The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-01
VARIOUS MARKET SITES.
Mr.. Harris Disagrees with q Cham
Der of Commerce Committee.

DER OF commerce Committee.
To the Editor Of the Globe:
In reading over the report of the cham
Der of commerce committee must say I
see but little in 1t to convince me that
the committee had the great mass of our
citizens and the farmers and gardeners
much in mind
Inc whole thing Is written from Third
street, and anything that does not con-
slider Third street first, last and all of
the time Is not in it. Now no one wishes
to harm Third street nor the men doing
business there. The commission men
nave only to send their buyers to where
the market is located They buy one or
a dozen loads from the farmers; the far
Iner delivers the goods wherever de-
sired. Sometimes the farmer is directed
to drive to the commission mans store
on Third street, but more frequently to
the car the commission man Is filing in
the freight yards near Broadway. Thus
II Will be seen that the commission man
Goes not touch the produce-potatoes,
onions, cabbage, or whatever 1t may be-
Inc farmer does the hauling and putting
into cars Now, bearing this in mind,
can any one say that the commission
men must move from Third street If the
market is located north of Eighth street
on one of the several blocks there offered
Inc loading of a car is done, I say, in
the freight yard, some blocks east of
S1bley street. If the farmer sells his
load at market near jackson and
Etghth, he does not have a long haul.
ana besides down grade but not a hill
Ii he were to sell his load on the Eagle
street site he must get out of there the best
way he can. In hauling out of there he
VIII meet great many farmers teams
ana grocery teams as well. The hill Is
steep and the street narrow. At the top
vi the mil are the seven tntersecting
streets, with it's two car lines. This will
at times produce a blockade In going
10 the freight yard, passing down lower
mira street, he can get through all right
If 1t is on Sunday. Now no matter what
site you choose on Third street the way
on lower Third street is sure to be block
co. or at least difficult to get through.
anu the farmers team will fare slim If
II collides with the heavy teams used
uo"n there. Since the union depot loon
was put IN the conditions are worse than
peIore. Now 1T is just as convenient for
the commission men to have the market
near Eighth and Jackson as on anv of
me sites offered elsewhere. I have said
this much, hoping that L may succeed
IN canning the minds of the chamber Of
commerce committee 1t is likely that
the Ihlrd street men will continue to do
business at the old stand If any are of
wandering disposition, thew would
more than likely move out onto West
Seventh or West Third street. where
there are good store rooms very cheap
IN case the market is located out that
way The committee wants the horse
ana nay market connected with the pro
duce market. Men only visit hay and
horse markets, and they are very fe1,
IN number. A central location is not
necessary for hay and horse market
produce market should be for the bene-
Mt OF the great mass of a city. The Ioca-
tlon should be central as much so as it
Is possible to get it. No one would think
ol locating large retail concern In an
out of the way place. If well Iocatad r.
VIII be largely patronized and such q
location as this will suit the farmers
and gardeners, and hundreds of retail
merchants and manufacturers. and the
hotels and restaurants doing business
east Of Wabasha street.
%. B. Harris.