New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-11
BROOKLYN'S GREAT MARKET.
FORMERLY A SWAMP. IT Is NOW IHL
FARMERS PARADISE.
ITS WONDERFUL GROWTH IN FEW YEARS
rr-rTUrn EXTENSIONS CONTEMPLATED.

! When The Tribune 4, spread out before You on the
| breakfast trble in TIE morning and You Ora" near
and b. gin 10 pcruse It's columns winch 'H o every
matter Of consequence in the world, You iaN" only
= fin, idea Of The trouble and expense involved IN
| suppvinC all the Interesting news which 1t con
tans for II cents: but there l. one thing III con
| necon with it that Won do know, ana that Is mat
NEST OF the wo.k done wh'n you were sic 'pIhS
peacefully This reflection Is conSolng, cNpcciSiN
IL Won are likely TO consider your own lot hard one
ru has II never occurred 10 YOU that there are othrr
peonlc who are also laboriously occupied at night
As well as the daytime! There are your tomatoes
luscious and tasteful your peas your celery your
asparagus. Your potatoes ana the almost 'huieHS
variety OF other vegetables without WHICH, or some
| Of which, Won could no more think Of enjoying your
dinner than you could Of GONG without your s!ccP
Well the farmer. AT whose expense so many Jokes
cre made is really the man - whom you are III
d.btcd You him II Is true, any more IMAM
you do the men who write Whist You read III inc
paper but If you should happen TO devote little
lime 70 studying the farmers meth NJ, and littl"
observation 10 note bow hard works regard
for This sturdy son Of toll would cease TO Il" -h1aoWy
and become al once fixed ana substantial
HOW TO GET 70 THE MARKET.
Where can YOU 20 In find ont oil this! You
haven't time TO max" trip in the country anu Dc
Sides II would cost more than you can AFFORD. Very
we'll You need not leave the city limits. rake n
hor,c-car or the elevated car and In twenty-five
Won can reach the wallnhout Market. into which the
farmers Of large part Of Long Island pour all their
products day after day from one end OF he year 10
the other You will have 10 visit that place about
that hour in the morning when the average newspaper
writer is going TO bed The market j. near the Navy
Yard and there YOU VIII hear din and busil' which
drown the clamor in the other parts OF This busy
neighborhood and incidentally you will think perhap'
for the first time what an immense quantity Of meat
and vegetables alone + consumed daily by IN" cn0r-
nous population within the borders Of Kings comfy
And what n change. TOO. in a few short years
Waabout has been there long Brookltn Itself but
Walabout Market short a time ago as eight years
was OF slight consequence. Up 10 that time the Long
Island farmers went to Washington Mariet In New
York city II once no uncommon thing to see
rows Of tricks and wagon, loaded with vegetables
stretching from The Fulton Ferry all the way mp Ia
the City Hail and overlooking often into CourSt and
down several blocks Into Myrc-ave. waiting their
turn be carried the Fast River. lou want
TO know why. simply because there was no place
for them In the City Of Churches. There It'll"
place, and there Is still. called the Atlantic Market
on Atlanticave. and Ilichs-st; but 1t is not much
than large stall where vegetables can BE-
bought at retail while at Wallabout Market bushes
done small scale. too. with the opening Of
the Bridge however New York;. big neghbor began to
acquire more knowledge. and has advanced well
In tho course OF scfinsimciion that you hear occa
slonally such wellknown men a. General stewart l..
WoOdford say that 1t is Brooklyn which IS Going to
annex New-lork-
EARLY At WORK.
The business in wallabout Market Is over when
people engaged IN ordinary occupations rubbing
the sleep ont Of their eyes. The din OF voices hc
gins about 4 O'Clock In the morning. and vcrythng
has quietcd down = half-past at latest. when
the farmers begin TO hitch up their teams and 90
home. The writer WI, there during these busy
hours morning last week, and again In the NJ
tcrIoOn OF the same day, when the thunder and
lightning created such hnhbub and tn rain 'atnc
down IN such torrents 10 clean the entire marho,
in way that the most hopeful citizen Of Man
haitian Island never expect 10 Sc" the streets
Of that grca, metropolis cleaned long the present
regime OF mi,govcrnm"nt remains undi.turb,d.
"Who looks after the sanitary arrangements herc'7
said the writer TO John Mgan, a bright and we'll
Informed man. who has charF" for large firm Of
wholesale commission dealers In Enstavc.
The city," said he. and although am not much
Of politician on any side in these mnit'r,. | AN
bound 10 admit that they do II fairly WELL
"Thc buildings here seem 10 be- very unsubsaniia
structures don't theylT
lie smiled. How little people know about sue,
matters said he Do you remember when the new
market opened few years ago IN Nc" York ,
The eli. bhh handsome brick place. |
then all Mike. and all about the ,lie |
a, II there WAS bee variety Of business carried
on there What was the result 80 twO men have /
the same taste, and Two men wanted TO have their
shop paruuoncd or and set up exactly alike
each one was obliged to sp'nd money In altering
what had been done already, and IN many cases .
undolng II altogether and restoring 1t Ia way 10 I
suit himself
Did you have 10 do that herel7
eve did not, - said he. These buildings which /
you So, around. almost all Of them Of wood. have /
been put up by the tenant, themselves who own /
them individually
" But You Obliged 10 pay rent for them p
"Not at all; simply pay ground rent to the .
city. which the Inspector who ia, charge Of the .
market collects every month. and which amounts .
to a good round sum. without counting the tax that
Is levied daily on and paid by the owner OF each .
wagon
THE WAY IT BEGAN.
1t IS now alont nine years since The city govern
ncnt began 10 think that II all the produce which /
was needed for consumption In BROOKLYN could b. |
raised In lis imm,dIa" vicinity, brooklyn ought !
surely have Ilac- suitable and convenient in which
the produce coud be bought and SOLD. The land /
was swamp before It was devoted to lis present |
purpose and owned 10y The United States Cavern
mont. Ia February. 1-,4. it was bought by the
city, and considerable money had 10 De- spent IN /
putlng It into something lie decent shape before .
II could bc made ready for the business 10 which 1t
Is devoted. The marict adioins the Naval /
Hospital and The main thOrouglfJrc entering into |
it Is Washington ave. II ooIs Ike busy country .
town H. the forenoon, and In III" afternoon. when /
its streets and s'd' wallis deserted. you only
grOccrs' as-i tanis here and there, sorting fruit or
hear the rustic Of fowls In large coop5 trying H.
vain 10 effect an escape.
The streets are well paved and 1t night the market
IS lighted by electricity. It, the centre T. large
square. having an area Of 1Oi,OOO SQUARE feet Tine
farmers unhitch their horse, here from midnight
until the break Of day. and there ar, stables con
vcnlcnt where their horses cared for while await
Ing nr arrival OF th0s' who want TO buy. II might
be- thought that no great punctuahty I, required
In a traffic which involves only such common
place commodities a vegetables. but the writer was
assured that n from The country should b.
40 lax 10 arrive half an hour late with hi, load
OF produce, whether plain assorted h. would
simply have his labor for his pains, ana b. con
froncd with the alternative OF carting It back home
Or else dsposing Of II at price which the pcdrrs
who ever on The watch for such chances should
deem II advisable 10 Offer