In an effort to find a location for
the farmers’ market, now situated be
tween B and Little B streets and
Tenth and Twelfth streets,'a commit
tee of officials of the Federal and Dis
trict government started out this
afternoon oh a survey of possible new
sites.
The National Capital Park and
Planning Commission at Its meeting
today was apprised of the Imperative
need of finding a site for this mar
ket space because the ground it now
occupies Is to be the site of the In
ternal Revenue Building to be con
structed under the new public build
ing program.
Maj. Cary. Brown, as chairman of
the co-ordinating committee of the
commission, was directed to start
Immediately to find a site. He has
with him in the survey of the city
Superintendent of Weights and
Measures Roberts. and a representa
tive from the Department of Agri
culture.
One She in Mind.
Maj. Brown said, following the
commission meeting, that there were
no sites definitely In mind, except
perhaps one suggested in the public
buildings report of 1918, which called
for Its location on the squares north
of B street, between Ninth and Tenth
was impressed with
•the-import a nee of thsl market space,
tTie'relocatlon of which seems to have
been overlooked by the officials of the
District In connection with the public
building program. The planning com
mission' thought that the quickest
way would be to have a committee
find an appropriate site and report
back at the next meeting on August
29. The suggestion was made that It
may find it necessary to relocate it
somewhere along the water front.
