Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-04
FIGHT AGAINST
ADDING SALOONS
Simon Gottheb, in Efforts to
Secure Consent, May Have
Serious Charge to Face.
FIGURE CHANGE ALLEGED
Owners in Vicinity of Fifth Avenue
and Twenty-sixth Street File
Objections.

Owners of adjoining frontage have
entered a protest with the mayor and
city council against the granting of
saloon license to Simon Gottlieb at the
northeast corner OF Twenty-sixth street
and Fifth avenue 1t is claimed that
there are already four saloons in the
neishborhood; that another is not
necessary, and that the granting of the
Gottlieb license twill lead to disorder"
Gottlieb may have serious charge
to answer TO also 1t is alleged he al
tered the figures after the name of
Mrs Wilhelmina Herbst, owner of so
feet fronting on Fifth avenue, without
her consent, and it is understood the
grand jury is to be placed in posses
sion of the facts.
What Ordinances Say.
The city ordinances of Rock Island
be established the applicant for q
license must first obtain the consent
of the owners of a majority of the
frontage for distance of 800 feet in
both directions from the front entrance
of the proposed. saloon, together with
the same proportion OF consenting sig
natures from the owners of the prop
ertY on the opposite side of the street
or, avenue on which the building to
be occupied by the saloon is occupied.
In this connection, it is interesting
to note that when Gottlieb failed in
obtaining the necessary frontage con-
sent on the north and south sides of
Fifth avenue, he caused the front en-
trance of the proposed saloon to be
switched from the avenue TO Twenty
sixth street. Mrs. HerbSt was one OF
those who signed for her 80 feet OF
frontage for the saloon as originally
/. planned with the main entrance on
Fifth avenue. Her property is at the
northwest corner of Fifth avenue and
Ifwcnty-siXth street. When Gottlieb
decided TO try-the Twenty-sixth street
main entrance move, it is charged by
Mrs Herbst that the figures on the
consent petition after her name were
changed from 80 feet to 116 feet, the
latter representing the frontage of her
property Cd the west side of Twenty
sixth street.
More Figures Stretched
1t is also found that Simon Fisher,
who owns property on the east side
OF Twenty.sixth street adjoining the
Gottlieb lot, signs as owner of 100 feet
of frontage, when his holdings, it is
claimed by the DIRECTORS, represent
only ia feet Patrick Kelley, who
owns property on the north side of
Fifth avenue between Twenty-ffth and
Twenty-sixth streets, says that he
signed the Gottlieb petition with the
understanding that a store was to be
built on the Gottlieb lot. He had
never been told it was to be a saloon.
Gcttlieb's published petition showing
that he has obtained the necessary
consent to the opening of a saloon,
includes frontage on both Fifth ave-
nue. and on Twenty-sixth street, there
by invalidating the same, if the pro-
visions of the ordinance are strictly
construed The objecting property
holders say that they propose TO see
that the ordinance is respected in all
its provisions.
49, 81 Given Licenses.
Up, to 8 O'Clock this afternoon 81
saloonkeepers had paid to the city
clerk license money for the six
months beginning May 1. They are
as follows:
Louis Ortell, William Fink, Cam
lei Mortier, Daniel G. Flynn, T. ].
Cullen, Mcclellan Snyder, August
Geiger, Gust j. Stengel. Charles
Thomas, C. L. Calvin, CAMEL Hegge,
Hector Dholster, Ben Johnson, Ed
mond Verbiest, G. H. Marshall, w.
NJ. Barbour, Otto Berner, Paul
Foeke, Henry Doering, F. w. Jack
son, Emil F. Schieberl, H. C. LHch-
mann, Peter DeSmet, Herman Bank
err, C. C. Kroeger, Harry L. Meanor,
John w. Schwack, Ed NJ. Elliott,
Henry WEIGH, Robert Shannon, Tim
L. Collins, Charles Jasper, Modest
Dewoulf. Lothar Harms, William
Gotthardt. Andrew Brady, J. w. Cav
enee, August Bae1e, Gus Rogtke, A.
Oswald, J. A Bauer, Mack Glynn
C. C. Clifton, Max Helfrich. Avis
Duyoyock, o. C. Seidlitz, Valentine
Deisenroth, Fred De Waele, L. C. |