Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-06
NEED WHOLESALE
MARKET, IS REPORT
City Plan Commission Tells
Council How One May
Be Secured.
PRESENT APPROPRIATION
SUFFICIENT, 1T IS SAID
Retailers Are Also Considered
in Planners Sug-
gestions.

The City Plan Commission for
warded to the Mayor and Council
today supplementary report on the
market situation in the city.
The necessity for the establishment
of a wholesale market is again inn
pressed on the Council, and the com.
mission expresses itself as opposed
TO the market committees present
plans for new retail market. a
retail market. the report says, served
only about per cent. of the popu-
lation, and because OF that fact a
market of the present size and ca
pacity is sufficient for the city's
needs.
The report is, in part, as follows:
THE city now has its present
market site valued roughly at $1,000,
900, and an appropriation of 100000
for new market. No stipulation
appears to be made as to whether
or not this 100000 should be spent
wholly on city retail market on
the present site.
There does not appear to be much
interest in the question of the loca-
ton of the farmers market, as far
mers sell almost exclusively to retail
dealers. 1t should, however, be sep
arated from the city retail market
and be located as originally pro-
posed by us, near the wholesale auc-
ton market; that is. South Broad
street.
I'VE recommend il a new city re-
tail market is to be built it be built
onAthe easterly portion of the pres
ent market site, fronting on Null
berry, Canal and Commerce streets
1.-THE new city retail market build
ing should be of one-story type, prob
ably with a saw-tooth front to save
expense, concrete and steel and glass
construction, and as open as pos
sible. There should be a ten-foot
basement under the whole building.
Such a. building can be built for
thirteen cents a cubic foot. TO cover
the same area as the present market
it will have to extend back to the
west of Mulberry street for about 300
feet This will make the nearer end
of the market within 400 feet OF
Broad street.
THE cubical contents of the pro-
posed city retail market are 1,O56,000
cubic feet. At thirteen cents cubic
foot this would make the building
cost about $4,000. This, subtracted
from the 100000 appropriated. gives
$3.50. 600 available for the South Broad
street market. If the city sold the
portion of the present market site
nearest Broad street for 100000 we
would have total of $663,000 for the
wholesale auction market, as pro-
posed. Of this $74, 740 was for the
1900 square feet of land. The cost
of improvements was as follows:
"Auction market rooms, 100000
cubic feet, 100000; offices and adj
ministration 7S4,S0O cubic feet. $685.
$50; farmers market, paving, curb
ing, etc. $4,000.
THESE are the only necessary
items: The total of the land plus
these three costs of Improvement
EQUALS $S71,7 700 This leaves US of our
$685.. 900 $29f, 800 available for cold stor-
age and commission merchants
stores. In our original estimate we
allowed se23, $50 for these two pur-
poses. But cutting the space allowed
for these purposes in half we would
have sufficient for some time to come,
and at the same time would be within
our total available funds.
with no additional appropriation
the available funds can be so dis
tributed that the city will have a
modern. clear, bright one-story re-
tail market on it's present site, and
an up-to-date economic wholesale
auction market at South Broad
street. according to our original sug-
gestions."