The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-23
The Washington Market.


The idea Of removing the Washington Market from its
present location to the foot of Fourteenth street. or
some other eligible site up town. has been mooed and
petty of the market is concerned it would be danger
Gus experiment This market now is the market-the
grand receiving reservoir whence is distributed the i'm
mensty of agricultural products &c. gathered from far
and by the indomabe energy and Of
those doing business within it's limits Although the
tail business in this market exceeds that of any other
market in the city, yet this branch of the business is
but very small item compared with its Wholesale trade
Williamsburg, Jersey City and Hoboken, deal in market
truck all of whom obtain their supply from Washington
Market The principal part Of this trade is done before
street Just imagine fer moment how it would be-
with the streets in their present condition. What nice
chance Brooklyn grocers would have of getting to
markell Fulton Market had they room to do the bust
ness would perhaps remedy the evil to certain
extent: but they have not got the room
Within the last seven years the trade of Washington
Market has increased at least thousand emit In
the butcher market stalls valued high some of
them three thousand dollars not of them be
purchased for less than fifteen hundred On the walk in
West street. where beef and produce at Wholesale
high as two thousand dollars have been paid for the
transfer of stand In the country market and the
other side of West street. stands also bear high pre-
MUM. The amount of business done in and about
ture to say that in no part of the city, on the
space Of ground is there business transacted
nor can you nd better thorough going business
in this wide world than to be found in Washing
ton Market most industrious set of the deni
Of this market They work hard late and early,
remunerative success Here we see young man open
ing oysters-'ts hard work. yes, but he owns . fine
house lot in Washington street the prodoct Of his
industry Here another carrying quarter of beef he
lives in his house up town. This that rolling
barrel of potatoes has made twenty thousand dollars in
the market Thus go; tits hard work, but industry
meets with its reward.
market should be built on the other side Of West
street. extending from Barclay to Cortandt street.
This should be continuous building of ron story
high, and that to be high story, to admit of
good supply of light and air with cart ways and foot
paths through 1t at vesey, Fulton and Dey streets It's
width should be two hundred fty feet divided into
five causeways of fifty feet EACH running the entire
length. This width would give room for stalls twelve
and half feet in depth either side, and leave free
passage way twenty feet wide On the river side Of
the market there shocld be space two hundred feet
wide for the accommodation of wagons carts &c. which,
with West Barclay vesey, Fulton, Dey and Cortlandt
streets would prevent any blocking up, such
in consequence of the wagons and carts being
centrated a certain point.
Should you desire it will give you my views at
large another occasion.
would simply suggest the propriety of calling
meeting of the butchers and dealers in the market to be
held at appropriate place at early day. for the
purpose of discussing the subject when some feasible
plan may be suggested for the erection Of market
which viii be both ornamental to the city, useful to the
THIRD WARD.