Evening journal., 1917-08-04
MARKET CONDITIONS
Greatly IMPROVED
Hint at Arrests, However,
Before Old Conditions
Are Eliminated
iQUATTERS OBEY
NEW ORDINANCE

spectacle barrels and boxes with
,orn-husks or paper bags peeping
,oyly out OF their tops, has taken
&c place Of the frowsy, unkemnt pics
Of evil-smelling refuse that used to
be a striking decoration Of King
street market before the Street and
Sewer Commissioners took control.
Mayor John ". Lawson. Secretary
Myers. Of the Board OF Health and
Clerk of the Market Vaughn have 4
made trips through the market and .
expressed satisfaction at the great
Improvement President George W.
Sparks. OF the street board has also
made two marke. excursions and said
that he noticed a wonderful trans
formation.
Street Commissioner Frank Pierscn
has inspected the market almost daily
since the new regulations have gone
INTO effect, and has found most Of the
narketmen complying with the clean
up orders very readily. They like the
lew looks of the market themselves,
and the customers thronging the street
.oday made frequent complimentary
'emarks.
One point that the street depart
nent, acting through the police, In
ENDS 20 suppress sharply this after
noon is the custom of squatters buy
ing up the remains Of the market and
choosing any place along the street
10 sell Il at low prices Some ar
tests may be made this iafternoon.
0lr. Pierson made last visit OF
warning this morning. Next market
day arrests will take the place OF
warnings. Eight or nine market peo-
pie were admonlghed by Mr.. Pierson
this morning 10 keep the trouble
some corn husks in barrels instead OF
On the sidewalk.
A whirlwind OF corn husks few sud
denly into the air as the ofic al ap-
preached one stand. In their midst
was a small boy trying furiousiy 20
get the offending husks into box be-
fore the law descended upon him. He
Ildn't quite succeed. but tho stand es-
,apcd with a warning
81 forgot all about e." said one
woman TO her neighbor after MT.
Pierson had passed with a warning.
Part OF the commissioners trip
meant a search for cellar doors Where
there W ere fruit stands against build
ings. legal only in case the dealer
rented or owned at least some OF the
building. IL was not always easy 10
see the cellar door hidden by the fruit
stand.
Three stands where barber shop OF
other non-fruit like stores formed the
background. and where no cellar door
could be found we're ordered to re-
move 10 Fifth street. One OF the chiel
troubles encountered by the city IS IN
unlawful custom OF some fruit stan'
owners In setting up stands IN NOR
than one place. An offender OF tnl
sort was found az Third and KIM
streets with stands on both sides o
the street One Ct these was cluSeo.
A girl in charge Of frultstand IN
lawfully placed. said she had per
NIT from the school" A fruit dealel
seemed TO think his possession OF
license. which he asserted repeatedly
allowed him TO locate anywhere.
,nneared 10 be the idea OF seyera
conscientious objectors.' that because
thew had always been In a Place M
mower on earth had the right 10 ash
hem TO go elsewhere.
Souatters were conspicuous by thel
absence this morning. An eloquen
example Of this was found on the cor
ner OF King and Sixth streets, wher
An empty meat block proclaimed ina
man who had 'squatted" withou
having rent for years, had fled beior
the new laws
No examples we're found of Kin
street store owners trying TO shar
the curb with The farmers. IL wa
lees picturesque, but also less cor
fhsing to have the visions OF pota
toes and squashes freed from mingle
uspenders and overalls.
The status Of one or two iru
places is TO be looked into. and ais
an investigation made down som
" the oe'lar doorways atoreneat one
% see If the interiors really asr'
With the exterior fruit stands.
The wholesale market VIII rema
as heretofore on Walnut street. az
will he extended 10 both sides or u
,trset The Jersey marketmen exprs
ID themselves az satisfied with IN
arrangement this morning On Je
sevman voiced a preference tor FIJI
street hut said he was satisfied.
market No warnings we're given
he Jersey market. bu. Mr.. Piers'
'ound heap Of waste rilled boxes
'front.' of a Walnut street store OF 1
crest The store boy placed them o
his moining trusting to 'Proyiden
hat Monday would find them n u
,itv collections. The city official NJ
vision of what would happen to mo
,oxes in two days Of summer breez
md ordered their removal. -,
tits up 10 the police salu NJ
Pierson. They are the ones 10 e
'orcc these regulations. II Ism
place to make these arrests Inc I
leo in this city seem TO tn NIX tn
nothing short OF a murder or Of
giary should be given their attenuo,
Thcy should have attended TO ~
natter long before this. The pol
and the clerk Of the market shot
enforce the market regulations a
We arc going 20 put It up to them
All hucksters com ns under
head of miscellaneous" dealers.
20 be given a place on Fifth street
Of Market street. This street is 10
paved within a few weeks.
Places will he given 10 marker
along East Fourth street, but not
front of the wholesale commiss
houses. While the city street dep'
ment will endeavor not 20 inconvenie
tie commission men. they take exc
ton 60 the commission merchants sti
ment that they have a right to Tile
goods on their curbs because they
taxes on the same. The street c.
uissioners say that such an argum
would allow the Market street ST
a. nile their so walks high with be
snd bales nrvhody's discomfort