The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-09
CENTRE MARKET
IN MIDST Of
EASTER RUSH
Housewives Thronging Stalls to
Get Ingredients for Sum
day Dinner.
FOWLS AND MEATS
ARE RATHER HIGH
Vegetables Are in Abundance
and Sold at Very Rea-
s0nable Prices.

Centre Market was today thronged,
and will be more so tomorrow. with
people preparing for the big Easter
dinners. Everyone seems to be. in a
hurry. But the workers in tsf differ
ent booths seem not to care txs slighs~
est bit; they go about their work of
shouting their wares and prices in a
cheerful manner.
A STAR reporter wandering around,
humping from one into another, and
casting his eyes about In the search
for what seemed bargains, gained the
following idea as to the lowest prices
for the general articles used by house,
wives In their preparations.
First he started In the line of meats.
Beef in roasts sells for is and 20 cents
a pound; sirloin steaks, 20 and ~ cents;
porterhouse, rs and 20 cents; potroasts,
II to Is cents a pound; lamb chops,
22 and ,25 cents a pound. and legs of
lamb, is to 90 cents Veal outlets cost
20 to 2s cents per pound, veal chops 20
cents, and roasts Is and Is cents. Pork
loin is selling at is and Is cents, and
hams at 10 cents a pound.
Turkeys Come High.
Then he thought that some of the
housewives might take a tumble" and
decide on a little surprise for their poor,
overworked bubbles and get something
in the line of turkey.
well. I'll tell you" said a clerk.
We're getting for turkey 30 cents a
pound: live chicken, % cents a pound;
fresh killed, Is to % cents a pound, and
for capon, S5 cents. The last is an adj
vance of seven cents over what it
brought last week at this time.
The reporter decided that some wives
might balk at these prices, so he trav-
eled along to where the fish are sold.
Roe shad, 81 apiece; cuts, so to go cents;
buck. 40 to SO cents; halibut, 20 cents
pound; Goldfish, Is cents pound; striped
bass, 20 cents pound; salmon, 90 cents
pound; white perch, 10 cents pound; por-
gies, II cents pound; founders, 10 cents
pound; butterfish. 10 cents pound; sea
bass, 10 cents pound; cells, Is and is
cents pound; haddock, s cents pound;
frozen smelts, IS cents pound: green
smelts, 20 cents pound; scallops, rs cents
! quart; crabs. so cents dozen; Holsters, 30
cents pound. oysters 40 to 80 cents
quart; CLAIMS. 10 cents dozen and 81 a
hundred, muscles, 30 and 40 cents quart.
vegetable Prices.
Then came the vegetables and fruit.
Kale, 10 cents half peck; string beans,
~ cents quart; strawberries, % cents
basket; p~ineapples, 6 to Is cents apiece;
tomatoes, 10 cents basket; celery, 10
cents bunch; new potatoes, 10 cents
quart; carrots, 2 quarts for 6 cents;
new cabbage, s to 10 cents; beets, 2
quarts for 5 cents; asparagus, 20 cents
a bunch and up; butter beans, 10 cents
quart; grapefruit, from A to 6 for 20
cents; cucumbers, 10 cents each for
large ones; squash, 70 to so cents each;
green onions, 8 for 8 cents; yellow
onions, 2 quarts for 8 cents; red onions,
3 quarts for Z cents; sweet potatoes, 2
quarts for ID cents; new beets, .
punches for 3 cents; prunes, 6 cents
pound up; radishes, 2 and 3 punches
for 5 cents; ranges IL to Is cents, is
to 20 cents and 80 to 40 cents dozen;
old potatoes, 35 cents peck; parsnips, .
quarts for s cents; bananas, IL cents
dozen; turnips, 2 quarts for 8 cents;
navel 20 cents up; lemons, 10
cents dozen; tangerines, 20 and % cents
dozen; watercress, 5 cents bunch;
green pepper large ones, 8 for 10
cents; dandelions, . quarts for 10 cents,
Maine lettuce, s cents each; Florida let
tuce, IL cents each; blood ranges 20
cents dozen.
Some of the dealers are making a
custom of late to make free deliveries
to Glen Ridge, Bloomfield and Mont
clair on Tuesdays n Fridays.