Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-22

Union street.
August Westlund, $50 South
Union street.
BY vote of five to four the city
council last evening adopted a resolu-
ton fixing the limits in which saloon
may be conducted in Ottumwa Seven
OF the saloons in the East and West
Ends, including the two in Smoky
Row." will be forced to change their
location or go out Of business and the
proprietors have six months in which
to determine which they prefer. In
South Ottumwa the saloons will be
confined to the immediate vicinity of
Church streets between Davis and
Myrtle streets and none Of the three
saloons now on that side of the river
is affected by the resolution.
Although Mayor B. B. SHUTS and
several of the aldermen have always
strongly advocated the combining of sa.
looms to the business district the reso-
Keyhoe last evening took the council
by surprise and precipitated lively
discussion, Alderm an Keyhoe said that
the saloons should be located in that
portion OF the city which is constantly
patrolled by the police and where or
der may be maintained much better
than In the districts where the police
protection is not so thorough.
Opposes Resolution.
Alderman J. N Weidenfeller was
the first to speak aginst the resolution
He said that he was opposed to the
measure, as some of the saloon keepers
might have extended leases on the
buildings which they occupied and
would be compelled to pay the rent I'M
til their leases expire. He said also
that the owners of the buildings might
! not be able to rent the buildings which
had been used for saloons for some
time for any other purpose and that
their loss would be considerable.
Alderman q. H. Mather said that he
would be willing to vote for the reso-
luton if it applied only to future con-
sents, but did not think it right to
force few Of the saloon keepers out
of business while others were allowed
| to run.
Alderman w. H. O'Malley spoke in
favor of the resolution and said that
he thought the saloons should be kept
in the district where there are the
most thorough police regulations. He
said that he did not claim that the
saloons or the men that conducted
them are any worse in one part Of the
city than in another and that he had
no doubt many honest and worthy men
were engaged in the saloon business
lit was the effect that the liquor had
on the men drinking 1t that made II
advisable, he asserted, to have the ga
looms in district best patrolled BY
the police. He also expressed the
opinion that brewers own most Of the
1 leases on the buildings and that ne
one would suffer to any extent by the
adoption Of the resolution.
4 Talk Of South Market Street.
Alderman Charles Wright, chairman
Of the police committee, spoke agains
i the resolution and said that he did no
see why it was introduced. He sais
that the conditions on South Marke
street, below Main street, are worse
than at any Of the saloons which
would be put out of business by thu
fixing of the proposed limits. Alder
man O'Malley replied that he would
be willing to vote to include Soutl
Market street in the prohibited dis
trict.
Alderman Keyhoe said that eve
, since he had been in the council. tn
, police had experienced more trouble
!, with the few saloons in the outlyinl
districts than with all the others pu
together and that he believed the bes
interests of the city would be serve
by maintaining the best order possibl
at night and make all parts Of the cit
as safe as possible and that this coul
be best accomplished by combining th
!. saloons to the down town district.
Change East Limits,
) The resolution as introduced fixe
! the east limits at which saloon Nigh
. be conducted at Birch street and A
' derman Gone said that he would b
willing to vote for 1t If the limit wa
placed two blocks further west, conse
quently Alderman Keyhoe amende
: the resolution fixing the east limit a
j. Union street.
4 Alderman Humphrey expressed hin
y self in favor of the resolution an
+ Mayor Suits also made few remark
e fayoring its passage. The vote wa
plas follows:
Ayes-John N. Snry- H p Keyho,