Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-01-19
Excise Board Practically Refused to
|Hear Of City Conditions By Rush
ing Through Business and Ad-
\ journing Within Five Minutes.
RECORDER MET THE PRESIDENT
After the Meeting When Asked by Commissioner Why List Was
Not Presented the Recorder Gave His Opinion of the Whole
Proceeding in Plain Language Other Matters Taken p
License Granted Washington Street SaOOn-Large
Audience Present Expecting TO Hear Warm Session

The excise board, apparently, does
not want to be enlightened in regard
to the actual saloon conditions exist
ing in this city. At a meeting of the
board last night the commissioners
did not give Recorder H. E. Pickers-
gill an opportunity to present the list
he had promised them of the saloons
in the city where the actual licensees
are not in charge.
Recorder Pickersgill had such a
list in his pocket. The list was bas-
ed on the results of the inspection of
the saloons made by Chief of Police
Burke and Detective Sergeant Huff,
as told in the NEWS, and it contain
cd twelve saloons which are not being
run by the men to whom the licenses
were granted
The meeting, an adjourned one,
lasted not more than five minutes.
The board took up five applications
and acted on them and then Presi-
dent William Hoy looked down from
his seat on the platform at the other
two members who were present,
Commissioners Abel Hansen and
John Schoonover, and asked them if
they had any further business to Of
fer. Neither offered anything, and a
motion to adjourn was quickly put
and carried, and the audience of sa-
loon men, lawyers and interested cit
liens filed out of the council cham
ber with the commissioners.
Hoy and Recorder Meet.
In the lower corridor OF City Hall
President Hoy asked Recorder Pick
list which he had promised, at the
last meeting, to have ready for last
night. The recorder said that he had
not been afforded a chance to sub
nit it. Mr.. Hoy then suggested to
the recorder to, file the list with eth
CT the investigating committee or the
clerk, all of whom were still there.
Recorder Pickersgill retorted that he
had had the list ready to present it
to the board al the meeting and that,
as he had not had an opportunity to
submit it then, he would not present
it at all.
Was In Front Seat.
During the meeting Recorder Pick
ersgill occupied a seat in the front
row in the audience and he had been
speaking with Commissioner Hoy in
the council champer before the
meeting, so that the board surely
knew that the recorder was present.
1t is not likely, either, that the
commissioners had forgotten the fact
that Recorder Pickersgill had prom
ised to have the list, and the most
likely conclusion is that the board
dses not desire to become cognizant
of the real conditions among the sa-
looms over which, it is natural to
presume, they are supposed to have
a watchful eye.
At the previous meeting of the
board, two weeks ago, President Hoy
said that they were not aware that
any saloons were being run by men
placed there by the license-holders.
Recorder Pickersgill declared that
IncIc Wtlt ouCH pidtco, oCFSi Oh VI
them, and he said that he would get
list of them and have it ready for
the meeting January IS, which was
last night.
Busy Since Last Meeting.
Since the last meeting, Chief
Burke and Detective Sergeant Huff
have made careful investigation
and they found that there are twelve
places where that illegal state of af-
fairs exists.
Recorder Pickersgill had that list
of places last night, with the names
.ofSDoth the man to whom the license
had been granted in each case and
the man who is running it.
Had Recorder Pickersgill been af-
forded an opportunity last night, il
was his intention to submit that list
and to tell some of the results of the
inspection. In many cases the license
certificates were not displayed in the
bar-room, or room where the liquor
is sold. as required by law, and the
men in charge, in numerous cases,
had to hunt in drawers and closets to
bring to light the license certificate
for the inspection of the officers.
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