Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-27
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me MARKET Company and the Conn
Editor Er,nfns Ssar' / was very mach sur
prised 90 read the annexed paragraph In your
usually careful and candid paper and fear some
one connected with TIE SrARhss been gross-
ly imposed upon by disgruntled hack sters. Who
wanted 10 carry on business on Louisiana ave
nne without paving sail rent OF hceRSs. while
me regular dealers are compelled BY Law % pay
The Market Company have done = bru.al aud
senseless thing IN driving the country from the
The way place near 10th street BRIDE II is doabi-
flI n the act authorizing the city 20 occupy the
d. oOgntrymsn empower the Market cmsSay 10 70
drive them up there and certainly they canno' q
there and The ground made NJ Tor the purp d.
ncxst bn' granting that .he company have tae
DEED TO enforce that power at this ncencnt srasOn
place. where there were no cust,,nsrs al en,hiiDS
The huoks,ers NJ the msrket O. pu, ap thsir own
their treatment, and some - them wha nav. at
tended Center Market Tor mAay year, declare that
certainly TO thu vicinity ii sss marx, .ty -
cities u Is considered wise thing @ encourage
10 the charge that the Market Company
have done a brutal and senselcsS thing in driving
the countrymen from Louisiana avenue TO the
bleak OUT OF the way place near 10th street
bridge, &C" the Market Company. for the FOL
lowing reasons, plead not guilty.
lst. The company have provided nearly two
hundred feet of platform sheds i'm their ward la
rear Of the market. which are kept exclusively
tor country dealers. AZ the Sma, charge OF thirty
cents week tor each dealer, and every dealer
on Louisiana avenue Was offered a place in the
market yard when they were asked % leave the
avenue. Therefore AZ any retail country dealer
went up 10 the wholesale market 10 ~ell his pro-
ducts he did u from choice. and In defiance OF
the law and the Market Company.
2d. The dealers in hay. straw. oats, corn
Wood and other coarse and bulky articles. who
nave been standing In the mud an 4 nth that
they have stirred up In Louisiana avenue render
ing n almost impossible. were ii mplv REQ nired 20
stand few hundred feet further west, upon the
assigned for that purpose
Sd. The law Of Congress is imperative in is
requirements. and ought long ago 60 have been
enforced. IL declares that from and after sixty
days from the passage OF this act. NAV ~, ts7lN
marketing OF the products named herein bulky
aTticles) should be excluded, &c. from Penn
sylyania and Louisiana avenues. aud the side
which led the Market Company TO aid i'm en-
forcing the law in regard 20 Louisiana avenue
were that marketmen from Alexandra. ami
even Baltimore, had taken possession OF the
street, and many OF them were selling interior
food, without license or restriction Of any kind
Ihis caused great complaint among the regular
dealers, some forty or fifty OF whom held a
meeting and passed the following resolutions:
"ReSoired, That the Market COMPANY and
metropolitan Police be requested 20 enforce the
law OF Congress prohibiting marketing on Penn
sylyania and Louisiana avenues.
Resolved, That copies of these resolutions be
forwarded 70 the Market Company aud the Me-
the following note:
"WAsHINsroN, n. c.. Dec. IL. ISL
Gsntemss'-l would respectfully call your at
tentiOn TO the enclosed resolutions.
Very respectfully.
lSignedl III. r. PILLsBTRy. Sec'v."
In view Of similar cons iaints which had been
mace for months past by market men aud 9TH
els, the building committee had proposed TO the
District authorities that they would grade the
wholesale market ground, build platforms. pre-
pare a large room. which should be hept omen
N ~hf nj Ia
the accommodation OF teamsters and others who
have heretofore remained on Louisiana avenue
al night without shelter or even aplace TO warm
themselves and a. soon as the temporary sheds
al the market could be spared the Market Com
pany would cover the whole space with suitable
roof and sheds to shelter man and beast without
expense TO the District. charge 10 the dealers.
except such as the District authorities might
order collected.
This fair aud reasonable proposition was as
sented to by the District authorities. the ground
was graded, and 800 feet of new aud su bstantial
platforms built, a large and commOdiOus room
opened at the corner OF Tenth street, just one
square from Center market, where all the cOun-
trymen can transact their business in a COM
Portable manner hitherto unknown 10 them
while standing i'm the middle Of a muddy street.
IL this action of the Market Company or the
District authorities is brutal senseeSs" or i'm
any way improper, confess fail to see il, and
L think the public will also fail 10 discover any
outrage. The Market Company has firmly on
posed all attempts by bucksters or middle-men
10 crowd out the farmers or country dealers, and
in connection with the new buildings will set
apart ample space at cheap rates to accOmmO-
date all the real producers.
In conclusion, beg the reporters and news
paper men 10 investigate the action of a COM
pany that is honestly striving TO give the capital
the best market in the world, before giving Gre
dence to the wild stories of a set OF men who are
hankering after the Old-time sight, at the corner
of tn street and Pennsylvania avenue, when an
aggregation Of horses, broken-dOwn wagons and
old women, and shanties filed with cockroaches
and bed-bugs disgraced that central mart.
n. G.. ORDwAY.
Washington, ID. C., December 25, 1871.