Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-03
FOUR SALOON LICENSE
TRANSFERS FOUGHT BY
WEST PHTLADELPHLANS
One Applicant Admits That His
Plea Has Been Rejected
on Five Oc-
casions
FOUR OTHERS TRIED, TOO

West Philadelphians thronged the Lii
cense Court today to protest against four
applications for the transfer of saloon
licenses from other sections of the city
TO their section one of the applications
was for a transfer of license from n
business section OF West Philadelphia to
more or less residential section, but all
were fought with equal vehemence.
The cases before Judges Patterson and
Staake were the double transfer of
Thomas j. Lynch, SSH Market street,
10 James j. Hughes, the latter wishing
10 transfer the license from Market street
TO southwest corner Goth street and Lans-
downe avenue and Angelo Leblanc, north
west corner 7th and Lombard street, TO
southwest corner 57th and Race streets;
Joseph p. Tozar, northwest corner Water
and Arch streets to northwest corner sd
and Stiles streets. and Patrick J. Malone,
102-Ol North Sd street to the northwest
corner SOD street and hardwood avenue.
Tozar also had an application for the
transfer of his license to the southwest
corner 5ith street and Wyalusing avenue,
which, however. he withdrew.
LANSDOWNE AVENUE PLEA
The first of the West Philadelphia APP
plications called was that for the corner
of 6Oth and Lansdowne avenue. Hughes
said that unless the court allowed him to
take the license from 3S17 Market street
to the West Philadelphia address, he did
! not wish to have the license transferred
to himself from its present holder, Lynch.
Hughes admitted that he applied for n
4. license at 6Oth street and Lansdowne
avenue and was refused no less than five
times and on four additional occasions
other persons applied for the corner and
also were turned down" by the court.
The present court since March, 1915,
has rejected three applications for this
site
Judge Stake ruled that Hughes must
show that there has been n change of
condition in the West Philadelphia neigh
borhood since the last refusal and must
show that there was now necessity"
for the proposed saloon ID. Clarence Glib.
honey. of the Law and Order Society, rep,
resented church congregations and resi-
dents who objected to all the West Phila
delpha applications and he called a score
OF witnesses to testify that a saloon at
6Oth street and Lansdowne avenue was
not necessity"
FREQUENTER RECOGNIZED.
Harry C. Dennis, 6OO2 Lansdowne ave-
nue., which is next door TO the proposed
saloon, was recognized as frequent wit
ness in the License Court. He said he
had appeared in court no less than nine
time in objecting to- saloon next to his
home. He said Hughes was mistaken in
saying that the locality was a business
neighborhood and also asserted that there
were enough saloons in the vicinity to
supply any necessity"
Clergymen and householders, who ap-
peared as remonstrants against former
applicants for the site, said there was no
change in condition from the time the
court refused the other petitions for
transfers.
Mr., Gibboney argued against Hughes
application on the ground that the appli-
cant was trying to get the transfer in an
Indirect manner after 1t had been refused
directly on former occasions.
Judges Stake and Patterson finally
took Hughes application under considera-
ton.