Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-07
DRY DAY|NN [N YORK
Nearly Every Saloon in the
Big City Was Closed
Sunday.
New Workers Given no Chance
to Stake Their Consuming
Thirst.
Even the Tenderloin District
Had Difficulty in Supplying
Its Wants.

New York, April New York yes
terday had the "dryest'' Sunday record
ed since the days when Theodore
Roosevelt as president of the police
board showed thirsty Manufacturers
just what dry" Sunday really was
OF the 5000 saloons in the borough of
Manhattan $500 were closed Sunday so
tightly that dynamite and crowbar
were almost necessary to secure a
drink The 1900 Raines law hotels were
open, however, and all did a lively bus
mess.
Seventy-nine arrests for violations Of
the excise law were made in Manhattan
and the Bronx between the hours of
midnight on Saturday and II o'clock
last night. There were in these two
boroughs fourteen arrests for viola
lions of other Sunday closing laws. In
Brooklyn the police reported twenty
seven arrests for violations of the ex-
cose laws; there was one in Richmond
and none In Queens. This is a total of
121, as against sixty-four last Sunday.
A notable feature all over the city
was the full view afforded the public of
screened from observation. In the vast
majority of saloons the curtains were
up or the blinds drawn back, showing
the bar and the deserted interior. This
was true likewise in Raines law hotels,
and while the barkeepers might be seen
behind the bar in many instances, he
was only drawing drinks to be con-
sumed on other parts of the premises.
out of sight of the public.
In the "Tenderloin," now known as
the White Light" district, liquor was
sold. but only under conditions which
proved drawbacks to many of the
thirsty y -
Drinks were served all day in the
dining rooms Of the big Broadway and
Fifth avenue hotels, and, altho,s they
were sold within the prescribed hours,
no attempt at interference was made.
No one however, was permitted to sit
down and order q drink, even tho he
ordered sandwich at the same time.
Something akin to a substantial meal
had to be ordered. ~
On the Bowery twas exceedingly
hard to get drink. The saloonkeepers
were not ready to take chances Of ar
rest, and for the most part kept their
doors locked.
In BROOKLYN and other parts Of
Greater New York the closing law was
generally observed.
The police also compelled the small
shop-keepers turnout the city to close,
except that the grocers and delicates-
sen shops were permitted to keep open
until 10 o'clock, as provided by law.
For the first time in years the small
dry goods shops in the upper part of
the city had their doors locked, and the
stationary stores and news stands were
also compelled to close up in many sec
lions of the city. In some instances the
police even ordered the confectionery
stores closed.
1t was in many respects the most
successful day the Raines law hotels
have had since they came into exist
ence, as 1t showed that the closing Of
the ordinary saloons in way such as
never happened before greatly increas
ed their business and that practical
evasion of the spirit of the law was
comparatively easy. The only addi-
tional expense involved in turning an
ordinary saloon into a Raines law no.
tel is the maintenance Of ten rooms
whose size is described by the statute.
II was stated that as result of the
new turn affairs have taken in the en-
forcement of the excise laws there will
be an enormous increase in the number
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