The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-04
Mccarthy REPLIES
TO JOHN D. BL LAIR
Unfair to Saddle Administrative
Board With Acts of Mar
ket Committee.
SALE OF OLD FEITIG HOUSE
Purchaser Moved It to New
Foundations and Repaired 1t
Before Selling.
SALE OF OLD FEITIG HOUSE

Members of the Administrative Board
were prompt to reply yesterday to
charges made by john d. Blair, candi-
date for the board In the Democratic
primary of July Is, in speech at
Moschetti's Hall on Thursday night.
Mr.. Blair criticized the board for it's
alleged discrimination between the
Stockholders of the Second and First
Markets in condoning plan for rent
ing the stalls which was unfair to the
men VINO held stalls is the old Second
Market.
According to Mr.. Blair's statement.
when the new vegetable market was
completed the rights Of the holders OF
s'aiis III the old market were ignored
and the stalls were ordered sold to the
highest bidders. The old stall-hoIders
were there fore. he said, compelled to
20 INTO the open market and bid
against new competition for the pos
session of stalls which they had oc-
cupieI IN the old market for num-
Dor OF years
CHARGES DISCRIMINATION
IN MARKET STALLS.
ihc inconsistency. according to Mr..
bia,r, arose when the market was com
plctcd several weeks ago. The board
entered an order directing that all
holders of stalls In the old First Mar
Ret he assigned stalls In the new mar
Rcl without extra charge. In this case
he pointed out. the old stall-holdern
were not required 10 buy back their
stalls at public auction as were the
SHAREHOLDERS in the old Second Mar
ket when tho stalls in the new Second
Market were thrown open
Ihe two cases. Mr. Blair told tho
West End voters offered Il character
istic example or the boards lax busi-
ness methods. The same plan, he said.
should have been followed In the case
OF both markets in the interest of JUS
ticc and fairness. II the board wanted
TO do the right thing. he said II should
nave ordered refunded to the old stall
holders Of the Second Market tho ex-
cess charge they had to bear In OBJ
tanning their places of business at pub
He auction.
At the offices or the Administrative
Board yesterday 1t was pointed out
that Mr.. Blair spoke in Ignorance OF
the fact that the stalls in the Second
MARKET were auctioncd OFF upon the
completion OF the Blues Armory-eev
cTal years before the Administrative
Board took Office. 1t was a little nm
charitable in MIR. Hlair, It was con-
tended. to saddle upon the board the
consequences Of an act committed BY
the old Council Committee on Mar
kets when tho Administrative Board
was still unborn
MCCARTHY DEFENDS SALE
or OLD FEITIt: HOUSE
CARLTON Mccarthy. in particular
TOOK Mr.. Blair to account Yesterday
Tor his incomplete statement Of the
transaction involving the sale of a
vacant house on the Feitig tract which
the city purchased as an addition 70
oak"ood Cemetery. The house, nc
cordinS to Mr.. Blair. was sold 10
H. Hubbard for $40. who moved IL 800
YARDS to another site and resold il for
1000.
we wrote to several persons ask
ing for bids on the house. said Mr..
Mccarthy, and received only one
That bid came from Mr.. Hubbard, who
! ohered $40 bearing in mind other cx-
periences particularly one in which n
brick house on Lester Street which
we sold for $40 after duly advertising
Ill for sale, we considered $50 a fair
price. and sold it TO Mr.. Hubbard
The transaction was not us profit
able to Mr.. Hubbard as IL has been
made TO appear In the FIRST place. he
moved tho house 400 yards 10 another
site. itself an expensive operation 7
am informed also that no built brick
Foundation upon which to place II, and
after that made all necessary repairs
and painted it. ain not surprised
! that he got $1,000 for the house after
all that labor and expense. IL was
probably worth it, If the board had
had 10 do all that work by contract,
/ have an idea it would have cost II
moro than $1,000.
WOULD HAVE COST CITY
$50 TO REMOVE 1T
Mr.. Mccarthy said that before the
house was sold the board asked City
Engineer Boiling what 1t would cost
to tear the building down aud cart 1t
away with the hands and carts force
Mr.. Bolling replied that ii would cost
about $50. The board was of the
opinion that 1t was better to part with
the building For $50 and relieve the
city of further expense than to spend
$50 removing it and get no return
whatever. The board did not feel that
it was incumbent upon II to go into
the real estate business.
when we advertised the old Rath-
skelicr ut William Byrd Park for sale
several months ago." continued Cap
tain Mccarthy. the best bid we re-
ceired was $500 That building cost
originally between $4,000 and S12,-
ooO and contained several times the
lumber contained In the small house
sold for $40 Personally. 7 believe
that the board drove as good bar
gain as it could, and that no amount
Of readvcrtising would have brought