The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-14
SOLUTION
'OF N0RTHS|DE
MARKET

An easy solution of the question
of a public market on the north
side has presented itself. The city
owns blocks 81 and So in Central
addition and block 81 in wholly
unimproved and bringing the city
no resenue at the present time.
This block is bounded by Sinto
avenue on the south, Mission av-
.enue on the north, Atlantic street
On the east and Normandie street
ION the west.
{ The Traction Co.'S Gonzaga line
passes in front of the ground,
while the Corbin park and Post
street lines of the same company
are but two blocks away. The
w. w. P. line to Lidgerwood is
one block away and the Indiana
and Aston lines of the same COM
pany are within three blocks. Thus
it is seen that in the matter of
transportation facilities city
market at this point would be at
least as well situated as the pres
ent market at Second and Stevens.
Block 81 is fairly level and
would require but very little work
to put it in shape. At present it
is strewn with old lumber and
waste material and is of practical
ly no service to the city. Blocks
81 and So were married as an as
set of $4,000 in the comptroller S
report for the present year. Block
SIS contains the yards of the
street department, which would
make a city market on block 81
within easy reach of the city's
street cleaning force.
The demand for a northside mar.
ket has grown rapidly in the last
10 days. The northside people
complain that the farmers who
formerly visited that section with
their loads of fresh vegetables now
drive through to the new city mar
ket and make no sales at all on
their way downtown. Housewives
in the north end of the city say
a trip to the city market as at pres
ent located takes the best part of
half day, whereas they believe
a trip to a market on the north
side could be made in two hours
or less.
I The new city market has grown
to such proportions that it cannot
take care of many more wagons.
1t is hemmed in on all sides by
private grounds and the question
of quarters in the winter season
is now troubling some of the city
officials. Such conditions do not
present themselves in the consid
Grafton of the advantages of the
citys ground in Central addition
where temporary quarters for win
ter use could be erected at com
BuI lblt0iy oIhUii Soot.
Mayor Moore, in discussing the
question, said he considered the
city's ground in Central addition
an ideal location for a market on
the northside. He said the diff
culties encountered by the new
market on Second avenue in the
matter of cramped up quarters
would not confront a market on
the Central addition site, where an
abundance of room for teams is
found. The mayor says the pro-
posed site meets with his ap-
prevail, but that he cannot give the
question much time at the pres
ent until he gets matters at the
new city market on more per
manent footing. He advises north
side people to get busy if they
want a market in the Central adj
dition or elsewhere, as they are
the parties most vitality interest
ed and hence should lead off in the
fight. They are already busy with
a petition.
The mayor says a market on
the city's ground in the Central
addition is merely question of
moving in and taking possession,
as very little preliminary work is
necessary.