The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-31

B. F. Graham. market master of the
Eastern Market. this morning submitted
10 the Commissioners supplemental re-
port relative TO certain items which he
considers for the benefit of the market.
The salary of the Iaborer in the mar
ket,'' he says. lis $3.50 year, while the
salary Of the laborer in the market at
Twenty Grst and K Streets northwest is
$500 year They have open market ey-
cry other day while we have open mar
l,et every day. Our laborer, Charles
Scott, has a space of 50, PIP square feet to
sweep every day, exclusive Of the base
nent.
while the basement is not swept every
day t is kept clean. There is retiring
room in the basement for the use of the
public and this has TO be kept clean. In
addition to the work above mentioned
there is a garbage house which must be
be kept in order. His work in the mar
ket is from o'clock in the morning until
6 at night, all of which time is spent in
manual labor and on Saturdays his work
lasts until midnight. l hope that you Will
see yofsr way clear to allow this laborer
a salary commensurate with that received
for similar work in other markets.
The constantly increasing business of
the market demands more room. Not only
have there been no vacancies in the stalls
for many years, but have had applca ions
for space enough to fill as many more
stalls as we now have, and there are none
who wish to give up what they now hold.
l would suggest an addition to the north
end of the market-house twenty-four feet
in length and the full width OF the present
building, and OF the same style Of archi-
lecture. Such an addition would acconmo-
date five more stalls to be used exclusive
ly fc~ FISH The estimated cost OF this ad-
dition is ABOUT 81, 100, and the income to
be derived from the same would be about
$50 per annum.
1T has been suggested to me several
times that az iron shed the full length OF
the east side Of the market would possess
some advantages. as sixteen stalls could
be constructed in the same that would
yield an income OF S57e per annum- The
estimated cost OF the shed is about $500.
The woodwork of the Whole exterior
and interior Of the market should be thor
oughIy painted, which will cost about $3.50.
4 hope that these requests viii meet
your approval as l am of the opinion that
each of them Will pay for itself in
a short time II will be noticed that the
present net income from the market after
all expenses are paid is 81 20 per an
mum. and l am confident that with the
growth of this section OF that city that
I am not asking for more than is necessary
for the best good and conduct of the mar
ket."
Mr.. Graham also submits with the above
report his estimates for the operations
Of the market for the fiscal year ending
June 30. 1902. as follows: Salary of mar
ket master, SLICE; salary of IaboTer, $3.50;
including street broom. $12; six boxes wax
tapers 80 cents, and stationery, $500,
making a total OF $1,5S2.S0.
In the selection Of site for the new
tWelve-roorl school building in lexington
the Board of Commissioners experienced
good deal of difficulty. In speaking about
the matter this morning to a reporter of
The Times Commissioner mcfarland stat
ed that this one site had given them as
much trouble as all the rest
Il became necessary IN the first place, hs
said, TO reject all the offers which were
received in answer TO the advertisement
for proposals to sell lots. Then the En-
gineer Department made an estimate Gil
the cost OF :he building and the Commits
sioners then saw that they would be obiig-
ed to secure a site considerably lower than
any of the available lots offered. They then
carefully went over the ground after re-
ion of their idea OF the proper locality for
the new school, and found 8 site which
appeared TO the Commissioners TO be suit
able.
Just as Commissioner mcfarland was
about to close bargain for the lot the
School Committee of the North Capitol
and lexington Citizens Association ap-
peared on the scene and requested that
another site should be chosen which they
considered better adapted TO the purpose.
Commissioner Mcfarland requested the
committee to bring him an offer OF a suit
able lot in the territory mentioned and
waited two weeks for their return 1t
was discovered finally that no suitable
lot could be had the price of which would
be within the amount available from the
sum appropriated by Congress.
Accordingly it became necessary to- COM
plete the negotiations for the original lot
at the southeast corner of Lincoln Ave-
nue. and Prospect Street costing sI4. ~
60.