The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-18
THE MARKET KEPr CLEAN.
Whitewnsh and Paint Have Added
Much 10 Its AppenrRnce

Much to It's Appearance.
Health Officer LeHardy win find little.
if anything to complain of in the
present condition of the Savannah
market. so far as the building and It's
appointments are concerned, though be
will probably insist that the butchers OK
ercise more care with their meats in or.
der TO protect the meats from flies and
dust.
A Morning News reporter took trip
through the market yesterday afternoon
under the escort of Clerk l.. p Masters
Mr.. Masters has been in charge Of the
market only a little over three months
but he appears TO have mastered all the
details of the business. and to be thor
oughly familiar with his work What ia
more. he seems to enjoy Il, and yet the
market clerkshp is no snap, though many
people seem to think so. Six days in the
week he rises at o'clock in the morning
about the time the Morning News re-
porters are going to bed, and on Satur-
aay he does not get away from the mar
ket until II o'clock at night
The most noticeable fact about the build
Ing was that IL appeared to be thoroughIy
clean and there were no foul smells to
contradict appearances. The entire in
terror Of the building has been recently
Whitewashed and all the stalls recently
reprinted. This adds a great deal to an.
pearances and Is valuable from a sani.
tary standpoint The bridgework of the
Savannah Traction Company's bridge
through the market has also been painted
bright green.
A visit to the fish and poultry stall, us
ually the worst features of any market
revealed nothing unpleasant to sight or
smell The woodwork of the fish-dealers'
tables is protected with zinc and this Is
required to be washed down twice day
with boiling water. The poultry stalls
are cleaned out once a day and fresh
sawdust put in, This does away with
the foul smell which so quickly arises
where poultry is kept in confinement.
The vegetable stalls are neat and well
kept. At the butchers stalls the blocks
and benches had been secured until they
were white. The market is swept twice
day, MIR. Masters stated, and fresh saw
dust put on the floor each time. The rooms
In the basement of the market of which
there has always been more or less COM
plant have recently been overhauled and
put In good condition. An Improvement
worth mentioning is the equippng OF all
the sliding doors OF the market with new
patent rollers. A child can push them
back and forth now.
Alderman Krouskoff, who is chairman of
the market committee, gives his personal
attention to the market, visiting 1t every
day. Alderman Krouskoff takes a great
deal of interest In the market and, as is
well known, is DESTROYS of increasing its
revenues. He has not been able to ac-
complsh anything appreciable in this d.
rectlon as yet. The green groceries
which are scattered throughout the city
being more accessible to those living near
them than the market, secure a large
share of the patronage which was confin-
ed almost entirely to the market in for
mer years. The majority of council in
cline to the belief that the convenience OF
the public takes precedence of the fnan-
cial benefits which might arise to the city
by forcing all the marketing to be done at
the public market, and consequently there
is no immediate prospect of an increase in
the market revenues. AS a place where
the greatest variety Of table supplies Is to
be found. however, the market viii always
attract a large trade.