The morning times., 1896-10-25
BALANCE ON WRONG SIDE
Details Given of Decrease in
License Revenues.
AGGREGATE LOSS Sl5,6O3,5l
Prediction as to Next Years Busi-
n,.s.-Stephen Heimuth vigorously
Condemns Buena Vista Club-Cuiis
Ii II Disgrace-The Clubs Defense,
AS Made by Mr.. Wolf.

| From Assessor TTimble's statement, the
aggregate OF which was given in the Even
Ing Times or yesterday, OF the receipts
| ito.n licenses during the fiscal year, chGed
June so, 1896, ii net decrease Of , ,Co3.ol
| over the ptecc iing year was SHOWN.
| The changes Noted in detail were as
| follows: From apothecarie S, decrease,
/ Si3.G4; auciioncers, cecTeisc, $50. banks
anu bankers, increase, S12.2O; and bar
rooms, decrease, 81 ,S39.41.
The beiieI oi many is uIaJ the last MINED
! source OF income will show larger tie
| crease next year than that recorded fur
| last year. Some place the figures as high
a. $50 600, whlcD viii be due in very large
| part To the withdrawal OF many saloon
keepers from the business.
Appiicants iOr next years license, at
she close OF business yesterday, numbered
255. This WAS 3O4 short OF the total
number of bars in operation and 81 less
than We're on file ut the close OF business
last year.
40 applications for renewal can be filed
after Saturday next, and there are, there
lore, but six days in which the remaining
300 may register their namcs and deposit
their money. This will be an average of
fry per day during next week. The de-
| crease in receipts'irom wholesale dealers
amounted to $2,461.
BILLIARDS AND POOL.
The amount collected from billiard and
bagatellc tables was Increased by as much
as 81 i7 27 cattle brokers, decrease S46.6T;
commission merchants, decrease, Sl2U.u
dealers III junk and secondhand property,
| decrease. SAIL .5S; entertainments. increase,
$70s; hacks, cabs and vehicles, decrease,
$193 80; hotels, decrease, S646.26: in
teilgcnce offices, S29. Is; insurance com
I0nies, increase, S. 2 go; insurance agents,
increase, S2,661. 10.
Livery staDies pad S726 43 less than they
did the preC CedinE year, real estate agents
paid less by 81 ,965. l3; restaurants, and
eating houses, $43s. 80 less, and peddlers,
S1s7 .4S.
ihe TOTAL receipts from licenses. in 1891
'sa were S37 5,41O.2s; in 1866, they
were 1859, s66.77.
Citizen Stephen Helmuth was quite
emphatic yesterday in his opposition to
the renewal Of the retail liquor license to
tie Buena Vista Club, at the hearing noted
! in the Evening Times.
Others Were equally earnest, but Mr.
Helmuth made his charges with buldness
and freedom
He said the saloon was z disgrace 10 the
city, and that his rest and that of his
family was disturbed at night and on Sun
days beyond endurance. Hundreds OF
| men flock to the place on Sundays and
drink there, he said, and some OF them
do not even know at which door to enter.
This, In his opinion, indicated that they
We're not members.
He had seen boys from six years up
enter the club on Sunday. When the police
officers were appealed to they informed
him they were powerless to interfere;
the club was licensed, and had q right to
occupy the premises with saloon
George Emniert, another near resident,
said mis- family was not disturbed. He
occasionally heard singing at the club.
but IL was not boistrUus. He had seen
no boys enter the saloon Mr.. Hclmuth
stated that the singing would make cat
sick.
Mr.. Wolf thereupon told air Helmuth that
III his opinion most any noise would dis
turb him, but the witness repelled the in
snuation and Mr. Wolf modified il some
what.
MR.. BYRNE OPPOSES.
T. A. Byrne, who was present, in con-
nection with Wash. b. Williams, E c.
Pierce, A. j. Apple, C. II. Smith, Randall
Parsons, NJ. A. Ricketts, and about n dozen
others. filed written protest against
granting the license. Mr. Byrne said Judge
kiInbali once told him that even If the
saloon did pay u license il had 10 right
10 Keep open on Sunday.
Tue club is understood to have an active
membership OF about 1CO, with an HONORARY
list Of about 800.
According to Mr.. VOLTS understand
ing. the roll contains the names of many
gentlemen prominent in the departments
and in other circles. II was his plea that
the members have no disposition To violate
the license law or any othcS
Tie board reserved its decision.
Bids will be opened for tie second time
on Tuesday, November 2, for the CON
sruction OF the eight room school building
at the corner Of Fifth and K streets north
east