Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-08
LIQUOR IS
SOLD ON SUNDAY

The following communication ha
been received by Mayor Jacol
Haussling:
July 8, 1912.
Jacob Haussling, Mayor of Newark
N. j.:
Dear Si~r-Referring to previous
correspondence relative to the wide
open conditions in the city of New
ark, / noticed in a local Saturday
evenings paper that your chief o
police claims to have given instruc
tions that the laws governing thu
liquor traffic would besobeyed yester'
day, and I hoped that some sincere
action was being taken to relieve thi'
city of the vice and lawlessnes thai
have for a long time been unchecked
Judging from our observations
however, only a superficial show OF
action has SO far been manifested by
the police. l have not as yet re-
ceived reports from our people, but
will give you the benefit of a per-
sonal inspection hat 1 made yester-
day.
Hotel Navarro was doing business
as lively as ever In bar and dining
room, liquors OF all kinds being served
without n restriction and the con
cert of coon songs, etc., given in the
dining-room.
Hotel Broad-same.
Administrators = Both barroom
and dining-room were doing an ac-
tive. upstricted liquor business.
II inspected every saloon along
Bloomfield avenu below Clifton AVE.
nue., thence along Belleville avenue
to Broad, Broad to the D., l.. and w.
viaduct. Not one of the saloons had
the bar or business room open to full
view from the public street, as the
law requires. Many of them made a
pretense of exposure, which consisted
OF throwing open a gate in the pan
elled cabinet work in the windows,
but invariably behind this they would
have distractions so that a view of
the interior could not be obtained.
Some saloon-keepers piled chairs or
tables and draped curtains over this
as an obstruction. Many had pro-
vided themselves with large opaque
curtains, which were suspended from
the ceiling to the floor and reached
from wall to wall, thus cu%rtaining IF
a portion of the bar-room, behind
which the traffic vas going on.
These conditions could clearly be
seen by any police officer, and I saw
a number of patrolmen walk past sa-
looms without giving a glance at their
condition. McDonald's saloon, Broad
street, adjoining the D., L. & w via
duct, which also has an entrance at
Plane street, had n of these large
curtains across the barroom. L sum-
moned two patrolmen and pointed it
out to them. One of them said he
would have it removed and went
around and looked into the place from
the Plane street side.
Il also inspected a large number
of saloons along Plane street, Wash
ington, Burnet and cross streets in
that neighborhood. Three places were
we'll exposed, with neighboring sa-
looms ~unexposed, and there were indi-
cations Of active business going on in
all of these unexposed places and
customers were coming and going
through back and side entrances.
Thomas c.. Hays's saloon, corner
Plane street and Central avenue,
made a clear exposure, but this APP
parently did not hinder, as custom
ers We're lined up at the bar, and the
b~arkeeper serving them in plain view
of the public street.
Undoubtedly like conditions OBJ
tanned all over the city, and it is
frnr AxrtIAat RL-t H. --Is-- ~---4
ment did not make any sincere eff
fort to enforce the law. Policemen
with whom 1 ~conversed were densely
ignorant of the laws regulations. l
would suggest that they be given to
understand that openings or peep
holes in the window or door do not
meet the requirements, but in the
language of the statute "a clear inte-
rior view of the whole of said bar or
room Except for toilet pur-
poses) shall in no way be obstructed
by a screen, non-transparent glass,
shade. blind, door, shutter or mer-
chandise, or any other article
81 have no doubt but that the pa
trolmen will very cheerfully enforce
these requirements, if the men higher
up will sustain them in such action.
| especially refer to this screen law
because it is so easy to enforce, and
hopes if that portion of the law
Is enforced that the authorities will
be able to get after such places as
Music Hall, Bank Cafe, Kais-
er's, Johnson's, Little Hungary, Pal
ace, Pennsylvania House, Hotel
Rr0ad on6 HAfaJ Nr,,yaro Gt-1.--
yours. SAMUEL WILSON,