Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-02
OBJECT TO SALOON
Res idents of North Main and Kingsbury Streets Protest
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS LISTEN

After Hearing the Protests and Those
 m Favor, the Commissioners Re-
 Jected Application-The Applicant
 Wanted to Open Saloon at Corner of
 hlngsbury and North Main Streets.
 county Commissioners Walter and brewer to-day began the hearing of Lne renonstrance against granting to William D. Sears, a bartender at Hod- sons cafe, license at 256 North Main street. corner of Kingsbury street.
 Nhere were about forty remonstrants ro Ine license being granted and they were represented by Attorneys Pierce ana McMahon and the applicant by Ar-t uorney Russell, who owns the property where the license is asked for No oh- Ject1on was raised against Sears. It was admitted that he is a s,,itahla person to conduct Hquor business. 1He ooJect1on was directed against the place on the grounds that it was un- suitable, being mainly residential.
 Mir Russell was the first witness He stated that he has pecunfary in- ferest in the property in question; that the section referred to is anything but residential. He said that more peo- , pie pass there than do at the corner of Grand and South Main streets, or at any point below that, That side of North Main street, he said was prac- rically one unbroken line of business places up to Cherry street. For some tune he has thought of renting the place for saloon purposes. His pecun- 1ary interest in the place is far great CT than that of any of the remonstrants and no one who is not opposed on general principles to the sale of liquor could reasonably object to the granting of his application.
 He was one of the pioneer property owners in the section in question and some years ago there was saloon a few doors Aboye where the license in question is now asked for It war | bus1ness section then and about tu + ty-hve stores have been opened there since. There are no saloons in that nedghhorhood, and, in his opinion there is no section in the city, nor any sini- lar section in any city in the state, that is constituted as this ds so far as sa- aoons are concerned. Furthermore it IS amply protected. Thousands pass there and police go by very frequent ly. It is simply and purely a busi- ness section, went on Mir Russell, and no one would think of buying any. property there for the purpose of build, ing residence; that is, on the eas side of the street.
 It is a p7ace of great traffic Som y time ago he rented one of the store& for church purposes and members of another church saw him recently about renting the store in question. While he has no objection to church being in the building he would prefer such a saloon as the applicant would conduct there. He would guarantee it would be conducted like Hodson's and Hayes are. He would prefer such saloon to church where the members would sing until 10 or Il o'clock nights. Then again, the church would be only a temporary mat ter. It was matter of business with witness
 A. F. Sherwood, living at 9 Kings bury street, representing the owner of that house, objected on the grounds that the place was unsuitable. He said the side door would open on Kingsbury street and that that point is meeting place for people waiting for the street cars. He did not object on general principles.
 The other witnesses were John B. Mullings. John Gilmour. D. c. Lee, Mrs E. E.. Terrell, Mrs H. B. Terrell, Mrs B. M. Akin, Mrs H. B. Stout, Mrs Louise B. Kennedy, F. R. Bryan, Wil-l liam schlosser, John M. Gill, Charliej Lee, Mrs c. E. Keller Mrs John LouclSs, Mrs A. E. Foote, Mrs A c. Mallory, Louis o. .Auber, Mrs A. F.. n n TyJ TT. N tle William E. Scofield, D. H. Tierney,x Lawrence Butler, w. N. Val1ee, O. Hs, Cables, E. A. Judd C. w Church, J. A. Smith, B. A. Cummings, Ethan Al-. len, Mrs NJ. A. Stanley, Mrs B. L. Shepard, John Loucks, J. F. Miles, Charles M. Bissrich, A. H. Hauser, I. F. Fiske, M. D., Samuel Sloan, Mrs James M. Douglass c. F. Taylor, John J. Miles, Frank Warmer. Fred J. Cos selin, J. 0. Cutler, H. F. Swift, Flora J. Bronson, Mrs J. J. Strong. Mrs El- | len Avery, W. E.. Clark, J. J. Bauser, C. Lopez, J. c. White, Frank B. Ben- ham. w. W. Leonard N. A. Barnard, W. w. Osborn, George M. Beach, H. Willetts. Frank Peck, w. G. French, Stella Sloan, J. Palmer, Mrs A. Siedels James Coyle, Mrs c. W. Pond, Y. A. Pond and P. J. McMahon.
 It was taken for granted that all of the above would testify against the ap- phcation. Toward the close the hear ing became very lively and it would not have surprised some of the wit nesses if the commissioners stepped down from the bench and got between the attorneys. Attorney Russell thought Attorney Pierce was getting too fresh entirely in trying to bring in witnesses who live almost mile away from the place tn question. The argu- ments were not long, but tEey were full of breeze. after which the hear ing closed and the commissioners went to the "scene'' and looked it over.
 Late this afternoon the conmissions CTS rejected the appfica tion.
 MRS CHARLES A. DANA DEAD.