Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-06

Md, in 1884, at the time Of the
death of their brother.
The new Northern Liberty Mar
ket, or what is now called the New
Center Market, erected in Savage
Square, was built shortly after the
old Northern Liberty Market. which
stood in Mount Vernon Square,
where is now the Public Library, was
removed by the local authorities In
1872.
After the property at Fifth and
K streets was purchased. the stock
holders erected temporary market
sheds which served their purpose
until the present building was COM
pleted in 1875. AS usual with such
events. The Star of January 4, 1875,
printed an interesting account Of
this structure, a part of which fol-
lows:
The new spacious market build.
ing erected by the Northern Liberty
Market Co.. on Savage Square,
fronting on Fifth street. between K
and l. streets, being nearly COM
pleted, the sale of stalls commenced
at II o'clock today in the center Of
the new building, and was attended
by very large crowd of dealers and
others Mr.. Thomas Bowling was
the auctioneer, and the sale of stalls
was to the highest bidder. The
rental prices Of the stalls were S.
and $40 each per month for upkeep.
Mr.. John r. Kelly secured the first
choice of butchers stalls No. 204.
206 and 208, for which he bid $3.50.
John Rupert secured the second
choice at $4,000 for stall No. 304 on
the main aisle. Theodore Barnes
secured Nos. BOG and 308 for s2,550:
M. c. weaver, stalls No. 3l4 and
316 for $2,550: Joseph Prather, No.
326 and 1923 for $2,550; J. A. Hoff-
man, president. No. 226 and 228 for
$4,000; Henry Buscher, Benjamin S.
Elliott, Louis Kengla, B. F. Hunt,
NJ Menke, j. c. Pearson & Sons,
William A. Coburn, Rudolph
Eichhorn, James Lavender g. Son.
william Heine, John Hammond, H.
Homiller, William Greenapple. M.
Glorius. John Hoover & Bro.
Charles Brown & Bro, Joseph Wey-
rich, j. D. Faunce and others, names
familiar and we'll remembered, also
purchased stalls" The sales were
dated from January l, 1875, and
were for 80 years.
In 1891, a second floor was added
to the market house, after which 1t
became known as Convention Hall,
or Convention Hall Market, but the
controlling interest is still probably
the Northern Liberty Market Co.
Electric Car Test.
An event of unusual interest to
the people of Washington, that took
place along New York avenue in
1888, was the demonstration of the
first practical application of electric
power to the city streetcars. This
beginning of the overhead electric
system in Washington took place
on the line Of the lexington & Sol
diers' Home Railway, which had its
city terminus at New York avenue
and Seventh street, within a block
OF the ADDOG SCHOOL.
I street, to the south of the new
Center Market, still contains many
Of the earlier residences Of the
Northern Liberties. At the northeast
corner of and F streets was once
the grocery store kept BY William
H. (Billy) Hoover, which was store
for more than 10 years, though 1t
changed proprietors many times,
Bachrach having at one time drug
store there Just to the east on I
street, on the north side, were the
homes of the Middletons and the
Suffers. The head of the former
family was the father to Jen Mid
dleton, and of the latter George j.
Suter, father Of Jesse c. Suter, who
has been the head of so many things
in Washington and now attached to
the staff of The Star, but always
enthusiastically working for national
representation. Also residing on the
north side of this block we're Robert
Boswell and Henry Gensler, stenog-
raphers at the Capitol, and at the
corner Of Praters alley lived Mrs.
Fitzgerald. whose daughter married
Adolph H. Jouvenal, who cut the
capstone for the Washington Monu-
ment, while William and Rudolph
Jouvenal resided ut No. al. Adofph
II. Jouvenal died recently.