The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-30
THE WAR ON DOGS.
Ninety Ours Impounded Yesterday
They Come In Slowly.
Seven Mad Dogs Killed and -Four
M Persons Bitten.
THE PEOPLE CRY FOR RELIEF.

THE PEOPLE CRY FOR RELIEF.
Fifty cents is not large bribe TO oner New
York boy. Our young street loungers put too high
an estimate on the value OF their services and un.
derstand too well the small purchasing power OF
the national currency to be very enectually
tempted by the municipal reward OF half q dollar
for each dog delivered at the canine pound in
Thirty seventh street. near the public school, west
OF Tenth avenue. Few men will go into the busi-
ness OF cur-hunting. except 30 tar as 10 bring to
the pound their own animals, OF whose inclination
to rabies they have cauae TO suspect. This throws
the business OF Kidding the streets upon the juve-
niles VINO, as q general rule. do not IN the summer
30 stringenty need food as to require any great
exertions to earn 1t except by regular employ
ment Thus the process Of collecting at the pound
all the homeless and unIriended dogs OF the
street Is slow and partial measure Of relief from
the startling danger OF hydrophobia which sur
rounds us at every hand. These loose whelps are
estimated to number 1900, living in the city
upon such food az good luck and canine sagacity
enables them to secure. They Turk about oil places
where unwholesome nesh Is likely to be exposed.
Feeding on such diet they cannot fail to be I'M.
healthy, and when they lack food they are more
or less erocious from hunger. In any case, fed or
starving they are constant menace to the com.
munity, as is proved by the frequency with which
the police are called upon to give the dreaded
brutes their quietus with club revolver. Within
q dozen blocks from the pound the streets
are reasonably clear OF ours; but In all
other portions OF the city they are to
be found in undiminisned numbers. They
swarm about the markets, the dumping docks and
similar places where there Ia chance to pick up
stray portions OF putrid food. No dogs were kept
over Sunday at the pound, all on hand Saturday
no 0eQnQfrhAd cQrhnOiC n
slow science supplemented by the moro ready,
more rapid ana more efficient club in the hands OF
Captain Marriott
REsUNING WORK FOR THE WEEK.
Yesterday morning the pound was reopened, and
through the gay dogs were brought slowly 6y boys
When the door closed at Ave O'Clock the purchases
OF the day footed up ninety IS sad looking canine
stantlnople. Half dozen who presented dan
gerous symptoms were sent out OF this world
without unnecessary delay or ceremony, and
ere this are cremated and turned into gloves and
other articles OF use or luxury. The rest of the
before tasting the sweets Of asphy Xlatton.
A SwIFTER PROCESS NEEDED
At this slow rate OF rehef 1t would take months
meanwhile scores OF citizens may meet q tate
similar to the narrowing ones Of DR.. Butler and
not mere groundless actions, sprinaing irom ignor
ance and cowardly apprehension, it is desirable
that some more efficient means should be devised
to gather the dogs and bring them to the pound.
HINT FOR ENTERPRISE.
Mr. Marriott thinks 1t would be found fairly
paving business lot Two or tnree resolute, actiye
young men 10 patrol the CITY with q wagon IKE
those USED lor naullng sawdust, INTO wnlch the
dogs could De thrown ana bfougnt 10 tne pound py
nitles ~ "TRIP. oucn carts passing througn tne
districts most thlckly populated by dogs could
readily gamer my III snort clrcult anu tle
bringing the entire loao TO the pound would
occupy no more time tnan wouid DC required
Tor one. u is 10 DC nopeo tne klling is 70 con,
tinue IT may by some means De made more general
and wholesale, ana 70 empraGe tne Wnoie CITY not
| merely narrow olstrlct For an tne orutes
brought to pound no sane man would pay cent
except ID reference 70 Inelr vaiue a W. aeatn'
IN 1922 =. mayot S; rstrvc,,"n s"r the reaH
| Killing OF the dogs which we're brought to the
pound ana IN compnance ne ana na ~
sunicient dimensions TO hold fity dogs having q
hinged grating, set about four inches below It's
upper euEe ao Iot M wv ro+;n n 49, ~ Nc ona
| fastsned. water was then let into the box from q
nydrant until it filled the tank to the top and as it
was wholly lmpractic0ble for the dogs to breathe
anv air alter the water reached the grating they
were Immediately dro ned and as effectively as II
! heavy weight had been attached to them and
then thrown into deep water,
100 $50 1 DANGEROUS BITE.
Jacob Burnett aged lorty- eight, OF No. "a James
street was bitten py mad dog at No. Baxter
dangerous one BY the physicians at the Park Hos
pital
| Eliza r. Graham, aged three years, OF No, 4Ol
West Eighteenth street, was bitten by mad dog
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