The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-30
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FIREuEN tISO ~ DRINhIN6
ROOu az 4 BREH ERi.
Three Firemrn and Fourteen Pslirenr"
lee q nmsrm fsund ln nernheIn'er 4
Srh~ ariI'> Place %, fire 'hief Hove
The MAYER N aRis TO knsM AbOui o..

| MAYOR Gayror Is tryirg To I"n "A stop
: To the practice that poiic-'n.n and fire
men HAY" erIOy-i Tor "A good while "i
going to ~ least ore brewery Tor a round
NJ drinks IN the ~ ening liz seG, LEI 10
ter To Commi-SioTsr Waldo an N-ine-
day asking h,m T." send somebody Ia
Bernheim.r q S,hwartZ's brewery AT
Amsi -Tdsm avenue and l2Sth stree, 10
find out precisely what was going Oh
COMMISSIONER Waldo reptile Yesterday
thar he nal hal ia. investigation male
aud thar he hal ,rri-rr..i charge against
three hrsmen
The Mayor s-nI the ~ m. letter TO Com
missioner Baker. bat the reply for the
Police Department hadn't come Yesterday
Commissioner Waldo's emissary reported
that he found fourteen policemen drinking
ia the drinking room at the brewery with
the three firrmsn aud that two Of the
policemen ~er. acting a. bartend.r- for
the RE, They were oil ia uniform.
The men whom Commissioner Wahlo
detailed to look into the situation AZ the
brewery we're Battalion Chief John r
Howe and Assistant Fire Marshal David
|. Kelly They dropped In about o. clock
on "Wednesday night. and what they found
there ~ told in Commissioner Waldo's
letter 10 the Mayor
Yesterday evening a. sIs Battalion
hief lIow". accompanied bV Assistant
Fire Marshal David I Kelly. bv my direc-
-
Brewery. I2s,h street and Amsterdam ave
nue.. for the purpo~~ Of determining what
nremsn. " any. we're az that time drink ing
on said premises chief Howe was refused
admission 80 the drinking room Of this
brewery on the ground that u ws- reserved
for the u-s Of policemen and rTemen ex-
chIsiy-ly
I'm Chief Howe producing evidence that
he vas a member OF the uniformed fore
Of he Fire Depart inent he was allowed
to enter He found three irem.n and four
t-en policemen in full uniform drinking
In room. They were provided with a keg
OF beer whi.h two policemen. With their
helmets %. we're distributing To- their
comrades. acting a. bartender
I have cau-ed charges to he preferred
against IA. nrem~n involved and have
directed the chief Of department to take
the necessary measures to prevent re-
currence Of enter Ainments OF this character.
involving violations OF the rules OF the
department and neglect Of duty
The practice that the Mayor - trying
TO stamp out isn't new They said at
the brewery last night that IL had been
going ON ever since the brewery started
and that 40 far a. they knew il was cur
rent at every other brewery in town
IT'S handy for VS. said a man at
Bernheimer A Schwartzs last night
Suppose q FIRE should start up all Of a
sudden II would be great to have a lot
Of firemen right here And cops too
A spokesman for the officers Of the
company said last night that the brewery
didn't want to seem stingy We have a
big room there he said. -wh.re the
workm.u in the brewery go when they
want a glass OF beer We let them have
orderly and stay sober
We treat the peopl. IN the ueighlJor-
hood the sam. way They come around
in tn" evening for some beer and we're
glai TO give it To them a. long ~ they
don't get disordsrly. We have allowed
fremsn and policemen To com. in With
the rest. bat II isn't usual for them To
stay th.r- long We never intend 10 have
a lot 81 firrnen and policemen there.
It's private place. and a. ! r.mem-
ber the rules 81 the departments there ~
nothing Agair-t fireman or police
man getting a drink a. long a. he doesn't
GO To a bRr for IL
There - an engine house across the
street from the brewery. aud the Vest
IeSth street police station isn't far away
u was said. however. at the station house
last night that the men who were AZ Bern
hsimer h SchwartZs when Chief Howe
went there night b..for- last came from
other precincts. II was SAID also that
Capt Farrell Of the police station had
made an invest igation yesterday morning
aud had found a tenement house inspector
az a key The captain WOULDN'T saw any
thing last night about his trip
AFTER THENTI-EIIE wars