Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-07
LICENSE TRANSFER
PLEA WITHDRAWN
Floyd T. Brown, Seeing Appli-
cation Doomed to Defeat,
Requests it be Withdrawn.

Lawyers and laymen who appear
ed at the meeting of the Board OF
Excise Commissioners last night 70
protest the proposed transferring of
liquor license from 33 Smlth
street to 379 Market street. were
met with a surprise when Floyd T..
Brown, owner OF the license appear
ed at the last minute and requested
the application, which had Deen
pending two months, be withdrawn.
The request was granted by the
board
Finding that the application was
doomed for defeat, 1t was learned,
Mr.. Brown came to the office of City
Clerk La Roe, clerk to the excise
board, and requested that the ap-
plieatlon be withdrawn, just before
the meeting convened last night.
This was the second application for a
transfer asked by Mr.. Brown, both
of which had been opposed, and both
of which were withdrawn before
they were taken up for final action.
The first application was made at the
March meeting of the board, and re-
ouested the liquor license to be trans
ferred from 33 Smith street to ITO
New Brunswick avenue. Mr. Brown
formerly conducted hotel at 33
Smith street, but discontinued same
and left the building the first part
of February.
At the next meeting of the board
it is understood Mr.. Brown will re-
quest the transfer of the hotel Ii
cense be made from person to per-
off off ha
been made to him for the purchase
of the license. The consideration In
one of these offers is declared to have
been $1,000. Whether the propos-
ed new owner would continue bust
ness at 33 Smith street or try to
have the license transferred to an
other location, could not be learned,
but it is likely the hotel will be re-
opened.
Former Judge Adrian Lyon ap-
peared for the Chesebrough Manu-
featuring Company at the meeting
last night; Thomas Brown appeared
for the Richard Martin estate, owner
OF the building at 33 Smith street.
D. A. Shirley, real estate operator,
appeared for property owners and
tenants In the vicinity of the pro-
posed place to which the license was
asked to be transferred, and num-
Der of residents in the vicinity of
379 Market street were on hand to
protest any favorable action on the
transfer which might have been
taken by the board. They left the
council chamber as soon as the
board had granted permission to Mr.
Brown to withdraw the application.
A question arose last night over
billiard licenses that has not crop
ped up before. Application was re-
ceived from David Kelsey asking a
transfer Of his billiard license at
226 Smith street to Samuel DAN
gelo, proprietor of barber shop at
that address. Mr.. Boehm stated that
no provision in the ordinance was
made for transferring billiard Ii
censes, and that as securing a license
was only a matter of $40 he failed
to see how the transfer could be
granted. The application was finally
referred to the investigating com
mittee, The board granted an ap-
plication for a billiard license to
Nicholas Cusati, of New Brunswick
avenue. The following new bot
Ting licenses were granted Reuben
Mailer, 349 State street; Frank
Gold, 2S5 Smith street. The fol-
lowing transfers were granted: Her
man Silcher, 299 Smith street. to
Papp; Joseph Herz. AIS
Smith street, to Michael Chryn; John
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