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The single as well as
most sizable and important wage group in Addis Abeba in the second
decade of the 20th Century was workers employed by what is today the
Ethio-Djibouti Railway Company.
It was people from
this group that helped the creation and development of Cherqos Market,
whose location was nearer to the railway main station, long before
Merkato had become predominant. Peasants began commercial supply of
their produces from Bole, Galan and what was then 91917-18) as far
places as Mount Furi. Indeed, the coming of railway to Addis Abeba is
credited for encouraging the growth of food market in the capital. |