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City license fight over saloon expansion and federal building corner plan
Chairman Benjamin urged adding saloons to boost brewery funds with new stands around Third avenue and Pine street and Third avenue and Union street. peers rejected the move citing public decency near the federal building. Hurnett proposed future limits exclude corners around the federal site where civilians gather, and warned of orderly removal when the post office area is occupied.
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Benjamin
License and Revenue Committee
Soan
Methodist Protestant Church
Third Avenue
Pine Street
Union Street
Federal Building
Ceeding
Pike Street
Hurnett