New-York tribune., 1896-02-03
NO DRYNESS IN SIGHT.
SIDE DOORS OF BARROOMS ," l. NJ
FREELY.
Az ALLEGED ORDER OF WHICH, Ihr "N'''
KNEW RcHGOfRS SEE III"
EFFECT OF LAX EXCISE METHODS.

.x ALLEGED ORDER OF WHICH THE MAYOR
KNEW NoTHlNG-c -cfIuRcH-GOERs SEE THE
EFFECT OF LAX EXCISE METHODS.
The barroom keepers Of Brooklyn played
"honlev" with Mayor Wurster and Coinnlls-
sioner Welles Yesterday. and proceeded 10 cofl-
ulv with the Sunday closing law In precisely me
same manner they have followed for seV'rai
wears The order. said to have been gl'en out
~ the instance OF the Mayor and Commissioner
q, midnight Saturday. to the effect that even
.h. side doors Of the saloons should be Kept
closed Yesterday failed in its primary object.
There was no d,.'ness IL the city yesterday. eX-
copt the dry remarks made by few nunpr-
lists at the expense OF the authorities. Ih' oniy
difference that could be noticed. especially IN
the downtown districts. or moro particularly
around those saloons neares. TO New-York. was
tha; a few loolouts. as a precautionary n'eas-
ure were stationed at points of vantage, and IN
many instances the lookouts were rot
us-d In some of the places. especially in Full
ton and Washington SITS. friends OF the bar
keepers and strangers entered at WILL and drank
as often as they pleased and when they pleased
providing they had the price. New-fo orks
usually thirsty crowd came early and stayed late.
The policemen on the downtown beats. who
are known not to be in sympathy with any
movement pertaining to tightly clos ID side
doors were conveniently deaf and blind whom
ever they approached a point near enough to
hear the climbing Of glasses and loud conyersa-
ton ard laughter which went ol inside OF M 81
OF the shops.
IN the precincts further back from the river
and IN the wards outlying, the situation was
about the same. The GROWER went back and
forth az usual. for the drinkers sunday dinner.
and also for his frequent libations between
meals There was little or no interference. ana
children OF tender years. sent by their parents.
carried pals and pitchers with impunity. 1t
made no difference whether people ,o.nine
from church or not.
There were a few arrests during the day for
intoxica,ion and drunken men seen AT
inopportune hours in several Of the main thor
oughfarcs In Fulton-st.. near Elm place JUST
as number of church people were going hone
from services they encountered the cditying
spectacle Of two policemen leading boisterous
drunken man. followed 10y mob of hooting
children one man remarked: II this is no
better than the authorities can do. after *
pressing their intention To- give VA good gov
@rnment l-t Us hc annexed 10 Ncw-York at
once for the situation can possibly be no worse.
and perhaps may h. a litte better"
THE MAYOR Issued so ORDER
When Mayor Wurstcr seen last night at
MIS- home and asked whether he had caused an
order to be issued closing the side doors tight.
he said
II know nothing ~ any such order. II ono
was issued u prcoablv cam" from tn" Commis-
sion'r Tho saloons o.: this city are SUPPOSED To
bo .l,sod ana %. closed"
What about ia" slde DOORS ne was asked
II DOM know To q certainty whether the side
doors were closed cor not. I'm not at all Ger
tain however that az order 70 ciosc the sldo
doors tight IS necessary az this time"
As far could be- learned none u the saloon
korrers I'm either the Western or the Eastern
District he'd r. .civeI orders To close up tight
The following report Of excise arrests made
from midnight Saturday 10 s o'clock sunday
morning as given out last night. IL as fol-
lows
First Precinct. 3. Second .: Third. 4 Fourth.
o. Fifth. :. Sixth. o. Seventh. !: Eighth. /. Ninih.
o. Tenth. ,. Eleventh. :. Twelfth =. Thirteenth.
3. Fourteenth. .. Fifteenth. ?. Sixteenth. >.
Seventeenth o: Eighteenth. /. Nineteenth. 0.
TWrni"th. 0. Twenty-nrst. >. TWent. second.
!: Twenty-third. O; Twenty fourth. o; Twenty
NTH. o. Twrniy-siXth. q. seventeenth sub. u.
Twenty fourth sub q Twenty NTH sub o.
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