Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-05-05
MARKET THE
SUBJECT FOR
STRONG TALK
Alderman Rogers Says Com
mittee Should Be Indicted
for Maintaining Nuisance.
PLACE lNSANITA AIRY AND
A DISGRACE, is CHARGE
Dealers Who Are Encroaching
on Walk Must Move
Back.


vide the sanitary accommodations we
| lack the place would be closed up
| tomorrow by the Board of Health.
AS a matter of fact we members of
/ the Common Council Centre Market
committee are apt to be indicted by
| the grand jury for taking rent money
| and not giving proper return, and We
ought to be indicted, every one of us,
| for the conditions are a shame and
disgrace"
This statement was made by AL
derman James =. Rogers at meet
ing of the market committee held
| last night. The alderman was angry
| at a proposal to compel Centre Mar
| ket stand owners to move their
| stands back on the line stipulated in
all permits 1t was learned that
| many dealers have placed their
| stands about a foot over the line. 1t
was voted to force each dealer to
| keep within the required distance.
Alderman Thomas Curran started
the discussion by stating that he
noticed one dealers stand about
! foot further from the centre aisle than
! other stands. He said that to allow
! one dealer to move his stand toward
the aisle and compel another to keep
within the specified limits was un-
| due discrimination.
any llOLlOl iildbO
on this proposition l want to place
some facts before this committee"
| said Alderman Rogers. IF we make
| these men place their stands back we
| are depriVing them of something they
are entitled to. In the past few
| weeks | have received more COM
| plants about poor conditions in Cen
| tre Market than | have heard for
months. Never before was the need
. IL oYa1 TN
perative. Those who first objected
now demand a new market.
THE lack of sanitary equipment
| at the market is a disgrace upon
every member of this committee.
Other property owners have Board of
Health ordinances to obey and we
are apt to be indicted.
| "Yes, we ought to be indicted; you,
Alderman Fitzsimmons, ought to be
indicted; [ ought to be indicted, and
every one of us ought to be in
| sdicted.'
i Market Men "Grabbing on"
Alderman Curran interrupted to
say the discussion was getting away
| from the subject. He added that
everybody knew the.~market men
| were taking more room than the
rules allowed and were getting
away with it, too" Mr.. Curran said
| he knew the market is not what 1t
ought to be, but the fact remained
all dealers must be treated alike. AL
derman Rogers permitted this inter-
ruption to get his second wind and
then continued
This here market was built sixty
one years ago when Newark had a
population of $4,000. Today the deal
ers paying us rent have the same
market and a population of 100000 I'm
this city from which to draw GUS
toners. That does not take into ac-
count the population of the suburban
towns, many Of whose people visit
this market.
"If you pass this resolution I'll de-
nounce youi" continued the alder
man, pounding the table with his fist
at every word. Il object to this reso-
luton most strenuously and defy you
to compel these men to push their
stands back.
"If a private corporation were rum
ming this market the place would be
closed up tomorrow by the Board of
Health. Conditions for which we, as
members of this committee, stand re-
sponsible. are a shame and dis
grace. We ought TO resign"
"Whv don't you resign?' asked Al
derman Curran.
at is very wrong for us to go on
record forcing these dealers back to
the walls" concluded Alderman Rog-
ers. land I will certainly vote against
any such proposition"
Alderman Henry Hahn suggested
that the city might do something real
toward lettering the market condi-
tions by building several markets in
various parts of the city. He then
made the formal motion that each
dealer be instructed to place his
stand within the limit line, which
provides six feet of aisle space. AL
derman Rogers put In a loud mega
tive vote, but the motion was car
ried Those voting in the affirmative
were Aldermen Fitzsimmons, chair
man; Curran, Zemel and Bradley.
Criticism for Mayor. Too.
Alderman Curran criticised the
action of Mayor Raymond in vetoing
a. bill for S27626, due w. j. Guidera,
for repairs at the market.
"The bill is a just one and not ex-
orbitant in any way" said Alder
man Curran. "I suggest that Chair
man Fitzsimmons see the mayor and
find out what's the trouble with this
bill. The mayors veto certainly does
not reflect any credit on this com
mittee. There is nothing underhand-
ed done here, and the mayor should
not veto such a bill without making
an examination.
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