Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-04
APPROVE PLAN
n
FOR MARKET

approved last, are similar to the old
zones only a few minor changes be-
ing made.
= At the beginning of the hearing
1.-THE statements for and against the
Fpresent site were mildly put, but
Toward the latter part the state
aanents were made in either heated
spr sarcastic terms and it was fire.
Nuuently necessary for Alderman
y. Frank Hanlon, chairman of the
committee, to bang his gavel for
order and warn the speaker to keep
ito the question.
~ The most exciting moment oc-
Reurred when the question of the resi-
irtience of James M. Reilly, secretary
@pf the Board of Trade of Newark,
Mwas brought up. 1t was answered
sby Mr.. Reilly, who emphasized his
.remarks by stating that he lived
here and hoped to die here. Those
nwho raised the question believed
rfhat Mr.. Reilly was a resident of
EAST Orange ~ 81
< Where does your wife live, Mr..
nfaeilly?' queried James a. Berry, "a
Zeal estate dealer, of Is Clinton
street, who had declared himself in
Favor of the present site for the new
sanarket.
None of your business angrily
4tCopOitbCo WI AhClhSs sNlA. l(CiAS ASNN'@A
Explained that he had simply meant
sthat he was of the opinion Mrs. Reil-
1y lived in East Orange,
~ Mr.. Reilly made vigorous pro-
test against the adoption of the pres
sent site for new market. Walking
inside the railing he spoke in censure
q of the members of the committee.
8 Alderman Hanlon told Mr. Reilly
81, that he would have to leave the
room If he did not control himself.
s City Counsel James r. Nugent re-
marked:
"you live in East Orange all right.
81 And don't think anyone is afraid of
you around here"
Mr. Reilly reiterated that he lived
S. in Newark. Following the hearing
& Mr.. Berry and Mr.. Reilly met and
3 mutual explanations were made in
satisfactory manner.
va -Four Market Idea.
All of those who spoke against the
present site used the arguments that
four markets should be distributed
L about the city, as women objected
81 TO carrying bundles of produce in
trolley cars and also paying the car
81 fare necessary as the majority of
them went to market every day and
would not be able to benefit by
market located in the centre of the
to be paid was too high and there
was no surety that the market would
4 be self-supporting from the stand
rentals, and still others pointed out
that the practice of having branch
libraries and branch schools was be-
ing followed in all of the big cities
and should be applied to markets.
Former Alderman Jerome t. Con-
gleton representing the Fruit Pro-
duce Dealers Association, made his
argument almost solely on the point
of increasing of the taxes and the
fact that. enough could be raised from
athe sale of the present site to build
four markets. A strong protest was
also presented by Christian r. VOL
tiers, j.. of the Fruit and Produce
Dealers Association, who declared
that petition against the erection
of a new market on the present site
and asking that the old farmers
market be filled in and returned to
IT'S former condition would be filed
with the city clerk today. He de-
sclared this petition had several thou
sand names on 1t.
Those signatures are not like the
commission government signatures,
are they?" asked Alderman Curran-
Mr.. VOTERS fastened to state they
were not.
1t was then pointed out that in 1913
a petition had been presented asking
for the retention of the market on
the present site and that this was
signed by over fifty thousand people.
City Counsel James r. Nugent, in
speaking in favor of the present site,
said: 81 would like to say word,
not as a city official, but as citizen
who was born in the centre of the
city, raised here, and hope to live
8 here all my life My mother and my
wife have patronized the Centre Mar
4 lSet for over fifty years, and there are
& thousands who would hate to see the
& market abolished.
THE proposition for new market
came from the committee several
B years ago when 1t was demonstrated
q that the building had outlived its
usefulness. The building is sixty
one years old and has been condemn
ed by the Board of Health as being
unfit to longer be used as a market.
1.-THE proposed new market Will
q have a plaza that will join with the
8 Improvement now being made by the
q Public Service Corporation and the
combined plaza from Broad to Null
berry street will be almost 200 feet
wide. There will be ample room for
y farmers market and 1t is absurd
on the face of 1t to talk of the farm
ers' market going to Harrison or
gcast Newark. The completion of the
combined Improvement vii make the