Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-24
MUST .MARBkg EARLY.
Provisions for Inaugural Day
and Sunday.
TO ROPE AVENUE OFF
SUGGESTION THAT SUPPLIES BE
ORDERED FRIDAY MORNING.
No Advance in Prices Expected-Fruits
and Vegetables From South-Fish
Conditions Unchanged.

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icus concerning their business on Saturday
| o. next week. At o'clock in the morn
| ing Pennsylvania avenue will be roped off
| and only persons holding passes will be
| permitted to go through the lines. Maj.
| Sylvester gave the matter thoughtful con-
| sderation, and addI essed the District Com
| m,ssoners letter on the subject yester
| day. 1t Is his idea that the dealers make
| an effort to handle the bulk of the trade on
/ Friday in order to relieve the conditions
| the following day. He realizes that there
| will be an extra large crowd of people to
| be fed and provision will have to be made
| for food to last over Sunday. Conditions
| will be made worse by the holiday falling
Oh Saturday than if 1t were some other day
| of the week Dealers in the Center mar
ket realize the disadvantages under which
| they will labor Saturday morning and may
adopt the suggestion of the chief of police
and get as many weekend orders on FRI
| day as they can. The market will be open
as usual, and those who go there very
| early in the morning will experience no
| trouble. There are many telephones in the
market, and there will be nothing in the
| way of shoppers ordering what they want
| over the wire, to be delivered after the
| parade.
| The District authorities have decided
| that after the avenue is roped off at $50
am. no one will be permitted to cross to
the Center market DelOW the avenue, al
| though the wagons will be allowed to stand
| on the market space. After the parade 1t
| is expected that marketing will proceed
| without interruption. The following hours
| have been adopted for marketing:
Eastern market-Open Friday, IN. to 10
| pm; Saturday, am. to u noon.
Western market-Open Friday, 5 am. to
2 pm; Saturday am. to 10 am, and D
| pm. to 10 pm.
Georgetown market-Open Saturday, B
| am. to 10 pm.
The District officials have authority to
regulate the hours to be kept by the Cen
| ter Market Company.
No Advance in Prices.
| Market dealers say that prices will not
| be advanced next week because there is to
| be an extra demand for eatables. At this
| season of the year there is usually a
scarcity of some of the articles of food
and prices of them are necessarily higher
| There will be no advance in prices, 1t is
! stated, should present conditions continue
| Some people appear to have an impression
| that the increased price Of butter is purely
| local and was done because of the i'm
| mense amount of butter that will be con-
sumed during the time thesinaugural visi-
| tors are here.
But such is not the case" said Mr., D.
| William Oyster to a Star reporter. $50 far
| as the butter market is concerned, it is
not question of price, but is question Of
| getting supplies.
| The ROADS out west are praCIlcally lmpdS-
| sable in the section where so much butter
| is made, and dairymen are unable to haul
| their milk over the roads. Mr.. A. j. Grell
| of the firm of H. ]. GreA~ & Co, butter
| in this city this week He told of the
serious conditions underawhich the produc-
| ers have labored this winter, and SAID 1t
will be several weeks before much relief
can be had. Much of the time during the
winter, he stated. the temperature was from
ten to thirty degrees below zero, and it
| was utterly impossible for the producers TO
| do any hauling. Their supplies were also
| made short by the severe weather and had
the roads been in fair condition not much
| could have been accomplished in the way
| of making butter. Process or renovated
butter was quoted at 30 cents for car lots
! this week Elgin butter is selling at 40
cents pound.
| The egg market is little easier and a
| decrease of from to cents a dozen is
expected at any time. Today the retail
| price is 50 cents Dozen while dealers are
getting as much as 40 cents for selected
stock. White eggs are quoted al niue tie
| in advance of the general run of stock. In
| New York they always bring D cents
| dozen more than the others
Fruits and Vegetables.
There is not much scarcity in the fruit
| and vegetable line. Florida fruits and veg
etables are coming in good shape and are
| plentiful enough to make prices reasonable
| for this season. Oranges were never better
and are to be had at from 20 to 40 cents a
| dozen, while California stock is about D
| cents cheaper on the dozen. Pineapples are
from 20 to 40 cents each and shattucks
| from to 20 cents. Dealers are receiving
| supplies of cauliioWer from Florida ana are
selling them at from 10 to 80 cents
each. California stock is selhng some
| what cheaper. Bananas have been less
| plentiful than usual during the past
| week, but are more plentiful now Oys-
ter plant is in greater demand now IMAM
| usual because of the scarcity or plValVes.
| They much cheaper than the oysters Ior
| certain purposes and the demand has made
the vegetable a trife scarce. Egg plant, TO-
matoeS and peppers are also IN uemahu'
| Headed lettuce are scarce ana ngn. New
| potatoes from Bermuda are 10 cents peck
| and onions from the same place are ~
J cents quarter peck Spinach Is getung
| more plentiful as the weather conditions
| improve and is to be had al 10 cents peck.
Brussels sprouts from Florida are bringing
| 20 cents quart and yams from North Car
| DINA are 60 cents peck.
No Change in Fish Market.
| There has been no change in the fish
| market since last week. No fish are yet
reaching the market from the Potomac
| river, and none are expected until after
| Commodore Sutton's feet has done effective
| work in the matter of breaking the ice. De-
| spite the long spell of severe weather the
| oyster trade has been fairly we'll supplied
ana people III lfliS city HdNC idiCo DCttcl
| than those in Baltimore. 1t was reported
| that there was scarcely an oyster to be had
| in Baltimore Wednesday, but local dealers
| had them for the trade, and fifty bushels or
| them were consumed at roast recently.
| Selects are selling at SO cents a quart and
| standards at 35 cents North Carolina wat
| ers are furnishing great many fish for the
| trade here. Roe shad are bringing but rs
! cents this week and bucks are to be had for
| 80 cents. Perch from the Carolinas are is
cents pound. Prices of othef fish are as
| follows: Halibut, 20 cents; Spanish mack
| erel, 10 cents; cod, 12a cents; black bass
| Is cents; rock. 25 cents; speckled trout.
| 12h cents: strawberry perch, 1914 cents;
| lobster, 80 cents, and founders, 121a cents a
| pound.
No Cheap Poultry.
There is nothing especially cheap in the
poultry line. Capons lead. 4the market at
| Is cents a pound and turkeys are % cents
| Broiling chickens to be had at % cents
a pound, roasting stock for Is and fowls