The New York herald., 1871-02-05
THE MARKET S.
Contemplated Removal of the On.
slightly ShantieS.
Public Versus Private Enterprise-What tn.
Beef and Butter Dealers Think OF the Sink
ing Fund - Saturday Night Scenes
al the Old Sheds-The Crowds,
Chatter and Confusion.

$50 the sinking Fund fellows goin' TO bust up
tae old markets. are theyS Wen, that's gon to be
rough on some OF the who have put their spare
soap into improvements around tnetr stands; that's
ali I've got tersay.'
4u my dear sir, see wnat a benefit II will be to the
city and the public generally 10 remove these
markets up town TO a more central location You
may think ii roagh ana so would !, for have kept
butchers sall for forty years, aud count six
generations OF butchers IN nv family, all OF whom
have done business in New York city al the chopping
block; but nevertheless my dear sir The spirit OF
the age tells US that butchers, as wen as other
people, must submit TO
THE MARCH OF PROGRESS.
believe that :he meat business Is best carried on
by private enterprise. This public market business
h something like the bazaar arrangement for the
selling OF dry goods, the system pursued In Lon
don of .'arcades,r like Lowther or Burlington
arcade These are long vaulted passages or lanes
between and connecting wide streets, IN which there
are stalls or stands FOR the sale OF dry goods and
fancy articles. These places are generally resorts
FOR designation between loving couples. and the
amount OF uailc Of q commercial KIND done is very
small But even these arcades OF public baZaars are
managed and controlled 10y private parties, ana were
they superseded by government they would close up
in month from over-iayortism. As the case stands
now a young man who has served his apprentice
snip butchers stall nds ii impossible TO 90 into
business al Washington Fulton or Spring Street
market for the reason that IL viii cost him s., 600
TO $4,000 TO buy the good. VIII OF stand and ewing
TO the uncertainty Of all municipal market arrange
ments, after young man has pald large sum
that Is provided he can procure large sum--he
does not know how soon he may have TO vacate the
stali, which Is most excellent reason why markets
should be conducted as
PRIVATE ENTERPRISES,
all other kinds Of business transacted. Every-
shing finds rs Level in riIne ana 50 VIII the meat
markets ana produce markets.
The participants in the above conversation were
butchers, OF whom had retired some years since
from business. with very large fortune in silver
and gold 70 enjoy placid ana easy life in large
brown stone house up town with his family. The
other was butcher VINO had large and very profit
able stand III Washington Market, who had for
meriy belonged 10 the old Volunteer Fire Depart
ment, and now drives out 10 Harlem lane behind a
who trots her mile in 2:l5. The retired butcher
a man of seventy years of age, was one OF the old
New York stamp OF gentlemen, whose birth was
THE DAWN OF THE CENTURY,
and he had served his time 10 his trade in the old
Fly Market IN Maiden lane. He was Of quiet,
reurlpg and studlous disposition and devoted all
his spare hours 10 the collection OF iacts and
about the old butchers and markets OF the city
that have now passed away. We SHALL for certain
reasons, denomlnate hm the "Schoar Butcher'
while the other shall be known a the Sporting
Duttuel. iHt-t lNO udu u
HERALD reporter 10 take stroll ana visit the old
markets OF the city which, by the enactment of the
Board OF Commissioners OF the Sinking Fund, Will
soon pass away, as the real estate belonging 10 the
city, on which thc markets stand is 10 be sold AZ
pubic auction for what y win bring. In the
HERALD OF some days since 1t was noticed that the
Commissioners had appointed William f. Have
meyer, Peter Cooper and John Even As board Of
appraisers TO value and adjust
THE RIGHTS or THE LESsEEs
oi the stalls IN al The markets, vita tne exception
OF the new market at the loot Of sixteenth street
and East river, III the Eighteenth ward, which is
remain untouched, and TO fix tue alnount OF com
pensatlon 10 be paid 10 the stallhoders who will be
compelled 10 remove unless they form them
selves INTO associations anu subscribe money enough
TO outDd those who may be anxious 10 purchase he
ground for other building purposes. Never per-
haps in the history the butchers Of the city OF
New York has there been such an intense ana
WIDESPREAD EXCITEMENT
As that which at present prevails. this measure
VIII compel tue removal OF all stands III the present
markets aud tue dispersion OF the butchers all
The Island, unless companies are chartered by the
butchers to buy rp the property on their own ac-
count.
The HERALD reporter had been invited to make
tour of Inspection among the markets by the
Saturday evening, the busiest Of the week, the
cuTsion was made. Washington Market was the
first visited, being the largest III the city.
We started IRON ST. Paus church, In Broadway,
Just as the Dell OF that ancient edluee IL which
George Washington bent the knee, rang out its mu-
steal chime Tor the ho3r OF seven. Passing by the
SILENT AND GLOOMY GRAVEYARD
Ia which sleep so many ol the oldest citizens OF New
1ork, we reached the corner OF Church street and
Nesey. Here scene presented Itself which cannot
be witnessed in any other part OF America,
and which has not It's IKE in other
city in the world. From Churcn street.
Inc intersection OF Vesey, 10 The river
the jam is terrific. The Ihird. Sixth Eighth
Seventh Nmtn avenue ana Broadway line OF cars
all converge in i termini here, and Saturday
evening every car that comes dewn town brings 4
load OF women. boys and litie girls, all carrying
heavy baskets, on tneir route 10 Washington Mar
Aet 10 purchase
PROVISIONS FoG SUNDAY,
and In many cases Tor the coming week. The ma
lorlty OF these persons are the wives Or children OF
workingmen, mechanics, laborers or people who
occupy rooms IN tenem NJ houses. They are com
PEELED TO wait until SATURDAY nghi, when the mead
oil the family comes nome WITH his weeks salary
wages 10 get money 70 buy provisions Tor the en-
suing weeks consumption.
Here Ii one vi these women standing in 'front.' OF
huge tea store in Vesey street There are lot of
giaring gas transpareucies at the door to eaten
UawARY BYsrANpERs,
and the snllrhlng clerks inside are rushing TO and
1Io madiy, making up brown paper parcels which
iney tie up with great rapidly.
AS soon as purchaser mas been supplied ana
number VI parcels placed IN heap TO be de-
posted ia the capacous basket
TIE AERCENAKY CLERK
Jerks long lead pencil from behind his ear and
dots down Inc sums due the III on the first piece OF
brown paper that comes to nand. The meney Is
pald and tile parcels are placed III the basket WIN
due regard Tor their safety.
each under Their arms. They are conversing with
great earnesiness IA regard 10 the manner when
they shall lay out The Few dollars which the mother
carries IN ali ola ragged pocket BOOK.
The mother Is about ioriy-dye years OF age and
bears traces Of fatigue aud prlyauon III her worn
cades since.
To her there Is but one problem 10 be solved m this
ie ar siie s'abQs there separating currency stamps
from ragged bills and counting anSiously her
WofioIy wealth. ihat problem IL, "How shall l so
manage az 10 provide Tor next Heekf itls
FROM HAND TO MOUTH
with me ano must DC thrifty.1
The gni Is about sixteen years Or age and though
her garments are poor and wretched enough her
lace IS Iull OF nope and enthusiasm: the world ls
wide before ner, and sne has not Yet passed tnat
bridge which once CT ssed leaves behind the fresh
ness OF young life, aud which bears before II a
pathway strewR with thorns and beset with Inc in.
superabe obstacles OF modle ana married NE She
LAS not yet received a sorrowiul or bitter
Gift from the cold silent Pa,tt
A relic 10 The Present cast;
LeIt on the ever changing strand
Df fhilEg and unstable sand,
Which wastes beneath the ssrady chine
And beating of the waves of Time
.sEhat will We buy, Katy, Tonight. for 10 MORROW
Yer father likes shoHgher and ham. out IT'S TOO
denr knlY. IhtnkluQ ~ C.ilini .LL.d