The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-20

titude Of some Of the commission men
who have stands in the Eccles market
The general trend of its management
too, seems to be to force the farmers
into the private marketplace. There
has been considerable talk about
forcing US 70 go there whether Il was
agreeable or not. None Of the farm
ers. so far as I know, objected to pay
ing a reasonable fee for accommoda-
tons. but they did not like the idea Of
being driven anywhere.
The Eccles market is very con-
veniently arranged for the produce
jobbers, but IT is not arranged to the
liking of the farmer. There is not
sufficient room there for 100 farmers
to get In and out with their wagons.
The stalls are on one side OF the
street The other side is for the ex-
elusive use OF the produce merchants.
Not Room Enough.
When the line Of stalls are filled.
the farmers who are at the western
end Of the street are at a decided dis
advantage. There is no room, and in
the general congestion the peddler
who wishes to buy Of them has his
wagon az the extreme east end. and
the farmer has TO truck his produce a
full block for delivery.
Inc ouAiel on the west enc Is over
railroad tracks, which are dangerous
for farmers to pass over. The farm
ers preferred TO stand In the old Con-
tinental market place. and all but a
few OF them have been doing So The
peddlers and commission men have
been coming there and buying.
Il viii admit that the place is not
as clean as il should be, but any one
who will take the pains to investigate.
4 a ra.H.-
it is not filthy. In the center of the
enclosure, where the wagons stand.
there is a clean gravel footing. I be-
lieve Il should be improved. and 1
understand that IL is going to be.
Another thing is that at the &C.
cles market there are no facilities for
the farmer to unhitch his team while
he Is disposing Of his load. The horses
have to stand and be fed with nose
bags This is a very unsatisfactory
feature. What salt Lake really needs
is a commodious and well arranged
public market like other cities have.
Under municipal control the farmers
would be willing and glad to pay a
liberal rental and price for doing bus
mess"
Continental Market.
About 100 farmers are using the
Continental market daily About sew
enty-five hucksters and farm produce
peddlers also find the place con-
venient. II is under the management
Of y. +. Hileman. who says he is
doing the best he can to keep IL clean.
Il am going to arrange to have the
horses. as they are unhitched from
the wagons, taken to a barn across
the street and stabbed" said Mr. Hile-
man. Il understand there Is a move
ment TO make a first-class market out
Of the place. II the persons who are
promoting the scheme fail. will take
up the proposition personally"
The management of the Eccles mar
ket and the commission men who
moved there in the spring say that
there has never been any attempt to
coerce the farmers 10 come there.
They say that the place is ideal and
was fitted up as a market at a large
expense. and that many Of the farm
crs who are now making the old Con-
tinental market their stand signed an
agreement to take stalls at the Eccles
market
George Reeds Views.
A communication from George
Reed. a market gardener south OF
salt Lake. follows:
To the People Of Salt Lake:
For twenty-five years or more the
been gathering on First south, be-
tween Main and West Temple streets.
The last few years. however. they
have been buffeted about here and
there. as IL they were a public null
sance.
within recent years a company Of
Ogden spectators built some ware
houses near the railroad track be-
tween Second and Third South and
Second and Third West streets. Here
they made a street sixty feet wide.
Half Of this space was taken up by
the platforms and teams Of the occu-
pants Of the warehouses. a local com
mission company. These people evil
IDENTIFY thought Il a good plan to have
all the farmers gather on this street.
one hundred and thirty places were
marked of TO accommodate two hun
dred and fifty wagons which come to
sell. and one hundred more that come
TO buy. The city council was then
DetitiOned to have the farmers moved
OF the streets since a market place
CD had been provided for them
Gould the builders OF the ware
houses have been acquainted with ex-
listing conditions? Could they have
been aware that the number Of gar
deners will Increase as the city in
creases and then have intended this
small street TO be used as a market
place? Such a place must meet future
demands, and. this one does not even
meet the present ones. Why. then.
should the occupants Of the building
intend Il as such2
The city fathers. however. with
out I'm vestigating. granted the petit
ton. report was then circulated
by the commission men that the farm
ers would be compelled to go down
there. Looking upon this as a graft.
the farmers decided to gather at the
old Continental haymarket. This place
is unfit for any such gathering. and
should be condemned from a sanitary
standpoint alone. But where shall
they go? he new market place is in
adequate. the present one unsanitary
and the old one is denied them.
Some Salt Lake grocers claim that
high prices are due to trust among
the farmers. They advocate that the