Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-21
1914 Letters ShOU
Rum Was an Issue
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sinks" Mayor Wharton called the old
time saloons, long before Mr.. Nolstead
came along.
Gaming houses also came in for his
attack. He declared that mnny sNch
houses were being operated in the city
openly for the destruction of the un &.
wary. and lamented that there were no
laws against them. A reference to Il
fine of ten shillings for the unlawful
discharge Of firearms was mentioned BY
Mayor Wharton.
Streets Were Dirty
Hn paid his respects TO the filthy
condition Of certain footways" and
recommended fixing the pavements on
many city streets. In regard to the
cleaning of ice and snow from pave
ments, he advised regulation similar
to one in force in New York. obliging
the property owner to clean his own
walks.
\ police flyer was also found near
where the old Rogues' Gallery used TO
be--and in those days this was on actual
gallery around the police court. The
| flyer was dated about the middle of
| the last century. and with it were wet
| plates with photographs of prominent
New York merchant and society man
who had run away with another man =
wife. The names might surprise their
descendants, now numbered among New
York's four hundred
A petition for the post Of toll colleC-
tor on the old Schuylkill River ferry
! lines in 1897 came next on the pile. ard
was followed by inventories of property
owned by the various districts, for Phil
adelphia then was not the city that we
know. hut was made up OF many di-
visions such as the District Of Penn,
Southwark District and others.
Market Regulations
Regulations for the Market street
markets. then reaching from Second to
Sixth street. containing permission 10
sell fresh shad and herring ltne latter
then caught in the Dc,awareA at second
| hand came next. These markets. aC C.
cording to the notice. were open on
Sunday (sliadcs of blue laws.I and
Western monies" were not good for
transactions there. A market on Broad
street was also referred to.
A document of interest was all ordi
nance for the laying Of passage or
street from Vine to Cedar street, to be
called The Delaware Avenue. This was
in 1893. and contained the name Of
William Haines, the city surveyor. whp
| lad just made a report on the location
| Of the street, which was to be twenty
six feet wide throughout.
A warrant for the arrest CT a mar
accused Of keeping disorderly house
was the next item, not entirely unfsmil-
lar. Then there was n @ per cent loan
of the old District of Southwark
stamped with the official seal.
| Finally, among mass of interesting
but almost undeciphcrable papers wa'
an ordinance providing against the
adulteration of -four and other food
stuffs, dated way back in Revolutionary
wartime. and a list of regulations fol
the licensing of pawnshops and hackne,
coaches.
In regard to the latter. is was speci-
| fed that they must not stand in street
more than two hours without license
that they must all be numbered, and
must not overcharge; that sleighs must
all have bells 10 warn pedestrians, and
that cards, announcing the rates, must
be affixed to the coaches.
The documents were found by Fred
Eckersberg. the engineer of Independ
ence Hall. and Lewis Isaacsoun.