The evening times., 1896-05-26
LIQUOR MEN OPPOSED.
New Excise Bill Will Not Be
Favored by Them
THE OBNOXIOUS PORTION
Against a Merry-Go- Round
Shows the Helplessness of the Of
ficials in Such Cascs-A Warrant
Issued In the Garbage Controversy.
Minor District Matters.

The District Commissioners forwarded
10 Chairman Babcock today the draft OF u
bill which is intended as substitution for
the one pending To amend the law govern
ing the sale OF Intoxicating liquors in the
District.
1t is the bill some time since agreed upon,
but which has no. YET been presented in the
House, AMI amend the present law in three
particulars, as follows:
The license fees, respectively, are in
creased from $4C0 for the retailing, to
5000, and from $3.50 for wholesahng. to
$3.50. In addition local brewers are re-
quired to take out license, and local brew
ers and agents who are selling the products
of establishments located outside the Dis
;rict. are also brought within the pro
visions of the law.
This last provision, the Commissioners
say, is rendered necessary by recent police
court decision exempting local agents from
paying for their privileges.
IT MEETS OPPOSITION.
This amendment to the law will meet
with vigorous opposition from the Liquor
Dealers Association, particularly because
of the increase in the fees
The present rate is believed by the asso-
ciation TO be quite as high as the dealers
can stand, and not long ago there was a
lengthy protest filed by the president OF
the organization, in which its objections
20 the advance were fully set forth.
The association expects to meet the
.ssue before the Congressional committee.
The amended bill submitted today de
clares all places where liquors are sold to
be subject to the law; defines what IS
meant by intoxicating liquors, and rciter-
ates the provisions of the old law as to the
quantity to be dispensed under wholesale
license.
Messrs. B. II. Warner & Co. and others
filed a protest recently against the issu-
ance of permit to the proprietor of
merry -go-round on square 552, or anywhere
N that vicinity.
The matter was referred 70 the police
department. for an investigation, and Lieut..
Teeple has filed a report, in which he
says. in substance, that there is no remedy.
so far as lie is able To judge. unless the
directors will go before tAe grand jury and
have the parties indicted for maintaining
| nuisan
The Lieutenant refers to the decision
of the police court. which recites that the
protector OF merry-go- round amusement
may continue in business just as long as he
appears daily at the office and tenders the
license fee of 50 per day. 1t does not mat
| ter, under the law, whether the fee is ac-
| cepted or not
There is a bill now before Congress to
regulate the matter by leaving it discre-
| tionary with the District officials whether
| or not the license shall issue and forbid
| ding the proprietor from operating plant
| without license.
| A WARRANT OBTAINED.
| The only new development in the gar
| bage controversy was the issuance this
morning of a warrant, upon the complaint
| of citizens of Southwest Washington, chIrg
| ing Contractor Warfieid with maintain
| ing a nuisance. The particulars Of this
offeuse were given in The Morning Times
| of today, and specify the occurrence Of
| Saturday last, when twenty-five carts were
| permitted to cougregate in the vicinity OF
the orematory, and remain there for a Longer
| period than necessary.
1t was stated this morning that Mr.. H S.
| Brown, the owner Of the plant. has been
| operating at positive loss of not less than
| sig 80 day ever since il was started. He
contracted and gave bond to incine the
refuse at the rate of % cents per ton.
With an average consumption Of fifty tons
per day. the aggre gate income would he
| S14 per day. There has been a contro-
| versy over the ashes, aud no sales have
been made by anybody, SO that the antici-
| pated profit from that source has not beea
| realized.
| The costof runningth the crenatory is pia ced
in round numbers at $2T per day. and at this
rate Mr.. Brown. with no other source of
income from it than the price per ton for
consumption, would lose over $1,000 per
year.
These figures are not official, but are
based on the known cost of material and
| labor.
The Commissioners have not yet taker
| up the matter for discussion, and any p,a rs
they may have for solving the present prob
lem are, of course, not yet formulated