Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-10
MAKE FIGHT
ON SALOON
THIRTY CITIZENS PRoTEs
AGAINST LIQUOR STORE IN
SAX BLOCK
THREE LODGES OBJECT

i IL IL II II LOlJOHS ODJ LIZ
Resolution of Consent Read in City
Council Brings on storn-Brewing
company's Side Presented to the
Aldermen. r
From Tuesdays Daily.
Four vigorous protests were read
last evening before the meeting of the
city council against the passage of a
resolution of consent allowing the
operation Of a saloon at the north
west corner of Main and Green streets
and the opposition proved SO bitter
that action was delayed. The storm
was precipitated by the request of G.
E. Carr for permission to conduct a
saloon in the Sax block on this cor
ner which came up for consideration
last evening.
4 1t had evidently become known that
i the resolution was to come up and
the protests were filed to meet the
occasion. The first protest was sign
ed by ]. w. Jordan and thirty others,
Owners of property in the vicinity
and others interested in the public
good"
i Other objections from the three
i lodge organizations whose hall occu-
pies the third story of the Sax block
through formal protests prepared by
the officers of each lodge were offered
to the adoption of this resolution If
consent. These lodges were Ottumwa
lodge No. 16, A. F. and A. NJ, Clinton
chapter No. 9, R. A. M and the Order
of the Eastern Star
\ Captain w H. G. Jaques was pre-
sent and addressed the council in be-
half of the Ottumwa Brewing and
Ice company He stated that some
time ago the Ottumwa Brewing Co.
entered into negotiations with Charles
Sax of Chicago, the owner Of the Sax
block, for the building. 1t was con
tanned in the negotiations that the
front of the building should be chang
ed so that the entrance SHOULD not be
on Main street but on Green street.
"A resolution of consent was adopted
| later by the city council, Captain
Jaques said, allowing James Meecham
to operate a saloon in this building.
| Then the Brewing company entered
into five year lease with Mr.. Sax.
Want Consent Changed.
"As you all know" continued Mr.
Jaques, "Mr. Meacham's health is poor
and he has decided not to take up the
business. The business has been turn
ed over to G.. E. carr, formerly of this
CITY, but recently residing in Kansas
City. Application is now made to have
the resolution of consent changed
from Mr.. Meacham to Mr.. Carr.
"The brewing company. as you
know, has spent large amount of
money in this city. 1t is engaged in
making beer in Ottumwa, which is
made strictly under the mulst law 1t
is home institution The intention
of the brewing company is not to OPP
crate saloon on Main street but to
have the saloon open on Green street
and the entrance can be made any dis
lance from Main street that the coun-
: Gil desires.
at would work a great hardship on
both the brewing company which has
leased the building for five years and
upon Mr.. Carr, who has moved his
family here from Kansas City, not 10
be allowed to operate the saloon under
: these conditions. think that the
+. principal objection of those who have
signed the protest is the fact of hav.
: ing saloon which would face on Main
) street and T. think that these objec.
: tons will be removed when 1t is
known that it is to open onto Green
street."
!. The objections and the resolution
:, of consent were both referred to the
; committee OF the wuole by the council
r and no action was taken last evening
Marion Street Assessments.
: A resolution ordering special as
, sessment against the property of w
: w Cory and W. w. Epps AUDITING or
Marion street for their portion of the
: expense insured in paving and curb
l ing that street was read. Objections
: from the two property owners con
q cerned were also read. These object
r lions were very lengthy and protested
:, against the special assessments on the
y ground that the council had not com
Q piled with the provisions of the code
q when the payment was ordered
g Neither they claimed, had the coun
t Gil complied with the provisions Of the
code in ordering the assessments fo
the paving after the completion O
= the work.
r A former assessment against tn.
b property belonging to these two own
i ers was declared invalid by the dis
). trict court on May %, 1906, and tn,
d matter was remanded to the city coun
). Gil for re-assessment. The objec
;. tors go on to say that all of the
d assessments against other abuttin.
n property along Marion street have
O been either paid or settled and tina
g the council has no right to order
n special assessment against the proper
!. ty of these two owners alone The.
a further claim that the assessment
$ are made on basis of frontage alon:
!. Marion street and not upon the spe