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about you and of as many prospective customers as
possible.
There are other legal requirements also to be noticed
by the intending proprietor. In New York State, no
saloon is allowed within 200 feet of a church or school,
and other States have special laws defining the location
of a saloon, restaurant or hotel.
The questionof expense and profitsmay be indicated
•as follows (and, before entering business, it is well to
take into consideration that there are usually only
six working da3's in the week or three hundred and
thirteen in the ordinary year):
For a good location, in our larger cities, the rent
would be about $5,000 per annum or, daily, ••
about
$16.00
Daily wages for six men required—
Two bartenders, at $15.00 weekly
One lunchman, at $15.00 "
•
One cashier, at $12.00
"
One porter, at $10.00
"
One bojq at $10.00
"
12.8fi
Meals to employees (six, at 40c. each).
2.40
Drinks for the help, at meals
^
1.00
The "free lunch"
5.00
License (ordinarily $800 per annum)
2.28
Eevenue tax
.08
Gas (or light)
1.50
fee
1.50
Laundry
50
Breakage
1.00
Coal
....'.
'50
Insurance
25
Water tax
...i .......... .25
General taxes
.50
Extras
i.qoThe stock used would be about
40.00
Total
.$86.59