Year: 1867

the upper floor be devoted to country produce ana ne
lower one 10 butchers stalls BY erecting such mS-
ket In sections around the present the business nov
gong need not be interfered with and thus the ouG
bear Of dlsarranging and destroying the trade OF tns


WEST WASHINGTON MARKET


s In fact section OF Washington Market proper but
being wholly devoted TO the wholesale trade in meat and
provisions enjoys exclusive and distinct patronage
II separated from the other market by the Intervention
OF west street. and runs our into the North nver on
divided into three sections the whole covering an area OF
ground nearly an acre in extent. The stalls number
little over three hundred each one being Of larger a.
mensons than any Of those in the retail section At
tached TO each stall is office, the transactions
being Of sufficient commercial importance 70 ae
mand the use OF aset OF books Under the
awnings long OF half and whole ones are
suspended ready for retail requirements The leading
butchers however, in tho retail market supply themselves
from their sanghterhouses the principal busiDess
IN the wholesale market being carried with the meat
shops up town The revenue derived from this market
during the past year was over $40, O,O0O-being about
thrce-fourths OF the derived from the retail
The mud is II possible more apparent around this than
the other market the only rcdeemng feature about the
structure peng an appearance of creator attention TO
geometrical lines.


FULTON MARKET


covers block fronting South street and extending
from Fulton street TO Beekman street. This market ranks
next to Washington in extent and importance. The
stands are POI in number including the coffee stalls that
line the sidewalk of Fulton street facing the market
The building has little more recognized precusions 10
harmony Of detail than Washington Market, but lack
OF everything pertaining the systamelized arrange
ment OF any modern public building painfully visible
There are twcntysx cellars under the Market three OF
which are liquor stores large book store occupying
very prominent share Of the basement and
tho rest devoted to miscellaneous purposes for
storage and tralic. The appearance OF the market
interior is very bewldering; poultry. vegetables,
fish and oysters seem to be mixed up in inexricabe
confu sion The entrances choked up q great
tent by obtrusve cabbage and oyster stands causing
much Inconvenience TO customers. The meat depart
ment is situated at the Of the market ele
walton of few feet above the street, and the greater
portion Of the level Of the market Tho stands num-
Der iftytwo, ranged both sides Of capacous pas
sage from end TO end. The men OF meat do most OF
their trade with hotels, both in Brooklyn and New
York They complain of gradual falling of in busi
though thor jolly rubcund cOuntenances befray
no symptoms OF care or anxiety at the decline
The oyster stands are the leading feature Of Fulton mar
ket They here there aud everywhere; oysters to
right OF you, oysters TO left Of you oysters in front OF
you; roast stewed and half she'll Where such popular
bvaves congegate numerousy the patronage is
TO be extensive Two stores, however-sieredthS g and
Dorian 4 shaiiers seem to monopolize an undue
share Of the market space One Of these is
forty feet IN length and the other almost long both
occupying nearly one half the length of the market. The
coffee stands exercise sim lar monopoly OF the side
walks atty interfering with wagonsaden with freight
for the market This market kept only toeraby clean
The sidewalk on South street in this weather is barely
passabe.


ESSEX MARKET


situated Grand street. between Ludlow and Essex s
comprised within the first floor Of large three story,
decidedly red brick building covering an entire block
The market Is divided into two sections by double
at intervals permitting of easy passage from side
TO SIDE The light admitted from the streets s evenly
distributed but not in such abundance purchasers in
some might desire The walls literally coated
with whtewash. and indeed the general appearance OF
tho place evinccs desire for cleanliness There Is
roomness in the dimensions Of all stands that gives
this market an mir Of convenience and attracveuess
which most OF the others strangers. One-haf the
floor Is occupied by meat butchers the other by dealers
in pork, poultry and country produce in all ory-sx
stands Business begins in the morning at about half
past four o'clock, and leaves Off little noon.
The two upper floors occupied By drill room, dis
pensary and police station, aud the basement by liquor
dealers and others


CENTRE MARKET,
longer central Is long, antiquated structure, of
dney, dIapda,ed appearance, extending from Broome
street TO Grand 1t has divers dirty ap-
breaches and presents on the WHOLE look Of neglect
one hundred and seven stands twenty-five
Of which are for butchers meat and the
evitabe oysters. This market has suffered good deal
from the migration mp town OF families who formerly
lived IN tho negborhood the establishment Of meat
also 70 inue the prospects Of ns a. well as Of all the
other markets. Stands rent at from 81 TO 50 per
w,ek. They IRE kept ordinarily clean. but . carrie
bnce seems TO be given 10 the discretion OF the floor
sweepers.


rs an iron structure buit cost OF $3.50 0OO The
interior spacious, clean and well arranged. The
stands wide and convenient, and the drainage and
ventilation superior TO thos OF other market in
te city, Two rows OF massive iron pillars support the
ceiling. The only point of incompleteness about the
present basement, II sunk lower, might be admirably
adapted for stores IL is the Seventh regiment makes
uss Of IL for shooting practice The stands originally
numbered eighty but were cut down 10 ffty-thr
the market The butchers Occupy over one hall OF the
anS @ . The O
the two floors the Market and has also the mo-
nopoy OF the water closets In the building, much the


Business ceases generally about twelve though 1t is
thought, particularly by the oyster men, that much
might be transacted later In the day.


MARKET


in its exterior presents most uDghty arrangement Of
backencd and mud begrimed fence boards and rickey
shingles with elevated front of brick rising up
na,tened mass OF many santes. This Market though
by no means the smallest certainly the most unlovey
looking ona in the city It extends in an irregular shape
from West street TO Washington, between Spring and
Canal Streets and measures in extrome length about
hundred feet The floor quite uneven, being raised In
though very democratic sentiment may prevail
among the fraternity who live, and
have their being here, the butcher in some
cases is below the level or the buterman. There are
hundred stands in this MARKET nfty for meat and
the rest for sh poultry country produce aud oysters
The stands rent from seventy five cents 20 81 80 per
week. The interior Is much cleaner than the outside
would lead one TO expect but like most Of the other
markets there Is room for Improvement in sanitary
matters The complaint Is also made here Of falling
on IN business though 1t s hardly to be wondered In
this particular and in reference TO such Market
as II with outworKs Of conglomcrass mud
and snow. There cellars to this market.


JEFFERSON MARKET


occupies part of the first floor irregular isolated
block Of buildings at the junction Of Sixth and Greenwich



deal patronizcd though not much formerly, BY up
town folks and readily accessible from the upper
section OF the city than any OF tho other markets The
SIKH and Seventh avenue cars pass on either
sidc The want OF arrangement painfully evident In
the market architecture Of quarter century ago pre-
walls in this instance limited extont Yet though
there be little method shown in the plan, aud
less beauty in the appearance, therc is re-
spectacle old fashioned and scrupulously clean
aspect about the stands in the interior, that COM
pensates In measure for Its architectural drawba KS
The market has fortyfour stands twenty-five Of which
for beef pork and mutton, and the remainder for
poultry fish and produce. Outside the building there
are half dozen small stands, principally for fruit The
decline in trade at this market Is not 90 marked at the
others but still 1t Is apparent that tho general
ment Of families away from the neghborhood 70 other
sections OF the island has percepti6y diminished its
prospects, Rents for stands range from $500 10 $500
Most Of the owners of stands n this market have been
occupants for q considerable time. Mr. Thomas Devoe
been hore since m erection thirtythree years ago


UNION MARKET


OF inferior size 10 Of the foregoing II Is situated
n the junction OF Sheriff and Houston Streets and Is In
length 200 ieet varies In width from thirty TO forty
Icet Il contains twentyone stands. eleven for meal,
four for butter and the rest for vegetables and sh
The market kept clean, and the arrangement Of stands
q very excellent Business Ii early hour Of
Tho sfteruo0n whom the anatomists of fish leah and