The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-04-20
OUR MARKET AGAIN.
More AuOtty Questions for the
Council 30 Tackle.

For some time past the council has
be engaged in wrestling with the
pond and switch question and it would
seem that they have had trouble, loss
of time and brain labor enough in and
out of the council on those two ques-
tions to be permitted to rock along
without springing a fresh issue upon
them or rather dressing up and revi-
wing an old one. It Is, however, becom-
ing more and more apparent every day
that our councils Just now beginning
to find out that there is plenty of work,
but mighty little money or glory IN
being "A councilman. S me tim ago
the city market furnished grou nd for
long debates and exhaustive financial
calculations in the council chamber, the
principal trouble being how to collect
rents and rent umoccupied stalls, in such
q manner that the city might be able to
derive some revenue from them and
thereby make some progress toward
paying off the debt which is hanging
over the buildin2. After much legisla-
ton it was decided to lace the collec-
ton of rents from stalls in the hands OF
the city marshal, and IN order to
enforce the original ordinance, referring
to market houses, notice was given that
all parties who desired to sell green
stuff OF any description, that is marketa-
BILE, must either refrain from selling 1t
before ~ a. m, or lease stall IN the
market house or a privilege on the
grounds outside. This, it was thought,
would cause the stalls to rent but 1t is
plainly seen that 1t has not done so, and
so the city is nothing gamer by the
transaction. On the other hand, per-
sons outside the market claim they have
/ been very much annoyed and embar
/ raised in their business by not be-
! ing permitted to sell green stuff
/ before 10 a. m. The consequence has
been that petition, a yard or more
/ long, signed by dealers and families, has
| been gotten ~ and will be presented at
| the council meeting t night, asking for
| the repeal the ordinance, which for
bids merchants and peddlers to sell be-
/ fore 10 o'clock. We do not know what
amount Of discussion this petition Will
occasion, nor do we pretend to say
whether the 10 o'clock clause is just
one or not, but We do say that the
market house is occasioning vast
amount OF trouble for the city es-
pecially for pile of brick and
mortar that does not belong
to the corporation and never eau al
/ the present rate of paving ofthe debt.
To do away with the. 10 o'clock clause
would be returning to first principles
like the pond matter in East Waco
and if unjust why should it be con-
tinued) more particularly when ii ap-
pears the city is not gamer by it. The
question with East Waco is, can we
or can we not get rid of the ponds and
it is becoming apparent that the
council must soon tackle the question,
shall we or shall we not have mar
ket house. AS to the petition referred
TO Whatever disposition may be made
OF it, it is only all index to future
trouble for the council over this I'M
profitable market house.
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