The age-herald., 1901-08-22
To Locate t Corner Eighteenth
 Street and Fourth Avenue
FEES AND SONS TO BUILD II
Provided Permission Can Be Obtained From Council to Abandon Contem- plated Quarters In the New
 City Hall Building.

The Butchers Association and the vege- table dealers occupying stalls in the tenn porary market house. corner of Twentieth street and Fourth avenue, are making plans to erect a new market building at the corner of Eighteenth street and Fourth avenue. The only impediment to the negotiations is the gaining of the re- quired permission from the City Coun- cil.
 The plan was made known in petition to the City Council last night, signed by Fies and Sons. The petitioners ask per mission to erect building on the north east corner of Eighteenth street and fourth avenue. The building was de- scrfbed as a one-story structure, 1o0x14o feet. with concrete floor, to be well ven tilated and severed. A petition was also received from the butchers and vegetable men. asking that the contemplated quar- ters in the city hall be abandoned, and that they be allowed to occupy a new market house. The City Council will hold a special meeting within week to con- slder the matter.
 HiIIman Hospital Property.
 It is understood that Fies and Sons are negotiating for the purchase of the prop erty belonging to the Hillman Hospital. corner of Eighteenth street and Fourth avenue, on which to erect the building. It ds said that the property will probably cost s20,00O that s10O0O will be expended for the building and that the space will be rented to the marketmen for something like $500 per month.
 The signers of the butchers petition ar que that the quarters to be provided in the new city hall are not large enough. Their arguments are set forth in the fol- lowing petition:
 Objection Offered.
 We, the undersigned butchers and vege- table vendors, now doing business at the temporary market located at the north- east corner of Twentieth street and Fourth avenue, respectfully petition your honorable body to do away with the mar ket heretofore contemplated in the new city hall building and permit the under signed to rent elsewhere than in the city hall.
 Petitioners assign as reasons ior lhe fe- quest:
 First-That the space allotted to the market In the new city hall is entirely in- adequate for their work and the display ing of their wares.
 Second-That the market Is In such close proximity to the fire department that 1t will always be dangerous to ladies, espe- cially on crowded days
 Third-That the comfort of the city nall will be greatly interfered with by having a market In it.
 Then follow the names of a majority Of the occupants of the market.
 Opposition to the Plan.
 There is considerable objection to the plan among members of the Board of AL dermen. Mayor Drennen told some of the members of the Butchers Association yesterday afternoon that the space allor- ted to the market could hardly be changed into stores because they would set too far back. This would be offered as serious objection by prospective renters. He also recalled the fact that the city hall com mittee did not want to include the mar ketmen in their original plans.
 Some of the Aldermen offer the same objection, and say further that the city would be deprived of the revenue, which amounts to almost 5000 annually.
 Nothing other than routine business was transacted at the regular meeting or the council.