The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-03
!W!lL THROW Open
THE CITY MARKET
Will Be Free" One Next
Year-Produce to Be Sold
on South Fifth Street.

Next year it is likely that the mar
-ket stalls at the South A street mar
kethouse will be free or that a nominal
fee will be charged for the best To-
cations and the rest of the space will
be given to those produce men who
arrive at the market the earliest. This
is the sentiment OF the majority OF
the cOuncilmen. II this is done they
believe the cost of living will be low.
cred.
At the meeting last evening the COM
mittee appointed by Mayor thinner
man to investigate the possibility OF
mar1etmen being allowed to back
their wagons along the sidewalk from
Main to A street on South Fifth street
reported favorably, saying that the
residents on the street joined heartily
with the city administration in the
matter of an extension Of the market
place.
This should be free" the report
read. "as it now appears that the
small producer. as investigation has
shown, Is compelled to remain at
home with his produce and will not
stuff that he is capable Of growing be-
cause he cannot pay the fee Of mar
)ket STALL"
Following the reading Of the report
Mayor Zimmerman announced that no
fee would be charged for produce men
to sell on South Fifth street, as it
would be an extension to the South A
Street market. He said that he would
give the marketmaster orders to this
effect Immediately.
Exonerate Marketmaster.
In referring to the charge made that
the marketmaster acts in the capacity
of informant for the gardeners and
produce men at the markethouse,
Councilman Weishaupt, reported that
he had ascertaned that the market
master did not set the prices on the
sproduce but that he had in one in
stance at least. informed produce at
what price another gardener was sell
ing.
III the marketmaster does set a
price he will resign asserted the
mayor.
That there is a combination among
the market men, Councilman Weis-
haupt has no doubt. The mayor said
that he did not question that there
was an agreement among the garden.
ers and Councilman Thatcher agreed
with the mayor.
Can Sell Meat Here.
Councilmen stated that there was a
Misunderstanding among the farmers
about bringing meat to this city for
sale, believing 1t was obligatory to
have the meat inspected before it
could be sold in the city. 1t was stat.
ed last evening that the old ordinance
requiring meat inspection had been de.
clared unconstitutional in test case
some time ago, and all farmers are
privileged to sell meat in this city
without inspection.
AT any rate, even If the meat con
tains tubercular germs, when it is
cooked it is just as good as the best,
declared Councilman Bartel.
A report was made by Councilman
Engelbert to the effect that grocers
were complaining because council did
not make it compulsory for peddlers
TO weigh Cnelr produce before SelllnS
It.
Councilman Won Pein branded this
as q scheme of the grocers to drive
out the peddlers.
A petition signed by Will w. Keller
and ia others was presented to coun
Gil by E. e. King, of the Fifth ward
asking for car service extension or
North E street from Sixteenth te
Twentieth streets. The matter will be
taken up with the street car company
and an attempt will be made to ge
the company to continue the belt line
service.
Water Works Question.
Councilmen asked when the water
works question will be taken up agar
and Acting City Attorney Jessup stat
ed that as soon as City Attorne,
Gardner and Henry U. Johnson, spe
cial council, can thoroughly consider
the matter it will be brought befor,
council again.