The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-01
ACTION WAS
DEFERRED
Dorney Hasn't Had License
Transferred Yet.
MR.. CoMsTocK TALKED.
Commissioner Burnham Resented
Some OF His Statements.
CASE POSTPONED TILL SEPT. 6.

The new board of license commission
ers met at City Hall at o'clock yester-
day afternoon for the purpose of grant
ing hearings upon applicants for liquor
licenses. but the main interest, OF
course. centered in the petition for a
| transfer of license 10 Thomas j. Dor
ney at I'll Atwells avenue, which. how
ever, haSsbeen opposed in the spirit. N
not In actual appearance before the
| commissioners, by a large number of
the best citizens of Providence, on the
ground that the place which Mr.. Dor
ney desired TO run was altogether too
near a public schoolhouse.
Mr.. III. " A. Joslin of the school COM
mittee was present and he addressed
tthe board briefly, stating that he had
received letter from President Bar
nsy requesting him TO call meeting of
the executive committee, and he did so.
but in the absence of quorum nothing
was done. President Barney asked that
no action be taken in regard TO the
transfer until such timeas the school
committee could be represented. The
committee most strongly protested
against the granting of licenses within
certain radius of a school building
Mr. Joslin said that the school commit
tee some time ago wanted the limit
liked at 400 feet. and after petition
containing such a request had been
considered by the previous license
borad they fixed the limit at 200 feet.
Mrs Frederick III. Jackson, who stat
ed that she represented the mothers OF
Providence, was opposed TO the grant
ing OF the license. and she said that she
was much grieved 10 learn that there
was no clause in the law which prohib-
tied the granting of a license within
200 feet OF schoolhouse. She hoped
that the precedent established by the
former board would be lived up to.
Attorney X. Il. Comstock, who rep
resented Mr.. Dorney, reviewed what he
was pleased to call the history of The
case. speaking of the death of Louis
Mioni. and the appointment of Mr.. Dor
ney as the administer OF the estate.
and Mr.. Dorney's conduct of the sa-
loon on Atwells avenue. MIR. Comstock
took occasion to throw gratuitous slurs
at Commissioner Burnham, and made
several statements which Mr.. Burnham
did not hesitate to tell Mr.. Comstock
were unqualifiedly false, and said that |
he (Comstock) knew them to be false |
when he made them. bs4
This somewhat took the wind out of |
Mr. Comstocks sails, and he sat down,
after asking that his cient be granted
the license he asked for ~ .s Il
Commissioner Burnham lin speaking l
of an allegation made by Mr.. Comstock. !
said that there was no transfer askedI
for gin the Herman case. The man |
simply went to another location and,
then got license for IL.
Mrs. Jackson again said that she |
hoped that the license board would see
that the unwrtten law was strictly en-
and, in ansewer to Chairman
Sprague, she stated that she hoped to 1
be able to prevent the granting of IL
quor licenses in the vicinity of school,
houses, where they would be detri-
ment to the children attending school. 1
Mr.. jackson then spoke against the
of the petition at the location
named, for he believed that there. was
not man in the city but what would
be glad to have the saloon removed
away zoo feet, or even 400 feet, from the
He understood the re-
luest of the school committee was to |
make the distance 400 feet. and the
board compromised and made II 200.
ask that the plan be continued. The
men who look. after the public schools
know just. what they want, and they
asked that the saloon be kept 400 feet
away.
N a vein which had very little to do
With the case under consideration and
hen Chairman Sprague declared the
hearing closed for the time being, at
east
The board then, went into executive
session, and later IL was announced
hat the matter had been postponed un-
il Tuesday, September 6. at p. m.