The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-01-12
THE HUMANE SOCIETY.
Its Trustees Get Down to Work, and
Find Plenty Of 1t.
The Public Pound-Transporta OF
Food Animals-Sizes of Coops-
Investigations to be Had.

since incorporation last night. at the
! office Of Secretary w. D. Lawton, Presi-
dent j. W. Wilson presiding, and all the
! trustees in attendance.
! After the disposal of routine bushes
John Barrett, from the Society Commit
tee on the Public Pound, reported that
institution in horrible condition, a dis
/ grace to civilization. The horse corral is
but thirty by twelve feet. and the COW
corral about the same size. No shelter is
provided for the horses or cattle. No
water is available except such as is
hauled there in carts, and the horses and
cows are little fed, if at all, and appar-
emily the horses eat the fence pickets
where they stand tied, fetlock deep in
mud and water day and night. The dog
! pen is seven by nine feet. and dark and
crowded; the stencil is lawful" and the
! dogs are simply starved, apparently.
! The committee was so Disguised that it
could not elaborate upon the details, and
| cut its report short.
Officer Gibson reported q visit to the
pound also, and his account was more
! shocking still. Brutality, inhumanity
and cold-blooded cruelty were detailed.
The horses are pititul sights, have no
shelter and can lie down only in the mud
=
1t, on Cat straw, and little of that. Officer
| Gibson related other facts that come too
| close to corruption and crime to be stated
until there is further investigation. He
added that there is a gang OF rowdies in
! that region that is q terror and that OCca-
sions the neighborho0d alarm, and some
Of whom are charged with serving GER
tain ends of the Poundmaster's deputies.
A director then read from notes almost
Ildentlcally the same charges, as detailed
by resident near the pound, who did
not wish his name given, because he
fears the rOwdieS. His charges against
the POundmaster involve cruelty Of the
/ basest kind to both horses and dogs.
The board passed a resolution request
| ing the Mayor to cite the Poundmaster
before the Trustees to be warned and have
the law read TO him; also that the society
| would enforce Section of the Act of 1874,
making 1t criminal for d POundmaSter to
deprive any animal Of food and water for
twelve hours. Also that it would ask the
Trustees to pass an ordinance requiring
estrays taken TO the pound 10 be given
shelter from storms. Mayor COmstock,
who is one of the society's trustees, an
nOunced his intention to personally in
vestigate the pound at once, and to see
that the law is obeyed
The Committee ON Transportation of
Food Animals reported progress. One
member was relieved from duty. 1t de-
veloped that market men and meat cut
terS Of the city, all desire fowls brought
to market in high, roomy coops. But the
ranchers Will not Go 1t now, and if one
dealer objects to the present coops the
raiser goes OF to another market, and
hence, in order to get what he needs, the
dealer submits. one dealer was reported
as saving that fowls come to him often in
such bad condition that he has to free
them in lot for some days before they
are tit TO kill.
Secretary Lawton was instructed to
procure a copy of the San Francisco
ordinance fixing the hight Of transporter
ton coops for chickens. geese, ducks and
turkeys, and ask the City Trustees to
pass it. The coop regulation, it was
stated, has been in force twenty years in
! San Francisco, and the fowls come to
market in rOOmy cOOps and lit for killing.
! Concerning transportation Of calves, the
! board received Information that the CITY
! butchers all prefer to receive calves alive
and do not wish them to come tied and
bound to the wagon bed; bat the method
| Of hauling them to market, with the feet
tied and the head often fastened to the
wagon side, had prevailed so long that
the butchers were reduced to a choice of
evils-tO accept, often, veal butchered in
the country, or to take calves that have
been hauled as described. 1t was the
unanimous testimony of the board that
calves brought in tied and lying in the
bottom o. wagons are cruelty handled,
and that they are injured for food, and
that the practice is unlawful.
1t was finally agreed, in order that no
injustice should be done by suddenly
breaking up a twenty five years custom,
to give notice OF day certain say q
month or two months hence, when the
/ Illegal transportation OF food animals
/ must cease, that raisers may have ample
time to inform themselves and prepare
cages and coops, as is done under the law
for the San Francisco market, and there
fore can be done here.
Notice being given that the parent soci-
ETY. in New York would present the
Sacramento society with corporate seal,
on application, the offer was accepted
with thanks. Trustee q. II. Smith was
appointed a committee on design for an
> official badge. Trustees Hassett and
WoOdson were appointed a commit
tee to prepare pamphlet giving the State
law, instructions to officers, what the
aims of the society are, its desire to culti-
vate human practices, kindness, gentle
ness and mercy, and that it prefers to
prevent cruelty rather than to punish Of
tenders. Also to set forth other things
relative to specific cruelties CLEANED from
the experience Of other societies, the
whole to be submitted two weeks hence
for consideration before printing.
The board resolved that each trustee
should name three and the President six
persons to be created officers under the
law and entitled to the society badge and
the powers Of peace officers as in the law
limited. These twenty-fOur names will
be submitted two weeks hence and then
sent TO the Superior Court for confrma-
ton.
After an interesting session of two
hours the board adjourned TO meet on the
18th inst, when it will be reported lust
what is the law concerning the reporting
ofc0ntagi0us diseases among horses and
cattle in cities.
The association now has very nearly
two hundred members, these citizens
having submitted their names since the
last publication OF the roster of the Soci-
ETY. in the RECORD-U MON:
A. p. Scheld, G.. W. Railton, G.. Z. Du-
Den, l.. d. Taylor, 4. d. Grif1iths, 0. p.
Dodge, c. NJ. Blum, J. n. Payne, A.
Meyer, j. p McManus, A, J. McCor-
mack, Jesse Slaughter, ST.. j. Q. Cole
man, a. Aleister, Mrs. Il. G. Irvine, II. c.
Chapman, NJ. CoiIey, j. d. Tate, John
Beck, o. w. ErleWine, Il. b. Van Den
Burgh, $. NJ. kiefcr, G. j. Rhein, VIM.
Rider, J. J. Donnalle, II. j. Humphreys,
J. w. Toomey, i. w. White, Q. He'll
Carroll. George NJ. Mott. r. A. Lauder,
I William Fawcett, William Cohn, Ralph
Domaine, c. Grafmiller, A. Grafmiller,
f. Friedman, Dr. G. c. Simmons, DR.. a.
NJ. McCollum, NJ. J. Dillmau, b. IT,
lsSteinman, A. q. Folger, NJ. Brady. OIL
/ Ger Gibson last evening submitted six
/ teen other names he had secured
AMUSEMEATS
! The Beebe- Barbour Company had full