right to the stand
1t was asceTtaned BY inq9iry at me Mayor 5 or
Se for pe na 10 sands oe d sde
walks for the sale of newspapers. fruit or soda
water had been reported favorab.y by. the Board
TO the Mayor for his approval. Mr. Ten Eyck the
clerk Of the Board of Aldermen. said that he could
maintain newspaper stands. The Mayor. he said
would be obliged to consider each Application SEP
in each CAGE before permit could be issued Wher
the Mayor returned he sppicattops s:sned the,|
issue permits and charge fee OF 81 n each case
,t.,p .cft than ,, q ate