Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1912-11-08
EXCISE BOARD
GIVES PAl|S|
new LICENSE
Application for Hotel at 403
Amboy Avenue Is Granted
Last Night.
VIOLATION OF PLATFORM
Three Other New Ones Coma
Up for Disposal at
Next Meeting.

The prediction pledge of the
Board of Excise Commissioners to
grant no new liquor licenses, was
further violated last night when the
board granted a license to Marino
Palisi to sell liquors at 403 Amboy
avenue. There are three other appli-
cations for new places before the
board to be acted upon at the next
regular meeting In December, and in
dicaions are that at least one of them
will be GRANTEE. Palisi was favored
with hotel license by vote Of three
to one. A transfer of the license of
]. w. Obuck at 555 Penn street was
granted to Frank stas; two applica-
tions for transfers from person to
person and three new applications
were laid over under the rules. and
ten applications for renewals were
granted collectively and unanimously.
Actions of the commissioners be-
fore and during the meeting last
night aroused no little bit OF curl
osity on the part of about thirty per-
sons who comprised the audience
Several secret conferences were held
in various parts OF the city hall
building. The meeting although
scheduled to be started at o'clock,
was not opened until 8 O'Clock. The
commissioners who regularly attend
were on hand. They stood about
as though waiting for something.
Upon being questions they refused
to state why the meeting was being
held up. The president said they
would meet when they got good and
ready. Within a few minutes after
the meeting had been started an. at
torney, said to have represented Mr..
Palisi appeared in the hallway out
side of the council chamber. Presi-
dent Fritzinger left his seat and after
a few minutes conversation with him.
returned to his chair.
The irigon of the opposing vote
given the Palisi application was
mystery. Prominent liquor dealers
in the audience, who have been fol-
lowing excise matters about as close
ly as ANYBODY. declared 1t looked as
though Commissioner Henderson had
dropped from the controlling CLIQUE
and Commissioner Burns had
taken his place. Heretofore H. ap-
peared as though Messrs. Fritzinger,
Henderson and Tymraiewicz were
members in control. Mr.. Burns, the
only other member to attend, often
voted against them.
William Sellers, representing prop
erty owners and residents along New
Brunswick and Amboy avenues, was
on hand to protest against the grant
ing of the application. He said there
were enough saloons In that locality,
that there were four within stones
throw Of each other and that resi-
dents and property owners did not
want any more.
In opening Mr.. Sellers said Henry
W. Kehoe had been retained to rep
resent the protesting people, but was
not on hand. He appeared later.
Mr.. Sellers was given permission to
speak against the application. He
referred to petition OF thirty-one
nrense. They included all the resi-
dents along the northerly side of New
Brunswick avenue from AmbUy ave-
nue. to Ogden place; all Of those
along the southerly side of New
Brunswick avenue. from Ogden place
to Amboy avenue; all but one along
the westerly side of Amboy avenue
from New Brunswick avenue to
Washington street, and all but two
saloonkeepers along the easterly side
of Amboy avenue between New
Brunswick avenue and Washington
street.
Continuing, Mr.. Sellers, declared
the building, although recently erect
ed. was not fitted for a hotel. He
said it was comprised OF stores on
the ground floor and flats above.
A petition bearing 126 signatures
in favor of granting the application,
was in the hands of the clerk. The
signers were princl-,a1ly residents
who lived a distance from the site of
the proposed hotel.
The application to transfer the sa-
loon license OF John W. Oubuck at
b55 Penn street, to Frank Stas,
which had been laid over, together
with the Palisi application. at the
previous meeting, WAS granted by a
unanimous vote.
An application of T. Lenchiski, to
transfer of his saloon license from
Charles street to Grant street, which
was also laid on the table at pre-
vious meeting and which was pre-
viously refused was not taken from
the table to be acted upon last night.
The commissioners made no refer
ence to the subject.
The applications for new licenses
which were read and laid over under
rules were: Harry Meyer, hotel 27S
Madison avenue; John Dudor, saloon,
371 Inslee street, and Mike Kubik.
saloon, 388 Grove street.
Upon request of James S. Wight.
the board arranged to hold an ad-
journed meeting next Thursday night
to act upon the application for trans
ferring the saloon license of Joseph
Terpis at High and Washington
streets, to Vincent F. Ramazetter. 1t
is claimed that Terpis is anxious to
(Continued N psge 2.)