The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-01-12
TRANSFER
HEARING
On Charles H. CampbeIIS
Application
WAS HELD YESTERDAY
Several Persons Appeared to Object tc
Location Of Saloon in Granite
Block, Including Granite
Savings Bank.

The liquor commissioners gave a hear
ing yesterday afternoon on the applica-
Ition of Charles H Campbell, holder Of
a first class license, for transfer from
Prospect street to the store in the sec
ltion Of the Granite block recently pur-
lchased By him and numbered 40 North
Main street. Considerable objection was
presented to the transfer, and two hours
and q half was spent in hearing that and
the quibhling of the attorneys who were
brought in, Richard A Hoar to represent
Mr.. Campbell and Frank Piumley Of
| Mortified and F. S. Williams of this
icity to represent the Granite Savings
Bank and Trust company and Others.
At q quarter past seven o'clock the hear
ing was adjourned. A decision viii be
ANNOUNCED later
The hearing opened with quibble
whether the call for the hearing had been
properly advertised, that is, according to
lthe obiectors' attorneys, if the call had
been published in two papers of different
political beliefs "if possible" Ii de-.
Eveloped that the notice had been print.
led in both the local papers, according to
flaw. Attorney Plumley considered that
1.-THE commissioners might have gone TO
Montpelier and found Democratic
newspaper in which 70 publish the call
but it was finally agreed that that
paper does not have sufficient circula-
ttion in Barre to warrant such an ac-
Etion.
who do you represent, anyway II
iasked Attorney HOar of the other at-
ltorney. @All people who do not want
the saloon located al this proposed
place. was the reply The former in
SISTED that they be more specific and
/ q petition was then brought out which
bore the signatures Of 35 OF 40 names
Eof business men and others, part al
| whom are property holders or who have
business within 400 feet of 4u North
Main street The petition was then an
Ealyzed on both sides, and ii developed
lin cross-examination that about IFS Or
Il rs of the names were those Of property
holders within the four hundred feet.
That distance north c0rnered territory
Ito and including the Martin property
on the corner Of Main and Prospect
streets. These facts were brought out
by testimony of A. Al Sargent and
I r Ae44tN A&tA -NoSE AfAAN tttt0 4tEt0 lit EdH&
iline. The same witnesses told of the
200 foot limit, saying that the entrances
Iof the Pentacostal church and the Sal
walton Army rooms first door in the
lold city building are within 200 feet
of the center Of the entrance Of the
proposed saloon.
How much II demanded Attorney
iIIoar.
Seven tenths Of one foot. was the
reply Of Mr.. Burgess. He stated that
! their measurement showed that the ac-
tnal distance Is 199 and three tenfhs
feet. TO tile second door Of the Sal.
walton Army barracks it Is about 225
/ feet, as We would walk. not by Il
straight line.
Then there was q wearving bubble
over what constitutes d church. in
gedilice built expressly for church pur-
poses or any building in which church
services are held. The attorneys were
no nearer agreement on the point when
the hearing was adjourned. Theattornevs
Tor the objectoFs held that under the
statute church means an organization
which shares in the distribution of public
funds and whose pastor unites in mar
riage.
i Is. Ayerill, who testified that he
Iis the pastor Of the pentacostal church
was the first objeetor to appear III per.
son. He was opposed to the saloon first.
last and all the time, as a matter of
principle and he objected to the plac-
ing Of a saloon within 200 feet of his
church He was then called uuon Is
describe his church. which lie did. On
cross examination he admitted that he
would rather have d saloon on 4 froHt
than on d back street Yet lie con.
sldered the proposed place Objectionable.
Dr. II. 9. Northern, vice president al
the Granite bank, was the most strenu
Gus objector, declaring that he had been
commissioned by the directors of the
bank 70 engage an attorney and to
light the transfer in every possible way
as It would be great detriment To the
bank having saloon next door and in
the same building. He said the bank
has g large number Of women and chill
dren depositors who wouldn't use the
bank il the saloon is next door There
Is q tenement upstairs within the e5
foot limit. He was quizzed by Attorney
Hear regarding the sale Of the property
bY a p. Morse TO Mr. Campbell 4 few |
months ago.
Did YOU know that Mr.. Campbell |
was going to buyYa
No, sir
Did the directors have an option
on the place everga
No, never; aui we would give MIR. T
Campbell a big bonus for it.
Asked If tie thought $4,000 would /
be 3 big bonus, Or. Worthen replied that i
he thought it would be quite big
a. G. blanchard was put on the stand /
but did not testify as BE did not want
to object and the commissioners ruled
that no testimony was permissible nm
less it were I'd object to the transfer
Of the license
y N Vaughan, proprietor Of the