Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-02-10
THE MARKET STILL LIVES
II DOEa SO nv VOTE OF THE
ALDER MEN.

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ALDER MEN.
BS a vOsc of 4 to e-Peti,iOns
From Ladies, Physicians And
Citizens.
Market Abolition met its death, the
fate it deserved, yesterday afternoon at
the meeting OF the Board of Aldermen.
The corpse was coffined. the lid fastcnt d
down by Alderman Jones with the
weight of public opinion and Aldermen
H. |. Gudger and 7. {. Starnes and D..
NJ, Luther, esq were chief mourners.
Now the procession has passed and
the ques ion is one that need give he
people little alarm. at least SO long as
the Board is constituted as at present.
A meeting of the Joint Boa was held
first yesterday, for the purpose of ac.
cepting the bond made by Nj. II Kelly
to secure the CITY against loss if he were
paid $4,000 of the guarantee retained
from the amount due him as contractor
for the pipe line. The meeting was at.
tended by full Board of Aldermen and
Advisors McCollum, Nichols ana Red
wood. The bond was rendered and ac
ceptcd.
The Aldermen then held their meeting,
he first business being the election OF
City Tax Collector Fagg to the position
OF marshal, in order that he, may attend
to the collection of paving assessments
This takes the work off Chief of Polio
Harkins' hands, and that official is glad
OF it,
John B Steele asked a permit to shoot
chickens which his neighbors would not
ke'p off his property. II. l.. Gudger op-
posed the permit. because MIR. Steele and
Others would not let the city "shooo"
rock in tie quarry near Mr.. Steele's
Permit was not granted, although Mr..
Westall suggested that the applicant,
instead OF shooting chickens, should set
Steele trap for hem.
The grim ghost of Abolition here
arose, when Mayor Patton called up in
its regular order the ordinance of, red
last week having the effect of abolishing
the market, Mr.. Jones offered rrsolu-
ton instructing the market commit CT
to consider the Encouragement OF the
stalls he beet stalls around the sides
and hucksterS' stalls in the centre). thus
crushing one OF the bones of dissension
and to report rules Tor the governing of
the market. Speaking to the a olton
ordinance Mr.. ones said the market
had not had iair trial. The Board
would be doing violence to every sens,
of right to abandon it. He regarded
It as a great convenience. Wheth her it l.
making money or not is nor the ques-
ton to he asked. 1t is public necessity
like the water works, and it is the dut,
OF the Board to keep it up, even though
it cost the city ST 900 t. do so. IL w,
abolish it, Mr. Jones said, I'VE will dis
regard the wishes OF the people and tn,
lawmakers who established it, il is our
duty to sustain it. It's abandonment
would be valuable to men interested in
vacant houses. but | am not thus iutci =
ested, and there are thousands here who
are not interested in vacant houses, and
to abolish the market would be to help
perhaps dozen owners ofproperty.'
This Alone ~ a set ler
Mr.. ones here called attention to
The fact that under the law, il the market
house should be abandoned and the
building converted to other uses any
creditor of the city could force the prop
erty to a sale III order that his claim
might be satisfied. Necessary public
property could not be sold, but when the
city abandoned the market, which was a
public necessity, ii would become the
duty OF the city to sell the property and
| appropriate it to the payment of any
debts.
The abandonment Of the market v
MIR. |oncs concluded, will result in a
Disappointment to the public, who feel a
pride III the institution, to satisfy few
people with vacant houses. Don't let
us sacrifice the property or disappoint
the public or let 10 or even 90 men come
in and say because they have empty
houses the market ought to be abol-
ished. II We cannut do better let us in
vest 81 900 from the cty's funds to keep
this market before the public for its con
venience."
Petitions for the Market
Mr.. Jones was followed by ]. d. Muir
ply, esq, who, speaking for several occu
pants of the market and many citizens
of Asheville, presented one petition from
city physicians, two from ladies and on.
from citizens, all asking that the marke,
be allowed to remain as it is. The ply
slciaus' petition said it was best to hav,
"A market house under strict SANITARY
regulations. and contained the sigma
tues OF IL. b. Weaver, 6. w. pureiov
L b MrBraycr, Jas A. Burroughs. II
l. Baird, Thos. p. ecsborough, s
Westrav Battle. w. p. Wilmington
Chas. f. Hilllard, r. II. Bryant anc
Chas. 5 Jordan.
The ladies petition was signed by Mrs
W. {. Carmichael. Mrs. W. d. Hlliard
Mrs. NJ X. Bearden, Miss K. F. Chap
man, Mrs A. Tenncnt, Mrs. A. Is
Ware, Lizzie RYAN, Jessie Bur
nette, Ms. A. b. SITES, S Taylor
Mary S. Young of New York
Mrs. S. NJ. Roberts. Mrs. II. NJ
Davidson. Mrs. NJ. Swartzberg, Mrs
Thos Morrow, Mrs A L. Rav, c. Nj
Gano. Mrs. S X. k,pler, Miss West
Anna L, Comstock. Mrs X. A. Merri
mon, MIR L Haumann, Mrs. !. ID. Ha
britk, Mrs. A Mack, Mrs. Mo, nahan
Mrs, ], NJ Campbell, Mrs B l. Own
hey, Mrs Geo Young. Mrs. McAiee
Mts. Mebane, Mrs. M. Scnrrmeister
Mrs. Eagan, Mrs. l.. Munday, Mrs
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