Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-30
MORE TIME FOR DOGS.
officials Not Yet Ready to Receive the
Tax on CANNES.
THE POUND ALMOST COMPLETED.
A Free Ride, Two Days Board and Quick
Death for Vagrant Ours.
NO PoUNDnAsrER APPOINTED YET.

The midsummer season commonly known
as dog days will no longer be source of
fear to Pittsburgers. The Department of
Public Safety will see to it that physicians
are not overworked attending hydrophobia
cases. Worthless ours, not. aristocratic
enough to wear collars. will be deprived of
their customary privilege of frothlng at the
mouth. Dogs will have no chance this
year TO cast reflection on municipal officers
by turning up their noses at Allegheny
river water. Two days sojourn in a store
box on Ruch's hill and more or less peace
full death are about the prospects of un-
claimed CANNES.
Councils recently passed an ordinance
authorizing an annual tax of 81 on male
and 50 on female dogs, and providing for a
dog pound with proper attendants. The
ordinance fixed May as the date on
which this new law was to 60 into effect.
Things looked then as if there would be no
trouble in getting everything ready by that
date, but Councils were not counting on the
action of the Supreme Court.
CANNES Reprieved by Supreme Court.
The famous decisions in the street cases
with the municipal mix-up that followed,
have resulted in 10 days reprieve for the
dogs. When the ordinance was passed there
was rot sufficient money in the appropriation
OF 1890 to pay for printing the blanks and pur
chasing the brass tags necessary to the per-
sonal safety of all good dogs. This had to be
postponed until the passage of. the new appro-
priation ordinance, which was held back sew
eral weeks on account of the street di fhculty.
The abolition of the Department of Awards
and the uncertainty as to how to proceed with
out it also delayed matters. Since all these
things were settled. the time has been too short
for Chief Brown to get his preparations made
by tomorrow. AS a result, The date has been
postponed to May Is. at which time all dog
owners who want their pets to live had better
pay for the privilege.
3 When the tax is paid the owner will receive
brass tag. which must be fastened about his
dogs neck on a collar to insure immunity from
the dogcatchers. The plates are being made
in three sizes, according to the size of the ami
mai, all at the same price. Section of the dog
ordinance provides a fine of IS on the owner OF
every dog not licensed and provided with the
license tag as-y
Making Quarters for the Doomed.
For several days past force of men have
been at work in the old stable on Ruch's hill
belonging to the Department Of Public Safety.
Chief Brown has decided to use the place as
dog pound and 50kennels are being bnilt around
the inside. Outside the stable so big store boxes
will be arranged for use in event of an excep-
tionally large number of guests. The pound is
about completed
I'VE will not need room for more than 100
dogs" said Chief Brown yesterday I'VE will
only hold them two days before they are killed.
and not many can collect in that time. Every
dog will be killed when the time is up. None
will be sold. have not yet decided on the best
method of killing the animals but the easiest
and quickest will be adopted"
The appointment of pouudmaster will not
be made before May 10. Chief Brown has thee
appointing power, and there are number of
applicants. A man Of experience, who knows
something about the various breeds of CANNES,
will be required. The ordinance authorizes
the appointment of several assistants to the
poundniaster, but Mr.. Brown says the police
will be required TO do the work for the present.
until the experiment is tried. His plan re-
quires the patrolmen to capture the unlicensed
dogs and take them to tie nearest police STA
tion, from which they will be taken each day
to the pound in the patrol wagon.