Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-25
r-E WOOD AND Hay MARKET
N0O0or Ob.scts 70 rs Removal from
summit Avenue

foa esu .a-t ~ lha1 u l. ~ s4ch thl1g,
sald "a A.1sru-4l Fatrlck b NsI yesterday
@leu z-kea z lz s4s circulating b reL2ol-
strance against lie reul9sal ~ Tie ~ood
u1arket 40 person ever beard ne ssy =
sord about Ehe u-atEer one ~sy " the other,
and EeIthef Capt Col1uberrs aor tEe palsrs
have aDg rLsht ~ ase ~ nanls "A ooL-nsc-
uon -lE1 reIaolstra1oe. NJ, Ar 1als1
nas n0I circulated remol-IT Ice nOE an
body else 4ld ] ~ not thilk ang body thai
o@us property o. TINS street would siyn One
u askad ~. Soas " Ils renters might sign
IT, ! expect % lose q little trade OF seoOunI
" tue removal, Bat not mUch. les ! wss
member 0f The COuncil shsn the market
49, established hers. think ths
present Council went al the mat
Ter wrong end nrsI. They
should have secured q ne~ location at lesst
before ordering tie police 10 clear TINS street.
They have abolished the market but when
they come 10 locate II ia another place or
bay land for lt they vii uOt agree and it l.
liable TO be year before the matter = set
tied oach talk, a. that the elty h 40 more
obliged OF has 10 more right 10 furnish
farmers a place 10 sell nay AMI wood than 10
furnish Arthur " cod place ~ sell buggIes,
l. al nonsense. it II 10 more for the con
yenience Of farmers than OF citizens thai d
market l. necessary. Loads ct hay and
wood driving about the PRINCIPAL streets
waiting for buyers would be nuisance. a.
every body knows. The Council should
have bought land for market long ago.
When this market was located the city
~as offered nearly i've acrts of land right
over there next the river, Just below the old
RINK Tor 3 80 and | did my best 10 have
lt purchased. Another good site was offered
where the q. X. Il /. freight house now
stands, and could have been bought for
much less than half what two or three lots
Will cost now. No, sir. / have never said d
word about its being removed from this
street aud don't care how soon they move
II OF where II goes 70.
Andrew Nhalen was seen and corrobor-
ated Mr. O'Neils statements about the re-
monstrance. He said he had not thought of
such a thing. Expected he would lose a
certain class of trade, bat would gain an
other class and did not think his business
would be materially affected by the removal
OF the market
Aid. DE Grlaf was asked If be had seen
the remonstrance and said mo; and
don't think there will be any II there Is IL
will make no difference; the market must
90 from the First Ward. We have had il
long enough. liz II well enough To talk
about buying land before ordering the street
vacated, bat We tried II more than once and
no land was bought Both Aid. Grady and
myself were elected. pledged TO secure the
removal of that market, If We could, and the
only way TO do IL was to order the street
vacated, and then look for another location.
| Ii would never have been removed If We had
waited for new site 10 be secured. After
/ the ciIy has had a little experience
with getting along without market the Al
dermen will have but little trouble in select
ing location. The business men on Sum
NIT street will not lose much by the removal
they will be gamers in the end and will bt
| glad II Is gone In less than year. There i:
no danger that the market will not be re
moved. RESPONSIVENESS can not save Il
now"