The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-25
SHALL CITY MARKETS CO.?
THE ISSTITUTIONS COMMISSIONERS
KEARNY WOULD ABOiINH.

Eorl, vould I've the first time In its history 1
without n CITY market Ever since the earliest |
Colonial days the city authorities have made |
IL their business TO provide public markets The |
public n, town mntke, was an institution which |
the Dutch brought with them from Holland.
Wherever they went their first care otter seeing |
that everything was spotcssly clean was TO set |
aside spncc 20 which ON certain days tho farmers
could bring their produce and where the towns. |
folk could buy their food stuff
Almost every city in the world has It's public /.
market II New York decides that this branch |
of municipal ownership Is a failure and tctifes /
from H. the city will rank almost alone as ono
without "A market provided and cared for by the 7
municipality. The peculiar formation OF tho
Island of Manhattan may account for a. but
whnteve, the reason the markets have been de- 4
,,i,i,o steadily in Importance for half a century
and men ,ybo have watched them say that there
IL M vav I'm which they can be restored to their
old ,,,c no,ul,,i,v When every bouscholdcr
I,v.J With, n mile n, tho cent?, Of the town IL
va. n, c,sv matt, "a, him IN start ont carly in
IA. r,o-n,nv with A basket on his arm visit the |
r,o,l,, r.,s,u,lIy s.l.c, IN. mont and vegetables
r.od,d h, hIs family NIT them into tho basket
AUD vail hou, arriving there in ample time
., he n, his business AT tn. hour rcaui,ed Now.
,Lsvs III, man ot IN. Louscvifc who ATTEMPTS
% d., N, family marketing and carry home the
A. IN.
butchers and p,oce,s wish il we've otherwise
r,s ,.v,,, ,y,t,st H., ,tbli, market becan
q, "a, .en. IN, laws and ordinnnces REQUIRED
h,,cbo-s and g,..n.yrocers &, disnlny and sell
,hc,, wares in the public markets then Already
-ny-r rrr51 fts mi u
,o,,,d i, i,rony.,i.r, On On 10 m,,k., p-rsornllv
TIE sys,.,, was yood TO, the SELLERS hi, bad
10, IN. buy., for IN. r,n,k.,mnn had nothing
10 do with n. delivery nj good. He .muly
a,ld III. nurc,,.s-r bod 10 get his purch,ses
-. sh.s,L.r,irh, m. .sl,c, iid M, t,,uhl.
bi,,,.l, .ho,, 4, II. v,a ,,o,er+.d nv IN. CITY
n,di,.rc.s which n.-r,,,.d M on. 10 seIl meats
M Vegetables eSccpt from A s,aIl in in A public
,,.,Le, S,,,. n,oduc. merchants oldired their
rrs,,rr.,s hv d.,,v.,ing goods b,,, I, wa, done
a. t.vo, only The cus,omcr could not saw
Ia, u,,cs, the Goods were delivered he would
vail around tic corner 10 A shop and get them
there
A. the city grew this condition became In
! toetable 10 It's residents Finally, in lsIl, when
Robert II. Morris was Mayor. an Alderman
/ Abraham Hatfield, introduced an ordinance
permitting the sale O, meats and Vegetables any
| wh,,, Tn, mntke,men fought him They
/ said that the general distribution Of shops would
ruin trnde make residence impossible In any
| pnr, Of IN. island, and bring abou, sickness
..L Ian U, U,,s,,t p.,.is,cL and os iii,
anu "ea'" w name" i''oi'''' a"I '' ~,
|
succeeded. although the marketmcn did not
,.,.. ,, 49, CT, ..gIv Arco,tir, "a Has.
wells "Rcmtniscences OF an oc,orcnaIian" one
, MI Slater In December lSii had the hnrdihool
10 on.n =, butcher shop At a place no, designated
" 'pou a "" ~ s,oI =, ,..
az public market lie was arrested az INC
F, ins,iga,ion OF the mnrketmen. tried . CON
/ i,,aJ - ,iol.,i,r tho ordi,,,ces and N,.d
,,,.e' ., ''"!"."s VIC s'","an "' VI. a,,,
500 and costs Tor MS eHoi'S 10 SeNS n's Gus
toners Finally the people triumphed. and
"o '''".' ~ -, ~
Tact Az hrs'' according 10 MI hnS"en' 'he
| proprlctors NJ these shops were lrshmcn, who
d,d , doub. business combining n bnr with
NV " ,,,., C,,u,. .,,,,Io,,.d n.
grocery iheh "cim"ns supp'nn'eu INC
and moved from the corners. leaving the Irish.
are TO this day.
with the coming of the corner grocery passed
the days when each gentleman went from his
nome In the morning with his mnrkei.bnske,
on his arm and bought what he would buy. Also
passed then Tue Gays "heh 'hc markets. were
the news centres Of the town. when with chicken
or SQUASH was oonS% Inc ,ne 'a axe s"ss'p OF VIC
freshest OIL on news he'o'e 'he corner grocery
In islo there Were six markets in the city, They
were the riL Ma a.h 'arrM o, rem VIZ; N,E;
lane caihprinG mSThet at The foot 81 t$,faIT,nc
street wa H'P houhS, ihIlcrNh'u f'HhhHl
Market, at the loot oi William street. Duane
Market. at Nc loot oil duane street, ana 'oilct
Market, Oh White street. near htuadwHSi which
took It's name from the Collect Pond In 1907
Gouycrneur Market was established rs - grnni
, market place, II embraced lompkins Square.
II was laid ont by such diLn!tarlcS rs GuuvcIGCur
Morris, Simon Dewitt and John Ruthrrl,r ri
II was abolished by the Legislature. II va,
! at the Fly Market that the butter competitions
established by the Agricultural Society w"Tu
held for several years after 1919 There II wn'
that farmer who gavc short weight was uncX
| pcCtcily called upon by the official wcighcrs
roSavc his unmc and his liberty thciarmcr sliYpcd
a guinea into tho butter roll bringing il up a.
iull weight His punishment came when =
Quaker gentleman insisted on huNinC the roll
Tor three sh.lllngs At the Same time warning
the dishonest farmer that il did no. pay 10 he dis
honest
In January, 1921. there was n great fire where
Fulton Mnrkc, now stands and the market wa,
built on the ruins ~ the burned district II WI,