Norwich bulletin., 1910-10-25

| dents OF that section was in opposition
| to license for that place
For Mystic Hotel.
Archibald L. Mclaughlin proprie-
tor Of the Hoxie house, Mystic. appli-
cant for license for that hotel, in an
sWer to queries BY his attorney, Rich
ard p. Freeman of New London. tes-
/ tilted that the Hoxie house was a well
established hotel of long reputation
and that William l.. Main was owner
! OF the property. Mr.. Main approved
OF license for the applicant. If
granted license the bar would be locat-
| ed in the hotel proper and not in the
annex. He had conducted hotels in
| no-HceTfe towns and had never en-
! gagged in the sale of intoxicating
| drinks.
Mr.. Freeman stated that residents
| OF Mystic We're present. who would
! testify TO the applicants character and
| conduct Of the Hoxie house, if the
| commissioners desired to have them.
! Commissioner Williams said he had
| personal knowledge of the circun-
! stances and that such testimony he did
not consider necessary in this case.
! The other commissioners conceded
| No remonstrants appeared.
/ :, inspected Pawcatuck Premises.
| During the noon recess the com
| missloners lyieWed premises on the
| west side of West Broad street in
! PaWcatuck, for which application for
! license is made by Michael Keleher
1t two o'clock the session was re-
/ sumed in the town court room in
| Stonington
Donath & Roma of Mystic who ap-
piled for license in Washington street,
testified that they proposed to con-
duct the business on their own account
and would, # granted a license, con-
duct Straightforward business. Both
are voters in the town of Stonington.
No opposition appeared
Property Owners Protest
John w. Ely who applied for Ii
cense in Washington street Mystic
testified he was born in Mystic and
| had always resided there So far as
| he knew there was no opposition ex-
cept from Allen Avery, who owned the
adjoining property, a tenant of which
had no objection. The proposed place
was twenty feet from the street and
q good view could be had from the
street. He said ne would run a sa-
loon in strict compliance with law
and understood that he had no legal
right to be in the place Sundays. He
| understood that 4 business of the kind
must be conducted very orderly or it
would be Objectionable to the near
neighbors.
The commissioners have received
written remonstrance from Mr.. Az
cry. on the ground that it would de-
preciate the value of his property and
that the present tenants would vacate
if license was granted.
William D. Fallen, who applied for
license at fhe corner Of Northwest and
Grand streets, Stonington, testified to
| having been born in StoningtOn and
always resided there. He had never
been in the liquor business and had
general knowledge of how it should be
conducted. No rennonstrance..
Old Mystic Saloon Opposed.
Ernest Cini, of Old Mystic. applied
for a license on his own property in
| the village. His place was in the res
| idential section and he would cater
mostly to Italians. He had heard of
no remonstrance. The vote in the
| district was thirty for no license and
| IA for license.
| There were two remonstrances pro-
! duced, one signed by one hundred and
| sixty-Seven women and the other was
signed by eigbty-one men. Mr. Cini
| said he. could produce a petition in
! favor of the license, and he knew there
were people in Old Mystic who wanted
| a saloon there. No one appeared per
/ sonally to object to the application
Witk4rew Application.
| John L. A1eGowen withdrew his ap-
! plication for license in Liberty
street, near West Broad, in Pawca-
/ tuck
Howard c.. Reynolds. who applied
| for license in the building owned by
| Louis Celia, at the corner of Mechanic
| and West Broad streets had been in
| the business as a bartender and knew
! how the business should be properly
| conducted. No remonstrance
| Michael r. NIcGrath of Mystic, who
applied for license in Willow street.
| testified that he was born and always
| lived in Mystic He had license for
| the same place five years ago and kept
strictly within the law. There was no
| remOustrance.
To Be Heard Friday.
The application of John McGowen
for a license at Morgan and Liberty
streets viii be heard in New London
next Friday.
Borough interests.
The W G r. u is to meet today
Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Silas 2,
Holmes.
Rev. ]. O. Barrows left Saturday for
Norwich Town. Rev. Mr.. Barrows was
pastor of the Road church here for
many years.
Mrs ]. A. eager of Norwich was
the guest of her mother over Sunday.
Death of Thomas w. Clarity, Jr.
Thomas ". Garrity, il, died on Sat
urday, He was born in Stonineton.
was educated IN the borough school
and was graduated from the Westerly
| Business college. class of 1906 Mr.
Clarity had been ill since Labor day