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CITY OF DUBOIS Page 155
as a necessity might arise, between courts, Haas stated that he
thought there were enough licensed houses in DuBois, and that he
could accommodate a great many more drinkers if they would only come
in. However, he agreed that from the Alpine House north to the
DuBois Hotel was a long time between drinks.
On East Long Avenue, in the location of the present
Baptist Church, was a two story hotel originally called the McQuaide
House, subsequently called the McHenry House. This hotel had a barn
on West Long Avenue at about No. 14. One of the qualifications for
this hotel was a very large spring on the rear of the lot, by which
guests who did not use beer, wine or whiskey, could receive pure
spring water. This was the eastern terminus of the liquor traffic.
Starting on North Brady Street on the west side, about
three doors north of the corner was a wholesale liquor store. The
proprietor each morning loaded a buckboard with his wares. He would
drive out into the country and when a man ordered a quart, keg or
barrel, he filled out a postal card addressed it to himself and had
the patron sign it, which he mailed at the nearest Post Office. He
delivered the goods from his wagon on the signing of the card. He
believed he was licensed to peddle liquor.
In the locality of the J. C. Penney Store was the
National Hotel. This was a three story structure and it furnished
hotel accommodations. Going on north, to the corner of North Brady
Street and West Scribner Avenue, on the south side of Scribner
Avenue was the Nicholson House, also a three story hotel building.
On the opposite corner was a two story building called the Terpe
House. From the Terpe House, north on that side of the street there
were no buildings except a dwelling house that subsequently burned
down. Coming to the south side of North Brady Street, in the
locality of the Montgomery Ward Store was what was known as the St.
Cloud Hotel. This was a two-story ramshackle hotel for which a
license was granted. Proceeding further on North Brady Street was
what was known as the Alpine House. Between the Alpine House and
Scribner Avenue was the Smith Hotel, now called the Penn-Bois Hotel.
Of course, there were no buildings on Liberty Boulevard, except a
few tenant houses on the left hand side. On the east side of the
valley was the DuBois House, a four story brick building erected by
John DuBois, for the purpose of conducting a good hotel and which
had the modern improvements of the time, steam heat and running
water.
These were the houses of entertainment. Subsequently
two breweries, viz : the Iron City Brewing Co., and the Rochester
Brewing Co., established distributing stations.
Later on several wholesale licenses were granted, and
finally a distillery was erected in the Second Ward east of Maple
Avenue, but this plant never received a license.
One would think that there was no need of any one
suffering
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