San Francisco Call, Volume 94, Number 86, 25 August 1903 — WILL CLOSE UP THE HERMITAGE [ARTICLE]

WILL CLOSE UP THE HERMITAGE

Application for License Denied by Board of Supervisors.

Bitter Fight Against Old Fruitvale Roadhouse - r Is Ended.

Oakland Office San Francisco Call, HIS Broadway, August 24.

Efforts to reopen the Hermitage, one of the old time roadhouses of Alameda County, which flourished in Upper Fruitvale before the advent of the electric roads in that district, have failed. The application of F. C. Schnarr for a license to conduct a saloon at that place was denied by the Board of Supervisors this morning, as Schnarr was unable to prove that he had the proper signatures to his application. Attorney Max Marcuse, who has been representing Schnarr, said that he had not heard from his client during the last week, and therefore would not ask the board for a continuance. The fight against the resort has been waged by residents of upper Fruitvale, led by several clergymen, ever since the place was closed by L#eon Faure two years ago. The protestants have carried on a protracted fight In an effort to permanently close the old resort.