Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-23
Views Of a Dealer.

Views Of a Dealer.
street, next to the corner of C street, is
occupied by Wilson Rogers. preserved
meat, lard and butter dealers. E. Howard,
the manager Of the store, said today:
The order clearing the sidewalk will
| only affect US incidentally. Most of our
business rs done by wagons. There is no
| need for an outside display. and 1t will
| make a little more work for the boys
keeping the sidewalk clear instead of be-
! ing able to stand boxes here. 1t may az
feet our retail trade some IL the poultry
and produce dealers farther down the
square are driven out. People coming to
deal with them often drop in to do some
retail trade here, but that is only incl
dental. ,
display at the National Museum build
| ing till they take over all this strip OF
land and turn 1t into parks or public
buildings. That will not be In your day
or mine. l know that they have made
| a great fuss about what the government
has already bought south of the Avenue,
what they are going to buy and what
they are going to do. ~,
The government ought to take the
whole of the north side of Pennsylvania
| parks and public buildings on both sides
and use 1t once in four years for an
inaugural parade. IL they do not increase
the Presidents term to six years.
Must Move Away.
Farther rown the street the retail deal
ers were rather more concerned. d. p.
Collins. who handles vegetables, fruit
and poultry. and who had an array OF
coops stacked up three deep along the
curb. said:
IF the Commissioners are going to
| make US take our goods or the street
then 1t just means that we will have to
go somewhere else to do business. Our
trade Is not an inside store trade. II we
cannot show our goods on the pave
ment. right where our customers can
see them. we might as well not have any
| store at all. People are not going in
side to deal with us. We have to do
business on the sidewalk. g.
IF we move, 1t just comes back on
the landlord. They have doubled taxes
down here In the last year and we are
paying Just as much as we can afford In
rent. The taxes are SO high that the
landlords have to charge all they can
get and crowd just as many tenants as
possible into one building / do not care
TO move. but 1 Will have to II they are
going to cut of my sidewalk privilege.
1 am not going to take my stuff In until
the authorities compel me to- believe
| that We have a right to twenty feet from
the house and five feet from the curb.
and ! am going to stay until they prove
Practically the same thing was said
/ by G. T. Miller. another of the poultry
| dealers He added: 1T Is going to be
hard on the landlords. for this property
4 them now. but 1t win be harder on the
country people II they make them move
on that little triangle across the street. .
Donated for Market.
| The ground referred to Is the triangle
bounded by 10th and 18th streets and
BY Il street and louisiana avenue. The
ground there was donated for a market,
Mr.. Miller said. by the original owners
of the ground, and is used now as a stand
for market wagons. He said that IL the
ground ceased to be used as a market
stand it would revert to the heirs by the
terms of the deed of gift.
A wider reaching question was preached
/ by Harnett Miller. a dealer at the south
| east corner of Louisiana avenue and 10th
street. He said: THE order will not
affect me IL they leave the front OF my
place alone The side of 10th street, you
street comes down, and a direct line
would cut of part of my sidewalk dis
play in front of my store. i have a per-
init allowing me to occupy from the house
front twenty feet and five feet in from
the curb. That Is the only space that
is any good to me- / pay $40 a month
1 for this cubby hole in front OF the build.
Ing. but that is Of no use so far as my
trade goes. I rent II to get the sidewalk
privilege / could do business just as
well on the head of a barrel.
Now IL they interfere with me In front
! they will have to move all these dealers
| along louisiana avenue, for they cannot
discriminate against one man. That
would mean wiping out the whole lire OF
| retail places on Louisiana avenue. don't
| know what they could use the property
/ for except a market. There is no other
business that would want IL and I don't
think they would turn II into tenements. .
Farmers Wagons Moved.
At the earnest solicitation of the au-
thorities at the National Museum q
change was made by the Commissioner
in the location OF the farmers wagons ir
the wholesale market section about one
year ago. The market at one time ex.
| tended from 1th to 18th streets north
west on the south side OF b street II
was moved by the Commissioners SO thai
now there are no wagons standing or. the
south side Of street between 9th anc
over to the public square between 10Th
and nth. B and Little n streets. and
some wagons stand on the north side OF
B street every market day, but none
stands on the south side.
Col. Haskell. superintendent or weight,
and measures. who has charge Of thu
markets, IL very anxious that no criticism
shall be directed against the .wholesal.
market and the farmers there because Of
any idea that the public may get con
corning alleged uncleanliness. He re
ceived today a report from an inspector
4 OF the health department as follows:
Il have inspected the wholesale marke
row on b street between 9th and 10th
streets and the farmers produce markets
10th to 18th streets. b and Little (
streets northwest each day during tn,
past week. and have FOUND no insantar,
| conditions. These markets have beef
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