The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-08-02

Ft. ~ABHAus. move on " Is regarded rs 4
cation of power. This was doubt
LEVEg among many of the market-men
FNarday last, when they were compelled by
der of the police to yaeate their accustomed
corners ON Hotel and other central streets, and
move down to the open space below and in the
neighborhoOd of Queen street.
While the practice of occupying the sidewalks
by market-men in the vending of their wares is
in MANY respects Objectionable, 1t may be prop
erly urged that it is the duty of Government to
proyide and set apart suitable market places
This is due to the public, whose convenience and
necessities in this particular are more involved
than those of the market-men- In the present
instance, the result of ordering off the dealers
rrom their usual haunts has been TO interrupt
sunplies to n great extent, for several days, the
Chinese vegetable men having with characteristic
obstinacy refused to comply with the new rules.
This Will not however be likely to last long, and
we hear that some of them propose to hire the
vacant lot on Hotel street opposite Union street,
and erect a building for q vegetable market. In
former wears. it has evidently been contemplated
NV the legislature that i suitable market house
s5opId be provided in Honolulu for the sale of
vegetables and fruit, as well as for fish, for which
last there is now ample provision. The Act OF
1850, respecting markets, has the following sec
ton
II Every person who shall violate any Of the
~,ies ana re0ulations prescribed for the government
- anv nublic market or markets, or who shall stand
or OCCUPY for the sale or vending OF any POI, hsni
cr,wSsb- oysters or shell fsh, or any KIND OF fruli
- vsgetabies. in any street in the city Of Honolulu,
sb.1 r. 6ned one dollar for such Offense, and 1t shall
- tbe dutv of the clerk Of the market to prosecute
all such offenders Provided, however, that the
lines mentioned in this section shall not De imposec
mil such time rs suitable markets and convenience
are set apart for the public use by the Minister o
the Interior.
Bv this IL will be apparent that, there BEN;
NJ nresent No . suitable markets and convenience
set apart for the public use by the Minister o
the Interior there could be no fine imposed ol
the bucksters for . standing or occupying Tor tn
sale or vending of fruit or vegetables, IN an
street in the city of Honolulu
p,t the technicalities Of the law aside, 4 mai
let Mace is absolutely required by the GROWN
necessities Of the public And 1t should 0
L,r,ted IN some more central position than tn
esDlanade. or on the corner OF Fort and Ouee
streets. IL Is rather too much to compel iamlll'
tn send n mile for their vegetables
The coral stone building on Queen street no
oecupied by C.. Brewer 4 Co. was erected by II
Government in 1851, for 4 market house
tbe Leoislature Of the same year an elabOrat
market law was enacted, providing for n seller
Of the Market &c, the principal portion {
which enactment is Incorporated IN chapter {
of the Revised Penal Code. When the HuIIdIn
was first completed, the stalls were sold at au
ton, and brought good prices, the vegetable an
fruit dealers all conferred there, and were not
BE found on the streets. This continued for on
or two years, until through the influence of som
one in authority, in order to attract the yegetabl
trade to the locality 0f certain butcher shops, tn