The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
SALOON AREA IS CLOSELY DEFINED BY EXCISE BOARD None Will Be Allowed on Prominent Corners of
 the City
ALL TO BE LOCATED
 IN THE POLICE ZONE
Areas in Ensley, Pratt City and Bes- semer May Be Determined Today. Commission To Make Personal
 Investigation

i the chief developments at the meeting 0 the excise commission yesterday. Tn commissioners started off the day wit a joint meeting with the Birmingham l commission and Chief of Police Georg H. Bodeker The latter official had pre- viously studied out the lines for saloon and his recommendations were accepte by the commission with few changes 1 Tn allowable area for saloons, accord | ing to the announcement, will be em braced in the city of Birmingham iron | Avenue c south to Fourth avenue nortl and from Thirteenth street west to Twen ty-seventh street on the east Within this area, however. many blocks are ex empted from saloons, this being true | the business section of the city.
 What Is Prominent Corner?" l It was positively determined by the ex else commissioners that no saloons shal be located on prominent corners. By tha | the commissioners mean such corners a the Brown-Marx corner, the First Ma tional bank corner, the Empire building | corner, the Florence corner, and sucl others as will properly come under thu designation of prominent" That wort prominent" received its first defipitioi when Commissioner E. Wilkinson object ed to the assurance being given L. Gel ders that a corner owned by him a Fourth avenue and Twentieth stree would be satisfactory as a saloon loca tion. Chairman Agee and Commissions Moore were not inclined to designate sucf | a place as a prominent corner, yet MT | Wilkinson maintained that the cornel was rather prominent, as 1t occupied { central position between churches ant | two clubs and within very short time l tent that the corner mentioned would bt most. central. It was finally determined | not to set the precedent and Mir Gelders was assured that his store adjoining the corner south of the proposed store would not be unsuited for a saloon
 s The commissioners seemed determined to thresh out the point clearly and only when the compromise was suggested were the commissioners willing to abandon the discussion.
 Official Area Announced The official announcement in reference to the segregation follows:
 "No saloons on prominent downtown corners.
 NO saloons on Second avenue between Nineteenth and Twenty-first streets. NO saloons on Third avenue between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets. NO saloons on north side of Third ave nue from Twentieth to Twenty-first streets.
 Saloons may be located on Morris avenue from Nineteenth to Twenty-drst street. Q Saloons may be located from north side of Morris avenue to south side oi north
 Saloons may be located on Nineteenth street from Morris avenue north to Sec ond avenue
 Saloons may be allowed on Eighteenth street from south side of First avenue to south side of Fourth avenue.
 Saloons may be allowed on Twenty first street from south side of Powell avenue to north side of Avenue c.
 SdlOOnS may Dt dllOWtu OH twenty third street south from south side of Avenue A to north side of Avenue c.
 Saloons may be allowed on Twenty fourth street from south side of Avenue A to the north of Avenue c.
 Saloons may be allowed on First ave- nue east of Twentieth street to the west side of Twentyseventh street.
 10 avenue from Twenty street to the west side of Twenty-seventh street.
 Saloons may be allowed on south side of Third avenue from Twentieth street to Twenty first street.
 Saloons may be allowed on Twenty sixth street north from the north side of Third avenue to the south side of Fifth alley.
 Saloons may be allowed from the west to the east side of Thirteenth street
 Saloons may be allowed on west side of Nineteenth street on Second avenue to the east side of Thirteenth street
 Saloons may be allowed on Third ave nue west from Nineteenth street to east side of Thirteenth street.
 saloons may be allowed on Fourth avenue west of Twentieth street to east side of Thirteenth street, only on the south side of said avenue.'l
 When the segregation decision had be- come pretty well known about the city, expressions of the most intense satisfac- ton were heard frequently. The general public was of the opinion that if the 70, looms were promiscuousy scattered about there would be little time lost in the be- ginning of cry that the saloons were not receiving the proper regulation.
 It is patent from the actions of the will be outside of what is generally known as the police zone.
 None in Shopping Section
 An analysis of the foregoing informa- shopping center is almost totally free of saloons. On Second avenue, wherein are located the shops of Caheen Brothers, Ferd Marx, Steele-Smith, Feeder & berls and others, there will be absolutely no saloons. The shop of Drennen X Co. and Burger on Second avenue. between Twen- tieth street and Twenty-tirst street, are not bothered by saloons being in their blocks. Loveman, Joseph Loeb will have no saloon nearer than the west side Of the Florence hotel, the Hotel Hillman, and some point on Third avenue west or on Twentieth street. Ben M. Jacobs X