Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-21

A5MY, months 31e s ago co o f5s pro ss
Center Market to make way for Govern
ment buildings of a greater National Capt.
tall and Washington was faced with the
necessity of establishing new market
center for the handling of food consumed
by the populace of the city.
The undersigned merchants, who handle
$3.50 of the perishable produce consumed
in the District, at that time set about
careful study of local conditions, and with
a keen realization that the new location
must be acceptable to the citizens of Wash
ington as we'll as to the merchants and
farmers, considered carefully all the sites
available.
The Citizens Associations of the city al
most unanimously expressed favor of
central location. The Bureau of Efficiency,
the Federation of Citizens Associations,
and the Womens Clubs recommended site
north Of Pennsylvania Avenue. The Park
and Planning Commission and the Farmers
Committees went even further and spe-
officially Endorsed the lexington area.
Meanwhile this lexington area was de-
veloping into the natural distributing center
Of Washington, quite of its own accord.
The Sanitary Grocery Company, the
Atlantic. and Pacific Stores, the Piggy
Wiggly Stores, Swift and Company, the
Southern Diaries, Barber and Ross, and
other great enterprises had located there,
and two others-Sears Roebuck and the
International Harvester Co.-started work
10y 1.otoi CT in tba wiz iritx
For transportation facilities the tract is
adjacent to the Baltimore and Ohio and
the Pennsylvania Railroads; it is close
to the Washington express terminal; and
it lies at the intersection of two of the
main trucking highways from Washing
ton into nearby Maryland, Florida and
New York Avenues.
+ These facts were considered, together
with the report Of the Technical Advisory
Corporation of New York, experts in To-
eating industries, and the merchants here
represented found the Patterson Tract
Camp Meigs) the only location close to
the center of population, easily accessible
to all consumers and producers, adjacent
to both railroads, and of sufficient size
to accommodate all units of modern
market community and GILOW for future
expansion.
They, therefore, purchased sites for
their businesses, received title, and have had
the area laid out for market purposes
by those experts. Construction work on
modern plants will start in the very near
future and the first large group of build
lngs will be completed and occupied by
the end of this year.
Pending legislation in Congress contem-
plates the Government operation of
farmers market in the District. For this
purpose large section has been reserved
which is at the disposal of Congress. If,
OF course, that body should see fit to build
mart for farmers elsewhere, a modern
farmers market will be built and pri-
vately operated on the Patterson Tract
site.
Thus, by December 81, 1929, the Patter-
son tract site will succeed the present
area as
The New Market Center
of Washington
n. j. Ward and CO. William H. Harrison Co.
James Aaionturos. Thomas A. Cannon Co.
uese ~ ~ L:o"'e0' w. Charles Heitmuler Co.
Ceor@e Claoeft Robert L. Anderson Co.
George Heider. w. Charles Heitmuler
Il. E. Keister, Jr F. B. Grove, Jr. and Co.
Frank Allen. +. Il. Parrish and Bros.
Z. f. Nichols. Raymond I. Faunce.
j. b. Wineberger. William III. Harrison.
Earl MOssberg. The Joseph Phillips Co.