The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21
GARDEN TRUCK
CLEARING HOUSE
It Is Located at "Five Points"
OF North Topeka.
Gathering Point for Farmers
and Vegetable Growers.
1T OPENS AT 5 A. M. DAILY
Source of Supply for the Ped
dIers of Produce.
1t Lacks Appreciation of the
NeighbOring Citizens.

with the rising of the sun every
morning. farmers north of town who
raise garden produce begin to strag-
gle into North Topeka. BY common
/. agreement they proceed to the juno
ton of Kansas and Central avenues.
opposite the North Tojeka fire station,
where they congregate- BY O'Clock
full fiedged'' market is in progress
For two hours a rushing trade IS
conducted at the junction The Dusl-
ness that the farmers have to trans
act at this point however, they trans
act without unnecessary delay, ana
by the time the average North rope
kan is getting out of bed the business
if the market for that day has been
completed When said North Tope-
kan passes the junction on his way 10
his business, the only evidence mat
a market existed on the spot snort
time before is stray leaf or a lonely
vegeta BILE
This market held every morning at
the junction of Kansas and Central
avenues enables the raisers OF garden
produce to meet the peddIerS or slT1ll-
lar produce who sell TO housewives,
From the north. the northeast, ana
northwest and from points beyond
Oakland, truck farmers bring tnelr
products to tie exchange W ork
which must be done in the fields
makes il impossible for them to ped
die their produce themselves and as
the junction is a point where all roads
entering North Topeka from the north
meet it was readily adopted by both
the farmers and the men who later
retail the produce as get together
point"
a half hour after the market is
started. the street is so congested by
the wagons of buyers and sellers that
a person starting early to his bust
ness or on his way to make a belated
call a his home breaks through the
throng with extreme difficulty
Market Grows Rapidly.
For the first hour and a half of its
existence. the market grows rapidly,
and as it grows action becomes about
two and a half degrees beyond what is
commonly known as lively It fire.
quently occurs, therefore. that the
watt through the windows and into
the bed chambers of persons who re-
side in the neignbOrhood. 1t IS then
that sleep departs and wrath enters
Persons who make up the market are
referred TO in the warmest terms thai
are found in the English language.
Those who have a speaking knOwI-
edge of other tongues. and several for
eigners live in the district, bolster up
their TRADES against the robbers of
beauty sleep with the choicest words
that they are able to get from the
auxiliary speech The members of the
market are not altogether popular with
the residents of the neighborhood-
The widest scenes are staged when
some farmer brings to the market
wagon load of some product that is
nearly exhausted. As soon as he is
located he is deluged by buyers and
before he has become fairly settled
his business in town is completed and
a few minutes later he is thOmeward
bound"
A few farmers who can spare the
time retail their own products In such
cases they stop at the market to lay in
a supply of those vegetables or fruits
that they have not themselves raised.
Goes Into Jobbing Trade.
Taking advantage of this market
one TOpekan is breaking into the
wholesale produce business Instead
Of renting a store room and hiring a
sales force and an army of bOOkkeep-
ers. this man purchased a wagon and
buvs at the market every morning the
stock with which he does business that
dav. After he makes his purchases he
calls on the grocery men on both the
North and South sides BY buying at
the market at a low figure he is able
to compete successfully against the
old established prodice houses of the
city
The value of the market TO the
housewives is easily discernible.
Through il dealers are enabled TO
bring TO their doors every morning
wider variety of home grown produce