Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-19
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That the Second Ward Market b Re-
moved.
TO THE SQUARE BETWEEN NINTH
AND TENTH STREETS-A MAR
KET STREET PROPERTY OWN
Err DISCUSSES A NEW IDEA RE-
LATING TO THIS MATTER.

Nv SoS0SSD
to erect a new building for market pur-
poses in the upper portion of the city,
will be found of general interest, in
asmuch as a new idea is advanced:
What do you think of the idea OF
building a new market house,"
IF the market is to be continued
successfully there cal hardly be much
difference of opinion on that question.
The present market house is a back
number and a very back number. 1t
has perhaps done excellent service in
it's time, but it is not only out of date,
but it is worm out in its every part. 1t
has been patched up too long and too
often, and no attempt should be made
to make the present structure do ser
vice longer"
WELL, what are your further ideas On
the subject?"
LAS above indicated, if the market
is to be successfully conducted here
after, an entire new building ought to
be erected on the most approved plan,
| which plan should not be definitely de-
cided upon until modern market build
ing in other cities be investigated, and
in the erection of a new market house
and in the mode of operating it we
might follow the plans of the most
successful markets in other cities, or
improve upon them if possible. There
is also a grave objection to the present
location of the market house, and the
only time to remedy it is when the new
market house is to be built"
What is the objection to the pre-
sent location?"
Throughout the entire length of the
market house the street car line is along
side of it, and when there is a good
market Cor even a slim market) the
| jam that exists between the street cars
n market wagons and other vehicles
is a terror to those VINO have market
wagons or other vehicles and teams to
manage in that vicinity. | believe Is
fair to state that ever since the street
car line has been in operation the eff
ficiency of the Second ward market
(the main market of the city, has been
growing less and less, and the attend
ance of farmers has been growing
smaller and smaller, so that scarcely
any farmers are now to be seen in the
market. Where the ordinary traffic or
IlC oCISSI duu Lie SJI66I CdI lluS udNc
to pass for a whole square alongside OF
a market house supplied altogether by
wagons, it is impossible to avoid the
greatest jam and inconvenience on
market days."
What place do you think would be
a better location for the market
hOuse?"
Il think it would be an excellent i'm
provement to have the south end of the
market rest on Tenth street, just as it
does now on Eleventh street-that is,
have the south end instead of the north
end OF the market on Tenth street, or
in other words, place the market house
between Ninth and Tenth street, in
stead of las it now isl between Tenth
and Eleventh street."
What are all the advantages that
would result from such a changer"
Il could hardly tell in this conversa-
ton all the advantages, but l can tell
you of some of them. If the change
were made as suggested then the street
cars and other vehicles and traffic
would have the amplest room to oper-
ate conveniently on the present market
square; and the market house and mar
hSb No6olo WOulu lIitt nave Tie dIuDl-
est room to operate conveniently on
the new market square. The market
would be out of the way of the street
car line n the street car line would
be out of the way of the market. and
the street car line andtthe market would
be in a position to be of the greatest
service to each other; each would of
fer the other every possible facility
and advantage and be rid of every dis
advantage, as every street car that
runs on the line would pass on Tenth
street at the end of the market and
give every facility, yet be no interfer-
ence."
How would the values of property
be effected by the changer"
Every foot of ground between Ninth
and Eleventh street would be made
more valuable by the change. The pro-
perty between Ninth and Tenth street
would become business property, for
such business as would naturally ad-
here to the market house;
and the value of property there
would approximate the present
value between Tenth and Eleventh
street. The present market square
would make one of the finest business
squares in the city, and the values OF
property between Tenth and Eleventh
street would then approximate the
present values between Eleventh and
Twelfth street."
What would you suggest should be
done with the ground between Tenth
and Eleventh street and between the
true west line Of Market street and the
west side of the present market
square?"
THE city might retain it and open
it up as a public square, or the city
might fix the price at which the city
would sell to the property owners Oh
the west side of market square the
ground between their present lines and
the true line of Market street. The
city could fix this price and think
each of such property-owners would
gladly buy at such prices as would
produce a sum more than sufficient to
pay for the same amount OF ground
between Ninth and Tenth streets. and
| think might say that enough money
could be raised in this way not only to
pay for the ground, but also enough to
in a great measure pay for the new
building. In a word, l think such a
change would be almost an inestimable