Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-28
REPEAL RESULTS
IN CITY WEIGHED
First Year of Legal Sale
Yields High Revenues,
but Evils Noted.
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permitting licensees to sell light wines
and beers for consumption at the
place of sale. They number ass.
The third largest group, numbering
1913, is composed Of Glass A retailers,
who are permitted to sell hard liquors
as well as wines and beers for con-
sumption away from the premises.
This license costs $3.50.
To Curb Bottled Sale.
The board within the past few days
has decided to place curb on the Is
suance of licenses for the sale Of bot
tied liquors. This policy with respect
to the Class A licenses was adopted
because the board felt that sufncient
of these establishments for adequate
service to the community already are
in operation.
Then come the Glass C retailers,
$50 strong. This license, Mr.. Offutt
explained. permits operation of estab-
lishments more closely approximating
the old-time saloon than any other
repeal store. Issued only to hotels,
restaurants, clubs. dining cars and
bOdOo, ~ oo4lCI4Ol1o III AlhAxlS VA tIlC
premises Of all forms of liquor. Re
strictions which 60 with this license
are:
Cd The principal business of the
establishment must be dispensation Of
food-not drinks.
CD No liquors may be sold In pack
ages for consumption of the premises
90 Customers must be seated at
tables while drinking doing away
with the saloon-era brass raiD.
"a Bottled goods may not be dis
played in the establishment.
Class E retailers licenses are the
drug store licenses. There have been
II Glass E licenses issued.
Is Licenses Revoked.
During 1884 "a licenses were de-
MED and Is were revoked. Twenty
eight licenses were denied because the
establishments were too close to
schools, five because of proximity to
churches. three because Of objections
by majority of citizens in the neigh
borhood Of the establishments and two
because Of objections by hospitals. FIJI
teen licenses were denied because of
appropriateness" eight because Of
bad records Of the applicants, eight
because the applicants were not cit
liens and five because it was found
the establishments seeking licenses
were not bona f1de restaurants or
clubs.
Mr.. Offutt said that the 400-foot
radius suggested by the regulations as
dry zones around schools was extended
in some cases in acceding to protests
Of school authorities. School ofiicials
have been consulted in each instance
where proximity to schools was in
volved in the application for license,
he stated.
OF the Is license revocations,
were for violating the rule against
Sunday sale and one each for the
following reasons: Failure to pay for
license, selling without prescription,
permitting gaming. selling to intoM-
Gated persons, selling off-sale when
the license called for on-sale only,
and employing q person convicted
within five years Of violating the pro-
hibition law.
Some Cases Are Pending.
In addition to the .revocations, 43
licensees were fined in Police Court, II
cases are still pending before the
board and 80 cases were dismissed for
lack of evidence.
Taxes collected to January totaled
$729,053, license fees totaled 1851 ,045
and fines collected totaled $685.
total revenue of $1,297.14S.
Turning to Traffic Bureau and
police statistics In considering social
effects Of the first year Of repeal, the
A. B. c. Board has noted that trafnc
accidents, as a whole, declined 81
per cent in 1884, as compared with
1888, although fatalities increased.
The board does not credit repeal
with this decrease in traffic accidents,
however There are other figures
which bear more directly on repeal
and its possible effect on trafiic con-
ditions.
W. A. Van Duzer. director Of trafdc.
recently supplied Mr.. Ofutt with .