Licenses in Demand as Court Opens Saloons Hearings
The Pittsburgh License Court began a six week session with Judge White and Judge Magee presiding. About 2,000 cases queued. 75 per day goal. B C Christy observed, noting saloon locations and speak-easies. a tense scene of candidates facing cross examination and potential renewal or denial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christy
Simon
Kane
Crior
Magee
White
Good Day's Business at License Court Sets Record
The License Court of 1890 opened with 68 cases disposed of in 6 hours 30 minutes. Yesterday two wards were heard with 79 applicants and only one withdrawal. Judge leaders expect 75 cases daily as Thomas J. McTighe withdrew his license bid at 74 Third Avenue after a remonstrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. McTighe
Third Avenue
Forenogns Work. Liquor licenses debated at ferry street hearings
A crowded courtroom hears applications for saloon licenses across multiple sites. Applicants include Joseph Aland reformed ex-disorderly house keeper, Jacob Becker seeking a Fourth avenue bar, Samuel Boley renewing a Diamond hotel license, and others at Liberty avenue, Water street, Penn avenue, and Market locations. Judge White questions receipts, market proximity, and past refusals while noting minor involvement and speak-easy rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mistile
Joseph A. Aland
Ferry Street
White
Jacob Becker
Fourth Avenue
Judge
Afternoon hearings decide what a restaurant is amid liquor license cases
Judge White presides over afternoon hearings on saloon licenses at 600 Liberty street and 33 Penn avenue with applicants such as Francis McCoy seeking a restaurant and bar, Patrick McDonough and others facing remonstrances, while Alderman Cassidy objects to Penn avenue sites. Witness affidavits and lease issues surface as McTighe, Quinn, Sweeney, and Sanders seek renewals or new licenses amid opposition, remonstrances, and a push for compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn Avenue
John King
Booth & Flinn
Judge White
J. Christy
Notaries Public
Kolbecker
Allegheny
John Redman
Notary Public
Peter King
Ireland
Martin Logan
C. Dickey
Frank Larkin
John Heck
Diamond Square
Christy
Applican
John Nee
Second Street
William J. McDonough
Water and
Exchange Street
Bernard McGinnis
Water Street
No. 5
Carson Street
O'Malley
Thomas F. McIntyre
Buch
White
Francis McCoy
Liberty Street
Penn Avenuve
McCoy
Brooks
Second Avenue
Peon Avenue
Thomas J. McTighe
Patrick McDonough
McDonough
Alderman Cassidy
William J. Brennen
Fitzsimtoons
Cassidy
O' Donnell
W. J. Brennan
O'Donnell
Gorttman
Edward K. Porter
Goettman Brothers
Peaser
Magee
J. K. Dorr
William Printy
Forner
Fourth Avenue
Porter
Charles Quinn
Diamond Street
Quinn
George Reineman
Hugh Sweeney
Magaret Kensey
Brooks Law
Frederick Sanders
Sanders
Mr. Christy
Nicholas &. Snyder
Fourth and
Grant
Snyder
Frederick Speier
No. 11
Speier
C. W. Stevens
Market Street
First Ward
John J. White
Carson
Third Avenue
Vienna
Smithfield Street
Odge White
Mr. White
Anderson & Rowan
Hotel Central
Mr. Rowan
Arnold & Munn
Thomas F. Gazzello
Smith
Gazzollo
Messrs
Neville Barley
Smithfeld
Daniel Brady
Second Aye
License Hearings for City Saloon and Restaurant Renewals
The court examined applicants at 60 62 Diamond and multiple Grant and Smithfield sites for license renewals. Judges questioned compliance with Brooks law, restaurant versus saloon operations, partnerships, and meal counts as clerks and attorneys defended routines and plans for up to 300 meals daily at various downtown addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christy
Peter Kolbecker
Diamond Square
Kolbecker
Mr. Christy
First Ward
Pittsburg
Nue
Ross Street
Michael M. Frey
Diamond Street
Frey
James H. Filson
Grant Street
David Larkin
Judge White
Applicants From the Third to Sixth Wards Hearings List
The daily court sessions scheduled for today aim to dispose of about 75 cases across the Third Fourth Fifth and Sixth wards. The list of applicants includes Thomas Archibald George Berberick Joseph Rihiman James Campbell Charles Cappell and many others with addresses on Liberty Grant Diamond Fifth and Smithfield streets among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Archibald
Liberty Avenue
George J. Berberick
Grant Street
Joseph Rihiman
Diamond Street
Joseph Carr
George A. Carr
Liberty Street
James Campbell
Fifth Avenue
Charles Cappell
Stee Bing Dares Eorge Dimood
Leonard
Delp
Mew Grant
Liberty Streets
Harry Vivie
John Eichioay
Masters Alley
James C. Giltinan
John Hermann
Smithfield
Charles F. Hilger
Sixth Avenue
Henry Herzberger
Simon E. Heimburcher
Smithfield Street
Carl Rittner
John Kessler, Jr
Pius P. Keller
John Kessler
Smithfeld Street
Frank Klein
Grant
Seventh Avenue
Jacob Kelier
Lentz & Kleinschmidt
Wood Street
Oscar Mihem
Gustave B. Mihm
J. Albert Menjon
Owen McGarvey
RK. Newlin
Jobn Newell
J W
Nolte
James W. Pratt
Mithfeld Street
Odo Richter
Eckhart Reineman
Wood
A. & Schribner
Henry Schmidt
Henry Studenroth
Southfield Street
William Witherow
Barker C. Wilson
William J. Wright
Mathias Walas
Thomas Walads
Frank X. Woog
Charles K. Williams
McMasters Way
James H. Young
A. Zimmerman
Smithield Street
Fourth Ward
Jay C. Boyle
Wylie Avenue
Daniel C. Bradley
Adolph Burkhart
Wyllie Avenue
Alexander F. Uurley
Uhames Drew
P. O. Dutly
Joan Fisnerty
Stephen F. Fuley
Wyle Avenue
Patrick Falion
Cornelius Horgan
Terrence Hines
Ida Murphy
Dean McAlinchay
Bedford Avenue
Peter McGee
Webster Avenue
Thomas McDermott
Frank McLaughlin
Daniel C. Neary
John O'Neil
George Pford
Jono
Wee Avenue
Morris Rosenthal
James J. Scott
Washington Street
James Stafford
Bituminous Coal as Next Speculative Power Squared
An overheard Whit ney and Stephenson office talk links bituminous coal to a coming speculative boom in Western Pennsylvania. The article notes rapid land acquisitions around Monongahela and near Whitehall, McKeesport, and Bridgeville, with figures like John D. Scully and large acreages being controlled by bankers and firms. It warns coal stocks may rival anthracite in future markets and urges readers to consider energy supply for Pittsburg mills and canal projects to Lake Erie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitney & Stephenson
Andy Carnegie
Frick
Monongahela
General D. Hastings
Hastings
General Hastings
Pennsylvania
Bridgeville
John D. Scully
Diamond National Bank
Whitehall
McKeesport
United States
Pittsboro Mills
Northwest
Beaver
Lake Erie
River Front Farms Value Growth Triggers County Review
The county commissioners and assessors are urged to examine sharp rises in Allegheny county farm land values, especially river front properties, as past valuations seem far too low. References to prior appeals near the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railway show some farmers had their acre values set as low as 60 to 100 dollars, prompting calls for a triennial reassessment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Charities
Allegheny County
Pitsburg
Lake Erie
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Lts
B.C. Christy
Junge
Magee and
Lever
B. C. Christy
Samuel C. Boley
Diamond
Matthew Cavanaugh
Martin Joyce
Patrick J. Gool
Rick
Il-gally
Reinbiehhausen
John EK. Durr
Market and
Mungee
Mmi
E. K. Porter
Durr
Louis Hisenbies
Union Street
George Beineman
Wolfe
McCutcheon
R. Reineman
George S. Fallon
Penn Avenne
Mr. Davis
William Laird
Boots and Shoes
T. J. Jenkins
Oswald Heckman
R. Christy
Harry Heck
William H. Jacob
No. T Union Street
William Maxwell
Market
Martin
Maxwell
Marx Broet
Joan A
Charles C
Charles
Thomas Nuttridge
No. 22
Nuttringe
Filson
Larkin
Charles 5. Gill
St. Charles Hotel
C. G. Goodwin
Exchange
T. J
Mr. Goodwin
A. Mt
Bardele Galisath
Alex Hutchinson
Merchants Hotel
Owen Hughes
Lewis Kriemendahl
Amand Milem
William Miller
Daniel Bradey
Judge Magee
John
Robb
Wolfgang Miller
M. F. Maloney
John J. Moore
Second and
Charles F. McKenna
McWilliams
Harry A. Mohler
Edward J. McLaughlin
Hotel
Hamilton
Grant Streets
Melaughlin
McLaughlin
C. C. Montooth
Business Wen
Philadelphia
Samuel McMasters
Charles Preston
Samuel Pile
John Drew
Pile
Trent
Somerset
Samuel Paisley
Magve
Paul Ruppel
Switchfield
Robert A. Scott
Crescent
Scott
Fred Schmidtssid
Aantoon
Diamond Cees
Frederick Treas
John Wilson
Hoe
Charlies
Holmes
Monongahela House
C. F. McHenna's Combine
Third Ward
Robert Berry
J. B. Boyer
Seventh Street
Duquesne Way
Anna Mary Boehm
Peter
Huckestein
Sixth Street
James Ms. Maguire
Michael May
Ninth Street
Owen McCarthy
McKioure & Bean
George H. Neeley
Joey A. Niver
Edward Redenback
Seventh
William Houckelen
John B. Schlosser
G. OC
Dallenbach
Stephen Thompson
Charles Booth
G Taon
Tenth Street
Taylor
Fitch Ward
Lizth
Boess & Bull
Ladies
Boess & Buran
Stephenson
Coe
River Front Farms
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