The Detroit times., 1910-04-12

Fearful of getting into big row
among themselves over the saloon
licenses If e|ar s1e report of the com
mittee on liquor regulation were
opened up. the aldermen adopted that
report, Monday night, without dis
senting voice and without even hav'
ing II read. ne trick WIS douc- jttst
as the budget was passed some time
previously. by agreement
But. Tuesday morning. after the liss
Of licenses granted had become gen
orally known. a heap OF sore spots
developed Frank McGough who has
been in business for years, latteriy
on Monroe-ave., was in the city MAJ!
= bright and early, making indignant
protest that his application had not
been acted on favorably.
Here I've been n resident OF Ne
troit for 80 years and have always
conducted a very orderly place, he
said. Yet they cut me off and give
license TO fellow who floats IN
here from Adrian. Nice sort OF JUS
tice that
Others put out OF business We're also
around making strong protests.
As il turned out. the brewers Of
the city may be held TO have done
most of the work OF purifying the list
of saloon applicants, SO far as TINS
was done SO many of the undesif
able places were put out OF business
by the brewers that the committee
had little To do after the sorting out
OF DUPLICATES was finished.
Only l.5S5 applications were allow.
ed, leaving three places TO be filed
In Tuesday night one OF these, It
is expected. will be the Lombard.
club, No 626 Rivard-st Just eitt
saloons now in business will be
closed as undesirable places. Among
these IS sunny" Williams Bucket
OF Blood" saloon, which has been q
rendezvous for certain class OF
Negroes The Italo-American club is
another that is TO go, and the saloon
OF Paul German at No 100 Michigan
ave. will be closed permanently.
Complaints of residents in the heign.
rnrhood caused the closing OF Louis
Pardys' place at No 46 Russell-st. The
eight others were closed for similar
reasons
William Malow was refused "A
license to run a bar in the Addison
hotel This was largely because OF
the protest of the First Presbyterian
church.
number of cases of contests for
locations developed. James Williams
~.suca.-rrrri> lin getting the license for
the Stag hotel on Monroe'ave.. when
had also been applied for by Frank
Marco, formerly Williams partner n
number of the men on the Croul I'M.
tod
William f. Considine and Herman
Wartol are among those who were
LUCKY.
There was full gallery of saloon
keepers when the council met. II
was announced To the council that TIVE
report was not yet ready and so the
aldermen sat around for some time,
waiting. Finally Aid link came IL
and moved that the council adopt the
report. This was done with roll call
attached and then link moved re
consideration and Aid. Heineman put
ne matter beyond dispute by having
he motion to reconsider indefinitely
postponed under suspension of the
-ul.s
That was all there was TO 1t and the
anxious stters in the gallery knew no
more OF their fate than they had when
they came In. The members of the
committee had previously assured
their colleagues that the work was
being done In fair way and that no
worthy applicant would be left oIt.
This promise was accepted by the
council without question.
Committee Secretary f., r. Schriet-
or was allowed 5000 for his extra
work on the report and his clerk. Carl
Hanna. was allowed 500.