The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-30
NEWFTSHMARKBYOPEN TO-DAY
LOIS FOR POSITION TO BE DRAWN
AT 4 O'CLOCK A. NJ.

Anybody VINO Hawks Fish In the etreets
WIN No Arrested-Propesed Extensasn
10 Include Fruit and Vegetable Pedlers.
A list Of all the regular fish pedlers ID
In Street Cleaning Commissioner Wood
bury's hands, and at o'clock this morning
these men will draw lots for places In the
new fish market on the south side Of the
new East River bridge. Only those who
have been accustomed to sell fish Will be
allowed to draw, as the number OF spaces
marked of Is barely sufficient for the trade
and the Commissioners idea IL to prevent
outsiders from getting stands and selling
or renting the privilege.
Spaces have been squared Oh on the
asphalt and each plot Is plainly numbered.
Cards bearing the numbers OF the 200 plots
will be put In a bag and each pedler will
draw q number, which will be the spot to
which he is assigned.
Thursdays and Fridays are the big days
in the fish trade. Commissioner Wood
bury does not look for an overflow 1t his
early morning opening OF the market.
lie was asked on Saturday by President
Schwartz OF the Pushcar Pedlers' As
eOCids iOn IL tilc iiSu couiu bob 70 ppoNtho1
through the streets at the season OF
Jewish holidays. DR.. Woodbury. said he
would not permit IL that the street sales
had been going on In violation OF the sani-
tary code. and now that ample market space
had been provided in a location convenient
TO the pushcart custom the law must be
observed strictly. Any pedler found
hawking fish In the 8; reefs will be arrested.
At o'clock this afternoon all the ped
lers must be gone from the market. The
Street Cleaning Department hose bril-
gade will then appear and flush It. The
asphalt has been 80 graded as to carry the
water OF quickly into the catch basins
DR.. Woodbury. has borrowed st cam pump
from the Fire Department with which TO
clean the sewers after the market place
has been washed.
One OF the evils OF the indiscriminate
clogs the sewers. 30 that many Of them on
the East Side are In bad condition.
During the week Dr. Woodbury. hopes
to have many Of the Aldermen and other
city officials visit the new fish market, 30
that 1t may be demonstrated TO them that
people OF the East Side as well a. an advance
toward cleanliness. The fish market occu-
pies two blocks. To the east Of 1t and
beside and under the bridge approaches
uteIe u u lou Oh waste space WHICH 10 6Ndll-
able for an extension OF the market to in
clude the fruit and vegetable pedlers.
As soon as the advantage OF the fish market
Ia understood DR.. Woodbury. will suggest
that the Aldermen designate this unoccu-
pied space az a public market. When that
has been done the space can be paved and
arranged as the fab market is he will
then request the Board OF Health 30 to
amend the sanitary code that II will be un-
lawful to peddle fruit and vegetables from
carts except at these public markets. Police
Commissioner Greene. who has had Deputy
Commissioner Piper studying the question
Of traffic in New York's crowded streets,
is a member OF the Board OF Health and
believes that DR.. Woodbury's suggestion
to clear the streets Of all pedlers viii take
away a congesting factor.
DR.. Woodbury. said yesterday that he
hoped to get a fruit and vegetable market
established before the summer was over
with these regulations in force the tene-
ment dist will be more healthful places
than they have ever been before said he.
New York ought to take these steps to
protect itself from the threat Of visit alton
Of disease in that crowded part Of the town
The Fish Pedlers' Association held q
meeting at % Forsyth street yesterday
afternoon and discussed the new nah market.
Some OF them protested against the lack
Of protection from the sun, and Il was de-
cided to send a committee to Major Wood
bury to ask him to cover the market and
provide it with electric i1hts