The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-22
OWES BREWERY;
\ Gets NO LICENSE
saloonist Greiner Is That Kind OF an
Observation-Disclosures Put Out
Of Committee Room. Y"

Of Committee Room.
Attorney Charles Crane was turned
f out OF the liquor committees meeuhs'
+ Friday morning, when he renewed LIS
protest against a license being denied
George Greiner, No. 500 Gratiot-av"''
because Greiner had not paid MS
. bills to the Union brewery.
n Crane cited a similar instance In
the case OF Herman Prietz, No. 2sl-S
Congress-st east, who was IN deot 10
the Kern brewery and lost his lease,
but was allowed to open up across
+ the street. The protege OF the Kern
. brewery was denied a license. crane
s. declared that Prietz was still more
heavily In debt than Greiner. He
asked for license for Greiner for the
old Prietz site, but this also was
denied
The Kern brewery Is a Port Huron
concern. The Union brewery Is IN
Detroit.
Louis Ficsor, who had been operat-
ing for nearly year at No. 22b west
y End-ave., under a license granted for
y No. 224, settled with the landlord al
No. 224 and was granted new
license for that location, though his
running at No 225 was violation or
E the law. The liquor committee hnisL-
ed up its work, Friday morning, by
cleaning up a few odds and ends.
There will undoubtedly be some Dit
+ ter contests when the list Is submit
ted to the common council.
is this liquor committee being
made a collection agency for the
brewers?" asked Attorney Charles
Crane hotly, Thursday afternoon,
when the common council liquor COM
mitee refused a license TO his client,
George Greiner, for 500 Gratiot-ave.
4 Greiner and Alois Lingemann eacn
was an applicant for the license at
this location, which Greiner has &C.
cupied for several years. Crane de-
clared that Lingemann had been grant
ed the license the previous day, after
. the committee had promised that II
should not be settled unless both
were present Crane argued that the
committee ought TO reconsider its &C
ton.
A brewery representative objected
on the ground that Greiner was ow-
Ing him several hundred dollars. The
Representative said that his firm had
leased the building, and that, IL GEM
( er did not pay the debt, he would be
4 evicted, but IL he paid 1t, the firm was
s willing he should have the license.
Crane declared that, as between
Greiner or Lingemann, the debt cut
no figure: that Greiner, being in the
location. was entitled to a renewal
while, IL he could not arrange with
= hts landlord, the brewery, the license
ought to be cancelled. This reasoning
did not appeal to the committee. The
former action was allowed to stand.
but Crane was told that, III Greiner
could make peace with the brewery,
y there would be time to reconsider
In another case. II appeared that
3 the. brewing company had raised
mans rent beyond the limit he was
willing to pay. He was questioned as
to whether he would pay the increas-
ed rent. During the time given him
to think the matter over, he went to
the side of the room and dickered
with his rival for the license, who
came back and announced that they
had settled between them, and that
the new man was to have the license.
Aid. David Rosenthal was among
those who ALSO ran" He asked for
license for a retail place at Nos.
4o4-408 Gratiot-ave., having formerly
been In the wholesale business on
High-st. east. He was declared TO be
3 new man, new location" and short
work was made of his application.
Archie Campbell, No. 1872 Abbott-st.,
was given a severe chastizing before
\ he was finally granted license.
Campbell had been afraid that some
trouble of his sons would work
against him, and had been to sew
eral friends, asking them to sec the
aldermen and vouch for him. When
s Aid. Patrick O'Brien asked him II he
had any fear OF his license, ne said,
mo, the aldermen are fixed, all
right" Every member of tac 60
mittee took "larrup" at Campbell,
r who protested the innocence OF his
irtention with tears running down
his face He finally was allowed tue
\ license. bur was told TO be careful or
his talk hereafter.
The application OF Robert Neder.
lander for a place at No. 1470 Michi.
gan-ave. was approved. though 1t was
stated that Nederlander had been
running two places on one license.
He was granted license for No. 1873
Gratiot-ave. last year, but withdrew
II to open In the Michigan-ave. place.
His application at that place was
made. but his bond never was filed.
Chairman Ellis said that IL he had
been running two places on one II.
cense, II was a question for the po-
r lice.
The committee met again Friday
morning for what will probably be its
final session on the applications for
liquor licenses.
The following applications were ap
( proved: Joseph Haxer, No. 62S
Chene: Peter Pettjanski, 461 Kirby
. east: Reuter- & Churchill, 395 st. An.
tome: Frederick B. Flint, 1876 Bates;
william Blessing. 1875 Harper; Bee
son q Howard, 311 Woodward; Peter
a. Ford, 2044 jefferson west; Alois
Martens. 1884 Mack; John w. John.
son. III Beaubien; Matthew Arm
strong. SO Michigan; Robert ]. Bark
err, 299 Woodward; Valentine Jaroch.
1116 Riopelle; Robert Nederlander.
+ 1870 Michigan; Volney II. Smith. 166
Hastings; Bert Kelly, 153-155 Jeffer-
son; Luther p. Robin, S94 Kercheval;
\ Joseph Tomalyzak. 965 McGraw; John
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