OPEN TYPES OF PUBLIC MARKETS. 



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practicable to the established commercial center for wholesale deal- 

 ing in fresh produce. 



If a curb or street market is to be established a broad well-paved 

 street should be chosen, if properly located. A market tract should 

 be practically level but well drained. If the tract can not be paved 

 immediately soils which form mud readily should be avoided. Con- 

 siderations of topography and soil, however, can be remedied without 

 great difficulty and should be given much less weight than the eco- 

 nomic considerations determining location. 



Fig. 1. 



-Simple retail market without structures in small town. Produce is sold from 

 wagons and from baskets and sacks on the curb. 



Many street and curb markets are practically without equipment, 

 sales being made from wagons or from baskets and other containers 

 set on the edges of sidewalks. (.See fig. 1.) On some curb markets 

 the municipality furnishes small movable booths or tables which are 

 set up on the walks on market days, while on other markets such 

 equipment is furnished by the producers and other vendors and is 

 removed by them when the markets are closed. 



On a number of curb markets especially in the South and South- 

 west, removable frames and awnings or large umbrellas are used to 

 protect the sellers and their wares. In at least one case, in a large 

 western city, permanent steel sheds have been constructed along the 

 portion of a business street devoted to a curb market. 



