The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-01-29


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Excr1IMEHT AMONG THE BUTCHERS
Yesterday considerable excitement was oc-
sa,ioned among the butchers, and some 1T
lie among their customers, by the regular
serving upon the owners Of meat shops to
close them up this morning, or suffer the
peu.l,.ss. We understand that the butch
q, will decline complying with this order,
and test the matter before Court. We
have already fully discussed this subjsc, IN
ali its bearings, and given extracts from the
ordinances npon which this proceeding IS
founded. Such a course was anticipated
the early part Of the winter, which gave
rise to the discussion. The City Council
then assumed the position, that the origi-
nal contract with the builders Of the mar
let houses, to secure the erection OF these
houses, the city obligated itself to stop in
the city the sale at meat shops. groceries,
&C., Of all meats, poultry and vegetables.
at retail, and that the ordinance directing
the close ofthese meat shops was bat car
rying out the city's part OF the contract,
from which there was no escape, however
DESTROYS ii might be to avoid interference
with the meat shops On the other hnnd,
il was complained that the market house s,
or the peculiar manner in which they were
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durable monopoly-that the village had no
right to bind up the city as it has dome
that while the meat shops are moi nui.
ssncs a. declared by the ordinance, but are
4 great and we'll admitted public accommo-
dstion, as similar shops are SO regarded and
supported in most cities, the forcing OF cit
liens to buy their meats at market houses
far distant from the heart Of the city, and al
certain houses, would be an Inconvenience
too great to be borne, &c. The ordinance
il % much violated by our family grocers
a. BY the butchers. The sale of poultry
and vegetables is as much prohibited. e.
ceptina from wagons, and at the market
houses, a. the sale of meat at the butcher
shops. This business cannot be done up
in any halfway manner. II will not do to
enforce one part Of the ordinance, and let
the remainder continue dead letter-to
make . distinction which the ordinance
itsslf fails to recognize. The public viii
b sorry il BY any means our meat shops
are closed. That they are great accom-.
moaation 10 undeniable. They are not
uuisances, nor are meat shops SO regarded
in even The crowded cities Of the North, in
yearly al Of which we find these establish
msnts % well as market houses. Busi
sees can be induced TO 60 to the marke,
houses here, especially In the summer time,
bu: We doubt whether it can be driven there
any season. II we were compelled this
winter to buy our meats and vegetables At
the market houses, we should be in a COM
fortless condition. Would either butchers
or country people have stood at the marke,
stalls such weather a. We had last weeks
The market hours must be before business
hours, OF how can our laboring population
make their purchasess How delightful to
make . 8 O'Clock A. M, trip to the market
houses to secure our breakfasts, with the
mercury in the thermometers nearly frozen!
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