The New York herald., 1879-08-29
THROWN OUT OF BUSINESS.

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NOTICES TO QUIT WITHIN TwENTY-FoUk HOURS
SERVED ON THE WASHINGTON MARKET BOOTH
owNERs-wHo THEY ARE AND HOW THEY
ARE AFFECTED.
The unfortunate proprerors of booths on the
curb within radius of three hundred yards OF
Washington Market are doomed. Judge Van Vorst's
decision in support OF the proposed movements OF
the Commissioner Of Public Works in this direction
has prompted the latter official to immediate action
and yesterday notices OF which the following il 0
copy served upon the various keepers of stands
and vendors Of fruit vegetables and notions IN the
vicinity 4e
DErAKTMESr OF PUBLIC woRKs.
BunEAu or STREET. EscusnsaSvgns v CITY Ma. -
Complaint having Sssn made at thus Office that the
avenue premises north side q yossy 81 cot
and eneumSsred In violation Of law and ordinance
10 .ns or
ssrng oestrae,ng ssa or yemus ~
top hours of n a %
pusis ns
thsr removed tho tsrpSation yard dis
Superintendent of Encumbrances.
The service of these notices caused the utmostcon
sternation among the poor people who got them
They first fearful that their little stock and
property would be seized and carted off, but were
reassured by the storekeepers Most of the persons
who have boen thus summarily deprived of business
and base of operations really helpless aud una
BILE to obtain a livelihood in any other manner.
They are either widows OF butchers market
helps, wornout employees Of the place itself.
orphans of men who spent all their lives in Wash
ington Market. HERALD reporter made a careful
canvass of the little stalls Ut is ridiculous to
call them booths) yesterday. and the following
is part Of the result Of his Investigations The first
person spoken to was the Widow Macguire, who
keeps wretched little stand Of vegetables on the
south of vesey street, between Washington and
Greenwich. The whole value Of her stock Of toma-
toes and potatoes did not certainly exceed So.
..How many children have you. Mrs. Macguire?"
the reporter asked
'.Four. sir"
'sAre they able to take care Of Themselves
"No, sir. They are all helpless.
''what will you do II they move you tomorrow
of living. have nothing else to turn to-"
Near Mrs. Macguire's stand Is one kept by John
Pigot, who is deformed and SO nearly dwarf that
he attracts universal attention. He is twenty-seven
years old, sells notions and in the very best
times cannot make more than $40 week. He Is
utterly unfit to work, and cannot tell what will be-
come of him after to-day. Johns nextdoor neigh
Dor is an old man. decrepit aud feeble. whose sole
dollar. he said. He worked for forty years in the
market and when he became useless to the stall
received
from Mr.. John keenan,. the clerk Of the market to
vend vegetables at his present location.
Charles ODonnell. o delicate looking man Of
twenty-nine, who has family got privilege with
ano ther man to erect fruit stand outside the curb.
on the opposite side of Vesey street. He had been
idle over year and half and suffered great deal
of hardship Now he complains tnat his family will
suffer whom he is compelled to leave his stand
DETECTED WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.
On the same street, little lower down. is q row
of stands outside the curb. held by widows and
aged persons on whom the clerk Of the market took
to Niue Wala att NNhfN hnQf f1raa
children that she has contrived to support for the
past few years by selling vegetables.
Have you laid by any money, Mrs. walsh?"
asked the reporter.
s.No, sir; how could I with me and me three
chdher to support an only about 81 $40 week ~ at the
go. sir. haven't thing to turn my hand to and as
for my stock suppose it must rot in the kind gen.
tlemans store where he let's me put 1t every night
1t cost me $50 just US it stands.
The same plant was uttered by Sophie Neil,
Fruit stand for her Widowed mother for long time.
Michael Millen, too an old soldier. who has wife
and four children to support. must so. and. as he
says himself, 'reman idle and starve unless some
thing else turns up very soon." lrl
There dozens OF other persons similarly sit
ing. One in particular. that. OF old lady, whose
hair is perfectly white. attracted the reporters at
'what is your name. ma'am?" he asked.
.How old are your About seventy. ehp'
"Oh, now sir" said she. bridling little. 'I'm
not seventy yet. Don't put me down for more than
sxty-six or sixty-seven. You please Seventy. in
deedi"
She has been in this place eleven years. and has
supported her bed-ridden husband for more than
four years. When she leaves to-day she will.have
means Of livelihood. and has nothing put away
in stocking
Mr.. Keenan,. the clerk Of the market, speaking Of
these people and what must become OF them. said
that he deemed their cases peculiarly hard. None
OF them had stands inside the curb and the street
Is one hundred feet wide. He added. too, that
he could not see why they should be singled out
encumbrances while the storekeepers are allowed
to obstruct the sidewalks with barrels and stands.
He had given these poor people their present privi
lege charging them twenty-five cents day. which
went into the city treasury. Some OF the venders
who have resolved to comply with the law by shut.
ting up shop to-day, have resolved to coalesce and
fight the thing legally il they can.
Inspectors Bryce and Mooney, of the Bureau Of
Encumbrances. made raid yesterday ON the wagons
and trucks scattered along New Chambers street.
The field was generally clear. only three vehicles
being found along the sidewalk. They
moved to the corporation yard