The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-17
TS200,000. |S LAST WORD. IN EQUIPMENT
Refrigeration Plant Keeps All Stalls And Building Fresh And Cool Even In Hottest Weather Of Summer
ALL COUNTERS MARBLE STRUCTURE, TILE LINED
Building Occupies Entire Quarter Block And Will Be
 Ready For Occupancy By Renters In About 3 Weeks

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 Renters In About 3 Weeks
 Within three weeks Birmingham Will have a completed municipal mar ket second to none in the United States in sanitation, equipment and convenience.
 Costing in the neighborhood of S2oO,oo0, built of reinforced concrete and lined with tile. the new market represents the last word in archi- lecture of its kind.
 June 1G the market was scheduled to be ready. but incessant rains when the work was started last fall held back the excavation for the founda- tions, resulting in some three more weeks being necessary to complete the entire plant. It is probable the market will be open during the first week in July, but little more time Construction company has built the structure. All that remains to be done is some of the minor fittings and installation of lights. interior painting and few other details. Occupying quarter of 2 city block, the market Is located on the southwest corner of Third avenue and Twenty-third street; Is served by several street car lines, and within block of others. The quarter block on the opposite side of Third avenue has been acquired by the city as wagon yard.
 Of Reinforced Concrete.
 In reality the market Is of solid reinforced concrete construction, but has been finished on the sides facing the streets with red brick, trimmed ,t&t. rt,rt,,. Il O- tive appearance.
 The main floor Is equipped with about 30 stalls. 25 by 25 feet, and half of this number and the counters along the walls are provided with circulating brine refrigeration. The stall counters are marble-topped and each counter in itself is a refrigera- tor, each section of the counter pro- vided with, compartments and air tight doors. The patron standing at a counter faces a white tile counter, topped with marble, but looking across, can see the full equipment of the stall from any angle.
 In the basement are two 25-ton Ice machines and tho mechanism to pump the brine, at a temperature Delow freezing, through the pipes that run through all the refrigerator stalls keeping them at the proper tempera. ture at all times. This division or the market, practically half its ca. pacity, will be used for the sale or meat, fish, dairy products and other quick perishables. The fish depart ment extends half the length of the Third avenue side of the bullalng' with complete refrigeration eQuip- ment like the meat division.
 The half of the area next twenty third street equipped with similar stalls to the meat section, VIII pc used for fruit. vegetable ana sroceiy i, shops. It is provided that any or aii of the big stalls may be divided In half or quarter sections as the rent ers may desire. All stalls are being equipped with steel framewoIk equipped with shelves and hooks TOT display of wares.
 ranged that it can keep the tempera- ture of the building lower than the outside air in hot weather. In winter the place will be steam heated. Large exhaust fans are being installed oyer each of the five great doors Tor ventilation and to disseminate heated air in cold weather.
 Equipped With skylights.
 The roof is equipped with big glass skylights. the size of the wlndows which occupy more than half of the side wall space or the maln iloor on the sides next the streets.
 An elevator at the back or the building will serve the stall occu- pants in reaching the 30 big semi refrigerators for storage in the Dase- ment This storage space Will en- able occupants to safeguard any or all of their wares. Reaching the basement floor Is an iron stairway some 20 feet wide.
 At the side of the main floor on the west there is a two-story strucr ture within the market building, US lower story for storage and the up. per floor fo offices. This "internaI building is about 40 feet wide ana oo feet long. The bottom floor IS equipped for refrigeration.
 The remaining three weeks Will see the installation of the electric lighting equipment by the Bagby Electric company, some Of this work having been done already.
 The municipal authorities have been In communication with other cities in regard to market rules and regulations, and regulations for the new market here will be compiled from the experience of other and older cities. No decision has been reached on any of them and 1t IS very probable they will not be ready for adoption by the city for week or so.