Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-18
REFUSE LICENSES
FOR FILM SHOWS
Common Council Committee
Turns Down Requests of
Two Concerns.
ONE HOUSE WAS READY
TO BE OPENED TONIGHT
Protests of Residents in Neigh
borhood of Proposed The
atre Needed. .

John F. Sherman and his manager,
George Newell. today are up in arms over
the action of the Common Council Ii
eense Committee In refusing to gram
them a license last night to conduct a
moving picture show on South Orange
avenue. near Smith street. The appli-
eation for the license was opposed by
a delegation of residents living in tt=
neighborhood of the site proposed for
h heater. An application for license
for another picture chow was also de-
2 MED because a delegation of citizens
opposed It.
Sherman has gone to great expense to
equip the building for a theatre and has
made the front look like Luna Park.
His application was the first considered.
More than a dozen citizens, whose
names were among a hundred others on
o petition, added their verbal protests
TO the issuing of the license and 1t was
rejected by a vote of four to me-. Al
derman WEIGH dissented, his motion for
a DELAY of action for two weeks for In
vestigatlon being overruled.
THE objection raised was that II would
be a detriment to the neighborhood and
would bring an undesired element there,
besides having an unwholesome influence
ever the children.
Both sherman and his manager, George
Newell, entreated the committee to per-
NIT them to open their business. They
had begun work on the building two
days ago and were intending to have 1t
ready by tonight.
An application of Henry Jacobus Tor a
license to run a similar show on Central
avenue, between Ninth and Tenth streets,
was objected to in n petition on the
ground that it was only twenty-five feet
from the Hospital for Women and Chill
dren and the noise would disturb the
patients.
Alderman Taylor declared that that OBJ
lection alone was enough for him to vote
against 1t. DR.. Edward Sealy, of the
board Of governors of the hospital, head
ed a delegation of citizens who gave oral
expression to the same sentiments con-
tained In their petition.
Jacobus explained that while he had
started work on the building before ap-
plying for n license he had first con-
suited many of the residents and been
assured that no objection would be made.
The vote on the rejection of the license
was unanimous, but Alderman WEIGH,
who had argued in both cases that the
applicants ought to be given some con-
alteration, having invested money ex'
pecting 10 be allowed to do business,
asked whether something could not be
done to protect others in future under
similar circumstances There ought TO
be some way, he said, that the public
could be informed of the intentions OF
a prospective applicant.
1t was said that the committee could
not grant a license until the building IN
spector bad reported that the building
ordinance had been complied with, which
made IL imperative that the structure 10
house the show be got in readiness be-
fore applying for the license.
Chairman Diener was of the opinion,
however, that an applicant could learn
by inquiry in the neighborhood whether
his venture would be welcome.
A license was granted to Jacob
Amsterdam to operate a moving picture
show ON Paramount avenue. neal Spring
field avenue. The matter had been laid
over since the last meeting until an
Investigation could be made, and 1t was
the belief of most of the members that
no one would suffer from the presence
of the show place. Several residents
were on hand to protest and were sup
ported by Alderman WEIGH, who de-
clared that the committee, to be n
sIstent with it's action in the other cases,
should reject the application. His was
the only dissenting vote.
A license wat granted the Wallace &
Hagenbeck circus to show for two days.