Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-02-11
pI0L ROOMS MUST Be
GL0SElAT MIDNIGHT
p..,.,l Conditions DemOraIizing
YoaA Of the City.
TO PASS AN ORDINANCE
,.,.,s ConaIs.ut Made Against Place
rss5aclsd By Greek on Main
Street. Open All Night.

tas. rooms are demoralizing
rtb ol tra city through the fact
~sa. s1am yather therein and
bsft.rei from public view by
-.4 gass windows or other OBJ
.-,.ta5s. and that such places fre-
.-tly remain open far after mid
,st and b somt cases until the
ho9rs 3 & the morning, was the
.-bt of q complaint laid before the
ctg Council st i.s monthly meeting
hstngb.
soJ a. "a result, the City Fathers
.-t tentative steps looking to the
.l,,t.on Of an ordinance further reg
-.,fog the hours for snch amusement
-'sess. and placing other restrictions
sg.insf them. The matter was
.,oagbt t8 the attention of the Coun-
.abg James "A. Walton. q resident Of
g,a1cis street, and the particular
r.a,s complained Of was the pool room
conducted by one of the several me n
tsrs Of the Greek colony having places
of business in that vicinity.
Nr. Walton told the 5olons that
f. tisa notorious fact that the pro-
rrs.or keeps his place open so long
AS there are any customers who wish
q engage in game Of pool, that many
.8a1g men and boys loiter about the
raee for hours at a time and in many
instances play until the early morn
ing h9ars.
Particular reference was made to
tbs fact chat the large glass windows
are stained, making the pool room
entirely free from the view of pedes-
uan passing along the street. MIR.
Frank Al Munroe. a Main street mer-
cbant agreed with what Mr.. Walton
said.
Do tie course of the hearing, the
members Of the Council exhibited
keen interest in the matter, and it
was leciled TO draft an ordinance
further regulating the condu suura
su.h places. to be adopted at an
meeting THE ordinance VI
rel p0prietors Of all pool =
tha sty . close their plac1
nes. attbs midnight nour
tharmore. win proh.bit
Of windows or using ~
70 obscure said places
Be view
The agitation over
lighting proposition havin
posed of at "a special mt
nsek,wbsa the Annapolis PubN
tIes Company was granted a fr
t1ise after taking over the Anne
lis Gas and Electric Light Compa
there was very little other business III
general Inteest mp for conside ration
5y Che Council last night.
The City Fathers would like to
know what became of loo and odd
oarre.smost Of which were owned by
he city, having formerly contained
tU use .a the several street improve.
neats last fall "A large number of
these barrels had been stored "a Mur-
.ay Ht' property, in the rear Of Mr..
X u. Caaaey's West street stables.
Recently The Street Committee and
ihe City Engineer were empowered
% Sell these barrels at the highest
nee that could be secured for them.
developed in the course of inves-
Vg2uon .aat lot of fifty of the bar
lss ha3 been sold to the Philadelphia
O'opas Company. Of Baltimore,
"ne time ago. Correspondence was
opened wta the firm, and it was
stated .aat Che company had. agreed
70 purchase City of the barrels from
contractor George Jewell at 90
cents eaeh, bat If the barrels were
.Naal oy The city. the company
V'np..y Tered TO pay the city at the
@,. p 81 cents each for them.
Meantime The city ohicials took
"e st'nl that tbs barrels were worth