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C1ESG DIVES.City Trustees Inspect Them.Tie Wily Celestial and His Cigars.A Gin Shop Located in a Cellar • - Will Probably be Closed. Up. ‘ ■ I ,, if-'rtm totur-i.**’! JUily.Four members ot the* Hoard of City ■ Trustees. ace nm pan led by Marshal IVoy, visited Chinatown yesterday, at-Teiuooji JnyesUgnte the. gin shops ;pvcr( (here, jThft tru*tp**' \vlu rn*de the -...Investigation'we ve President Craycroft, • 'Joe Spinney. P. M. Chittenden and W. 'T. McVey. They were driven elver by Policeman ilemielley Sn a three seated . aurrey,■ Tlic result of the lour nf. Inspection tvill lie that one Chinese dive will ' probably be cloac-d and that there will he a dearth of trade, in.. ihe down-town efpiir stores-for a feu' days. Tlie den* • i- 'that will probably be cloyed Is in a fcel-: tiar. orr the'north side of Tulare street, at ihe corner .of the alley between C and P streets. The place is k*pt hjr Fook Kee. who also conducts a meat ’■and fish market. The objection mode by Spinney to the dive is that the hole where- liquor is dispensed Is so small that in rase of trouble there a police-man would have little show to quell thedisturbance.Mi»st of the Chinese merchants wlic-sell gin ami bad whisky on the Ride have allowed their licenses to expiro •and they were all notilied by Marshal Wuy to make applications at once and deposit with the City Clerk §120, All xohmu men must it mho applications once a year and the twelve months were up oit the 1st of October.The city fathers were next taken to Tong Duck and Tong Sing’s place on lt;5 street. As soon' as they entered the at or®, which is a general Chinese mer-•chardlse house, a fat and afTable hea then behind the counter slipped out i box of vlgarK, It looked almost qf though the cigar* come out from behind the counter automatically when the door opened.“Huf him smoke?” remarked the «!a in-eyed merchant, passing the box around.‘Til smoke this «ft**r dinner,” an Marshal Woy, tucking the weed in his ■pocket.Chairman Cray croft threw away : stub of a cignr anti lit. one afresh.Mr. Chittenden looked rather suspiciously ot the cigar* but thought he’d try one. Mr. MeYey placed one lo hla nose and then pul It rarrfulty nwny In1ils pocket.”1 think this place is all right, said -Spinney,lighting one ut those elongater • smokers.TTcvts Chong’s place a few doors dowr ..was about on the pome order. There t/'is more inspecLiim and another round •of cigars.Gosh, what Austin is missing. * remarked Spinney, referring' to the absentee.Tour license all gone, Chung.* said -the Marshal.“How muchfte? naked the Chinaman “One hundred and twenty dollars,” ■replied Woy.“All light” sold the Celestial cheer--fully.After Quong Hing. another meTrtiAnt and wholesale dealer, was notified to mak* upplieytiun for a license, th* ■Chinese saloon on the northwest corner Of G and Tulftro streets uys visited. The proprietor could not bo found, hut ft was evident .that no liquor had bee-polfl I here lor come time. The bar and the fixtures were Hi evidence, but ri01 a drop to. drink, Thc trustccs tricr* hard to find same liquor just to SCO whether the law was being evade3. of corn's?, but none was In sight.Sun Tun l_ns'a storo wns nnxt. He keeps a neat place and no complaint has i«=en made about il. Several large barrels ot whisky were In the place.Sing Chung Lung runs the latgest wholesale liquor house In Chinatown.Hr- did not umlcrisljintl anything, he claimed, but passed the cigars around.The matter will come up at the next meeting of the hoard when some action wilt he taken.xx9fbitfcIUICivc29toW'il,ratpolt;COno\vlanA*H. atlIaccmmoslowilqmGoteeCthrheclaturJdethi!A 8lsl Doi ar-i the T mo. noo gar var wol id ci are: F foil i To CliI. 2.by 1 Shli S. ere a frui (c) 17 TJCO tilmarAt1.movfree2.regarefle3.4. T1 1.“discs2.gupj3. info:4.5. AI Exvine oper Ev 2. tiuu 2.3. : Of d4. ‘Fr. Tli seas i era'.
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Fresno Weekly Republican
Fresno, California, US
Fri, Nov 18, 1898
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