The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-10-17
ABUNDANT
HOUSING FOR
MULE MARKET
FRANK DALE MlNiMlZES RUMOR
THAT THERE is A SHORTAGE
OF SPACE HERE.
BIG STOCK YARDS CAPACITY
Prominent Mule Dealer Believes Mar
ket Would Be Improved by Remov-
ing Animals From Principal Bust
ness Streets Of City.


ness Streets of City.
Minimizing the current gossip that
Columbia lacked sufficient facilities
for housing the mules brought here
for the first Monday markets, Frank
Dale, manager for the Columbia Mule
Co. stock yards, declared this morn
ing that Columbia is so we'll establish
ed as a street mule trading center
that the farmers couldn't be kept away
from here with a battery of machine
guns.
columbia is the established mule
trading center for IS or 20 counties"
said Mr.. Dale, land no little furry
about insufficient quarters for hous-
ing the mules here is going to stop
the farmers from coming here, even
il there were any foundation for
such a rumor." .....a .N
while it is true that a number of
downtown stables have recently been
converted into garages" continued
Mr.. Dale, there is still abundance of
housing space. In addition to the
three or four remaining stables open
to mules, the Columbia Mule Co. has
room at the stock yards for $500
mules and we will be glad to receive
them on Saturday and Sunday nights
in the future just as we have always
done.
IF there is any demand for the es
Enlistment of a municipal mule yard,
which | personally believe unneces-
sary, we will be glad to permit the
free use of two large lots adjoining
our yards and allow whatever build
ing may be erected to be removed
whenever the promoters desire. There
is absolutely no foundation for the
idea that Columbia hasn't enough sta
Bile room for the mules brought here
on first Mondays. We could take care
of all the mules that will be kept in
stables here from now until after the
January market. Columbia is the
largest street mule market in the
world and will continue to- hold that
place. Whenever the necessity for
more accommodation becomes nee
essary the Columbia Mule Company
will take care of the situation.
Il am one who believes that the
mule market should be removed from
the public square and West Seventh
street because the Conditions there
on First Mondays are disagreeable to
other CRATIC and also not entirely sat
isfactory to either the buyers or sell
ers. 1t makes no difference to me
where the mules are displayed and
sold, but it would be much more con
venient if they could be assembled on
some other street where there is not
so much traffic and the mules could be
viewed better by the buyers. Sixth
street offers a splendid place for mule
trading. They could be strung out
along that street from the river to any
distance necessary, giving room for
them to be trotted and inspected with
out the buyers having to walk all
over town or the sellers having to
lead their mules from place to place
until they find a buyers. There would
be mo interference with other traffic
and after the sales are made the peo-
pie would naturally gravitate back to
the square and West Seventh and
other streets to deposit their checks
and make purchases OF merchandise.
Last Monday Columbia had SPLEEN
did mule market. About 600 mules
were shipped from the stock yards
and good prices were paid for all of
them. Many mules sold at from SO |
to $35 head more than the owners
expected to get for them. But there
were not many extra good mules here.
Buyers did not search carefully to
find that kind. The other grades sold
readily, however, and brought prices
better than were expected.
Columbia is the greatest street !
mule market in the world and always
will be- We have plenty of room here
for all that will be brought to town."