New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-05
FROM GARDEN TO MARKET.
THE DEALERS OF GANsEvooRT SQUARE
QUAINT AND PICTURESQUE FEATURES OF NEW
YoRK,s GREAT VEGETABLE MART.

THE DEALERS OF GANsEvOoRT SQUARE.
or.,Sr AND PICTURESQUE FEATURES OF NEW
YoRK's GREAT VEGETABLE MART.
when the produce of the market gardens
Of New Jersey Long Island brought In wagons
IN the vicinity f Washington Market almost every resi-
dent of New-York was Of the fact It could not
he indeed for the long lines OF wagons
along the streets the wet side the lower part OF
tina city we're ntersected by the great lines OF trsVei
the rail- Dad systems OF the Jersey shore so that tue
traveller arriving by late early train WIS constantly
brought into close acquaintance with eabbages and
Garden truck generally. All this has been changed
and the station the market gardeners wagons TOT
some years past has Gansevoort Square locany
which was remarkably we'll chosen For II is compeieV
out OF the way OF ordinary travel and ordinary uac'
and IL close to the river and ferry OF course
NOT ou,e 40 convenient TO the marketmeu OF Long Island
as the old stands but with them couple OF miles or 80
are nothing out Of the way and cannot for moment DE
weighed against the other ncontestabe advantages OF
the site.
Gansevoort Square Is open space including Two
entire city blocks and bounded the north by tie
Twefth-st on the west by washngton-st, on the east
nv westst and on the south by Ganseyoor-st 1t is In
the immediate neighborhood OF Cars pottery ~orks
and on cold winter nights the marketmen wat'h tue
flame. coming from the hln-chmoeys, and nave reel
ing that they up the square. The FAMOUS pes-
mater ship yard close at hand, ana the huge crane
IA "A
OF some psster mills the remaining build ngs are OF an
kind for the most part low brick structures
NJ two stories or WOO len shanties OF single story
Some OF these are occupied by produce merchants doing
Wholesale business in truck as II Is Called on tne
square," and others e0ee-houscs and oeersaloons
for the comfort and refreshmeut OF the market'nen.
These have signs that correspond with tho situation,
such a. Farniers' Hotel" Farmers Dining Saloon"
Gansevoort Market Restaurant" They are open all
day and all night and do considerable business Gus
toner IL pretty well treated nj any hour and II stern
critic object 10 per cent CT chiccoy In bis coffee
he would be with tire crushing response that the
Square men yiIln5t have less 1t "a fact which has
been Observed equally in Gansevoort Square and Ito
boulevard des Itaen OF Paris that the most popular
coffee IL that which contains three parts out OF four OF
pure cniccory.
VEHICLES IN GREAT VARIETY.
The marketmen come In every kind OF wagon but the
favorits Ia long vehicle called the platform spring
This wagon Is also furnished with tilt for the driver
and his mate and Is the most arisocrc OF AL the We
hoea Is sides are supplied with shelving tops TOT Tue
display OF sample bundles OF the treasures within. and
:. drawn by two horses. There many less preen-
tious wagons drawn by one horse, ana provided with
less thorough-gong springs These have no tits ana
consequently rainy weather the marketmen have 10
grin and bear H." cons0ling thcmselves with such
aphorisms IA I'm neither salt nor sugar. and won't
wash away or with the thought that when they get to
tine souare they will have a hnmmng Gun Of cones that
will make them WATERPROOF The platform spring WAGON
s0as ~ ne n,b reerd m which il IL held by market
gardeners But IL abOrh under one great dsHa'shlsse
The uobnken Ferry Company, nOti ing its popularity
nut nm extra tari upon IT, that must pay 81 cents
for platform spring while other varieties cI tNo-nOfse
mary one-h ,rse wagon IL II aud platform IL
crufs This discrimination IA tbon In the sides OF the
dealers of Ganseyoort Square, aud hoheaded yontns
convince the ferry officials tha' their wagon vas rot
really a platform. TO shake their lss ut the Castle on
inc ioboken shore which being but UPON hill IA full
in sight both the top OF wagon ana rom the side
oithe stevens family who the principal owners Of TIE
Hobuket Ferry. aud they are detesed by zoe Jersey
ton and also the ferry toll for ezch man Is
cents fact good many fists are shaken In the direc-
PARKING THE WAGONS.
The Square Is by means simply M open square, II
IA divided In the by cross street called Bay
Rdge-aye IN pleasant allusion TO the wcl-known dis
trct I'm Long Island II "a further subdyidei by
erous streets all named after places distinguished for
their truck" But the Intelligent glazier who placed
the gns the lamps has done with cheerful disre-
card TO points OF the compass not unusual to NewYork
and hich initiates greatly against their utility Each
of these streets s SIDEWALK and the wagons as they
arrive arc driven close up to the cnrbstone They
then parked iu regular military style The shafts are
tilted up and cured the horses led away and stabbed,
and the drivers and then free TO dispose
OF they choose, business not beginning I'M
Ing To- the distances Wagons all way Paterson
must shortly after aud as the horses are al
time the cargo shall arrive. As rule the most distant
arrive the earliest so that the horses shall have good
Square from far-away spots In Queens County Long
Island, generally are PARKED oy o'clock az night anu
have sold aud thor way home by o'clock the
next morning. But there are mans wagons that come
IRON comparatively near place. sn,1 as the upper
] OF Brooklyn. and those from Union Hin aud west
general butch name OF Bergen 1.-THE Heightsl. These
come In during the night at all hours aud stay reso-
lutely until they haNe sold ont ID the last bushe of
potatoes, the last dozen OF cabbage heads or tue last
| bunch OF carrots. -, -
inst take Oh all the harness they ard lot them stand
roires ang with good drink ron the one foun-
tain square, and giving them good feed OF oats
out OF q nose bag when the market drags these puor
beasts seem 10 know It, aud their long faces assume a
couca but not witbo At dash OF piteonsness There In
something very chldtke abont horses and these have
exactly the expression OF tired child They appeal to
the compassion OF every passer on the sidewalk rubbing
cares. they twist their necis round inordnatey and
lean their against the friendly PALM IA II lay nd
them start for home II il astonishing how Implicitly
horse will appeal to any man no matter who as con-
strangers IN the most confidential way and make APP
peals TO them
DEALING on TIE DoUBLE-oUfcK
With dawn the wagons OF the purchasers. the
tail dealers and the small hotel men. The large h0te
men find II better 10 deal with tho wholesaers hey
are called price being much the object
talnty OF having whatever the market affords About
o'clock Gapscvoort Square is IN full maTket-time and
there high tide IN Transactions. Tho light wagons
rattle up their stations beside thelr usual
friends having first sscertaned by friendly hail that
desired commodity Is present" HcIIo,Jn "Iellov
any strngi" (6eans Yes" How nuehF -Elghteep.
"l right" says the halter and his isht craft Is brought
alongside the Spring and in active
transfer oommences. Besides string beans, the plat
forD" contains potatoes. eahbagcs, corn, clcumJeIs
korabis. beloved or German restaurants. becs, broad
English beans. some peas, parsley small carrots tue
insldidus onion chccory and lettuce for Salads sum
wagons from NewJersey, and very good they
and there are other wagons that have n'tns but 70
tees and some have apples and pcare. Whle tbs
traffic goes on italians hnn Irish, women and children,
with pick up unconsidcfed fifcs lust