Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-08-11
LOCAL NE WIS.


Hon. W. r. Chandler. Col. y. u. Oriwnv and
Mr.. %. ID. Barrett yesterday appeared before the
Legislative Council Committee on Markets the
two former ON behalf OF the W ashingtOn Market
Company % Oppose the bill before the Legisla-
ture for the incorporation OF the Farmers aud
Butchers Market Company. and Mr.. Barnett o
make an argument in To- favor.
ARGUMENT OF uON. ". \. CHANDLER.
IN The course OF his argument Mr.. Chandler
said the company proposed "a be incorporated
ey me bi,l under CONSIDERATION Purported % -
COMPOSED OF farmers snd butchers. but ne couli
hnd no farmers in the list OF incurporatorx. In
all prosperous cities where large markets were
70 be erected u was found necessary 20 protect
the farmers IN the act OF incarceration for there
was a tendency upon the part OF butchers ani
huckSters "a imIose and levy a tax unon fho
farmers. To remedy this evil the MARYLAND law
says that farmers shall not BE- prohil,if.i fnor,
selling at these stalls meat produced upon their
farms
Mr.. oRpwAT's ARGUMENT.
Mr.. Ordway said IL the gentlemen OF tho Far
mcrs' and Butchers Market Comuany reaIv
wanted 60 establish market lecitiinatslv they
had no need OF this bin, for they could proceed
under the general Law Of Congress. Men Vho
were constantly az their wits ends % uaua,,e
20 get money enough 20 paw their board mis-
IRON week % week had secured privileges the
execution of which would require millions az
dollars. The same men were before ConprrSs
session after session, and 80 frequently thai Id
was al last determined, a. he had said. T. pass a
general law under which any and all honest
men could secure incorporation. This the GEN
tt men before. the committee could DO. subject
only Ga the license fees which will be imposed.
In ADDITION 20 those objections the hin was -
vague and general a. 60 provide Tor an indefinite,
number OF markets without fixing their loca
IONS. IL did not even provide that rrefftal,l.
buldIngs should be erected, or that the Legis-
lature might fix the rent OF stalls or cNerciSa anv
control or supervision OF them. a. was tie 60,
with the law under which the Center Markrt
Company Was established 10 allowed certain
gentlemen, butchers I'm the old market I'D con-
troll the whole thing.
Mr.. ordway then alluded to the unjust dis
elimination against his company in the matter
OF rents The Center Market was required 10
pay 900 rent per annum, while the Northern
Liberty would pay S6,e00, although II had A
larger number OF stalls. The former paid slou
bic the amount Of their net receipts for the last
year, and under the same rule the latter shoul1
pay $500 90 place both on an equal footing.
The other company could rent stalls at one
third less than his company. aud vet coin money
at a rapid rate because OF thus diseriminatio,,
They did not ask to be the only comnanv Thev
knew that other markets were needed. but they
snch manner a. 20 ruin them. The large tract
OF land at 10th street and the canal almost A.
large as theirs, was 60 be given 90 these gentle
men at 5000, upon which they c0uld er.c, tl1o
most miserable sheds, and then claim All ~, 80
lantages Of the law. The result would he that
those who had formerly sold rancid meat and
INV holesome vegetables in the old Center MAJ
ket, and thereby disgraccd the cftv could rroDs-
Ter their traps there and continue their disreDu
table business because Of the low rates of rsut
- a., noes hot M any amount OF capital 20 be
company had paid ten per cent OF the sfock
subscribed for, and kept books omen in the Int
nor Department ON two occasions for an 90 sub
scribe who wished. IL you give a charter for
four markets the same projection should sur
round them as in the other case
- ARGUMENT oF Mr.. o. ID. BARRETT.
Mr.. Barrett, on the part OF the promoters of
the Farmers and Butchers Compafv. rad ,.oT
tons of the 10th section Of the Act OF Congrcss
granting the charter 20 the Washington Market
company, and cOntended that where the word
corporation" occurred IL Was intended 10 mean
the city, and not the market company. a. M
OtdTay argued. He quoted from one section
winch read Corporation Of the City OF WASH
ingtonj" and further, where the market COM
pany rs referred 20, IL Is mentioned a. said
company, and IL was not styled corporation
anywhere In the charter. He admitted that in
some sections the company was intended where
the word corporation" was mentioned. and
SAID there could be no doubt as TO where the
rght OF property was vested.
A running discussion followed between Mr.
barrett and Messrs. Chandler and Ordwav du-
ring which MIR. Barrett said Congress had al
ways been opposed TO obstructinc Sfb street ana
only granted it on the representation thar a
bullding OF magnificent proportions would bs
erected, which would have connected with IN
a me hOtel, large hall, andstores, which would
yleld rent OF from S59,00O % $4,000. As they
proposed 20 put up a thrce-stOry building Con-
gress had put on them a rent OF sos 600 a wear
i aad they proposed 20 build a One-story market,
congress might have let them have the ground
for $4,000.
Dir; ordway said they would be glad TO give
NO IN NUT
up the building designed.
Mr. BaIrett-Ihis company will take IL
nj. OIIHay.-We viii give up the charter IL
you pay the ten per cent advance on the origi-
.al Dserlpiions and give security 20 carry out
Mr.. Barret said he had been attorney for q
man who claimed $40 coo for his services in pet
nng the charter. Would his company have to
Mr.. ordway denied that the company owed
such debt.
Mr.. Barrett had heard Of a man Boosting Of
o SV ,il inaae sSooo out OF $1,000 appropriation
Mr.. Barrett continued by saving IL was NOT
right 70 tax people OF business in this way 10 give
money 70 the poor or to give il 10 Legislature 70
llspoSe OF IN that way. The poor should have
he opportunity OF buying their meat at a rea-
,onable price, and not have it given out 20 them
through charity.
Mr.. Barrett then referred 10 the remark of
there being million Of dollars in the project,
and said n the trainers Of the bill had. bv any
covert language, covered up anything having a
million OF dollars in IL, he had failed 10 discover
T. The two parties must agree upOn the one
Thing in the same sense, and if there was a
million OF dollars concerned i'm il anywhere the
" ashington Market Company would unearth IL
He asked where was the ten per cent OF stoclr
Or the magnificent structure they promised?
MI. Ordway said il had been paid every cent
. MI. Moses Kelly, who had sworn to the fact
Mr.. Barrett said a market should be for mar
Aet purposes. The rent proposed 90 be Maid
S6,OOO) for the Northern Liberty Market was
Jut fair proportion as compared with the
rs 900 paid for the Center Market. He said ar
valuation $50 900 the interest would be S25 OO
he enormous increase of rent in the Center
'l ar mad driven many dealers away from il.
MI OrdWay said he knew of but one RESPONSE
Die dealer, German, who had gone away appa-
entity dissatisfied, but he came back and said he
lad been induced % do so by representations
hat others would follow him. Adjourned.
The Centre Market Iuvesff0atfo,, IT,