The herald., 1897-10-13
No Saloon Wanted at Main
and Washington
PR0TESTANTS IN NUMBERS
OFFICIAL ORDERS AS TO REGU-
LATION POLICE UNIFORMS
Routine Business Transacted by the
Commission-Propos Range
for Revolver Practice

Yesterdays session of the board Of po-
lice commissioners was enlivened by one
of the most vigorous fights against the
granting of an application for saloon
license that has been made before that
body for months. Long before the time
for the meeting the property ownerswho
were determined to defeat the applica
tion began to arrive, and by 10 o'clock
there were eight women and seventeen
men in the mayors office to present their
protests against it, The application
which these people opposed so strongly
was that Of ]. S. Pervier, who desired
to open a saloon at 1918 South Main
street He had once before applied to
the board for license, but because he
lacked consent of the owners of the
requisite two-thirds frontage on the
blocks and knowing that without such
consent his efforts would fail. he with
drew his petition after a protest had
been filed and before the commission
had acted upon it. Since then he has
secured the consent of the owners or
agents of the required frontage and two
weeks ago he again filed his petition.
The publication of the fact that he was
to make another effort to secure IL
cense aroused the people residing in the
vicinity Of the proposed saloon to action,
and not content with simply protesting
against the petition mass meeting was
held at Workman's hall Sunday after
noon for the purpose of agreeing upon
plan by which to fight the matter Res
olutions were adopted demanding that
the application be denied and commit
tee was appointed to induce the interest
ed residents of the neighborhood to at
tend the meeting of the police COM
mission and personally protest against
1t. That committee must have done its
work well, for the attendance yesterday
was largely due to its efforts.
The matter was the first to be consld
cred by the commission. 1t came UP in
the form of q report from Chief of Police
Glass, in which it was stated that the
petitioner had secured the requisite two
thirds frontage and that no objection
had been found to the granting of the
application. Following this the resolu
tion adopted at the mass meeting and
several numerously signed supplement-
ary protests were read. Mayor Snyder
then announced that any person who de-
sired to speak either for or against the
petition would be heard.
THE PROTESTANTS HEARD
There was no dearth of speakers and
for more than an hour short speeches
were made, nearly all of the property
owners present having something to
say on the subject. George A. Howard,
who presided at the mass meeting, was
the first speaker. He began by saying:
II come here simply to make an earnest
effort for the protection of our homes
against possible contamination of a sa
loon in our midst. l have nothing to say
against the applicant personally, but
what we want is simply to maintain the
purity of our homes from the menace to
them that saloon at the point indicated
by pointing to the fact that the residents
of that part of the city had by a vigorous
fight caused the closing of the Washing
ton garden after having suffered an
noyance from the debauches which 50
frequently occurred there. He claimed
that 1000 feet Of property was represent
ed upon the protest and earnestly re-
quested the board to assist the residents
Of the neighborhood in their efforts to
keep it as it is.
George H. Pinney stated that he ap-
peared in behalf of his own home, his
property adjoining the proposed saloon
site in the rear. "The granting Of this