Evening star., 1941-05-01
County Starts
Beer Monopoly
In Montgomery
Warehouse Leased,
Four Trucks Begin
Dealer Deliveries

The Montgomery County commits
sioners at a special meeting today
formally established the wholesale
beer distribution of the Liquor Con-
troll Board as trucks operated by the
county started deliveries to retail
dealers.
Commissioner John E. Oxley was
absent from the meeting, at which
resolutions embodying regulations,
establishing a $25 900 revolving fund,
naming the personnel and renting
warehouse for storage were adopted
by the three organization Democrats
on the board, President Thomas E.
Hampton, o. W. Roby and r. w.
Farmer
Commissioner Walter P. johnson
asked to be excused from voting on
the resolutions renting the ware
house and naming the personnel, but
offered no dissent to the one setting
up regulations for the new depart
ment or the revolving fund.
Mr.. Hampton announced that
trucks arrived from Baltimore early
today with the first consignment of
beer of various brands, delivering
them at the new warehouse at Lin
den. The warehouse was formally
rented from Boyd Keys at $3.50 a
month for 90-day period, with an
option to renew at the same rental.
Four Trucks in Operation.
Four new light delivery trucks
recently purchased have been put
in operation in charge of four re-
tail route men named by the COM
missioners at the special session
this morning. They are Edward
Mills and Charles Mullinix, both of
Bethesda and former retail delivery
men under the old setup, and
George Listul and Earl Day, both of
Silver Spring. Their salaries were
set at $40 a week.
Roy P. Moore of Garrett Park.
former county assessor, was named
warehouse superintendent at a SAL
ary of $500 a month, and Bernard
Fling of Silver Spring. former
wholesaler in the county, was named
service and storage manager at the
same salary.
Arthur He'll of Colesville, another
former wholesale distributor, was
appointed traffic manager in charge
of equipment and deliveries, also at
5000 month. Raymond Smith of
Gaithersburg was appointed order
clerk at sl20 month.
Mr.. Hampton said the board was
aiming at spread of 40 cents a
case between the price from the
manufacturer and the retail dis
tributor. from which the county.
will receive its profit after ex-
penses have been deducted. Pro-
ponents of the new setup have
claimed the county would realize
between $4,000 and 100000 a year
from the monopoly.
Chase Starts Operation.
The board has not named a de-
partment head but lent Ralph H.
Chase, former head of the dis
pensary system and now deputy
clerk for the Western Suburban
District, to the Liquor Board to
put the new distribution system
in operation.
Negotiations are under way with
Raymond L. Windsor of Potomac,
former distributor, for hauling
beer from Baltimore on a contract
basis, it was announced.
The regulations adopted by the
board provide that all beer must
be sold for cash and that deliveries
will be made three times a week
or oftener in event of necessity.
Between deliveries retail license
holders may obtain beer from the
county warehouse, but no discount
will be allowed.
No discounts will be made to any
retailers for any reason and the
usual deposit will be required on
bottles and barrels. Routemen are
prohibited from pushing or favoring
the sale of any particular brand
of beer or having any interest or
connection with any other dealer
except the county dispensary system.