The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-12
'CHURCH PEOPLE WIN FIGHT AGAINST
TRANSFER OF SOUTH ORANGE LICENSE.
CROSSE BEATEN
SALo0NKEEPER'S TRANS
FER NOW RESClNDED.
South Orange Church People Stirred
over Fight, Which Now Turns Sud-
denly in Their Favor.

Admitting that the South Orange Board
Of Trustees had acted hastily a few nights
ago h granting the transfer Of the saloon
license of Antonio Crosse from the north
west to the southwest corner of Valley and
First streets, South Orange, the license
COMMITTEES of that body. at a special meet
ing in the Village Hall last night recon-
mended that the board rescind the action
and revoke the transfer. This conclusion
was reached when the property owners in
the vicinity. who had signed a petition OF
protest against the transfer, were given a
public hearing on the question.
When objections were asked for by the
committee, the Rev. George Mooney, pas
tor of the South Orange NJ. r. Churcn,
criticised the Board of Trustees for falling
TO allow himself and Others 10 speak OIL
the license question at the meeting Of the
board last Monday night, wheu the petition
was presented.
After Mr.. Mooney and one other speaker,
James Keller, had attempted to thrash the
matter out, the committee cut the meeting
short by adjourning. which angered those
who had intended TO talk on the subject.
The only satisfaction the petitioners got
was that il they had any further objections
to the saloon they must be presented TO
The Rev. MI. Mooney called attention TO
the fact that the new saloon would be
within two hundred feet of a church, ana
utEldf1u Iildl lntIG was oOiit tAi1ABN ~
VolVed other than the mere transfer of the
license, asking the question If the commit
tee was sure that Crosse intended TO Dulld
or even move across the street. There
was no reply, and Mr.. Mooney continued
Questioning the ommitte II a quorum OF
the Board of Trustees was present when
the transfer was made
Village Trustee Walter T. Wallace, a
member of the committee, said that the
board had acted hastily In the matter, but
he was sure a quorum was present at me
meeting in question. There were but three
members of the governing body OF the
village present and but three. voted. Mr..
Rodman, who had been at that meeting
previous to when the transfer came up,
was not IN the boards room, having been
called downstairS on some other business.
Village Trustee Rowland d. Perrine ad-
.ded that there was no opposition when the
transfer was granted.
Mr.. Mooney then asked;
Have you the right to grant a transfer
of a license to a building that does not
Mr.. Perrine interrupted the argument by
asking Crosse If ii was true that he had
arranged for a lease on the present Local
zion of his saloon and did not intend to
meye. The s~aloonkeeper answered in the
affirmative.
"Then we must rescind our former
action" said MI. Perrine, and 1t was de-
eIded by the committee to notify the VII
lage Board Of Trustees to that effect at
next Monday nights meeting.
MIR. Keller then started in to tell the
that Crosse conducted q noisy
saloon and criticised the board for failins
to advertise the application Of Crosse for
a transfer or in some way rotifying the
and followed this by asking
whether or not Crosse intended to move IN
the first place.
Crosse at this juncture got up and
shouted to Keller that his photograph an
noyed people all day long.
Keller started to say more, but Mr..
Wallace waved his hand and put the mo-
ton to adjourn, and Mr.: Mooney started
to talk about publicity being given such
matters before they were acted upon. Mn
Perrine replied that the board was not
compelled to advertise license transfer APP
plications before granting them.
Mr.. Mooney again took the floor and
started to talk when Mr.. Baird, chairman
OF the committee reached for his hat and
walked toward the door, as did the other
member of the committee. Mr.. Mooney
then called to Mr.. Eaird and exclaimed;
I'VE will still have a chance to tax
on the subject, Mr.. Baird" and
he followed after the trustee as far as the
door.
Mr.. Mooney and Mr.. Wallace then en-
IN a : as - WreThe- ~
four votes, which constitute a quorum,
were given for the transfer at the board
meeting and also as to whether or not
GrossoAntended to move when the transfer
At the overflow debate in the hallway
Mr.. Mooney asked Mr.. Wallace If he was
aware of the fact that Grosso's saloon was
now WITHIN NU IetI VI the cnuTIus wi
Wallace replied that 1t was. but said he
understood that the saloon was i'll existence
before the law with the 2%00-foot clause was
passed. This reply wa, disputed by VIII
Jam N. Drake, who said the law was In
existence twenty years, and since then ne
had resided at the corner now occupied by
the saloon. d.
trustees and the petitioners went down to
the first floor of the hall, still not satisfied.
The crowd left the hall without waiting
- AkN an m lftAna n-
cepted the invitation extended them BY
Mr.. Keller at the meeting to come over 10
his house and occupy easy chairs; 20 near
the noises in the Crosse saloon and ne e2n-
vineed that what he said was trRe. namely.
that people in the neighborhoou could not
sleep until after midnight, when the saloon
closes. L.
board to Jresehd its action We're that the
new saloon would be within nfty rect or
less than 200 feet from the First Baptist
Church. negro. in First street, which IS
prohibited by law; that 1t would encourage
the erection Of an extra saloon ouilding
In the village and that the saloon on the
opposite side of the street would be a det-
riment TO the property there. ~
Besides MIR. Mooney and the property
owners, the Rev. Robert Hasting Nichols,
pastor of Trinity Presbyterian ChuIch,
South Orange. was present to protest
for his parishtoners.
The Rev. John d Bolden. pastor Of the
negro church, recently said ne wouiS MOI n
people had purchased a plot of ground az
| Second and Valley streets, on which II
was proposed to erect a new church, the
/ present one being too small. The properly
owners of that vicinity and their clergy
men. however. decided to night the case
with the favorable result.
BY applying tor the license transfer TO
the Village Trustees, Crosse, whose lease
in the Vita Mast building, in which ne, is
now located, runs out In a few months,
has succeeded in securing another hve-
year right to the building. II is said by
some who are opposed to Crosse that he
was of the opinion that Mast would jack
up the rent when the old lease. ran out,
and that he had made the application to
the board in order that Mast would renew
the lease. Mr.. Mast said last night that
he had given Crosse a renewal OF lease
with a $40 per month raise.