The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-18

The meeting Of the council commit
tee on petitions and remOnstrances last
evening was out Of the ordinary, owing
TO the novel grounds on which Council
man Frank Healy objected to liquor
license being granted to GottleIb Hard
ing, in the building at 1901 Market
street, which was recently acquired by
the Pabst brewery, Of Milwaukee. Mr.;
Healy said he had no objections to Mr..
Harding personally, but he did object
on the ground that the policy Of the
Pabsts in buying up saloon properties
in wheeling and stlpulatlng that liquor
dealers occupying them shall sell noth-
ing but Pabst beer is unfair compete
ton with the two wheeling breweFls9u
Mr.. Wheat, the wheeling wholesaIe
dealer in the Pabst beer, replied with
vlgor and asserted that the Pabst peo-
pie are doing here only what the Wheel
ing breweries are doing in towns in
this section. After thorough discus
sion the committee recommended that
the license be granted.
The committee met at 8 o'clock, after
the real estate committee had adj
journed, with Chairman Bradbury in
the chair and Councilmen Bloomfield,
Ritter, Beuter and Williams present.
The application Of Fleahmann Bros.'
1882 Market street, for transfer Of the
license to Chris Fleahmann was acted
upon favorably by the committee.
The application Of Gottleib Harding
for a license at 1901 Market street, OBJ
jected to in the second branch by Coun-
Gilman Frank Healy, was next brought
up. Mr.. Healy spoke first and said he
understood the Pabst people, Of Mil
waukse, are buying up saloon proper
ties in Wheeling and shutting out the
Wheeling brewerieS from their legtti-
mate field. The two local concerns are
heavy taxpayers, each paying more
than 81, 100 water rent every year. Over
$4,000 in city taxes are paid by them
each year. Each year they spend &l6,-
900 to $4,000 in Improvements. The IL
cense for Harding is really for the
Pabst people, he claimed. The local
brewerles are not buying up property;
they compete legitimately. He was not
kicking against Harding, who he said
is gentleman: he did object though
to unfair competition from these for
eign brewerIes.
Mr.. Harry L. Wheat, wholesaler for
the Pabst people, spoke. His company
has sp, in Wheeling 100000. which
surely makes them taxpayers. Since
1890 he had paid 800 to $500 year
taxes. He has employed as high as
twenty-five men. He said he was the
wholesale dealer In Pabst beer; he was
not agent of the Pabst company. His
company was doing in Wheeling Just
what the Reymann and schmulbach
companies are doing at sIstersville,
Grafton, BellaIre, Steubenville, Pitts
burgh and other cities. Az to Mr..
Harding he has proved himself a rep
utable citizen, and there can be no OBJ
jections to him personally.
Mr.. Healy replied that one OF the
local brewerles pays out annually over
$4,000.
Mr.. Wheat said the Reymann COM
pany owns saloon properties in Park
ersburg and other towns. In MIlwau-
kee. he said. outside beer. is sold in
opposition to Pabst and schlitz.
Mr.. Bloomfield moved that the ap-
plIcatlon be recommended favorably.
The vote was as follows:
Aye-Bloomfeld Williams, Ritter.
NO-Reuter.
At $3.50 p. m. the committee adj
Journed.