Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-07
NEW LICENSE
FOR DEL MONTE
RESTAURANT LIQUOR PERMIT
is RESTORED
Place viii Be Operated Under the
Name of Monarch Cafe and Be
Connected With the
Imperial

Under the name Of the Monarch
cafe, the old Del Monte, the restaur-
ant liquor license of which was recent
ly revoked by the police commission,
will again resume business at the OLD
stand. Roster & Lonergan, propri-
etors of the Del Monte, are deeply in
terested in the Monarch Investment
company, 81 corporation which will
manage the affair. John Roster will
be general manager. Lonergan is a
stockholder, although his name does
not appear among the list of incor-
porators. The police commission yes
terday granted the Monarch Invest
ment company a restaurant liquor Ii
cense for the old Del Monte.
Roster & Lonergan are the propri-
etors of the Imperial cafe, which has
an entrance both on Broadway and
Spring streets. The Del Monte, with
an entrance on Third street, backs up
to the Imperial, and the plan is to cut
immense arches and connect the two
cafes, giving a restaurant with three
entrances. The police commission
agreed to this.
List Of lncorporators
J. M. Kellerman is president Of the
Monarch Investment company that will
take over the affairs of both the I'M
perial and Del Monte. Associated with
him as incorporators are John T. Jones'
George f. Barlow, K. Westwater and
Fl. r. Hawkinson. The company is
incorporated for 100000, of which $50
has been subscribed Each of the five
incorporators owns ten shares, accord
ing to the articles.
Members of the police commission
were reluctant to grant the restaurant
license, but Mayor McAleer pleaded
that his friend, j. M. Kellerman, be
given the privilege he asked. The
mayor and Commissioner Mason near
ly had a tilt over the proposition. Mr.
Mason demanded the names of the
stockholders. Kellerman evidently did
not care to tell and the mayor backed
him up, declaring that he did not be-
lieve it was necessary to give away
trade secrets of this nature. Mr.. Ma
son insisted and Mr.. Kellerman final
ly showed the articles of Incorporation
In reply to Mr. Mason's question as
to whether or not Roster and Loner-
gan were stockholders, Mr.. Kellerman
reluctantly admitted they were inter-
ested in the new concern.
At this point, Roster, who had stood
in the background, stepped up to the
table and made a clean breast Of
everything, stating that he was to be
the general manager of the new con-
Germ and that he was a stockholder.
Promised to Be Good
With many emphatic protestations
he declared that he had entirely re-
formed, and on his honor promised the
commission that if the license were
granted he would conduct the place
according to law and order. Mr.. Kel-
lerman interposed to say that If the
place was not conducted in accordance
with all the rules the commission might
place upon it, the license might be
revoked and he never again would
ask for another.
Mr.. Roster told the commission that
the hotel feature on the third floor of
the Del Monte, which had figured in
a recent tragedy, had been entirely
eliminated and never again would be
used for such purposes According to
the report of Chief Auble, the bedroom
suites on this floor now are under
going a change and are being convert
ed into private dining rooms.
The second floor of the Del Monte
which is cut up into small banquet
rooms, was a point on which the COM
mission divided when vote was taken.
The Monarch company asked the priv
ilege of serving liquors in these ban
quet rooms, but Commissioners Mason
and Johnson refused to consider the
idea. Commissioner James moved that
the privilege of selling liquors IN the
restaurant proper, which Is on the
ground floor, be granted, and the ques-
ton of the banquet rooms be taken
under advisement. Mason and John
son voted against this, but James,
Hagan and the mayor voted for it.