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Show POLICEMEN DRINK BEER But Mayor Gaynor Is to Break Up the Habit- New York. July 3o Mayor Gay-iiur Gay-iiur has -'announced bis determinatioi to put a stop to the distribution ol (:ee beer to policemen and firemen by several big New York breweries. The practice was called to his attention atten-tion in a letter tiom Fire Commissioner Commis-sioner Waldo, which has been made public, by order of the mayor. Th "Yesterday - evening a battalion chief at my direction visited a br.?w-ery br.?w-ery on 129th slieet for the purpose of determining what liremen. If any, were at that time drinking on said premises. He was at first refused admission ad-mission to the drinking room of the brewery on the. ground that it was reserved for the use of poliomen aud i firemen exclusively. On producing evidence lhat he was a member of the uniformed force, he was allowed to enter. He found three firemen an I fourteen policemen in unilorms in a room drinking. They were provided with a keg of beer which two policemen, po-licemen, with their helmets off, were distributing to their comrades, acting Ias bartenders." According to ofticers of the brewing brew-ing company, the practice the may-' may-' or is trying to stamp out Is not now. They declared that it bad been going or ever since the brewery ttartod. and that, so far as they knew, it wa.- current at every other brewery In town. |