Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-06
MAY CONTINUE
LIQUOR BUSINESS
VENICE CAFES PROBABLY WILL
RECEIVE PERMITS
Conference with Ocean Park Trustees
to Be Held This Morning
In Special ses-
sion
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
OCEAN PARK, March 5.-Propri-
etors of saloons, restaurants and gro
Gerry stores stepped up like good little
boys at last nights session of the board
of city trustees and after admitting
their unworthiness in view of past
| transgressions to receive renewals Of
their liquor licenses we're given to un-
derstand by the board that they wilt
be given one more chance, but not be-
| fore they had promised never again
to bring such severe punishment upon
themselves as would necessitate repeat
ing the chastisement.
| Wholesale licenses were. granted at
the meeting to the Venice Grocery
company and H. G. Burmister and
the applicants for bar and cafe licenses
are to have a further conference with
the board at special meeting tomor-
row morning, when they, too, will re-
ceive the little certificates permitting
them to do business. With the eXcep-
ton that Frank Lawton will resume
the management of the ship hotel,
auditorium and st. Marks cafe there
will be changes in the proprietorship
Of the different booze dispensaries.
Partly because of the stormy weather
but chiefly because of the general un-
derstanding in the community that the
disincorporation movement had received
it's quietus at Sundays meeting be-
| tween Mayor Burks and Abbot Kinney
there was not enough interest manifest
on the subject yesterday to warrant
the Venice chamber of commerce car
rying out it's plans to open the audi
torium last evening, where mass
meeting for the discussion Of the dis
Incorporation question was to have
been held.
Instead the trade organization met
with a very slim attendance of prop
erty owners in the ship hotel banquet
room, where numerous questions on
public matters were talked over with
out any drastic action being taken or
anything.
: Abbot Kinney addressed the meeting
at length and impressed his hearer:
Z with the statement that If the sale O
liquor at the ship hotel or auditorium
were restricted he would be compelled
to close both of those establishments
He had, he said, run behind between
$4,000 and $4,000 during the summer
two years ago when he gave Venice
over to the Rev. Benz. Fay Mills and
4 his followers to be conducted as an
educational center, and he wanted nc
more of it. Further, Mr.. Kinney made
1t plainly understood that he wanted
the trade organization to be lenient
with the city trustees ana tnat ne
could not be looked to in the future
as the medium for championing its
grievances or making demands on the
city's law-making body.
A committee consisting of DR.. ]. P.
Stanwood, DR.. Sands and ]. D. Stimp-
son was appointed by the board to
convey" to the trustees the sentiment
Of the people on the liquor question
which is that only more stringent reg
ulations are asked. The proposed suit
of the chamber to be brought against
the trustees for damages aggregating
$150,000, which property owners claim
to have sustained by reason of the
boards neglect in sewer matters, was
entirely ignored at the meeting, and
If the matter is ever brought into the
courts it is probable that the proceed
ings will be instituted through another
channel.