Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1912-03-08
AGAIN LICENSE
2 A SMITH ST .
Excise Board Grants Trans
fer to Vim. Pfirrmann for
Former Mclaughlin Saloon.
Commissioners Burns 0ppos-
es It--TelIs Why--No More
PeddIing Of Licenses.

Despite the fact that there was
strong objection the Board of Excise
mmissioners last night granted a
transfer OF the saloon license OF Will
liam Phrrmann from 415 Front
street to Ia Smith street, which had
been hanging FIRE for the past three
months. The board refused the ap-
plication of Michael Zimbicki to
transfer bis saloon license from 6D4
enn street to 866 State street,which
4 ad also been held up for the past
lew months. As evidence of good
faith that 1t intended to put an end
to, what some OF the commiss' oners
claimed to be, Wholesale peddling
In liquor licenses, the board either.
refused or laid over the greater por-
tion OF applications for transfers A
number Of them were laid over to be
refused at further meetings accord
Ing to statements of commissioners.
They made 1t plain that traffic In IL
censes must cease.
President Fritzinger severely crit
icised the practice and former Presi-
dent Henderson said 1t had to be
stopped. 1t was declared by the
president that some of the saloon
keepers had changed to from three
to four places In year When one
OF accused applicants was called be-
fore the board and asked why he
had changed places three times and
was now asking for fourth transfer.
be stated he could not make his
business pay In the former places.
Trio Hold Conference.
Prior To the meeting President
Fritzinger and Commissioners Hem
derson and Tymrakiewics, members
of the trio In power, held confer
ence and it appears they discussed
the disposition OF tho applications
which had been up for the past few
months and more particularly that
OF William Pfirrmann. The commits
sioners fled into city hall shortly
Burns met them and called one
aside. He wanted the Pfirrmann appH
cation turned down. There were
some hasty confabs and at much
later hour than usual the board con-
yened.
Pfirrmann's application. which
first came up In November last, was
The first one to be acted upon. Conn
missioner Henderson made motion
to take It up 10 bA balIoted upon
hid Commissioner Tyu1ra kiewicz Sec
2naaa Il. giEassaii iA Asai tiseFeailer
Burns raised an objection He
ntaiued that 1t Was shame to-
the license out Of building
ad BY a widow, as the act would
xse a depreciation ii the value Of
81 property. He maintained that
the place had been licensed for
about thirty years and there was evi-
dence that 1t had paid. He declared
the owner had spent q lot Of hard
earned money to improve the prop
eTty. Concluding he stated he could
not See how the board could put a
license In a nelghborhood where
there already were q sufficient num-
Der of licensed places and there was
no need for 1t and he declared he
felt 1t his duty to vote against the
application.
Says Place Wouldn't Pay.
Mr.. Henderson said there might,
be justification In Mr.. Burns state
ments, but he understood the place
had been rather disreputable at
times, declared its location undesir-
able as 1t was In d dark neighbor-
hood and practically at the dead end
Of street. He said the change as
proposed would bring the place out
In the open and give the applicant
an opportunity to do better busi-
ness. Inereupon Mr.. Burns arose
again and declared that for the past
fourteen or fifteen years there had
been from three to four places at the
lower end OF Smith street and there
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