The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-07-24
THE DOGS.
New Dog POund-Alderma Morris
Ready for Another Campaign Against

At the request OF Alderman Morris, who still
pursues thu ours OF this city with his relentless
determination. Mayor Havemeyer and Comptroller
Green, IN their capacity as Commissioners OF tho
Sinking Fund, signed yesterday the Official permit
for the establishment OF a new dog pound at the
loot OF sixteenth and seventeenth streets and tho
East River. The old Eighteenth Ward Market.
"mch mas been unoccupied for years, ls 10 serve
as the new pound. Alderman Morris said TO .
reporter OF the HERALD yesterday that ne had de-
ierred 10 the objections OF the public arising from
the close proximity OF the present pound to pub
nc SCHOOL anu that IN week rom now the new
pound would be used exclusively for the reception
ana slaughter OF ours. He LAID great emphasis ON
the iact mat the new pound would .'accommo-
date'' 1000 dogs easily, while the one nov in uS,
had only room Tor 200 or $50 so that dogs had ire
quently to be turned away, 60 the great
INCONVENIENCE or THE DOC cArCHgRA
crane VIII be rugged on the dock To swinU or an
IRON cage containing iorty or fifty dogs and drown
Alderman Norris said this would be the moss
humane as well as the most economical mode OF
despatching the ours, as the gas was expena,ye
ave eau drown dog stone dead in five minutesH
the Alderman declared, with the greatest gee.
or the dog ordinance had cost the city, the Alder
man repIed probably sl.2oo halr OF which os
the gas. About ], 600 dogs have been killed, and
some 200 more Will be sent to the dogs paradise
to-day. Alderman Morris thinks the new ord,-
nance Is scarcely an Improvement on the old one.
great deal had been said about encouraging the
gamins in stealing but, In the Aldermans oplniOn.
the boys who stole at all would always steal good
dogs IL they had q chance. in order to obtain tho
rewards; and while they were formerly glad To
get fifty cents for cur, they probably connned
THEvING OPERATIONS
now to the good, valuable dogs, and len the worst
ours TO inest the streets However the OffcIat
dog catchers would probably be energetic IN their
ardnOus and nigh vocation, as they were only paid
shave to work for their living" The old pound
would no longer be used after the new one MAD
be Kept there, $50 that dogs ii they preferred to
De asphyxiated and make the request, can also %
tremely kind arrangement, for which all dogs
ought to be greatly thankful. The new pound, as
mean while the cage will be constructed IN which
the dogs are to be drowned. 1t viii be made Of
by six ieet Alderman Morris thinks the dogs Will
be perfectly delighted with the drowning process,
and prefer 70 s M anoa me-
that scarcely One-tcnth have as yet been de-
spatched.
A Complaint Against q Dog Catcher.
One OF the newly appointed dog catchers is al
ready in trouble. Mr.. Adoph Finkenburg, OF No.
As avenue B. appeared yesterday In the Mayors
ONCE and complained that dog catcher me did
not know his name) had stolen his valuable fox
dog from the threshold OF his door. subsequently
the dog catcher returned with the dog and offered
to give him back to Finkenburg II he would pay
81 to the honest servant OF the public. This was
an entlcing offer, as FinKenburg would nave to
spurned the OFFER, accused the dog catcher OF hav-
ing taken undue advantage, as his dog was
complain at the Mayors once. The dog catcher
said he ibid not care snap" Tor the Mayor, ana
pose and preferred charge before the Mayors
secretary. AS soon as his name Is ascertatned hd
filed by one OF the numerous applicants VINO are
camoring for this honorable and lucrative APP
pOntment.
Tho Howling Wilderness That Is To No.
reporter of the HERALD stroled through tho
dusty aisles Of the Eighteenth Ward Market yes
terday afternoon. solitary and suffering police
man was the only human being on the premises
The man In uniform looked like Marius amid tho
ruins Of Carthage. Every inch OF floor and char
and stall was dust covered. rhe faded remnants
of spasmodic Christmas rejocings, forever gone In
the shape OF evergreens, were here and there dis
cernibe. But they were like the trappings OF
hearse. All the vitality Of trade they had intended
to syme %; had Ned. When was thus market
"Plase, SURF said he, and he spoke not
having much communion with the hving-''Plase.
sur, ye ken see II on the outsider
The outside revealed the facts that the market
was erected in 1860; that Edward A. Moore wsA
president and that s. D. Hatch was architect.
81 have bin here rom the furst, said the police
man. There was $50 PAID rint when 1t opened.
But the market did not do wen at all. At the
years end there were only half dozen stands.
there were forty stands leased but they only held
on for some seven or eight months. So the place
progressed tOWdrus UeCAy. lnlS year tnere was
only one stall IN the building leased to .
grocer, and IN order to induce him to stick by the
desoate, falling concern, he was only charged 81
per week: but few days ago the dusty gloom OF
the place overcame him and he beat an uncoA-
ditlOnal retreat
"And so ye see. sur, Pm here alone" said tho
0ficial hermit
The stalls built at the expense OF the various
sanguine tenants have now become the property
of the city, Tor no rents have recently been paid.
The place from Its inception to the present hour
has been gigantic mlstake-a mural tomb or
s270OO0. IL Is 4l6 feet long by 26O ieet IN width.
anu it's ready adaptablity for the purposes Of dog
drowning must be on all hands admitted. SAID
the reporter to manufacturer in Sixteenth
street,
mice place for the Dog Pound, eh ~
He did not Immediately COMPREHEND the hidden
meaning. He laughed with the bland and cnildlike
confidence inspired by hall understood satire.
When he grasped the facts he used language which
1t Is Impossible to quote and one Of his neiQhbOrS
came along and vigorously assisted him.
Still 1t IS a first rate capacious cavern In which
to extingulsh dogs.
After the Dogs.
To THE EDITOR or THE HERALD
why Is IL that the law makers OF our great city