New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-05
LaudS Terminal Facilities
After His Trip to
Other Cities.
OFFICIALS COMING
ON INSPECTION to- r
west Side Residents Petition Cor
Building at Foot of
seth Street.

Borough President Marks returned
from trip to tho markets of Phila-
dolphin and Baltimore yesterday con
vlnccd that more markets were needed
here. He was especially struck by the
terminal markets in those cities, and
hos suggested to the Brooklyn Rapid
transit Company that terminal mar
Ret might be to its advantage, as we'll
as 10 that of the city.
w nat impressed me most in Phila-
delphla.' said Mr. Marks, twas the
trolley market terminal. to which farm
produce is brought by trolley lines
me trolley company has built the ter
minal at ITS own expense, and farmers
along the llno use its cars, instead of
driving their own wagons in every day.
I'm Baltimore the system of markets
IS developed to "A greater extent than
in Philadelphia. There arc 5000 stalls
IN the city markets, and the market
basket is IN high esteem among Balti-
more women. In proportion TO the
population. there arc sixteen market
stalls in Baltimore TO one in Manhat-
tan.
My trip has convinced mo that we
must develop more markets here, and
they must be improved with running
water roofs, pavement and a shelter
from winter winds
Borough President Marks was enter
tanned in Philadelphia by Mayor Blank
cnburg. Morris l.. Cooke, Director Of
Public Works; Merritt Taylor, Director
Of City Transit, and William II. Ball,
chief Of the Bureau e City Property.
In Baltimore he was the guest of
l...F .
All these officials accepted Mr.. Marks's
invitation to come TO New York and
inspect the open markets next Satur-
day.
Mrs. Julian Heath. who returned yes
tcrdaY from an inspection trip TO Phil
adclphia, said that produce could be
bought in the markets there cheaper
than in New York, the only commodi-
ties that were more expensive being
meat, butter and sugar. She was the
guest of the Civic Club of Philadelphia.
The heads Of five chains Of retail
stores in Philadelphia, she said, fav-
ored organization among housewives,
on the ground that IL led to more in
tclligcnt buying.
Residents of the West Side have de-
cided that the foot Of West 59th ST. is
the best possible site for terminal
for foodstuTs. and oighty-scvcn Of
them have signed a petition that viii
be presented to the Board of Estimate
and Apportionmcnt. They have OBJ
tanned report from Lindon Bates, ir.,
an engineer, Of II Broadway. telling
Of the advantages Of that location. The
report of the Department Of Docks and
Ferries is quoted as follows:
The loss Of money due 10 delays
caused by the congestion on piers,
bulkhcads. etc. with present methods
is enormous. 4 reduction in the cost
of handling after reaching the pier of
only two cents a ton would result in an
annual saving of 100000 on the for
eign commerce alone"
In his report Mr.. Bates says that
New York must rely on rail and water
TRANSFORMATION for the bulk of its food
supply, and that the logical place for
the DEVELOPMENT Of terminal facilities
is where rail and water meet as at
the foot Of West 59th st. The present
methods OF handling freight are anti
quatcd IN the extreme, he says, hand
trucks being used on the car floats
because Of tho narrow aiSlcs between
be cars.
He recommends scheme something
like that in vogue at Galveston, en-
uloying reversible escalators and end
less belts and chutes. The terminal
building should have two levels, he
says, ono for handling carload lots As
they come in from the floats and the
other for motor truck loads. The do
clivity ut the foot of West 59th ST.,
ne points cut, is admirably adapted for
such an arrangement.
Commissioner Joseph llartigan Of
the Bureau Of Weights and Measures
will suggest to the Mayor the value Of
publishing daily lists Of produce which
i, plentiful and Of that which -
scarce, thus informing housewives OF
what to buy and preventing waste. He
will suggest that his bureau collect the
necessary information.