The herald., 1898-10-21
DO THEY SELL LIQUORS?
BLES A SALOON
BUT NO LICENSE WAS ISSUED
The Waldeck & Althouse Difficulty.
Frank Dominguez Resigns-A
Scrap Between Two Dagos

Property holders in the block between
First and Second streets on the east side
OF Broadway are determined that no saloon
shall be allowed to become a neighbor OF
theirs. 1t will be remembered that several
weeks ago j. Il. Waldeck made all applca
ton to the police commission for the trans
fer of the l30 South Broadway license from
himself to Waldeck l. Althouse The ap.
plicant was present in person and was i'm
mediately informed that no saloon license
had ever been issued for the location IN
question, only permit to sell liquor from
a sideboard in connection with restaurant
having been granted. He was told, further,
that the consent Of three-tourths of the
property holders in the block would have to
be obtained before license could be issued.
The applicant retired i'll confusion, but
reappeared at the next meeting with pc
tltlon signed by one property holder, his
landlord. The requirements of the law were
again pointed out to him. On the same date
a strenuous protest was filed against the
issuance of license for that location and
it bore the signatures of almost every prop
erty holder in the block. Then the whole
story came out. 1t was in effect that Alt
house had purchased a half interest in the
license which Waldeck was supposed to
have, paying $500 therefor.
The work OF fitting up the place anew
was then rapidly pushed to completion,
what had formerly been a restaurant witt
the sale of liquors a side issue becoming II
full-hedged saloon with a restaurant as a
side issue. They were warned that the con-
duct of saloon would not be permitted,
but the warning was ignored and it was not
until $500 had been spent in remodelng and
renovating that the awakening came.
1t came with the attempt to have the sup.
posed license transferred with the result
before related. 1t. is said that in spite of
the unfavorable situation, the place is doing
a land office business. There is the regula-
tion bar mirror of gigantic dimensions, the
customary display of cut glasses, all sizes
and styles, while about the floor are strewn
hundreds Of bottles filled presumably with
something else than water. A white
aproned attendant stands before the gigan,
tic mirror, ever ready to attend to the
wants of customers. What those wants are
and how they are satisfied is the missing
link in the evidence which would prove the
place to be a saloon or merely "side-
board"
The protesting property holders are not
entirely satisfied with the situation, and in
order to make their protest stronger they
yesterday filed the following communica-
tion with the board:
Please make note of the fact that the
protest filed before your honorable body
on the llth instant by the property
holders owning two-thirds of the front
age on Broadway between First and
Second streets, protesting against the
granting of saloon license in the said
block and particularly at No. l39 South
Broadway, was filed before your board
not only to protest against any applica-
tion which might be before your board,
but also against any which might come
before you in the future.
The party fitting up and furnishing
for such purpose at No. 139 did so with
full knowledge from the start that said
property owners were opposed to it.
BY giving the subject due and proper
attention and consideration you will
confer favor. upon said property hold
ers, of which I am one. Respectfully,
A. w. RHODES.