New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-05
The News of BROOKLYN
ARGUING OVER DISTANCES. |
1IoUOR-sELLERS ACTIVE IN CHANGING
ENTRANCES TO THEIR PLACES
soME CASES CLOSED. OTHERS ADJOURNED AND A
NUMBER OF LICENSE RENEWALS REFUSED
CLOSE MEASUREMENTS MADE UNDER
THE 2OO-FEET LAW

NIJMBER OF LICENSE RENEWALS REFUSED
CLOSE MEASUREMENTS MADE UNDER
THE 2Oo-FEET LAW
The hearings in the cases of a number
NJ saloonkeepers whose places. 1t is charged. are
~,thin the 200-feet limit of church or school
house heard yesterday afternoon in the
trial room at Police Headquarters in the Munich
nal Building There were seven set down
for hearing those of Felix McKenna No. 1877
smith-st.; Peter j. Eppig, No 237 Irving-ave.
Roes & Eppis. No. 1.62S Fulton-et.; Henry Cum
mings. No. sos Classon-ave.; Henry Maurer No
1S Throop-ave. August Rademacher. No. sos
Marcy-ave., and Henry Lopp. No IS McDonough-
st. A short delay IN the beginning of the hear
ing was caused by the absence Of Mr.. Ludlam,
the surveyor.
The first case called was that of Henry Maurer,
of No las Throop-ave He said there were only
~ entrances to the place. one in Hopkins-st.
and the other in Throop-ave The door In Hop
kins-st.. it was charged was within the prescribed
limit Of 200 feet from the entrance to the German
Presbyterian Church in Hopkins-st Counsel for
Maurer alleged that in making the measurement
Surveyor Ludlam had drawn a direct line from
the church door to the door of the saloon. carry
ing II over a fence IN front of the church. The
measurement he said should have been made
from the door Of the church. out through the
courtyard and the gateway and this would make
the distance more than two hundred feet. Mr..
Ludlam was directed to make remeasurement
The next case was that of August Rademacher,
OF No. sos Marcy-ave.. the entrance to whose
place. 1t is alleged. is 1888 feet from the Park
ave branch Of the Tompkins Avenue Congrega-
tional Church. The church is at Marcy and
Park ayes and Surveyor Ludlam testified that
the measurement was made from a side entrance
to the church. the corner Of Marcy-ave.
Counsel for Rademacher said that the rule could
not apply in this case. as the measurement was
from an entrance to the church in a street other
than that in which the entrance to the saloon
was located.
What would you do in that case?' asked
Commissioner Weles. would you order the side
door Of the church bricked up?"
NO. sir" was the reply of counsel. but We
might buy the property. This Is question OF
pM\ises and we claim that the measurement
frcm the side entrance to the church is not with
In the letter OF the law.
Police Captain Eason. Of the Nineteenth Pre-
cinct, testified that the church was used on Sun
days for religious purposes and on week days q
kindergarten and school conducted there
He did not know that 1t was ever used for other
than religious or school purposes.
lis 1t not sometimes used by the Salvation
Army for drills?" asked Commissioner Hacker.
To this Commissioner Welles replied: Sup
pose 1t Isl is not that religious service?
1t was shown that Rademacher had held the
license only since March. 1894. The hearing was
adjourned to give Rademacher an opportunity to
prove that the church building is used for other
than religious or school purposes. The Rev. DR..
Meredith and the Rev. Mr.. Robinson. pastor Of
the church. will also have an opportunity enter
protests at that time
The case Of Felix McKenna whose place at No.
1S7 Smth-st.. 1t was claimed. was within the pre-
scribed distance from church in Warren-st,
was then called. Surveyor Ludlam said that
under instructions from the Commissioners he
had made a measurement. He found that close
board partition running up to the ceiling had
been built through the store. There was no door
way in this partition and 1t built against the
door which fell within the 2Oo-foot line COM
pletely closing it. The only entrance to the sa-
loon is now beyond the limit Of 200 feet. The
was declared closed.
Then the case Of Henry Lapp. who applied for
surveyor Ludam testified that there are two
entrances to the place, one in McDougal-st and
the other in Ralph-ave The McDougal-st: en-
st. Benedicts Roman Catholic Church in Fulton
st. McDougal-st. branches off at sharp angle
from Fulton-st., opposite the church There is a
triangular plot the north side of Fulton-st.
which he believed had been made an open square.
Mr. Hirsch counsel for Lapp. argued that the
ings shall be on the same street. McDouga-st.
he claimed distinct from Fulton-st. and the
law did not apply in this case. The hearing was
adjourned.
The case of Peter Epping. No. 237 Irving-av
was adjourned until Friday. in order to give him
an opportunity of showing that the side door of
his place has been closed.
When the Of Roes & Pohmeier. at No. 1928
Fulton-st., who had side doors in Troy-ave.
within the prescribed limit Of an entrance to the
old Embury Methodist Episcopal Church. now
used as barracks by the Salvation Army, was
called. Police Captain Dyer, Of the Atlantic-ave.
station, reported that both Of these doors had
had been moved westward, so that 1t is now POI
feet 3 inches from the entrance TO the church.
This testimony was corroborated by Surveyor
I.udlam and Commissioner Welles said: THE
closing of the doors closes the case
Henry Cummings. whose saloon Is at No S05
Classon-ave., asked for an adjournment until
Monday on the ground that he had not been
given proper notice or the nearing. Inc request
granted.
The Commissioners then went to the rooms or
the BOARD in the Germania Building. where an ex
ecutivc session was held. Since last Friday the
Commissioners have refused to renew the licenses
OF the following applicants: Herman Bundas,
No 70. Greene-ave.; Peter Schenering NO. rs
Inion-ave.; John Kenny, No. BIG South Second
ST.: Patrick j. Gurin, No. $40 Fourth-ave.: Ober-
meyer Lehman No 959 Fourth-ave. Wright
Bros No 366 Hudson ave-; Jacob Wittmann No.
i54 Johnson-ave.; August Sevanberg, NO. 141 van
3runt-st: John Schafft No. 70 Montrose- ave;
John H. Lampke No 1874 Greene-ave. John King.
No. 81 Meeker-ave.; Henry Rohrs, NO. 1913 Ber-
yen-st; Charles Decklemann. No. I'll Devoe-st;
Philip McManus No $50 York-st., and Jonn Det-
erling No. 765 DE Kalb-ave