Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-21
NASH GETS
A LICENSE.
Saloon at Carterei Over Which
There Has Been a Hard
Fight.

New brunswick, rDec. 2l:-Judge
Strong expressed the opinion from the
bench yesterday in Rsapting the APP
piication of William N. Nash, of
Carteret, for a license, that the mul.
tiplicity of saloons did net tend to a
greater sale of liquor any more than a
multiplicity of grocery stores led 10
people buying more groceries. The
increase tended to break up any mon
opoly and divide the trade. r
Lawyer Willard P. Voorhees, repre-
senting Mrs. Sexton, Adam CARRIER
and other residents of the tw~onships
opposed the application on the ground
that there were FIVE saloons already
within the block where this license
was asked and the population Of Car
teret was about 5000 of whom 500
were voters based upon the Roosevelt
race idea of six to q family. Nash
some time ago had sold out his place
for So, 900 to Adam CARRIER and made
an agreement not to start the bnsi-
ness within two years, yet at every
term almost he had made application
and had been granted a wholesale
license. lie understood a complaint
for illegal selling has been made
against Nash, but that it had never
been presen ed to the grand jury. The
complaint was made ~ the Liqnor
Dealers Association.
Lawyer March said Mr., Nash hal
put mp a hotel costing from 81, 900 TO
81 600, having eighteen rooms and
heat and electric lights. He urged.
that the petition be granted. Judge
Strong said he did not like to encour-
age the idea of building fine places
for the purpose Of influencing the
court in acting favorably upon the IL
canse. Lawyer March denied this as
far as Nash was concerned and IRE
sentod a release from CARRIER as to the
Nash agreement dra wn up by Lawyer
Weigel, CARRIER was sworn TO prove
the c%oDtract
Law CL NOtALECH tbid Ouhku RthOn6
9 was put there to act for the public
good and to pat trustworthy men in
charge OF saloons. IL was a discretion-
nry matter but the people must rely
upon him for the good sound judg
ment which he possessed. He had
present facts showing the character of
fl,n onnl.1ant mud tf.o rocnnnafhiIit
was placed upon him not to increase
the number OF saloons if not neces-
saTy
Judge Strong said he saw nothing
in the present case except the opposl-
ton OF q competitor. A saloonkeeper
was not expected to keep q Sunday
school or anything of the sort. The
question was whether he would keep
o proper house or not.
~ am informed the places aresthick
in Woodbridge township" Aehid the
judge, "but l do not think that is
any evil. There areftwo public roads
iere and | see no objection to placing
the taverns closely together, but of
course by this | do not mean thick all
over the township. do not think
the public would complain if they
we're all close together as long as this
is not SO all over.
The multiplicity Of saloons does
not tend to a greater sale of liquor any
more than a multiplicity of grocery
stores adds to the sale of groceries.
Men don't go TO every tavern to get a
drink because the opportunity exists.
Where they formerly got two drinks
in one place they might visit two and
get one in each.
Conservative people there flavor
the granting of this license. They do
not appear in court because they say if
they expressed their view here they
would be denounced or boy cotted.
They would be Stunned by people who
are trying TO make out that to drink
liquor is q sin and that to sell it is q
greater sin. This was not q manly
way to do yet we have TO get along
with it the best way possible.
Judge Strong said H. B. Willis had
urged him to grant The license as
Nash kept the only'place there where
one could get a good meal. The license
was granted.
The applications OF Neville Bros,
and Stephen Galaida were granted as
was that of Samuel Kocsi, all Of
Woodbridge. That of Isidor Swartz
was permitted to be withdrawn. The
Ltrnnsfer Of tlle III ]. Zimmerman