The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-15
SEVERAL HUNDRED OPPOSED A
CHANGE IN THE CENTRAL
MARKET LOCATION.
WANT 1T ON THIRD STREET.
QUESTIONS CONSIDERED AT A
COMMITTEE YESTERDAY.
SOME FAVOR GOING TO BROADWAY
Sharp Controversy Over 1t Which
Resulted in the Question Going
over for Considerations

There was a sharp controversy be-
fore the aldermanic committee on mar
kets and public buildings yesterday
afternoon relative to the Central Mar
ket company and its stand at st. Peter
and Third streets The matter came
before the committee in the shape of
a proposed ordinance closing the Third
street market With it there was also
referred to the committee an ordinance
to establish a market on the east side
of Broadway between Eighth and
Ninth streets. F. H. Wheelock, the ex-
market master, is the mover in this
project, while the Central Market COM
pany and some of the commission men
located in the vicinity of it vigorously
opposed the ordinance designed to close
the market as we'll as that to establish
a new one. Both sides presented pc
titions for and against the scheme.
MIR. Wheelock'S petition asking for the
establishment of a new market on
Broadway bore the signature of about
200 people. On the other side petitions
were sent in by the JObbers' union,
the st. Paul Fruit and Produce Deal
ers and the market gardeners urging
the council not to interfere with the
central market in any way, as the loca-
ton was deemed to be very good Mr..
Wheelock suggested that some of the
gardeners or hucksters had been COM
PEELED to sign the petition or leave the
central market. This insinuation was
Indignantly denied by Aid. Shepard,
who is at the head of the Central
Market company and who is also a
member Of the committee on markets,
the full committee consisting of Alder
men Kaldunski, Shepard and Larsen.
Aid. Kaldunski expressed the opin-
ion that the market association ought
to pay the city some revenue for occu-
plying West Third street, but Aid.
Shepard differed with this view.
George Walsh who represented F.
H. Wheelock and the others anxious to
establish a new market on Broadway,
cited the case of the Third street mark
ct, which the city had created public
market merely to benefit the owners
thereof. Consequently if the council
was going to legislate in the interests
Of individuals, why shouldn't he, Mr..
Walsh, or any other man be given the
right to erect sheds in the streets and
collect rent therefrOm. Mr.. Walsh
failed to see why a market should be
established merely for the jobbers.
why IL 1t wasn't for the market at
St Peter street." remarked John Rob-
ertson, one of the commission men
present, the grass would be growing on
St Peter street.
Mr.. Walsh proceeded to state the
advantages that he claimed would fol-
low the establishment of market on
Broadway.
Mr.. Robertson wanted to know why
700 gardeners signed a petition to have
the Third street market retained, if
they didn't want it as alleged Mr..
Walsh replied that the gardeners were
doubtless induced to sign by the same
manipulation that secured the other
petitions in behalf of the Third street
market.
Assemblyman Thompson, who is in
terested in the commission business,
Informed the committee at this juno
ture that F. H. Wheelock had repre-
scented to a number of people that the
council intended to close the Third
street market and establish a market
in lower town. A dispute followed this
assertion, during which nothing per-
tinent tc the question was said
Who's putting UP the money for
the Broadway market?" asked Aid
Shepard.
None of your business" CURLY re-
Joined Mr.. Walsh We'll see that the
money is put up
Aid. Shepard informed the committee
that proceedings. to eject Wheelock
from the possession of the site of the
proposed market had been instituted
IN the municipal court, on the ground