Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-11

Of the Northern market TO corcoran square. in
accordance with the act passed at the last ses.
by legal process or otherwise to delay the neces-
sary work Of clearing the old market from the
appears. were preparing to obtain an injunction
against the removal Of the building. and on
tition therefore. This was to have been pre-
sented in court today by Messrs. Riddle and
intention. determined on coup d'etat and yes,
terday an order signed by the vice president of
nns rchss :na Of the new
market buildings on Corcoran square. directing
him to remove all buildings and sheds belong
ing to the Northern market. situated in the
public reservation between eth and sth streets
at their intersection with street and Mas
sachusetts avenue tonight, storing all private
property, in the reservation west Of the
now occupied by the market and removing the
coreorsn square e You !" will execute this order
" as possible to avoid inconveniencing the pub
lie and dealers more than ia necessary to affect
the change
Mr.. P1owman at once employed labor
ers directing them to report on the
square west of the market at pm.
Tuesday. Maj Richards. chief of police,
having been informed of the proposed
move. te1egraphed to the several sta
tions ordering the reserves at each to
report to Lieut.. Eckloff of the sixth
precinct for duty at the market. and at
the same time to protect the property
to be removed and prevent any breach
of the peace. At the time set nearly
200 1aborers were on hand and about
fifty police. The report says that Mr.
Plowman joined the laborers under
charge of John Collins and Instructed
the men what they were to do. land in
a short time all were at work. while
the officers were stationed about the
market to prevent petty thieving and
stop persons from going into danger"
The market house was pulled nearly
down that night and the work was re-
sumed at dawn. 1t is interesting at
this date to read what Star reporter
wrote of the scene. He said:
Some of the butchers and bacon dealers had
n eat in their stalls which they refused to
tho whole osf as ,f naf snG e that sue teT
intended to make the board pay for any damage
or loss. The orders were to store the private
property on the square west of the market.
which was DONE The work of razing this old
landmark naturally attracted a large crowd to
observed Most Of the dealers were on the
ground when the opera tons were commenced and
some country people had taken positions with
their truck wagons for the mornings market
About ii o'clock pm. the roof was removed.
and the roll having been called. the men were
sent home. the police being left in charge of
the property
This morning the laborers returned to work
Der was piled in the square west. The dealers.
or a majority Of them. this morning came
the site Of the market as they could and
occupied the pavements about the place,
Of them claiming that had they received few
hours notice they would have removed and have
taken their chances at stand in the
sheds: but II is they will neither take
stands in the sheds remove their goods but
will sue for damages.
During the work of demoIishing the
building Wednesday two persons were
crushed to death by falling wall.
These were John Widmyer a butcher.
who lived on the 7th Street road near
the ScheutZen Park, and a lad Willard
Bates, son of E. H. Bates. long time a
justice of the peace. Wydmyer was en-
gagged in removing some fixtures from
his stall at the moment of the collapse.
The other stirring event was the
tearing up of the railroad tracks. This
work was begun during the evening
Of Monday, November IS. 1872. 1t was
a sensational chapter in the history of
the making of the capital and was one
of the long steps taken toward pull
ing Washington out of the mud. The
Evening Star of Tuesday, November
10, 1872. in explaining the necessity
Of this step, said:
The new grades of streets and avenues in this
city established by the board Of public works
were all in accordance with a general plan
which 1t was necessary to carry fully in
order not only to beautify the city by harmony
in design, but also to secure through sewerage