, 1880-04-11
A Visit to the Great Grain-Mart
in London.
Busy Scenes in the Cereal Markets-The
Wealthy Greek Merchants.
Bread Lower in England To-Day than It
Has Been for 126 Years.


"uala pue5 place ue eIsAs 4as,a &. -oai,.. F.
o. Englano-pelnaps " l1o 80 .4.b,ah -.
alk 1.ane nae ~ u4sooy e~e~ps '@4s1s ~ "1~ n,a
.s sesocta'es ~ Win <1',1a I~ ,.s ~ 49, -
oe'al scume ever qolCheueu tte et"ena-@
paise; no celeofateo cnu1en noaius ene., !,
1sneo monuments "1tnln .Is oouiual1, ~
~ n1usI1'oas pefson nae llono.eu =. =, ~ ~
VI oeatn: 1ue ~o'.u, -44o1 1e1o1o' 4A'~' 1'o WV
cela LII 1'o 'notoueuAa1o
Fh,oh ~ A'7t, .z han,
"nen ue coIn~oea1e4o WY a"1 - -
III tne nao1' u aseo . q. -
coHe-nouse Oh at 4ua, sa9 s"no
no" Inc Custol17nouso s:ans,: moe9
into 1he Exchange "nlcn uos ~ Az
newly e1eceu. can !eatA uo.u 4te. ~ - ao ..o
Lane previous ~ la!s 1lnIe' cAeets .n.s "u'
the nome OF someo OF Inc anc1ent Guy eiauuess. 80
ana undouoteois, Hau ~ NV oeeu u,ta1 -uo
= aA1 ~ ~ ",eNx, w ~
tAe aoe"1Ats - "4 ~. .1tN," :.
oay Dc one ol Iue ueooeca1eeueo1e' o4i3 e. epoA0.1
OF ID directories ano co1nmeie1aA .l'.e 80 a
variety o. tlaoes 0e taIl!eo ~ =" a.@. aa@ae :,
Lane. wealthy meteaan@ @ -. na'o 49, 1s. asa.'a1
massive warehouses 1ueie. 14o nlooe e+euo'
passefp5 canuol 1.ul ~ nut'co n4e p.nta5 .,,as.
ounces a.lo ~ in.ol ale silu 49,
- d AAH epi1nN y. ts! o.or. - ~ t,oaa ~ Tho~,
class. 1et nopooy eyer heals " tnsse e 10y ~:
are as oeao 70 "uniclpai ,ecolu % - 1.os u1a
mol exist. Inc g1aih-oealels, Malts:9ls' an9
mllllng-hacnlneis ensllen ai,Ir. noio . ,Ia
possession u .7,",s % .o3 - @ et hannd
mace lamous. - naiA :nl nan0 - e. noD oan't o
up WIN n'sto1!e ans.: melno!s % 10 p4sses es ~
Is always LIE ,n ,no'1 4Mueles,s pc.aoa ~ 40
existence. "hen 11o pace ":se e1oso
oo1ougn' noM1'ei, ~ e'ens - .po! 's'uso u,.o
transplred. Ihere were more 1ac1o1s on tae
market than there ta was room 1o5 and tf
tor' thona o,,t @ Tha exc1nded onerators were
.nehi "u' .,;a..t ane poso,uof rnt 20 ,oe,,o no
na1uraIls 1nuieAant" neso1'eu M NV W 4e"'o
Mark Lane, they established themselves out
- tbrivinq trade. A new market was sue-
esostad ~ eoonor w,s tho idea mooted
eesleu' w eooii11 ""s 4o 1oe@ .nvo'oo
than they went 10 fa1Aament' ana FOL leave
to erect
4 SECOND EXCHANGE
eloo ~ .,atas s.a -, 1eo7 1te ;1+araete no
was completea III Ao2a. 10 A4te1eseo ate
identical with those OF the old market, ana II
is the two together that constitute what is
comprehended when We speak of Mark Lane,
usle ee n"A1. :? ~ s's 49, -. .sa'et - ~ -
versal custom, 10 designate 1ne Market IL
self.
Arc1itecturally the Exchange buildings
.ra 49, var,- imnos;ng The o,dernart has m
ole I'os &C., ~, 49,, no~;a ~,;,,are 1n
open co'on.auo "ien luoueth =, ro!1e pnlats. IA
the Harr1dge collection - there Is an inter-
esting plate, dated March, 1853. which gives
IS A Perspective View of the Contractors
Exchanre crected in Marx Lane with the
Fo1,o...,n9 daecrint;ve ,a++er-nress. "Thiz
strnctnre is ouadrangle. on three sides of
which are piazzas supported by pillars, and
nniler them are sixty-four stalls, with bins,
for exhibifing samples OF corn on the
MONDAYS and the Wednesdays, which
are the market-days. These piazzas have
glass sashes. and the open area before
Them is surrounded with stone ballustres,
adorned with floWer-yases- Fronting the
main ENTRANCE is a handsome dial. and on
each side Of the building is a genteel coffee
honse. ascended each by a flight of stone
stems With iron ballustres: these steps are
thought tn he too steep and narrow, and
might have been made more EASY Of
ascent nv mending another fault, the
tn wide entrance at the gates.''
The interior court. where the factors have
their stands. has been compared to the place
~ auf1ience of Pomneijan honse. Ahoye
fs snhscrintion refreshment-r0om. ncr-
netuating the !" eenteel coffee-house" Of ye
nid fine known az Jacks. All the -four is
snid hers
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