Daily Republican., 1882-11-25
AI,ont eur Markets.

This evening the grace extended 10
the hucksters for standing in the street
market will expire and If the resolution
of Council passed at its last session IS
enforced, they will have to go. Since
this market question has been 80 Vlgor-
ously asitated, the hucksterS have not
been idle. Every City Councilman ana
city official of influence has been but
tonholed and plead with to pass some
kind of an ordinance to permit them 10
still occupy their old places at the cor
ners and along the curb. These appeals
are apparently having some ehtct' ior
Mt the last session of Council notice was
Riyen by Mr.. BAueh that he would @t
the next meeting ofer an ordinance al
fixing a penalty for hucksters standing
in the market. All the legislation OF
the City Council up to this time mas
been made to keep the curb stone mar
kst exclusively for farmers, and in or
der 10 protect them penalties and fines
were passed 70 be levied on hucksters
who occupied stands and by degrees
showed out the farmers. Mr.. Baugh
does not propose to offer an ordinance
giving hucksters the positive right to
stand In the market, but he would aool.
ish the penalties for doing 50. Then
the case illustrated would be something
like this. You get no authority from
the CITY Council to violate the law, but
If you do you won't be disturbed, for
there is no penalty for the violation
Whether such an ordinance will pass
the City Council is problematical, but
it is certain that IL has many friends
both inside and outside OF Council. In
the m mtdst OF this agitation comes rhe
project for removing the famous curb
stone market to French street, aud 1t Is
said that petition numeroosly signed
nv farmers and citizens iu favor of the
removal, will be presented to Council
at its next meeting. Tlis petition will
probabIy act as counterpoise for Gr.
Blake's proposed ordinance. The ad-
Vantages of remov ing to French street
should bs carefully considered and com
pared. Farmers in favor OF removal
say first, that on French street. used
excluaively az q farmers market, they
will be clear from the or croachment OF
the hucksters, who have been permit
ted to occupy all the choice corners and
stands on King street. from Second to
Fifth. Secondly, they say that French
street is wider and they will not be
compelled to 10 through the laborious
operation every market day of remov-
ing the shafts from their wagons.
Thirdly they say that there being fewel
places of business on King street, there
will be less space reserved by store
keepers and business men, ,and fourthly
that the distance between French and
King street being short, market peopl
would have but little trouble in attend
ing the farmers market en- Frenc
street and the truckers market on Kin
street, if the latter be permitted to rt
main after the farmers remove. Thes
in plain terms are aboHt the main rea
sons urged for a removal.
But there are always two sides to
question, and this is not an exception
Already we hear of remonstranct
against the removal some OF the rea
sons set forth, being in our opinion
weighty as those given i'll favor. Th
remonstrants say that King street
better adapted for curb stone mark
than French street, for the followin
reasons
FirsS, the market people, those VII
buy as we'll as those who sell, are use
to it and know exactly where to FL
each other. Second, the street beir
paved with cobble stones
always clean. Third, that it
nearer the centre of population tha
French street, and therefore more col
veniently accommodates more peopl
than if farther of. Fourth, that as
general thing the property holders alor
the street are friendly. Fifth, th
King street is more Of business sire
than q great travelling thoroughfar
and where business is tn ere is the pla
for the markets
The remonstrants while setting for
the superior advantages of King sire
say that French street is objectional
because it is great travelling thorouG
fare, which would more or less int
fere with both buyers and sellers; fl
ther that in the winter season VIII
sleighing is good, it is, and we use
word not extensively, a race cour
making it extremely dangerous to ira
upon or Cross the street.
The last that we shall mention,
not the least by any means, Is the Il
that French street being macadamiz
ftful gusts OF wind, which roll the d
upon it in great volumes, filing
only peoples eyes, but tdeirimarket
with gritty sand. Thisin our view
really the strongest objection of
Those favorable for the market conti
ing on King street, say that but III
space is reserved by business firms
store keepers. A gentleman interes
informs US that from Fifth street dc
to Third there are but twelve reser
spaces, making in all something
than two hundred feet. This gen
mar freely admits that some of the
served space has been improperly a
and in such cases the City ecu