The Washington herald., 1920-02-23
|37 MERCHANTS
FAVOR MARKET
Many Wholesalers Sign Pc
tition for Municipal
Storage Plant.
CUTS LIVING COSTS
Plan Proposed to Eliminate
Drayage and Loss from
Spelling in Stores.

Thirty-seven wholesale merchants
on Louisiana avenue. B street and
in the Center Market have signed a
petition expressing themselves in
favor of the erection OF munich
pal wholesale market to be erected
in the vicinity of the municipal
fish market at Twelfth and Water
streets.
Every wholesale merchant on
Louisiana avenue with the excep-
tion of two has signed the petit
tion. The two refusing to sign own
the property where their business
is located and object to a removal
of the wholesa district to another
locality because of the huge de-
crease in value which would result
to the property.
The petition was circulated by
Salvador Chalco, president of the
National Fruit Company, who is
backing the plan for a municipal
market.
Chalco's plan involves the cree
ton OF a cold storage warehouse.
which would be divided into booths
and leased to wholesale dealers.
Switch tracks from railroads would
permit the prompt unloading of
pershable fruit and vegetables di-
rectly into the cold storage space
leased by the consignees.
Sales could be made to retailers
without exposing the st6ck to the
deterioration which results under
the present system. where the per
ishables must be taken from cold
storage and hauled TO the place of
business of the wholesaler. Often
too much stock is withdrawn from
storage, andN the result is loss
through spelling which is passed
on to the consumer.
New Handled Twice.
Under present methods a car of
perishables received at the freight
yards nIust be unloaded and the con-
tents hauled to cold storage plant.
after which it is again hauled daily
in smaller quantities to the place
of business of the consignee.
Chalco's plan would eliminate this
drayage which cost his company
alone last year approximately
$4,000.
Commissioner Brownlow. of the
District. and a number of Senators
and members of Congress have en-
dorsed Chalco's plan and promised
that il will be given consideration
at an early date.
The petition, signed by wholesale
merchants. reads as follows:
we. the undersigned merchants
of the city of Washington are in
favor of municipal wholesale
market to be located near the NUM-
cipal Fish Market and we agree to
move and occupy either by rent or
purchase part of this building when
erected after expiration of our lease,
! provided we continue in business"
Merchants Sign Petition.
The petition was signed by the
following merchants:
Washington Wholesale Grocery Com
pany. Nszo Bros, Hatcher. Boaze &
Co.. National Fruit Company. NJ Dig
Gerhouse. L ID. Means & Co. Morris
Ballinger. Crovo & Price. :. V. II.
Hickman Company. F. B. Crovo. Jr,
& Co, Uhlfelder Desimone Company
Shapiro & Fitzgerald, Leventhal &
OXenburs. William Brayshaw, G. h
Andrews & Co. J. Wynn & Co. A
W. Kelley e. Co.. Golden & Co. by W.
lG. Cartel. president: StBohecker 4
Guest Vincenzo d. Glorgio. Emmert
Bros. Barnett Shapiro, c. Engcls Sons,
S. A. Gatti & Bro. y. ]. Ward & Co.
II. G. Coburn. Payne Bros. F.. v.
Owens. George Farr. William James &
Son. Quality Produce Company. Wash.
ington Fruit Exchange. Gus Wallen-
stein.