Show SOME f fACTS ACTS ABOUT A OUT THE THI POOLROOM Of THIS CITY STATISTICS There a arc c four fifty poolrooms poolrooms in Salt Lake City containing pool and eleven cloven billiard tables In Iu four forty of or these places containing tables liquor is sold either cither in the room con taming the tables or through a a. side door or dumb waiter walter In ten ten of the tho places place containing sev four enty-four nt tables talles no liquor is sold Six Sv of the places containing thirty tables arc on Commercial street and twelve other places containing thirty eight ht tables am are t within a half block of that street Fifteen cn of the places are conductor con eon ductor b by Americans eleven cloven by Italians Ital inns ians ci eight by Greeks seven bv by Swedes Swede seven by br Germans five e by bJ- Japs laps and andone andone one ono by Jews There is but one poolroom poolroom pool pool- room containing five 11 se tables on Slain Main Iain street Every Everyone one of the other fifty fifty- three places is I within six blocks blow of that street These Th's 3 fi figures were 3 obtained obtain cd from the records records in the tho city auditors auditor's office memo mem bore bars of the p police l ce force and from rom personal investigation on the part of ot TUB THE TELEGRAM and may mav be verified by anyone who wishes to take the tho trou bio blo to to do so Card Tables Too Each of these tables is supposed to pay into the cit city treasury a license of 1 a month making ma ing a total of 2316 a year rear In addition to tho pool tables in in places where liquor may be secured in ina in ina a majority of cases there are arc one ono or more card eard tables where drinks are aie played for for the proprietors arc are not conducting con the places for their health 44 How How is it possible for so 50 man many places to exist pay licenses rent help and other expenses J may be bo asked With a 3 view of find finding in the tho answer to this question representatives of TilE TUB TilEr r TELEGRAM LEG visited sixteen of the tho places a few nights ago The visit commenced at D ti 0 o'clock at night and lasted until nearly midnight In tho sixteen places visited players were counted while others Were were either waiting for a table watching watching watch watch- in ing one of the man ninny many games gaines or loitering about the places No Xo attempt was was' made to count tho the number of men in inthe inthe the places near the Rio Grande Grando depot for the reason that all were practically filled with foreigners er Mostly Young Men Ninety per pcr cent of the 64 players and watchers counted were young youn pica men White black Greeks Taps Tap Italians and a half dozen other different nationalities nationalities na na- mixed and mingled in a number of the places In more than one instance young ou white men were playing with ith negroes Japs or ot one of the tho dozen or more nationalities that went to tomake make ninko up tho crowd In two or three thice of the places the proprietors pro pro- frankly admitted that it was an night oft ana ana m that business had bad been bad ever cr since the tho financial trouble swept over o the country just what some of them for instance in one place there were twenty nine nin pla players players' rs and one forty consider r good business is hard is-hard hard to say pay In another another another an an- other place there thero wore twenty eight ht players and twenty one watchers or hangers on In still another there were twenty four players and thirty thirty nine nino watchers In one place where thero there wore Vere hut but two tables there were six players and two thirty two watchers or loafers Thanks to the tho vigorous action of the juvenile court and its officers there thero were were no real young oun boys bos in an any of the places though a number of those seen soen would ol d have ht bad a hard job to con ine anyone anone without an affidavit it da that they were 21 l years cars of f age Keep Boys Out Shortly after the tho juvenile court was organized its officers commenced a war on ou tho the proprietors of poolrooms who permitted minors in their places of business rho Tho proprietor was first warned that he was violating the law taw and aad that if ho he continued in tho the practice he must n suffer suffer suf suf- uffer fer the tho consequences In a majority of cases the warning bad had the tho dc desired red of ef feet In one no nc or two cases eases however the tho guilty parties had to be bo taken into court the seco second l time In OI C case one proprietor proprietor pro pro- was fined 5 5 for the second off of offense f n nHe He lie paid the fine fino and continued in in inthe the tho old way vay The third time tune ho he was before the court he ha was fined 50 and costs That had bad the desired effect as asar asfar far ar ars as s that proprietor was conc concerned Others have hao also been fined heavy sums by the tho Jud judge o of the juvenile court until tho the practice is is practically broken up Closed Sundays In a number of oC places the walls vans are arc decorated with si signs ns reading NY N X minors tumors allowed in in this place In one of the raids ma made e by br officers of the juvenile court fifteen boys between be bOo tween the ages of 14 and antI 18 IS years roars were found playing in recently it es IS th the practice to keep a n number of these places open Sundays Some Som time ago ngo Chief Chiet Pitt issued orders that all must clo close o o Sundays Sun days and the chief says bays that as far as ho knows the order i is being observed I IA A number of tho the places ho however er e do rio dorem rem remain jn oin open all alt ni night ht and andr according to two of nt the proprietors it i. i is no unusual unusual un tin usual thing for th there re to bo ho players durin during during dur dur- in ing the entire cla day and nd night with tho the po exception of an hour or two in inthe inthe inthe the morning from say 6 C o'clock to 8 0 clock What does docs n a pool table cost and how j i ip it built I These questions were asked T r 7 N. N Paulson local manager of tho Bruns Bruns- wick Balke company which furnishes practically all of the tables u used cd in this cit city How They're Made Slate from beds in Vermont is used for the bed of f tho the table Tho The cushion ion ionis is made front from Mexican and South American American Amer Amer- ican jean rubber Practically lIy all nil of the tho pool balls used in the world are arc made by the tho same company f Tho rho o process of manufacturing manufacturing manu manu- tho the balls i is I a R secret one which has pass d from tho the oldest member of the firm to the next in seniority ty for over ocr sixty years In answer to a question Mr Paulson said that a pool or billiard table cost cot from to 1600 1600 The average price of those used in this city according to Mr I Paulson is is in the neighborhood of More expensive tables abl's however Ve arc used at the tho Alta AHa club dub the Commercial Commercial Commer Commer- cial dab club dub the tho Elks club the University club tho the Eagles Eagles' club and the tho Y JL t t. C. C A. A The basis is for tho the tables used in in the public places Tho The mo most t expensive table ever e brou brought ht to this city was WIS one OM made to order order or or- der for the late E V. V McCune The I table was what is known as The Ox Ox- ford ord ma made only to order and cost 1350 In addition to this Mr r. r McCune pl paid d for the balls us used cd on tho the table tible List of ot Poolrooms A list lirt of tho places with tho number of tables in each is given iven below The Tue letter H a a indicates that liquor is is cither either Fold Fold- ld on the premises or may be obtained with lint hut little HUJa trouble The fhe letter H b b indicates that no liquor is is sold Hold Albany bar hal a n 70 West Vest Second South 1 pool Abe Abc Frank a South State 1 pool American Beauty bar a a. a West South Temple street 1 jool pool ool Antonas Antona John b 70 10 0 Commercial street 3 pool Arima A. A b 5 51 54 Commercial street 10 pool Berryessa a. a P. P J. J a 50 North Third West 1 I pool Ba Babey Co a 76 East First South 1 pool Dool Benl Beal k Smith a 42 East First South 8 pool Bourand W. W L. L a West South Temple 3 3 pool Balls Ball's Ci Cigar ar store b 31 West First South Bouth 2 2 pool Bear William a 68 W West First South S Spool pool Cardasis J. J T 0 O. a West Second South 4 pool California Wine WinG company a 3 West Second South 2 pool Smith a 3 SO 80 North Third West 1 pool Doles Alex Alei a 3 West First South 2 pool Enquist Isaacson a 3 63 68 Commercial street 1 pool Erickson rickson Johnson a 51 West Second Second Sec Sec- ond South 2 pool Ea Eagle le Gate saloon a 46 East First Firt South South- 1 pool Exchange bar a West cst South Tem Temple le 1 I pool Gulbransen a West South Temple 3 a pool T. T b 44 H Richards street 2 pool Hurry Back saloon a Fourth West and First South 1 pool lucks licks Steve a a. a 35 W West st Second South 7 po pool oJ 1 billiard J J. b 2 29 20 Market street 1 4 pool Lin Ling Gustar a I 5 59 50 East Second South 1 pool Linder 8 Lindstrom a 63 West N Second Second Sec See ond South 3 pool Love Loc L L. R. R a. a 48 East Second South 9 0 pool 3 billiards Luco Luce Berryman a 3 IS 18 East Second South 1 J pool L. L M a I. I 13 Commercial street 1 I pool b 31 Commercial street 8 pool a West Second Second Sec See ond South 2 pool Mayer Mary A. A a 21 Commercial street 2 pool 1001 Malone James L. L b 04 a West Second South street S 8 pool and 5 billiard Nelson Kelson S. S a 3 61 East Second South 1 pool Peters John A A. a 3 GO 60 East Second South 1 pool R. R a 14 South Temple street 1 pool Rio Grander saloon a West Second Second Sec Sec- ond South 1 pool Raper Mayer a. a 26 6 West Second South 11 pool 1 billiard Fratello a 3 West Second Sec ond South 3 pool Schmidt B. B F. F b lOS West Second South 7 pool Sebastine Frank a 03 South State street 3 pool Sprin man Fritz a O South State street street- 1 pool Stevenson enson James a South SouthWest West Temple street 4 1 pool John b South State street 4 1 pool Tedesco Nicks Nick jck a. a W West cst Second South street 2 pool Tedesco J. J a 3 32 South West Temple Tem Tern pIe street street- 2 pool Metcalf n a n. n South Main street 4 pool 1 I billiard Wheeler h Harmon a 50 West First South street 4 1 pool Lukus bar a South State street 1 pool Pol S. S b 3 54 Commercial avenue 6 pool pooi t North Star saloon a 1 58 East First South 1 I pooL Union bar a 3 66 East First t S SOuth uth 3 pool S J Pappas Gust a to 53 West Second South street 1 pool pol Saltair bar a First South and Third West 1 pool |