The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-14
WORST SALOONS
WILL HAVE TO co
Merely Undesirable" Will Get Ii
censes, Else There Would Be Few
Saloons, Alderman's Arguemnt.
CHAIRMAN ELLIS.

Police Commissioner Croul has nc
occasion to fiud fault with this com
mittee for the way II is doing its
work. said Aid. George ii. Ellis. chair
man of the council committee ON
liquor regulation, TO The Times.
This is the first time the council
has ever considered Mr.. Crouls list
of undesirables at all, and we are
making a conscientious effort TO weed
out OF business all OF those places
against which Mr. Croul has complain
ed, we would abolish 75 per cent OF
the saloons In Detroit.
The report that Secretary Schrei,'
er puts his o. X. on applications ap'
proved by this committee is glossy
misleading and is not true in the sense
that Mr.. Schreiter has any say as to
which applications shall be approved
When We read of the applications he
stands at his file and calls %. X OF
check II the name and address tallies
with the index card. Mr.. Schreiter
does not exercise his judgment in ap'
proving applications In any way. His
advice is not sought, nor is II given
All the applications that have been
approved thus far are those OF old
dealers; that is, men who have been
In business three years or more, at
established locations. From these a
considerable number have been culled
out and laid aside as possible undesir-
ables, and these will be taken UP and
passed on later.
Nearly $50 saloonkeepers appeared
before the committee, Thursday night,
In response to notices sent out under
the committees direction. The object
OF this public hearing was to straight
en- out errors In addresses and names,
TO settle disputes between saloonkeep-
ers and landlords and TO straighten
out Implications. The committee, in
a three.hour session, approved AZ
applications and took two under ad-
visement. In several instances where
1t was thought the saloon had been
moved to different location Ii was
found that the numbers on the build
ings had simply been changed by or
der OF the city engineer or other city
officials.
Tony Peters had an application in
for the place at No 50 Champlain-st..
conducted by Louis Holtz. The latter,
1t developed, is at odds with the Voigt
brewery over a beer bill Of 1854 and
has quit taking this beer The brew
cry mas leased the building at an ad-
vance OF $40 per month over the rent
al paid by Holtz and is anxious to see
Peters installed, as is the landlord.
The committee decided that II was not
concerned in disputes between dealers
and breweries or saloonkeepers and
landlords and gave the license to
Holtz. The landlord, however, de-
clared he would get Holtz out.
There were three applicants for the
license to conduct a saloon at No.
ISL Amidst, August Small, Fred c..
Sorgatz and p. j. Terry. The COM
mittee decided in favor of Sorgatz.
Ernest Kraus and Carl Kleinow, both
had applications In for the place at
Nos. GOA and COG Elery-st Kleinow
charged that the Tivoh Brewing Co.
was trying to GUST him because he
had changed beer, but this was denied
by the Tivoii representative. The
committee decided in favor Of Kraus.
Thomas Skupny, owner OF the build
ing at No. 905 Ferry-ave., east, wanted
to Gust Frank Dierkes, who now runs
saloon at that number and engage
in the business himself. Dierkes pro-
duced lease for two years, with an
option OF two years more and the COM
mittee promptly decided to let him
remain. One or two other contests OF
this nature were decided in favor OF
the tenant
sThe committee granted Fred Major
a license for the saloon at No. 4S
Medina-st., for which Joseph Sule
also presented an application. Sule
holds the license now, but Major is
In charge as manager, the lease of
the building being held by the Amer
lean brewery. Major Is not a citizen.