Evening star., 1927-11-03
OFFER AMPLE AREA
FOR MARKET SITE
Blzzards Point Advocates
/, claim Space Available to
!, Meet Future Demands.

'Contending that the new Farmers
Market site should be sufficiently larg'
to provide for necessary expansion fo
years to come. advocates of the Buz
yards Point location filed brief will
the, Commissioners today in which
they laid stress upon the amount o.
ground available there at prices thai
would justify purchase Of an extensive
area.
Through Attorney Milton D.. Camp
bell. supporters of this site direct par
ticular attention to strip OF land
embracing six blocks bounded by /
street southwest, on the north: v
street on the South: Half street south
west, on the East and First street
southwest on the West.
Offer Many Arguments.
Among the arguments advanced In
suuport of this locality In the brief
are the following: That the land is
level, the streets are wide ana I'M
proved with water and sewer service.
rail and water facilities could readily
be provided. there would be ample
parking space in the vicinity. and that
farmers as we'll as others engaged In
long distance trucking could reach
the site without having to cross
PENNSYLVANIA avenue west of the Capl'
tol. -.
Supporters of this proposal also
emphasize that the Government al
ready owns 100000 feet Of ground in
the vicinity. a portion or which fronts
on the Anacostia River.
ssThe Commissioners should recon-.
mend a site for the market which
will be large enough to permit the
expansion necessary to meet the needs
of a city with a population or TWO
or three millions" the brief declared.
ITO recommend anything less would
be shortsighted. and In a few years
the Government would be confronted
with the proposition OF obtaining ad-
ditinnaI land at a price far in excess
OF the present cost.
Business Gains Cited.
consideration should also be given
20 the fact that economic reasons
will tend to draw wholesale produce
merchants, cold storage plants and
business of a kindred nature to the
same general area as the Farmers
Market.
Merchants and others who have
husfness at the market. the whole
sale houses and storage plants can
then visit all three without travelling
to widely separated sections OF the
city. The space necessary to provide
for such wholesale produce houses
and storage plants even now is large
and. the amount Of space required
will OF course increase with the
growth OF the population"
The brief states that the proposed
sita would accommodate 1000 wagons
or trucks, allowing seven feet for
each. The supporters Of this site told
the Commissioners that it is but a few
minutes ride from the center of the
scsty and in an area where there are
no other industries or Government
buildings, thus insuring ample park.
tRg space for market business.
Access Held Easy.
1--WE think is is in evidence" the
hrief continues, that so per cent of
The produce sold at the Farmers Mar
let is sold wholesale. The remaining
% per cent Is sold to persons scattered
al over Washington. and it is fair to
assume that O large number OF those
MFho buy retail live In the southwest,
Xcutheast and northeast sections o1
3hA city, 50 hN@ 80
"Mafiy ofe those who sbuy.-setaiI al
The Farmers Market own automo'
xbiles. For those who own machines
Xhe proposed site, with an abundance
ut parking space convenient to- the
market, would be far more desirable
&han a more central location with con
dxested traffic and inadequate parking
mace 80 ~