Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-17
SALOON CAN
NOT ENTER
NO LIQUOR STORES TO BE AL
LOWED ON MAIN STREET
RETAIL BLOCK
Council Grants Petition Of Those Who
Object to city's Consent to the
Carr Saloon in the Sax Building,
Corner Of Main and Green Streets.

lrIOil u6Sudy Dally. 5t
No saloons In the blocks between
Green street and Court street along
Main street, at least not yet This was
the decision of the city council at an
adjourned meeting last evening. when
majority report Of the committee of
the whole recommended the granting
OF the petition of those protesting
against the giving of a license to G..
A. Carr to operate liquor store in
the Sax block on the corner of Green
and Main. The council concurred in
the majority report.
| A resolution Of consent allowing the
operation OF a saloon by Mr.. Carr in
| this building was read at the last meet
ing of tho council, held Monday even
ing a week ago. 1t was referred to
the committee of the whole. At the
same time, a yeritable storm of pro-
tests against such action was referred
to the same committee. The protests
consisted of the three petitions signed
I by officers of lodges occupying the
third floor of the building, Ottum-
wa lodge No. is, A. F. and A. NJ, Gin
ton chapter No. 9, r. A. NJ, and the O.
=. s. order, and a petition signed by
some tbirty-odd property holders and
| others interested in the matter. the
list being headed by ]. w. Jordan.
At the adjourned meeting of the
council held last evening following the
meeting of the board of health, re-
cess was taken and the committee of
the whole met to consider the propo-
sition. Attorney w. H. C. Jaques was
present, representing Mr.. Carr and the
Ottumwa Brewing company. who are
lsaid 10 have leased the Sax building for
the purpose of operating saloon
there. There were also present in the
council room J.. W. Jordan, Z. G. Tis-
dale and Attorney Walter H. McElroy,
who we're among the petitioners. All
| of these gentlemen were called in to
consult With the committee in regard
| to the action to be taken.
Petitions Are Granted.
When the committee reported Al
derman Keyhoe presented the major
ity report as outlined above and moved
the concurrence of the council in the
recomms ndation of the committee. The
motion was carried.
AS stated in these columns. last week
the Ottumwa Brewing company claim.
ed that the resolution of consent was
only asking the changing of the name
of the proprietor of the saloon, as a
| similar resolution had already been
adopted by the council, allowing James
Meecham to- conduct a saloon in the
Sax building. They. stated that owing
to Ill health Mr.. Meecham had decided
not to enter into the business and the
same had been turned over to Mr.. Carr.
They stated that they merely wished
to have the license changed to Mr..
Carr's name. The brewing people
through Attorney Jaques further
claimed last Monday evening, that
since the granting of the councils con
sent to Mr.. Meecham, they hal entered
into five year lease with Charles Sax
the owner Of the building. and that 1t
would work a great injustice upon the
concern not to allow it to use the
leased property for that purpose.
Still further they claimed that the
! entrance to the saloon would not be
on Main street, but on Green street
thus doing away with the having of a
liquor store fronting on Main street in
this block now given up almost exclu.
sively to retail trade.
The opponents to the saloon how.
ever, stated that they feared the pres
ence of the saloon in the block would
materially affect property values, and
objected tc 1t for this and other rea.
sons.
Enforce Forfeiture on Lumber Co.
| Alderman Keyhoe also reported
that i'll regard to the claim of the
Fletcher Lumber Co., the committee
of the whole had decided to recon.
mend the enforcement of the forfeiture
provision Of the contract to the extent
of $72.24, and that the amount Of the
claim, after deducting that sum
| $2,080,87, be allowed and ordered paid
He moved the concurrence Of the coun.
Gil in the report and the motion was
carried. Mr.. Keyhoe stated that Mr.
Fletcher had signed an agreement con
| senting to the forfeiture.
| He also stated that the committee
had considered an offer made by Eber
Dixon tor the lumber remaining from
the flooring of the Market street
bridge. The committee recommended
he said, the acceptance of the offer of
$40 for all of the remaining lumber
excepting that which the city may use
in other work. The council concurred
with the committee of the whole in