New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-03
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
WARFARE ON WANDERING DOGS.
CusKFY FOR TROUBLED ANIMALS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES INVOLVED

u.prARE ON WANDERING DOGS.
WuisKEY FOR TROUBLED ANiMALsI,mn
Observation-Disclosures INVOLVED.
low nlaintive cry came like the echo Of long;
suss,hcrated about the piles Of the pier az the las,
tsiver short man with hercely prusne Gu n
stood in the doorway of long low ye0T s anGers
neoacr,latively He heard the cry and lodged Then
~ smiled. Finally he burst forth into iond ana
gqaw iG he fSSsT ecSo from the mortal
Selps of the FIVE ten thousand dogs who met tneir
tate herocally last year ,,,..; ~ his
glory. fe had a new suit of clothing ana wore q
diamond ring on his little finger. 1neiS , va Tho
p6ilanthropic Mac" administers whiskey 10 , his
charges when they are affected by inc cSllio . SHn
mer trouble The iron cage shone on we from tbe
niece of the pier with splendor renectea iiOi fno
pnonnd and The river spashed along nvltngly ne
meath it, 1t seemed TO yearn Tor puFu o ~ ,n
% and Pdd% % tRe S of the which dips
the cage into the water There was an eagein eS
about the entire place ora ne aSeuf the building
seemed to wave invitations to the d0g-caIeneIs wS
should come and in few days MAKE IL DOW "nu
baye as a desert heath. and the kennels wlthln'
,yb;.b have become acquainted with so many gene
rations of dogs, shone whlte ana cream aIae5 t 10
mnrninr drenehing they had received as II ready 10
yiye their sinceIest welcome to the hrst dog VINO
took his lodging in them. .., ...,, h
There were only four dogs captured yesterday Dy
the newly appointed catchers. one was yellow
cur who wrinkled his nose at Mac III an eHcteu
;nglv hungry manner. Another was a DldcK uog
with no hair to boast 81 and who snryeyed
the preparations for his extinction with supreme
disgust if aware that he had master VINO MpIo
he eager TO pay the retaining - for him and re;
leye him from limbo and the fourth was sGaii
bnt phenomenally fat pug" who appeared melan,
choy and proud amid an MS tho NV sr 1rna ~
ury for the capture of four such specimens but the
arm of the law must not be paralyzed 10y any 1aCs
of liberalty and TO save the lives OF iouI ooes
,yonij reomire the energy which only one man
could command-and Henry Berh was not at the
PJ For ibe past week or more the Mayor has been
besieged by Democratic Senators, AssemtsIyml men
and Aldermen to procure the appointment vi 'IeiI
friends and adherents as attendants at, the cog
sound and as dOC-catcners. Yesterday he ended
The matter by announcing his appointments as
follows:
clsrS; Michael dempsey Thomas Gillian and Patrick
GOO%wn wUS% %eSse ihS PGSGhad e'
McMahon and Dunn each receive $50 month,
and the iaborers So per day. The Mayor an
nounced that he had hxed the Ui de o
cIared that they could not make living at TINS rate
pnd declined to accept their commissions on me ne
crease into consideration and the dogcatchers con,
scented to try the old rate for time The price hted
by the Mayor was that paid last summer. an tne
appointees will be examined by the civil Service
Examiners.
TRANSFER OF UNEXPENDED BALANCES.
Al the meeting of the Board of Estimate and APP
portionment yesterday President Asten onereu d
resolution asking:
hoard nj It's next annual meeting statement IN deta OF
the claims against the unexpended balances OF appIop
tons of wears prior 1883, together WIN he uas OF
presentation OF also the amount reserved 10 meet
said claims In each year. 49,
The resolution was passed unanimously wilno W
debate The sum of $16.54O 81 was appropriated
for tbe purchase of four parcels of land under water
at Wards Island for the use of the Department OF
Charities and Correction.
ha following transfers of uneXpenueu DdldnctS
were made on behalf of the Department OF Pubic
Works TO the account OF saiar,es $50 IIoII ins
ington Market appropriation; 1896 TO salaries from
the public hydrant appropriations; SIO,oOO from rom
70 the same fund for 1884; $1,000 from the same
fund for 1853 for the erection of an iron awning
iVnS of iss3 to 1854 President Asten voted
against these transfers. The sum OF 81 900 was was
transferred from the me tIs sd,oct 3S
Of Arrears of Taxes to the contingent fund of the
Law Department for 1882 and from the 1und lot
citu snpronriated in 1882 SO 500 was trans
ferred 10 the contingent fund for 1858. A., 800
A proposition to transfer 81, 900 from !he con-
,trnctidn. drainage and supply appropriation of
1ss4 10 the salary account OF the present year I'D
the Department of Public Works was referred
to the Controller 10 examine and report, as was
also another request from the same department l0r
The issuance of $250,000 of Croton water stock:
An application was made by the Park Department
foI the issuance of $1,000 Of bonds TO pay 10r pre-
liminary survey of sites for bridge 10 pe 1ull.
over the Harlem River WITHIN n mile OF dien
Fridge The Board of Aldermen asked for YoOO "a
deiray the cost of reviewing stands used oy inc
CITY authorities and their friends on decoration
Day Both were referred TO the Controller. o,,o
Inc BOARD also appropriated from the excise
moneys $50 2Gi 20 for the support OF children com
United 10 various charitable institutions duIlng the
month of April by police magistrates Oh this cl'y'
KILLED BY AbOILER EXPLOSION.
A steam drcdger owned by Patrick Pidgeon,
contractor, of No l06 Nall-st has been IN use loI
month in the Harlem RIVER wheie t1e Seco dn
Avenue Elevated Railroad bridge is TO be con
stmcted ii has been in charge of Patrick Gregg
an unlicensed engineer. No notice was sent TO IN,
Bureau for the INSPECTION OF steam boIers AT Slr[
Newburg into the Harlem RIVER ana the law com
pelling the testing of the boiler was not compiled
with shortly before a. H. yeSteraa Ion rno abnn
Two feet long and two inches wide. Nhcn the eX
mission occurred Gregg was reading newspaper Oh
the upper deck and was not INJURED JaeS ip
lew, minutes William Hudson. the cook, was neal
Trelcy but he jumped overheard lie was scaueo
scrionsly on the back and was removed 10 the
Nmctv-nnth street Hospital: His home Is In New
burr Feeley had family lVlng III SOuth Drook
lyn and was thrty-eght years old No danage, was
done the or to the machinery OF tie uIeugcr
Gregg said that the boiler had been used only twt
years and that it was built by Napley d Levy. o.
ihla ielphia 1t had never been tested because tht
fredCcr was not in at any one place lOr a long
time An examination after the explosion showed
that the iron front was badly corroded where th(
break occurred. Sergeant Mullen, In command o.
the Bureau Tor the Inspection of steam Boilers ap
nlied for warrants for the arrest OF Pldgeon anC
Gregg II was said that the Coroner would prop
ably commit the prisoners for mansiaughter'
THIEVES IN HIGH PLACES DENOUNCED
Judge Gildersleeve in his charge TO the june
Grand jury yesterday, made series OF IenaIk'
which were taken as referring 10 the recent HhaI
cal troubles. David NJ. TurnuTe was appointed
foreman of the Grand Jury. The Judge after re.
fcTing 10 the successful attempts that were made