The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-25
RAILROAD TO BUILD
MARKET TER MINAL
New York Central, Following
states Plan, Will Spend
$1,000. 900.
PART or BIG FOOD PLAN

Working m cooperation with the new
State Department uf Foods and Markets
the New York Central railroad company
is about to build a 100000 market ter
mlnal on the block bounded by Eleventh
and Twelfth avenues and Thrty-fourth
and Thrty-hfth streets. rlaus for two
similar structures In Brooklyn and Long
Island city are also being made. These
are to he the first OF dozen OF fifteen
terminals for receiving and distributing
foods,uns in the greater city, and through
them John J. Dillon. State Commissioner
OF Foods and Markets. viii soon take the
first step toward putting into operation
the most comprehensive scheme for cut
ting the cost Of living that has yet been
proposed
The people Of New York city are pay
Ing between s6OOOOO.OOO and 500 100000
a year for what they eat" said Commits
sluner Dillon yesterday "lf our depart
ment can cat the cost of foodstuffs only
IL per cent. II will mean "A saving OF $780,
OOo, 900 or 100000 a year. something
over SO for every mouth In the greater
city. We can do better than that. How
much better Is indicated by the fact that
OF every dollar spent for food in this city
only IS cents finds It's way into the pockets
Of the farmer
Under Commissioner DIlon's plan. the
market terminals are tn be leased by CO.
operative companies. organized and con-
Quoted under rules laid down by the De-
partment of Foods and Markets. The law
creating the department clothes Il with
ample powers Tor such supervision The
company which is to take over the lease
Of the New York Central market terminal
will comprise both producers and dealers.
Under tho terms Of its organization its
profits will be limited to per cent an
nually. Similar companies are to be
formed to operate the terminals in Long
Island city and Brooklyn
I'm the present chaotic condition Of
New York's terminal facilities" continued
tho Commissioner, 1T is almost impos-
s.ble to attempt any satisfactory reform
in the matter Of food distribution. Better
terminal facilities are absolutely essen
tial. Fortunately the first of our market
terminals will he erected In location
OF our own choosing and IL will be con
structed exactly In accordance with our
requirements The Chelsea terminal TO
he erected 10y the New York Central will
be able to serve the district between Four
teenth and Fifty-uinth streets. Here
trainloads OF pcrishiblc farm products
may be run into the market and dis
charged from the cars directly into the
distributing wagons. The proposed site
Is 500 feet long by 200 wide This will
| permit four tracks for cars through the
| entire length OF the market with two
extra tracks for return of empty cars.
This will allow the unloading OF eighty
cars at one time.
The market terminal will he provided
with large cold storage and dry storage
space so that goods received at the time
OF surplus may be preserved till the
Eut is over.
But this is only half of the plan. our
scheme for the distribution OF food prod
ucts would have little value unless supple
mcnted by an equally comprehensive scheme
for assembling them at producing centres
and shipping them to New York city and
other consuming centres.
"Brieny stated the other half Of the
plan is to assemble. grade. standardize
and pack produce AZ local centres. to sup
ply the local trade from these assembled
products and to ship the surplus to metro
politan markets. This work will bc UNDER
| taken by cooperative societies in each pro-
during community"
Since last November. when the Depart
ment Of Foods and Markets began It's
work. much OF this upstate organization
has been accomplished. Both the New
York Cooperative Societies and the State
Grange have voted to sell under the new
plan. Besides more than nifty new CO.
operative ssce'ies have been formed and
others are being rapidly organized
throughout the state.
Each Of the cooperative societies OF
producers IL to have Il warehouse OF its
own suited 20 ITS needs Each Is to have
an expert business manager. who will be
responsible to he State Department FOR
, the proper handling OF the farmers prod
uct for tho powers OF the department
IN this respect and others are very broad.
The plans OF the department include the
erection Of market terminals in Buffalo.
Rochester, Syracuse, Albany and other
! principal Upstate cities Mr. Di1on be-
( llevcs it's influence will extend far beyond
the state line. II hesitate to go into the
| figures Of this proposition" he said. be
cause it carries one into figures that are
hard to conceive. We have within 300
! miles OF New York a population of 90.
10000 people who live In towns OF 5000
ana upward. These people pay no less
| than S40, 600. 900 a week for food products.
This amounts to t2.OSO. 10000 annually.
The possibilities arc monumental The
work cannot hc effected in a month Or a
year, and probably not to its fun poss-
blitics I'm lifetime. Hut II is possible in
five years to give New York the greatest
and best produce market in the world"