NEW FRUIT AND POULTRY MARKET AT WELLINGTON.
Tho fruit trade in Wellington has I assumed such large dimensions that two of the largo auctioneering firms 'in the city-Messrs G. Thomas .and Co., and Townsend and Paul—have combined to erect premises to onnble them to carry out that portion of their business with as little inconvenience to the public as possible Designs for a market of sufficient proportions to meet all the requirements of the two firms have been prepared by Messrs Pcnty and Forde, architects and civil engineers, LamMun Quay, Wellington, and Masterton, and a contract lias been let to Messrs Norbury and Trevor for the erection of the buildhi". The market will occupy a section of land in Harris Street, near Messrs Briscoe, MacNcil and Co.'s wavehouse, and will have a frontage of 40 feet with a depth of 151 feet, The building is to be two stories in front and the whole of that portion is to be subdivided into offices, which will be let to the general public. The sales will be held in a large hall 40 feel by 135.feet'capable of accommodating many thousands of cases, and special arrangements haye been made for ventilating thcjprcniises so as to enable the fruit to be preserved from sweating. The sale hall is to bo lighted by a lantern extending the whole length of the building and containing 1,800 feet of plate glass, carried by 12 wrought iron roof trusses, The whole of tho drawings were prepared in Messrs Pcnty and Forde's Masterton office,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4731, 28 May 1894, Page 3
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255NEW FRUIT AND POULTRY MARKET AT WELLINGTON. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4731, 28 May 1894, Page 3
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