Victory for the "Drys"
Council Votes for Ravenswood Prohibition District.
Great Rejoicing by Opponents of Project to Open Amusement Park and Beer Garden in That Part of City...
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Source: Chicago Daily Tribune, 19 February 1907, pg. 2.
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The beer garden that was to have been known as the Tyrolean Alps park will not be located in Ravenswood. To the accompaniment of the ringing applause of 200 men and women residents of Ravenswood the city council last night by a vote of 50 to 8 passed an ordinance making prohibition territory of the district that was to have been occupied by the amusement park. It was the end of a hard fought battle of two months.
Ald. Winfield P. Dunn of the Twenty-fifth ward moved the passage of the ordinance. It was prohibition territory of the district bounded by Sunnyside avenue, Leavitt street, Western avenue, and Montrose boulevard.
Kenna Votes No.
Ald. Kenna, saloonkeeper, promptly voted nay. His colleague, John Coughlin, said he sympathized with the desire of the residents of Ravenswood to prevent an amusement park from entering their neighborhood.
"But," continued the alderman, "I cannot consistently, coming as I do from the First ward, vote in favor of a territory where no saloons can be established."
When Saloonkeeper Ald. Henry L. Fick of the Ninth ward voted in favor of the ordinance there was a loud clapping of hands by nearly fifty women who occupied places on the right side of the council chamber, and their husbands and men friends from Ravenswood joined them. Then Ald. Scully, who had opposed the ordinance in committee, voted "aye" and got the glad hand. Saloonkeeper Powers' vote in the affirmative caused more rejoicing, and the clapping that followed the favorable ballot of Ald. Reinberg indicated that the Ravenswood people were aware of his relationship with the saloon and appreciated the sand he took.
List of the Opponents.
The eight aldermen who voted against the ordinance are: Kenna, Richert, Conlon, Dailey, McCormick, Wendling, Coughlin, Hahne.
Ald. Derpa voted nay in the first instance and then changed his vote to the affirmative. Ald. Wendling in voting against the ordinance said he objected to a prohibition district on general principles.
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Page compiled: 14 April 2002
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