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- Pedestrian traffic would be disrupted. People would be forced to walk in the streets and probably get run over.<\/li>\n
- Food would be exposed to dust, dirt, and “windblown foreign matter,” creating a health hazard.<\/li>\n
- Hungry birds, insects, and rodents\u2014especially squirrels\u2014would discomfit patrons, and the city’s rodent control problem would be “multiplied many times.”<\/li>\n
- Chairs and tables would interfere with the laying of hoses during a fire.<\/li>\n
- Street litter would be exacerbated.<\/li>\n
- Street-spraying trucks might splash water over the curbs and on to customers.<\/li>\n
- It would be harder to do utility work, which might require tearing up the sidewalks.<\/li>\n
- The cafes would be a “potential source of disorder” because caf\u00e9 patrons might brush against sidewalk pedestrians, possibly leading to fisticuffs, etc.<\/li>\n
- Passersby might steal pocketbooks or other valuables from caf\u00e9 patrons.<\/li>\n
- And finally, according to Deputy Police Chief Howard V. Covell, “this type of operation would provide a favorable setting for ladies of easy virtue as they ply their trade up and down the street.”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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