The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-05
MARKET WILL NOT
Be CITY GARAGE
Whittet Assures Protcstants That
Board Has Approved No
Such Plan.
POLLARD TO INVESTIGATE
City Attorney Is Asked to Look
Up Reported Restriction
III Dedication.
POLLARD TO INVESTIGATE

The Administrative Board has at no
time proposed to convert the old Sixth
Street Market into Il municipal garage,
and has no Intention. at present at
least, of doing so, Chairman Robert
Whittct told Il large delegation of citi
Zcns yesterday afternoon. Between
forty and fifty prOpcrty-ownera and
ether interested persons appeared be-
fore the board to protest against the
abandoning the building as - market,
and against its proposed utilization
as Il garage for the care OF the auto
mobiles and motor trucks OF the several
city departments.
After hearing from Il dozen speakers,
tho board entered an order requesting
the City Attorney to investigate tho
terms upon which tho Sixth Street Mar
ket property was dedicated to tho
city and to submit report. Tho &C
ton was taken when 1t was brought
out during tho hearing that the pro-
perty had been dedicated by the origi
nal owners on condition that II be
used for market purposes only. The
assertion could not DO verified, and the
City Attorney was asked to invcsti-
gate the title.
How Report Started.
Tho report that tho board proposed
to convert the Sixth Street Market into
Il municipal garage became current
recently when 1t entered an order noti-
flying Stockholders that no leases would
be renewed after January /. 1918. ono
or two members OF the board at that
time discussed unoiiicially tho advisa-
bility of converting tho building into
a garage. but no formal order to that
effect was entered.
Tho abandonment OF tho building rs
4 market recommended Itself to the
board bccau.c OF the steady decline in
the number OF rented stalls. The re-
strictlons AS TO hours Of opening and
closing, IL was stated, caused stall
holder9 To move TO quarters outside
the market where they were at liberty
10 fix their schedules to suit their
trade. II was believed by several
members of the board that tho remain
inS stockholders could lind room in the
vegetable market under the Blues
Armory, and that the Sixth street Mar
ket building could be put to better
use by the city in some other service
Many Merchants Protest.
Among the citizens who appeared
yesterday in opposition to the plan
pre- viding Tor tho abandoning OF the
building aS Il market were j. -. Corlcy,
Moses Thalhimer. Il. q. Miller. W. IL
zimmerman. .. :. Morton and william.
G. Schmidt. Several of these told the
heard THAI the carrying out Of the pro-
posed plan would seriously injure the
value OF property they owned in tho
vicinity, mailing 1t less desirable for
business purposes. One and all agreed
that the establishment OF garage in
THAT vicinity would seriously affect adj
joining, and nearby business property.
Chairman Whit;et gave no indica-
ton or the boards plans for the dis
posal of the building in case il ia
found tina, the terms OF its dedication
permit it's use for another purpose,
but assured the complainants that it
was not the present intention OF the
board t convert il into a garage Tho
ultimate disposition OF the matter
awaits the report OF the City Attor-
ncy