The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-09
NO BIG HALL TO SPEAK IN
AN ARGUMENT THAT NO ONE
CAN ANSWER.
MARKET ON WHEELS MUCH DISCUSSED
Capt. West Makes an Amendment TO His Now
Famous Idea. One Man Wants the Cap
tain TO Don His Fed Vest and be
the official Driver.

Inc w eSt-Patent-R Rotary VI afket-1ouSe
Idea met with much favor on the street
yesterday, and served for food to keep
the auditorium-talk fires merrily burning.
In fact it served the unexpected pur-
pose of practically running out of the
field the Opposed-to-Selling-a t-any price
folks. For no sooner did one of them
the grounds of his opposition to the sale
OF the old market than some one would
say: "Om you're a Roller. You want
your market house on wheels
This would cause laugh and of course
mo sensible man will undertake to argue
against laugh.
Then 1.-The enemy started flank move
ment. They tried to pick flaws III Capt.
Vests Idea. But up to the time we
went to press they had made but poor
progress.
I'm opposed to the West Idea said
one, flor the reason that he proposes to
take our street roller to pull the market
about. That means that street work
will either he badly hindered or stopped
entirely Such thing will never do
To this attack the West forces replied
by saying:
oh we'll hire a mule-two mules yes
three, if necessa1y-tO take the market
from store to store. We don't want to
stop street work on anything else. It's
for moving things we are
We'll, I'll agree to it chimed in an
ardent opponent of the measure. IF you'll
add the following: Provided that Capt
West be required to don his red vest
and tie every morning and drive the out
fit to the place where it is to stand for
the day
The suggestion met with general favor
and it is believed that it will be adopted
if the whole proposition doesn't get the
life choled out of it by the General Wei
fare Committee.
Then up spoke one who has more city
pride than sense of humor but whose
city pride goes no further than desire
TO see the old market house painted. He
Said:
MY friends. / regret this exceedingly
the fact that such Il suggestion was
ever made as that attributed to Mr.
West: and still more do | regret its pub
LEGATION. Why that article will be copied
10y other papers in the State: everybody
will read it. and they'll think we are Il
one-hOrse town.
And I'm about to come to the conclu-
sion they'll not be far wrong" chimed
in a hot anti-Roller.
1.-The idea of talking about pulling our
market around the streets by team of
mules. or even by an engine continued
The Opponents -selling-at-any- price. pay
ing no attention to the interruption by the
ID sin
people will think every word of it lis true.
and that our market house is no larger
than that.
Sort of push-cart affair." suggested
a bystander
And thus the talk went on all the day
Sometimes serious but more often humor
OIIS.
All sorts of names were applied to the
present market-barn, -" buzZard roost,
hulk, y "fire-trap," and the like.
Ore man thought it ought to be torn
down and a better one built somewhere
else, no matter If no sort OF mouse was
erected to replace 1t.
why it would be an Improvement.
he exclaimed, 'if there was nothing there
at all. except a bed of flowers.
Another man, an opponent OF seliln2'
didn't like the idea of destroying all the
old landmarks. The fact that the mouse
was built sixty years ago. and was used
by his grandfather and father he thought
sufficient reason for now preserving 1T.
Il am ALSO said a member of the
board of aldermen, opposed to selling
I favor another issue of bonds. That
the only way to get an auditorium. Keep
the market house and some day the city
can erect a fine administration building
on the site"
Then the talk veered back to the West
Patent Rotary Market, and Capt. Nesl'
took Il hand.
Il want to add an amendment. nc
said. ''to what was printed about my
pIan this morning. / find that there has
been MUCH discussion, and IA probability
of strong rivalry. as to who shall have
the market house first. Now in. order
that the city may get the benefit of this
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