New Britain herald., 1925-08-15
COUNCILNEN FAVOR
 MOVING MARKET
Early Morning Inspection
 Proves Disorder Charge
MAY FURNISH STALLS
Costs of Produce Less Than Else where Though Hour May Keep Down Customers Mel Favor Morning

Morning.
 Potatoes, tomatoes, peas, beans, carrots, Hey, there ye got my place, what's the matter wit yeo Nice peaches lady? Officer look ut that guy parkin' in front a the fire hydrant. Hey, lookout yell get run over"
 No it wasn't a country fair. it was daily session of New Britain $ Curbstone market. Two sleepy-eycd cOuncilmen and one Sleepier-eyed reporter made an official inspection at o'clock this morning. Truly the visit was an "eye opener" for the visitors who were not too familiar with the scene.
 Trucks and teams loaded with fruits and vegetamlcS. How many no one knows. When the visitors ar rived they counted 9l vehicles, but fully a dozen arrived within the next five minutes and others kept on ar ri,ing for an hour, They lined both sides of East Main street from Main almost to Hartford avenue and half way down the west side of Center street.
 Baskets of greens stood half way across the sidewalk, which with other baskets and boxes piled up in back made a narrow lane between which paddlars, purchasers and fac tory workers on their way 10 their place of employment, hurried, bus tied and iostled, not always Tn the best of hunor, but generally good natured.
 Kidding" back and forth between hucksters seemed to be the Chiei form of amusement in the occasion al periods when not making a sale Hey councilman, ye oughtta charge him ten dollars and me only one seemed 10 be the most popular joke wherein one merchant leased an other.
 Out in the street trucks and team. were lined, sometimes two deep or each side. Trolley cars rattlcd through the middle of the street and automobiles hooted and honked as they fought for clear passage. Small boys with top wagons doing delivery service followed housewives whC seemed bent on stretching the family dollar 10 abnormally large propor- lions. A solitary policeman did his best to preserve order in seeming chaos.
 Farmers from the outlying sec, tons view with each other and witl local merchants for the most de. sirablc places. Competition va, keen. "What-cr ye gctttn' for DO tatocs" asked the partially awake reporter. Before the man addressed could answer a neighbor said, Come over here. I'll sell yc some" Cant Sleep
 But there was found still another side of the question and this eX. plaints the reasons why ComciImc1 David l.. Nair and Arthur N. Ruth 1 erfori and still slecpy-cyed journal ist visited the market shortly aftc' sunrise. X merchant who had { store in the neighhorhood, said: ." wish you'd move them away don't have to open my store unti o'clock and l cant sleep after D. Pcering out of a third floor win 1 dow in a nearby apartment hous, was a woman, her eyes blinkcd at she seemed to he having troublt facing tho morning sun. The scow on her face unmistakcngly tol, those on the street that she "wishcc i for heavens sake they'd stay ava! and let her sleep"
 It was from these residents or East Main street that common coun Cil had received a petition askin, that the market be moved some where else. Too much noise wa given as one reason and traffic con gestion as another. The petition was referred by council to the or l dinanco committee. Chairman Ia vid L. Nair called a meeting of th | committee which consists of himsrl Arthur N. Rutherford, Thure W Bengston and Thomas J. Cahelus, C appear on the scene in person au, view the show. Chief Of Police liar was invited 10 be along. The tW, l CounCilmen mentioned. Nair an, Rutherford were the only ones t appear and they spent q full hou viewing the perpetually shifting pan arama of fruit and vegetable trucks farm horses. market gardeners householders, etc,
 Al one time V hen the inspection committee thought the congestion was as thick as if could be, and tn visitors were watching farme calmly stack a dozen or more pota 10 sacks around fire hydran i Councilman Frank s. Caldwell cam along. Its q wonder you fellow wouldn't come on busy day. no pick a quiet one" he said. The it was discovered that the conEcs ton vas vastly greater on days whc all the factories are working an l Saturday seems 10 he a quiet day.
 Prices Quoted
 Remembering earlier days Tn otr CT towns where it was part of a re
 porters daily duty to hustle out i the early hours of daylight 10 Ee reports from the rnrhEtone markets
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