The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-25
CITY LOSING LICENSE FEES.
Bootblaeks and Street Vendors Doing Bush
ness and Paving no Tax.

inform mo syhy the bootblack chairs which
should pay S5 per annnm. per chair, have paid
allowed by the authorities to do buslnessp
| have asked over twenty bootbncks to show
and all declare they have paid no iicsnss fee.
nor are they, molested like other law breakers.
boring the street. Who protects them?
Oct %. "
Although A. B. s. 10 not justified in his az.
sumption that nothing has been paid into the
city treasury for licenses for bootblack stands.
an inquiry into the actual situation regarding
the granting OF licenses for these and other
stands on the streets within the stoop line.
shows q remarkable condition OF affairs In
1Sg8-97. under the Strong admin straton the
number OF licenses actually paid for and taken
out for stands within the stoop line reached
high water mark. Their number was 3.a52
and the license granted under that number ex-
pired on April 81. 1897. The total number Of
such licenses in free to-day 10 927. or more
than 5000 less than In 1sa0-97
The stands and what they should pay under
the ordinance are as follows:
Fruit stands. each Observation-Disclosures.
Soda-water stands, each ...,.. ,,...,..,..,,,.. a
Newspaper stands movable. each .......,......... i
Newspaper and periodical stands ca oh. ........,
Bootblack stand, each chair.
These licenses. in common with all others
thirty days after their EXPIRATION at .haifths
licenses are now in force for irut nsw s new
and bootbaSk stands Is not hard to tlnd Ths
taking out OF such licenses was a s1usbbIe bs.
tween the Aldermen and Councilmen over the
psS;yt patronage inspl'ed Under the new
makes application ITO the Municipal Assembly;
the two houses Of the Assembly pas. his appli-
the Municipal Assembly frat took this mater He1
Up the Councilmen undertook to control the
The Aldermen resented this. and the result
was that Tor about year and half there
course no license fees OF this class were COL
Sad sw Ss the
mem were doing business unmolested. they
manders to see that all persons having stands
wlthin their precincts are licensed. or to arrest
hsnd: e BY Th ssnd and In the
power. it was not to be expected that the cap
t Sdn would make many arrests Before Chief
City Hail station was detailed lary for the
men devoted their time entirely to hunting up
AND driving 9 men who should take out
hsm on special wss
duty OF other kinds. and the license bureau 10
Under these circumstances vendors and
bootblacks who have pull with their Alder
man or with the nolice. whether they pay for
other hand. since the latter part ts OF Nay the
Municipal Assembly has granted licenses
freely. and hundreds have been taken out.
Mayors Marshal Roche has recently called
the attention of the police to the large mum her
Of unlicensed vendors doing business In the
orders for every precinct commander TO re-
port the locations and names Of all stands and
their owners. These reports began coming in
about Sept. 4. and up to yesterday Mr.. Roche
had received copies ofthese reports from seven-
thousands e Of stands have not besn iicensed.
and it will be interesting to see what proper
tion OF them will eventually be obliged to pay.