New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-01
ROW NEHEYoRK IS FED.

As may be supposed, great city-unlike the
Vnorr fortunate prophet OF oldis not by ravens To
az: ply The rw material Ter diem Of the iEnumeTaple
Rf-akssis. Cmrers, ard EuppeIs Of our metropolitan
odd uilon .o-Teqres pretty stout meat ara 'ege
be market, say nothing Of that needed Tor MIX,
tread and butter cuIEOry glance az the c8iy static
b. II these staples alone Uerhaps with those OF eggs
Ali corn n,4 4, likely both 20 interest and staTtle tie
Bubble The latter verb used adyscdly Tor IL surely
.act lhcy safte-tle knowledge that tho several
sep aud individual starvation are on the
Ivrfale aL. oue round Of meat Yer day, pound and
q half ~ hour IN the Of bread half pound OF po
,a,otS. bali ounce Of corn meal perhaps one egg arg
pEf Of milf. TEe yaIiOus iHterStie chilling items ci
Luz, Wines coffee, tea sear, &c, We 90 los pIopo,o ~
taLslcr, nLrr they ale Injuries IN when scarcely NOR
GsI Oae-taI II our population cal lh9uIsS'.
l.llv Tie proportion above enumerated must re lhu
;.ay eHler else how account Tor inc bruE oisal 70
4 GRANGE Il hcatN ~ tuus u meat between lfVOVOV
~ hi,b ram text u demand Ia bread by our murphy
bvns huaiiiautl $500 pounds OF utleI 6g pstiss ~
:, w oi -. Sru -oi, ,atistrs 1thered upon
l,.-t various spcciallles Of home consumption. =,
yor c matter Of meat There Is hive STOCK. weekly SOLO
Z s eli to rae amount OF olesOe pounds OF Shieh inc
80 ents0 Ig. An ordinary sized OK, 10 good condition.
,d ,i s5o pounds OF iii es.od beef; sheep close IN
j.. ~, y iy.ooa 81 As veal, about co. and an osdlMaIy
g II" leaH0~ Tie elad season most sensiby anectn
t1s n,t marast 10 the city. OF eonrse the summer summer
s,outis supply also lcs but during the run OF shad
@Lcn j. oy furnished by New. York Bay from Mafch
!" Apui, NvW-England contributing LOT Tue idtteI
smlns 81 e yGl thq qrntlty o nCat Sa5en ~ wv, Is
T. fHtI'Iil} diminished during TIE " Il unhlist
tyste aud plcbean piscnc sisters, the CLANS
he la.ttr ind!sernnately throughout the entire
r. 'ogtArI WIN 'Ge s"us 80 , On u from
bn1r~e. also Affect me meat h"thct more o - io
te tiinr especially oysters, AT least 10000 Of Whch
.. said eaten daily ~ the hight Of The season;
smut op,haf A. many for the period during the
Other months. Tie enormous estimate OF the fullOn
So. {. Thought 10 be correct The oyster trade the
Ssar round Is valued et $500. II Is an atestea
r. the order Of earFatng cltles London second. Pats
the iGrd tie denizens Of tne latter cy however baan
bread The tact that NevYork is in advance Of London
ip TINS RESPECT may excite surprise AZ INC Ii ~ "a
niost without exception neateaters but when we icco
bct that while ia NewAOrk the man iiusl nc poor ln
deed, who cannot aioru meat OF come ha ~ .s, N a.
london the number h prOpOrti0nally large Who are m
sbI to unrcase h AT an hence the marvel Washington
~ meat Iiart-aione IS estimated 20 supply
sYer millions OF people With food per day, more an
nj lie pV received AT this market bought MP ~ bulk
by wholesale dealers ana sent 70 TIE huJ9ctthI
towns Long and Staten Islands, New Jersey, and The
many towns the Hudson and even the markets OF
keratoga participate ia the benefits OF tbs aud other
metropolitan ettrepotS As cary as tWO luz S, ~
the morning, and from that ON 70 seven or elght'
wagons loaded with the days ood-sulpues W.,
tables ana 1rnlt, a. wei az hti.l' aiiNC
cessation at Washington market Many hundreds OF
eommodated with stands within the market About
llv yarousiy grouped about IN streets IN the ycnly
puted from Long Isiand three sixeehs from NewJer
soy; onesxteeith from the upper part OF aanhaitan
County The owners OF the truck pedalng establish
horn" three sxtcenths Irish, and inc remaining
thrCe-sIxteeuhs OF TeutOnic eXtrScuOn The revenue
arising them 10 the city, under the recent market
regime. has increased fully per cent esfehy since
abe introduction IN August hast OF the new eouiOct
system In addition 10 this land supply and ilht piouR
by the many railways, hundreds Of soOps and other SINAI
craft, loaded with description 81 Truit anu
vegetable particularly ia the hight Of the summer
season, contribute Their eargocs swell the cy's daily
aggregate large proportion Of market supplies
Long Island, among the fertile and Wclept
gardens Of which about 5000 said 10 DE en-
PlOycd. NewJersey and Western New York also con-
ttbutc their quotas Mercer potatoes mainly from
these three places. Charleston and Bermuda fur
nsh the FIRST new potatoes IA market. about the LIST
Of May. Delaware Ncw-Jcrscy, and lastly the
CarolinaA furnish the sweet POTATOES The last, how
aver, nov not nearly much asformeTy. Long Island
also contributes small proportion Of these fayOrto
vegetables. The Wholesale poiatO business be
gives bis report N sales Of TINS vegetable alone
a. upward Of 81 10000 FOR the year Many Others report
theirs annually at from s500OOO 10 $4,000 Washington
market sends also, largely 10 California aud EUROPE
shipping every month, from 1000 10 10000 barrels the
various foreign ports. About $40 barrels, each barrel
containing p bushels, a. the estimate gwen for tho cys
naiy consumption the value ~ which, allowing - pei
parrel amounts % about $500 per day CabOagcs S00
mead OF which eaten duffalys rank next tO tht
potato for home consumption Tomatoes ln the summer
season, also beyond all general knowledgea
elsO, hat vegetables not Onions especially, hny,
large sales and have urnps squash, peas beans ant
green corn II r. authenticity said that washington
AATket alone furnishes livelihood 10 more Than 5000
yersObs Inc market proper contains 1900 siahs 4
single day IN the Christmas frequently brings owe
plenty.
Fulton mSrket. although selling both meat and yeRe