Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-20
BREWERY PROBE
GOES DEEPER
POLICE COMMISSION INVESTl-
GATES PERMITS
PosTPoNES DEFINITE ACTION
UNTIL TUESDAY
Evidence of Saloon Keepers Shows
one-fourth of Business Con-
trolled Through Leases
by Brewery

As investigation goes deeper into
business the policy of the police com
mission becomes more sharply defined.
Last night the commission announced
1t would refuse to grant liquor per-
mits for any premises owned or leased
by breWGries and also that no holder
of a permit is permitted to take in
a partner without the consent of the
police commission.
Applicants for liquor permits must
submit their leases for investigation
before permits will be issued.
This policy was determined when
the application of Zoeger & Hollister,
122 North Main street, for a retail per-
nit was under consideration. Zoeger
S5 Hollister purchased this saloon from
S. L. Humphrey last November, but
did not apply for a transfer of the per-
nit The applicants admitted last
night they leased their premises from
the Wieland brewery, which is the
first time this brewery has figured in
the police investigation.
While the policy of no more brew
cry landlords for saloons was an
nounced for all future cases, the COM
mission was not ready to apply this
drastic action to existing saloons and
drive these saloons out to fight the
70 per cent frontage requirement for
a change .of location. This case was
continued to next Tuesday night.
Brewery as Landlord
Commissioner Wellborn anticipated
a report a special committee of the
commission will make and stated that
in its investigation the committee had
found one brewery had acquired lease
after lease until now it is landlord
to over one-fourth of all the saloons
in Los Angeles. He said he was con-
vinced it was against the best inter-
ests of the city for breweries to hold
leases on saloons.
]. c. Wood, who owns the saloon at
Seventh and Maple, told the commits
sion last night he paid the Maier
Brewing company $50 a month for the
use of the license under which he does
business. Four years ago Woods sa-
loon was owned by H. Topper He
sold the place to the Maier brewery
and Woods bought it from the brew
cry, paying $4,000 for stock and fix
lures. The license continued to stand
in the name Of II. Topper and Mr..
Topper was cited to appear before
the commission last night and show
cause why his permit should not be
readily consented to the revocation of
the permit, as he had no further in
terest in the place. The commission
revoked the permit but later recon-
sidered its action, for it was not pre-
pared to grant it to Wood and did
not want to force Wood to close his
business through an unfortunate cir
cumstance. In addition to paying the
brewery $50 a month for the use of
the license, Wood said he leased the
premises where he conducts the sa-
loon from the Maier Brewery company
and pays $40 a month rent.
Hold Cases Open
Bogy Brothers applied to the COM
mission to have the license at 346 |
South Spring transferred to them from |
Adloff & HauerWaas and again the |
Wieland brewery was involved. The
applicants had all contracts, leases |
and other business papers to present
to the commission. They declared they
had bought the saloon from the VIE
land brewery at the purchase price of
SIS, 900. They estimated the stock and
fixtures to be worth $4,000 or $4,000,
leaving $4,000 as the price of the Ii
cense alone. They said they lease
their premises from II. H. Goldsmith,
a wholesale liquor dealer. Their con-
tract with the Wieland brewery re-
quires them to purchase their beer
from that brewery during the life of
the contract, which still has two and
one-half years to run. AS the ulti-
mate solution of this case depends
on what policy the commission adopts
with regard to existing saloons, it was
continued until next Tuesday night.