The Cairo bulletin., 1914-01-01
Strong charges Made in Five Gates
While Two Others Not
Wanted at Locations. III
OTHER APPLICATIONS ARE
ACTED UPON FAvoAAbLy
Those Delayed Will Be Acted Upca
Friday Morning When Mayo:
Returns--Warning Sounded.

1
i Two adjourned sessions > Of the
regular weekly council meeting OF Z
Monday, were held yesterday. morn.
ing and afternoon, and 1t will re-
quire an aalditieissl session adjourn
ed to Friday imorhlng.to settle the
matter fully in regard. TO the lieAr.
iEss relative to the applications io-
/ several questionable sdfamshop and
\ wholesale hquor licenses.
4 The absence from the city 10:
| Mayor Walter II. Wood makes i'm
perative the holding of the. additions
al session on Friday morning In or.
der TO satisfactorily determine the
| question. It, being the sense Of the
four commissioners that every mem
! ber of the council shall put himself
: on record. ass, ~.
| The fight against granting seer-
tain licenses centers upon the appii-
cations OF Joseph Berbling for. two
, saloons. one at s1115 Cominerciaf
avenue and the second in, q new 10
cation. 2a15 Poplar street. Harriet
M. Arey. -2sl4 Poplar, street. Thomas
Gardner. Thirty-fourths aud Syea.
more streets and dramshop license
for W.. r.. Webster and wholesale
liquor license for same. these ito
! last located at 315, Ohio street. 4
strong remonstrance was, filed
against the granting OF n license 20
the Cairo Brewing Company at sif
! Commercial ayenne. This remoii-
/ strance was signed nv IS
lot owners ont OF the 80
in the block. three, declining
to sign for or against a saloon ,in
the block With several vet, to hear
|. from these having signified . wiil-
' ingness to Join in the protest after
+ it had been filed. s.e .
Il 1t is said In this connection that
: there is An ordinance in effect
!, which passed about Is years sso
ol limits the number of saloons in
n this particular block aud that the
. granting of this license would be
. violation of the ordinance. The
i ordinance was said to have been
passed following the application for
a license for a barrel house in
!. this particular building and which
: was refused when a rem0lstrance
8 was filed.
/ II is reported upon unquestIonel
authority that no license vii. BE-
J. granted for a saloon which is to be
n located at the northwest corner OF
il Thfrty-fourth and Sycamore streets,
!. a majority of the com rnissioners be-
j. ing In favor Of hearkening TO the
fremonstranee fled.
!. Strong cases we're made against
Il Arey. Berbling and Webster, Coua-
! missioner Hurd leading and sup
/. ported by Chief Fuller and Patrol
n man Mckinney who we're called
! upon cited the damaging eyilence
in each case. In regard to the sa-
loon at Gil Commercial avenue, the
/. | petitioners cited that the granting
!. of an additional license to the two
+ already in. that block wonld be
{ detrimental TO the property .adloin.
ing and in the. whole bleck.
The matter OF the licenses Id
which protests we're filed were per-
mitted to go over until the mayor
returns home and both sides TO the
controversy be given an opportunity
to make fuller presentations.
/, As a result of the arduous labors
of the two commissioners. TO whom
, all applications were referred and
| following their recommendations.
the council yesterday granted the
| following licenses:
!. Retail Liquor Dealers
y. E. Myers. ia Commercial ave-
nue.. John r. Ford, Col Ohio street:
I Rudolph L. Laurent. 1900 Washing
, ton avenue: Andrew Lohr Bottling
: Company. 2101 Commercial avenue:
. Albert II. Laurent, S00-so2 COM
Q mercial avenue; Louis Zanone. se0t
I Commercial avenue: Henry 2erfass,
niI314 washington avenue: witNam
Ia. Steagala, Gil Commercial Nc
. niue: William Mccain. 4o1 Com
mereiai avenue: John T. Nichols.
!. si5-2tT Eighth street; Samuel
fCnncluded m Rara TlreAl