Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-23
MARKET SITE BODY
TO MEET THURSDAY
Question of Location viii Be
Taken Up in Detail at
Special Session.

The market site subcommittee Of
tbs Co-ordinating committee of the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission will meet Thursday morn
ing for further discussion of the loca-
ton for the new market. Maj. Carey
II. Brown. of the committee, an
nounced today.
PREVIOUSLY il had been planned 20
discus thee market question 4. =
meeting tomorrow of the full o.
ordra tinl; committee. but Mai. Brown
said today the only business before
that body tomorrow would be = ~Hn,
ersl discussion Of The decision reached
FRIDAY and Saturday at its monthly
meeting.
Thu subcommittee desires thorough
information on every angle pertaini0s.
10 tho location of a market site. II
already is in possession of general In
formation but such facts rs ihe
streets and avenues utilized by nearby
farmers TO get into the city will BE-
needed.
Recommendation to be Studied.
The co-ordinating committees re-
commentator on the market question
10 the Planning Commission was re
ferred back for additional study on
several points.
A public hearing as n means ri as
pertaining the views of the people
Of the District on the question OF
the relocation of the Center Marker
is being considered as one step that
may he taken by the committee,
was reported today from relianie
sources
Arguments in favor of the Conven-
ton Hall noiChborhood in the vicinity
of Fifth and ]. streets as a site for
The market center also be pre-
scented this afternoon to the Wash
ington Chamber Of Commerce com
nittee studying this matter bN
A. J. Driscoll. president Of the Mid
City Citizens Association. and Wash
ington Topham, local historian.
A representative of the B. & o.
Railroad also will attend the meeting.
It was announced this morning.
Dealers Of the Convention Hall Mar
ket will meet tomorrow afternoon
at the market to formulate plans for
cooperating with the civic organiza-
lions now boosting that neighborhood
as a market site.
Last night Mr.. Driscoll announced
the selection of a committee of IL
we'll known local business men and
civic leaders to direct an intensive
campaign in the interests of the Con-
vention Hall site. This committee will
meet Friday to adopt definite plans
for bringing the claims Of the neigh
borhood before the public.
Harry Hahn. member of the firm
of William Hahn d Co.. was named
chairman of the committee. which con-
sists of the following:
Isaac GoldenberG and Mark Dubrin,
Of the firm of Goldenberg's; DR.. NJ
q. Gibbs. of the Peoples Drug Store
chain; Harold Levy. vice president of
the Hecht Co: Gilbert Hail. civic
worker: Frank Ghiselli, of the NTer-
chants Bank and Trust Co: Mark
1ansburgh, Of the firm of Lansburgh
4 Bro: Thomas S. Sergeon, funeral
director; Joseph Zegowitz. Jacob
Schulman. DR.. j. c. Buchanan and
Paul liimmelfarb. identified in civic
and business circles.
Best Place Sought.
Mr.. Driscoll in appointing the COM
mittee issued the following statement:
we are fighting to place the
market where it will best benefit all
OF the citizens of the District.
The Convention Hall neig hborho0d
Is the geographic center Of Washing
ton AS well as the center of the citv'S
population. This section has always
nad market since 1876, when one
was erected on the site now occupied
by the Public Library. the market
being later moved to the present site
of the Convention Hall Market.
ITO locate the market there would
serve the interests Of the buving pub.
lie by making it easily accessible to
shoppers and those having business in
the downtown district. since it could
he reached by such persons with
minimum of energy and time.
THE transportation facilities are
OF the best type: a Capital Traction
60. line is only two blocks away; two
lines of the Washington Railway and
Electric Co. pass by the door of the
market, while another line is only a
block away.
From the standpoint of public
service. we feel the placement of the
Center Market and the Farmers
Produce Market in this locality will
Re distinct public benefit. because
thereby the prime consideration. max
ing the market most accessible to
those buyers who support it, will be
realized"