The herald., 1897-05-19

plication was more for eideboard for
the accommodation or the hotel patrons
than a regular saloon for the public.
Commissioner Gibbon thought that
the regular restaurant license. which
permitted the eale of wine and beer In
Original packages to patrons with meals
was sufficient for the purchase.
Mr.. Pauin could not see things that
way, and did not think that he was re-
|ceving fair treatment at the hands OF
the. board. He was conducting reg
ular commercial hotel. and thought that
he should have the same privileges az
similar establishments on this side az
the river.
Commissioner Gibbon. in reply said
that this was queetion of principle and
precedent. He was opposed on general
principles to the establishment or sa-
looms in residence sections of the city,
and il an exception was made In this
CAGE it would lead to other applications
coming in, and it would be impossible to
draw the line.
The application was then denied or
motion of Commissioner Wyman.
Messrs Preuss and McLain voting in the
Negative.
James Avis was granted transfet
of the saloon license of o. A. Lindsay,
No. 402 East Sixth street, to himself.
The Bates case. which has been be-
fore the commission for some weeks past.
a gain came up. The officers half-pay
demands have been hung up" for sew
eral months on complaint of his wife,
who alleges non-support, and who was
awarded $40 per month by the board.
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stricken with blindness while in the ser
vice. He has been drawing monthly
allowance from the police pension fund
of forty odd dollars, but when he refused
to pay his wife $50 per month the de-
mands were passed over by the COM
mission. Bates claimed that he couldn't
live with his wife and when he left her
he did SO with just cause, that she would
not live with him and he couldn'.
live with her. That if he paid the
amount to his wife demanded by the
he would not have enough
to permit treatment of his eyes and lose
all hope of ever recovering his sight.
That his wife was and had constantly
been making a good living without the
amount required by the commission.
The matter was finally passed without
action until Bates complied with the or
ders of the commission.
A communication was received stat
ing that Special officer It. NJ. Fowler
owed money to Robert A. Taylor and
asking the commission to act in the
matter. Chief Glass stated that Fowler
was not regular officer, and the COM
munication was filed.
Rudolph Gohm was granted a rebate
of one-half his saloon license fee for the
month of April because his license was
not granted until the middle of the
month.
George s. Gordon was granted per-
mission to stand his hack in front of 112
South Spring street.
Frank r. Bars was granted permis-
sion to carry concealed weapon.
The board then adjourned, and the
members again retired to the mayors
private office, where another lengthy
was held. When they came
out they said that they had only been
having a friendly interchange of ideas,
but from remarks let drop it would ap-
pear that the sergeants' reports had
again been under discussion, and that
some of the officers had been criticising
their fellow sergeants which had caused
the hesitancy in giving out the informa-
tion with the names of the officers max
ing the reports.