New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-05

men te 10 ht Every ward in this city, and they're
all great pplers and hey cand ok or Keen
em from going, just they please 10 yy S" WpsI
Oakley Hall could have got to DO mhy wi vou n that
market gets crowded pretty hard. Gov. Hoffman u nave
his say in the matter and 1t won't DO against INC "iA''
but how does it happen that oil these Washington
Market get to be such great ~ ho ro,,cians
that get Into Washington Market eaR ,e that's Sot
how that little thing work. TX 6a Ward and wants stall
washington Market and he goes to his Conneman ana
tells MIN % no IL that upright and nestmabls official
Richard b. Connolly esq., Controller OF te LIN lin little
YHrS a% San 1s Of hundred dollars this is
dat scandal no Doubt and Dick tells the butcher ~ s
and SIs saints aTod mi he nds place to his mind
say betW NOS "a and 49, and then be comes %
tells Connolly and Connolly sits down and makes out
hermit for No ga and the builds stall ana taxes ~
down cart abont u O'clock at sna saw aSd
Tho xxi morning il the fellows IN those stalls Degn 20
kick up any fuss, he Just showsem permit anu
'' "Ap nd how long can he keep his stand therep
| Just as long as Connolly let's him. ,,,
$50 Connolly manages the whole thihg, uoes hc'
| and Who is Connolly responsible tor
| Nobody, but tho fellows that elect him!
| "And how much does he make out OF III. ,-.-
Good s as so in d" womnston Market he had rather
| blackmaed pretty heavy than lose his permit $3.50,
"The Controller wouldn't want that system changed
lied be a Id fool IL he dldlo
"But MT IL extraordinary that men should DC Wiling
to do business In that when they can establish pr
waite market anywhere and be Their own mastcrs "here
docs the profit come 'front.' rnero ara GOOD
enough markets up town, but l wouldn't gye as
| head in Washington Market!-even If had to keep my
meat in q cellar across the street. and run over myself
every t MAKE %ore Money at f IT. You can sell
anything there Time aud again. I've seen the
sight and when they we're gone we'd rush lot more
OF the and OF women that had been walt
open, for the inspectors TO clear out, would walk up
Sa ag Gnrh nn yont nose With your nge and
hung on hook and let 1t string down! More tha9 once
dressed calf found in her and then gone and sold
Reader II this description dlsgusts you, what do you
think Of the Icality and what should be done with
market that trains 10 do such thing and then 10
ehucke over it as good Joke especially when en- these
| more OF that nice, tender meatp
quantity there plenty of dastardy gOuging, when,
for instance. ignorant lifts goose and asks
s weight and the dealer Singing II on the scale aud
snatchlng II of again. eXcaims Thirteen pounds ana
half Call thirteen, and take II quick IL you want n
IL the poor woman had par oi scales AZ nome, anu
knew how To them, she would lind that her purchase
long practice IN such knavery has taught these fellows
just how and when. ond whom II s safe TO swndle and
about can probably get good quality and fnll weight
U n' necn Who inc gnr 4er ' from poO every
point, within reach by street-car or ferry, fare
little better than the man who went down 10 Jericho and
fell among thieves and whatever good samaraDs under
take to come TO their rescue may count ON desperate
The superstitious stupidity with which the poorer
classes OF NewYork and Brooklyn and Jersey city cling
and thousands the ferries every week.
Hundreds OF come Fulton Ferry Saturday
| night, march straight by Fulton Market without |
miles across the city and back FOR the sake OF |
beng swinded at Washington Market And any |
the west eide Of the city viii have ample proof that tho
uptown aborers and aborera wives arc possessed with
A ssm a Washington Market A
yendcr who hives in Clinst. Questioned
tins point other day and admitted that on gong
home night between 10 and O'Clock. il his old
shodld say she must have some meat for tomorrow he
would take his basket step out OF the house and, nine
times ont Of ten, tramp mile away 10 Washington Mar
private market only few blocks away.
=" But why 90 you doni Can you get things any |
: No, not tho thinSs-somotimcs think they
wei. Why do Jon go then ."
every body soes ana yon can zee everything there.
ana a. me =, "arSsr. got "a, "a. g s, W - -
70 be newly founded no decent dog would 90 nearlt.
extending half the Union. OF thousands 90
every week from sheer fJTco OF habit and VIII
TIME 20 20 10 as long as they live, or until the market
mouse is actually torn down before their cye,
II u curious 20 sca how dealer changes his tuno after
with eye unpreJudcod by his pocket several men OF
this class fnly confirmed the butchers statements
already given, and denounced tho whole Institution in
good set terms Their free remarks rather excited The
Ire Of tho butcher himself, who observed II you had
phchsd washington market year ago those fellows
would have squoalcd bad anybody but they're
ID, |
ular. Who los. hls stall through excess Of matchmaking
aud lack ~ political weight extremely bitter
market fleece the dealers and play into the Controllers
hands In terms too pungcut ior publication. II enough
say, and It actual fact that Irish pg hunter"
who las done Connollys dirty work since he came
to THIS country and clerk who n whelp OF tho same
stamp, gougc aud backmail the dealers under Connoys
direction until they are obliged 10 quit the market or 10
s~ndle their customers numerically 10 save themselves
from rum aud not "A man among them but would hail
the removal q these two scoundrels with delight.
potent and pcstontal political machine. that every un
prcudCcd reader must admit that certainly needs 10
bo radically reformed Bu that is not enough IL must
not only be pruucd, but pulled up 10y the roots ylgor
ousy shaken, and set down new place. II IS mpos
-be dsodge the old abuses that have fixed themselves
here. without cNtcmina'ing the whole thing and start
INK Besides, even 10 managed rs honestly
u knayshy. there are other asuclent reasons for
It's removal The whole market n such miserable aud
gracelcss collection Of old, worn or, and patched
up shantes' mat order and convenience are phys.
Teal mpo@biltes. The narrow streets surrounding II
encroached upon by the sheds that the side
the busy seasons almost defy description More than
$500 vehicles have been counted IN single hour In the
mari ot produce, and often takes two hours for team
advance single block on Saturday night the turmoil,
both inside and outside grows and furious II
ouy true that tile pleasure Il great ~ being cheated
as TO cheat" tho amount OF felicity Washington Mar
kct on INC l evening IN the week would be iucalculable
Tho fact that the Nlrtne which will lose hundred dol
lars bad bargain rather than make fy by cheating
three hundred customers out OF haf dollar apiece IS
absolutely unknown In Washington Market The crowd,
the rush. tho gloomy stands (somo obliged gas
tail customers. combine 10 make swinding easy
The reputation OF asset Of uumitigatcd scoundrels Even
when business Is dull Il Is "a most dslGreeabo under
streets between the cars drays aud garbage
and through the crooked labyrinth Of passages one
bury and wealthy butcher who harshly repealed mild
insiuuation against tho market with the curt remark,
pg SIYuSI stood as he spoke IN long passage
out thrusg the latter against the bloody carcasses of
beef that hung on either side.
All this confusion ana Inconvenience can only be rene
dled by removing the market 10 spacious quarters
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