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urday, and If they desired 1t, could 60
across the street and stand.

Ine wagons BLOCK the Street.
Commissioner Truesdeil said the trouble
about occupying the north side of street
was that the wagons stand there to the
detriment of the public, which had a right
to the free and uninterrupted use of the
street. The Market Company had no right
to charge rent for the space occupied by
the wagons, and the Commissioners corsid-
cred it their duty to clear the street The
wholesale market square was provided with
the idea of allowing the farmers to sell
from the wagons. There Is no money avail
able he continued, to put shed over this
square.
This being the case, Mr.. Curtiss thought
it would have been far better to have al
lowed the other improvements which had
been made to go and gravel the entire
space. Mr.. Croz.er said that as he under
stood the arrangement. the Commissioners
were going to move all the dealers off of B
street to the whol esale market. Reta1lers
on the south side of B street, adjacent to
the Smithsonian grounds.
Who Are Retailers:
This brought up an important question of
who were retailers He ventured to say
that every man who sold at the market
were both wholesalers and retailers as the
occasion demanded. 1t was difficult mat
ter to settle the difference between the two.
In1S DelnG the case II NOulu Ue IldAl1SStiy
unjust to move a certain number two or
three squares away, and allow others to
stand within half a square of the market,
where most of the goods were sold. II the
Commissioners had the right to allow the
occupation of the south side of street.
why not apportion spaces there and charge
rent therefor? During the administration
of Commissioner Douglass such an ar
rangement was made and the market was
never run smoother. The arrangement was
fair and no one complained. Again. the
wholesale market square would not ac-
commodate the dealers. What was going
to be done then? There was. on an aver
age 400 farmers who sold their products by
wholesale The wholesale market square
could not accommodate them all. He
thought it would be proper to move all
dealers, both retail and wholesale, Off of b
street on both sides east Of 10th street.
The men he represented were willing to
abide by such an order, and he thought it
would operate fairly all around.
Postponement Likely.
The Commissioners said that they had
done everything possible with the limited
means at their disposal
Mr.. Curtiss thought the Commissioners
should allow the whole question to remain
in statu quo until after Congress met and
passed an appropriation providing for a shed
to the wholesale square.
The hearing finally ended with the Com
missioners promising to take the matter un-
der consideration.
A prominent farmer in discussing the
matter with a reporter of The Star after
the hearing said he thought the Commits
sioners had made fatal mistake In COM
pelling the farmers to remove from B
street. The ladies who go to market would
object to going far out OF their way to
do their marketing. When the farmers
stood under the shed on the north side of
B street everything was convenient and in
stormy weather the sned Afforded protec-
ton.