The sun., 1870-01-01
TIE CITY OF THE MARKETS.
THE GREAT WASHINGTON MARKET
ASsOCLATION's SEIZURES.

| Huitt-The Wharves and streets which
| The Association has sauatted upon
| Bnermeus Revenue for Politicians.
The West Washington Market Association Is
| an enormous local power. II is composed Of
| butchers, produce commission merchants, and pol
teisss u Is one Of the richest organizations 10 the
| city IL has vanquished the Legislature on many
oeeasisne. The municipal authorities are literally
| It's stieet slaves. Even Tammsny Hall bows 10 it,
| recognizes its power, and tremblcs ct Its frown.
The Association has now plans 10 view. And
proposes new tactics 1t does not propose to buy up
| the Legislature, az has done heretofore, but will
submit It's plans st the next session, and trust the
| scheme Oh It's simple merits The new scheme Is
for the building Of a new market on q scale OF un-
| eQuslled grandeur.
The Association proposes 10 erect two story iron
building, 70 have 1t pat up In sections and 10 have
oil the sections completed before the 1rs is put
| M. In this manner the structure may be erected
without materially interfering with the daily bust
ness Of any lIrgc number Of dealers. The oppos
ton by the market Association to the erection Of
new building has been that n they suffered the
swsdiing politicians to get foothold FOR the cree
ton of such structure, the contractors would deav
the work exactly as they have done on the
| Court House. and for the same evil purpose.
They insist on building magnificent market on
the site which they hold for they say that the
ket f. just where II should be to supply the South
/
I Staten Island aud other neighboring places
| The plan for the new building 10 In the hands Of
| the President of the Association, Mr. Cornell, whom
Sun reporter found yesterday siti ng on q barrel
| OF potatoes in vesey street. II pre- vides for two
| buildings: ne to cover the site o. the old West
| Washington Market, aud the other the whole area
| OF the new West Washington Market, including tho
piers, ~ shown IN our illustration. The grand area
will be equal 70 Ten blocks OF nye blocks
| 70 each Aoos.
The Wholesale dealers are to have exclusive pos
session Of the Eround floor. The retail dealers
TO occupy the floor above. The articles TO be cx.
posed for sale are TO be run 10 the second floor
elevators.
| WHAT TER NApKEr ASSOCIATION CLAIMS.
In taking the ~at,r front 70 the extent proposed,
the market men say that they must have place TO
land their slaughtered meat, instead OF hauling 1t
through the streets In small carts. Complete me.
cnauical powers are proposed for the landing places
| Nearly the whole OF the meat that is sold in the
market IL slaughtered In New Jersey. Il Is pro
| posed to have the shughterng done on barges In
the river. The oral not deemed sufficiently valuable
for preservation will fall into tho water The hsn
Will iced on n, and the river wall become
stocked with fish. Tue Market Association also
proposes to lani all kinds OF vegetable produce in
tl'r !amc mcnn r, thus
. BELIEVING the STREETS
Besides, the new market will break up a swiudle
to which the hucksters are subjected The city pre-
tcrds 10 collect % cents daily from each huckster
| WHO has wagon the street. Possibly somebody
collects this fee but ifso, nobody knows what ulti-
mately becomes of the money, except that II goes
. | into some private pocket in the Tammany ring Al
o'clock A. NJ. each wagon has TO move. II makes
difference how mue OF the huck-ter's stock ro.
I mans unsold, policeman drives him away Then
greedy class of small Try, who have secured stands
along the streets BY money and political influence,
rush TO the huckster, offer him what they unitedy
| agree on for his unsod stock, and he. rather than
tekc his stock back TO Jamaica otter dis.
;ant place sells 1t to them at sacrifice. In order to
4 | NEE, this contingency, the buckster demands a
| very high price for his s,otk from those who come
| TO purchase the earliest.
, The second HoDr oftne market Is to be very hand.
some. One part OF M with it's cages ior hive poultry
Of all kinda and les caSes for the birds that ep
cures demand, Will Outriyl the Hon. Horace Gree
eys proposed annual poultry exhibition 10 the great
rink 1t WIN afford infinite amusement u museum.
The Scond floor Is 10 be reached by several bread
, ni-hts Of iron star cases. all under cover.
LxrESsyE swIxpLIsG
Is pract.sed n connection with the letting OF the
sites for The diminUtvs structures which crowd
| the Washington Market neighborhoo1. II Is ptinc.
psy by these little shanties that Vssey street il rem
1 | dercd almost impossible hut the public has no
remedy tor city oniclls aud storekeepers along the
lines OF the shanties realizing large Incomes from
them, The money which should accrue to the bene
dt OF tne city used exclusively for individual az.
srandiscmcni. All permits to erect the stands and
maintain them read that ne ,ria Of me ConqptvoHer
is .faGi, hence the smelling committees OF the
politicians rings keep the stand holders con.
. stautly in n tremor. man gets a stand,
lie thinks he is safc. lie has creased a
friend or two, who IN turn have attended to
oRsAsING THs POLITICIANS.
month niterward, a friend OF some inHucntla
official passes, on dead scent after greenbacks
As stand. lie likes it, and probably concludes
, that is rs green % some OF tho vegetables ne
has for sale. Straightway A 10 notified that half
OF his stand has been given to another person. He
mas 10 tey the other person out lie cant kick
stand Is in trout OF store, the man who wants to
keep it las first 70 Cca with the sorekeeper They
SgJes as. opon @ oHg, sum as ren. per annam Ior f
City Hall and sees somebody who In turn sees some.
body else During this part OF the negotiation Sc.
Nerai punches OF Hayana cigars are disposed OF to
with champagne Or uhiskcy The storekceper gets
permit TO keep few barrels OF potatoes or a few
chests OF tea On tho sidewalk In front OF his store
4 week nftarward shantH is erected. a notion
store is opened, and the potatoes" or "tea' are
sold in the form OF miscellaneous collection OF pro-
duee, The lessee sometimes Sublels, or In other
words, he takes in his friends The rent 10 inc
storckerper ranges n hish ~ sGO0 per um, and
| TO the city ~ per week.
just when business is good snd the greenbacks are
multiplying IN the hands OF the lessee OF the stand
man with tail beaver hat, with Grape on il, and
carrying eine which is adapted 20 q foot rule
comes along, measures the stand and finds II on
incl aud hah too far out the roadway Next
comes an order TO remove the stand The lessee and
the storekeepcr again provide themselves with pre-
sens, and like the Asiatlcs, approach the powers
that be with a low s1aam. Their presents are
hurredy acceptcl, and they sent back rejoicing:
but they must hold themselves In readiness ior
| another attack II the stand Is In trout of a lea
store, the delightful saVor OF the best may be
| recognized Tor leug timo anerward issuing
from the kitchens 1.-THE private abOdes Of the Dow-
ers who received the saklin. This accounts Sor the
number ana rapid increase of shanties obstructing
| the sidewalks aud roadway.oi Vesey, Fultoa, and
| West streets.
The Association which y 30 powerful poliyeaIly
Snd financially has
"sTAR CHAH8eR,"
| which 10 remarkable in Its location and lack -
beauty and IN its utter want Of cleanliness even II
i IN tie garnet OF No. - Nesey street. Spiders
have squatted on the walls In imirinon OF the Asso.
cations squatting along the piers. They are never
distuTted neither are the members n the AssOclat
Ton Year by year the spiders incresse in number
aud spread additional.webs for busrrss purposes:
30 do tie members OF the Association Rude benches