New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-24
FIDELITY AND DEPOSIT COMPANY
OF MARYLAND.
SURETY on BONDS.
HENRY II. PIATT.
Managing Director.

Two other surety companies. the Metropolitan
Trust and Security Company and the American
Surety Company OF NewYork. have opened tenn
porary offices the same floor of the building.
and more are coming. in the hope of dividing the
business OF furnishing bonds for liquor dealers with
young Mr.. Platts company. SO far, however the
son OF T. C.. Plat has been favored by the APP
plicants for liquor tax certificates, many liquor
dealers apparently wanting to stand well with
the old man."
Mr.. Hard yesterday announced the appointment
OF the following special agents for the New-fork
County Excise Department: p J. OBrien No pa
Madson-st Louis Friedel No. 81 Canal-st; James
p Pegnam. No. So3 East Twelfth-st.; Whitfield
Van Colt. No. IS Clinton Place; Louis 5. Grenner.
No. ISL .Slxth-ave.: John Noble, No 3i6 West Fifty
sxth-st. Henry Clay Adee. No. l.iN Thrd-ave.;
John j. " Symes No. $50 West One-hundred-and-
twenty -ninth-st. VI. b. Cohn, No. liz East one
hundred-and-tenth-st.;H Henry J. Cushen, NO $50
East One hundred-and nneteenth-st.; NJ. H. snyder.
No. l76 Washing on-st; William C. HOFFMAN, NO
20 Second-ave.; william l.. Turner, NO, fz Mest
Green and Abram Lewis.
The special agents Mr. billiard said. would be
out to investigate the applications for liquor
tax certificates and he needed more clerks to re-
ccive and file the applications. He expected that
Commissioner Lyman would be able to give him
more help soon.
The Excise Board yesterday received letter
from Commissioner Lyman requesting the transfer
o. several of the Boards employees to the new de-
partment Commissioner Hamburger IS against al
lowing any more transfers. Commissioner Wood
man says he thinks he will vote with Mr. Har-
burger President Murray Will favor the transfer
The matter will not be decided however before
to-day.
The objection 10 the transfer Is that the present
Board still needs the men. and that the Raines law
may be declared unconstitutional The employees
asked for by MIR Lyman are Jacob Wertheimer.
Thomas McManus. Michael W. Evers, William
Fletcher. c. H. Hackers. Joseph Kahn, simon kauI-
man Herman g. McAlister. W. j. McEwen. John I.
Mcneil. Emmett Norris and Arthur T Reilly These
men clerks and inspectors ,
Acting Chief COrtright yesterday fumrnonel a.
the captains and precinct commanders To Head
quarters and gave TO each Of them copy or tine
Corporation Counsels opinion. He told them that
I'm every case where they believed the law was not
being compiled with. they were to lay the facts be-
fore the Ds:rict-Attorney The opinion OF Corpora
Counsel Scott deals with the saloon notels thdt
are being rapidly established. The precinct com
mGnders are 10 make the best they can out OF the
opinion. There are several points which the police
I'm the first place to that places having hotei
licenses actually have hotel c)mmotation TOR
guests There must be ten furnished bedrooms. No
drinks can be served In the barrooms of these places
Sunday between and a. m. on other days
The principal point depends upon the definition or
hotel guests" Referring TO this question, the Cor
pOration Counsel says: Just who are to be con-
s.dcred guests Is BY means an easy question TO
determine. but think II Is clear that the Legisla-
turc dld not intend 70 include in this term persons
who resort TO hotel aoley for the purpose OF
drinking. even though they go through the form OF
partaking Of food.
According to Mr. SCOTS view Of the matter. there
IS no special description OF hotel guest In the
In NJ fh.