New-York tribune., 1914-10-10
Mayors Committee to Ask
Estimate Board to
Adopt Plan.
BIG TERMINAL
TO BE FEATURE
Individual Cold Storage Vaults
for Housewives Like Safe
Deposit Boxes.

The Mayors committee on food sup
ply will recommend to the Board OF
Estimate and Apportionment next week
the adoption of plans for the extern
sion Of terminal facilities and the erec-
ton of n municipal cold storage ware
house at the Wallabout Market, Brook
iyn. The plans, except for few minor
corrections, have already met the ap-
proval OF the committee, which Will De
unanimous in its recommendation.
1t is believed that the new market
can be put on its feet for less than
5000 900, and that it will be source oil
considerable revenue TO the city. 1t is
planned TO utilize a long pier when
extends into deep water between the
Wallabout Market and the navy yard
Freight cars can be unloaded from the
floats and sent into sidings in the mar
ket and in the cold storage warehouse
The ground floor of the warehouse is
TO be devoted exclusively to produce
in carload lots. The second noor VIII
be rented to dealers, and the third moor
will have compartments which house
wives can rent and use as handlly as
safe deposit boxes. The housewife VINO
wishes to do her own storing can Duy
eggs, butter or other perlShaDlc com,
modities when the price Is lowest ana
nut them into her individual storage
space which she rents from the city.
Mavor Mitchell, Controller Prender,
cast. Borough President Pounds ana
Dock Commissioner Smith nave peeh
consulted regarding the project.
Il, can be made paying PROPOSE
ton" said George W. PERKINS, chair-
man of the committee on food supply.
"There will be plenty of customers,
believe. for there is not square 1901
of cold storage space to be had IN the
city. Fishing boats can tie up TO the
nicr to sell their catches, and wheh
there is q surplus 1t can be put rlghI
into cold storage instead oil gong 10
waste. ul.4
I'VE took up the site at Wallabout
Market first because it seemed that
there the most could he accomplIshed
for the least money. Our termlnal
market ideas do not stop there, now
ever. We are considering the city aS
a whole" g.. o,uo
II is said that Mr.. Perkins is also.
considering the Dutch Nils section ol
Long Island City as site 1or ter
minal market. The location adJol the
Long Island Railroad yards ana Duteh
Kills Creek. IT,.
is chairman, will probably suggest to
the Mavor that its work along educa-
tional and constructive lines Will take
at least another year, and that during
that time it will be willing to consider
all Questions as to markets ana Other
food supply projects. ., A.
Carl A. koelsch, who resigned the
presidency of the Washington Market
Merchants Association because most Oh
the members disagreed with hlm re-
carding the plans for the new market
building. wrote to Mayor Mitchell yes
terday, protesting against the WIN
drawal of funds for the mezzanlne
floor contemplated by Borough Presl-
dent Marks.
Joseph Hartigan, COMMISSIONS OF
Weights and Measures, denied yester
day the charge made by the Retail
Croccrs' Association of New York that
potatoes and apples were sold IN short
weight bushel baskets in the new open
markets.
More than $50 have accepted Borough
President Marks's invitations to inspect
the omen markets to-day. Mayor James
II. Preston and Controller James F.
Thrift of Baltimore, Mayor Rudolph
Blankenburg and other city officials of
Philadelphia will participate, as well
as New York commissioners, school SUI
perintendents, municipal court judges
and aldermen. Motor stages Will be
used by the party.
A report on the sugar situation pre-
pared for Commissioner Haftigah
shows that no further reduction IN
sugar prices is probable, and that
brokers' expect rise in prices during
the winter. The date and extent OF the
rise depend upon whether Great Britain
makes extraordinary demands upon our
supplies or whether the 100000 tons
now en- route to that country from the
Far East get through safely.