The New York herald., 1871-02-05


The ''sp0rtn and the scholar had been unwilling
listeners 10 this domestic tin aud, owing to the
way In which the sidewalk was blocked II was I'M
possible TO pass on. An old Irish woman besought
the HERALD reporter to buy
TIN SAUCEPAN FOR FORTY CENTS,
and q little jew boy made offers OF cOmOrters NJ
half dollar apiece and blue mixed stockings for
the,trnng consideration of eighteen pence.
The sidewalk was lined with the stands OF Tuner
ant peders, above whose booths were smoky ana
naming lamps odorous OF greasy OILS.
''HRRE'S BOTTLE OF PICKLES
for twenty-five cents and bunch OF onions for three
shillings," shouted one peiseverng pedler.
Won't ye buy this taypot-t's an lsant ahair ino
turned TIE spout or the tin vessel into The stomach
OF the unofendlng reporter.
want 'taypot.' SaayW shouted the sport, trying
yainly to escape out OF the jam.
"And how dye know that he doesn't want tay-
pot2 II he's married man he can't do Without
Iaypot, and If he ISN'T ne ought TO have taypot,
because he doesn't know how soon he'll nave 10 buy
one, the poor fellow"
We were hnaAs permitted TO leave
THE CROWD
by The appearance of burly ana most useful police
man. who made break In the mass, and soon The
lights OF the broken heap OF shantles known as
Washington Market appeared Ike vast wreck OF
were crushing and pushing against each
other IN two streams. which surged and ebbed
with unceasng dow against stands OF vegetables,
matter TO the eye. Thousands of men and women
against sizes OF beet. against barrels OF potatoes,
against tubs and firkns Of butter piles OF celery,
and coats were rubbed against long lines Of naked
turkeys, chickens prairie hens, and, above all, and
IL
would tumble down every moment, the neise and
tumnt OF a thousand voices mingled incessa ntly.
a nice quarter or lamb, mssg Just step this
way, won't youY-oh, do; you want splendid NUT
ton--beat in the nlarket-only eighteen cents
pound. Better try me, mss cried an
EXCRUClATiNGIy GOTTEN UP BUTCHER,
with very noboy mustache who had a whlte apron
hung al over his manly chest. This young man
was evidently hired on account Of his good looks to
entrap susceptible maldens into buying his mutton
"What q change this Is from the old Fly Market
in Maiden lane, when | was serving my time
pD md
with much curiosity al everything, although there
was not, perhaps, in all Washington Market u
taught how to cut up carcass and hang 1t on the
hook hal he chosen TO open an ecoie de toucherie
there and then.
"That must have been gamy old marKet,n said
the sport. Il suppose 1t took them about TWO
weeks in the old Fly Market to sell a side OF beet9
That was afore keysers tIme guess.r
ION. LONG BEFORE KEYsERs TIME,
but there was Keyser In the old Fly Market, too
That family Of butchers the Keysers IRON
father 10 son. In 1895 there fourteen stands IN
me Fly Market, and the corporation bought on all
but that was before ! was born, and | heard my
iatner speak OF it and he mad stand In the Fly
.'well, old gentleman said the Sport 'you may
bet your bottom dollar that ltll take more than
$4,000 TO
BUY US OFF IN WASHINGTON MARKET
Why, I've got n stand here doing pretty good bus
ness and think old Peter Cooper when ne comes
down in those moccasins Of his VIII have 10 plank
down about $4,000 TO get me straight and satis-
Ged.n
'Nell, salu the Scn0lar, Il uO0't KNOW how III IL
with you but know SIC, 900 is good deal OF money;
and If every one feels like you the city VIII have
pretty good bill TO pay before they get through with
Fulton, Washington and Spring street markets.
Why, there Is Dorian, the oysterman III Fulton Mar
ket-he pays, perhaps, three dollars day ground
rent Tor his stand and don't suppose he'll want TO
give up his place for $50 000.n
"Weil, where are we gon to go when we get out Of
hereS II we want 10 buy up the market for our own
Use we have got 10 get charter so as to hold real
estate. and that's got to be procured at Albany, and
| wonder
now MECH WILL THE GANG WANT
up there before they will give us chance at holding
the ~ operiy legally That's what want to know
II they think that there's any money in 1t Wen have
10 come down heavily 10 them, you can bet. ! sup
pose that one man might buy II in our name, but
that wouc be placing too much property IN one
mans nand don't care who he is,' said the trot-
ting sport who began TO see that he might be forced
10 part VIII his fast mare.
The act OF the Commissioners OF the Sinking Fund
Viii certainly disturb great many persons In ther
business: but then
THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF MARKETS
Is shameful in great city like New York. Look at
The approaches 10 tins series Of wretched Sheds.
Why, no lady with nice dress dare venture through
all these lorasses OF mire and NTH that surround
Washington Market. In no city in The world would
such markets be allowed you Will ind this city,
like the Eighteenth Ward Market and TompKIns
Market should be constructed Why, We Will have
WORLDS FAIR IN 1876,
and by that time Washington Market and Fulton
Market should stand as monuments of a great city
IN stone and iron, 10 show strangers what we can
do III the metropolis" replied the scholarly butcher
what the deuce are the market clerks going 10
dor Who's going to provide for them when the
markets get INTO private nandss'i asked the Sport
1T will just as necessary for private parties to
have market clerks as for the city 10 have them
Besides, such useless markets as Franklin, Gouver
neur aud Union markets Will be suppressed. There
l. only one meat stand in Franklin Market and the
rest of the building is occupied as a restaurant.
Then the lower haif OF Catharine Market is used
series Of eating houses, remarked the Old Scholar.
What salaries do The clerks and market officials
get now.' asked the Sport.
IL nave list here Of the different
sALAflEs,f
said the scholar butcher. Here they aren said he
pulling out list and standing near . gasght he
read follows from IA paper In his hand
THE superintendent Of Markets gets $4,000 a
year, but his place ls worth 1000 a year The
Superintendeni's CLERK receives 81 500 a wear: the
clerk OF Washington Market $500; his deputy
clerk gets 81, 900; The clerk of West Washington
Market sl,5Oo: The deputy clerk Of West Washington
Market, $1,000 the cerS Of Fulton Market, 81 600
aud the deputy clerk of Fulton Market, 81 600.
The clerks OF the smaller markets receive the
following saaries:-Jefferson Market, $1,000; Gin.
ron Market $1,000: Catharine Market ST.. 900: Essex
Market ma, siugo; Centre Market 1000; Union Mar
Market. $1,000, and the Clerk of Franklin Market,
$1,000 The superintendent OF Cleaning the Mar.
kets receives $1,000 year. Then there are thirty
sweepers OF markets who receive s720 year each
and fifteen men who get four dollars day each for
removing garbage. don't say that these officials
do not make good deal Of
MONEY BESIDES THEIR SALARIES,
because human nature l. human nature al the
world over
'.iou know how it is yourself" said the sport,
with loud laugh But what Is the show for the
like myse9 That's what hits me,f said the sport.
'Weli,' said the scholar butcher ~ don't know
what VIII be the valuation OF the Board OF Commits
sioners when they get TO work about the assessing
OF claims; but VIII SEND you the report of Mr. ID.
d. Williamson, who was Comptroller of New YORK
IN 1912, when the same subject came up or settling
CLAIMS OF BuTCHEHS.'
The scholar read the opinion OF Mr.. Williamson to
the Board OF Aldermen. which was as l0Iows:-
The question naturally has the corporation
sold any stalls or stands 10 the butchers has
not has any butcher ever paid for stands the
/ Jba chp pf
stalls has been Sold and the for
been received BY the city and placed to the credit the
commissioners OF the Sinking Fund. challenge any
butcher In the city OF New York to show right title
whatever that he derived from such
license from the Mayor to occupy said stall for year
part ~ 1t 10 al idle for the CITY
IS % nay BACK or return any money thus
eeived. IL cannot of the sinking fund,
aud trust the citizens will allow themselves to
taxed SSovO0 for that purpose The butchers have no
more right TO than TO the already paid besdes
the matter is properly inquired nto will be found that the
great losses they have sustained "a IN the sale of good will
OF sfaIs one 10 another, where much
has been paid, and which is now due and
.huElw Ill ha