The evening world., 1893-12-09

the cable displaced; then the hard
times Ia another reason" ,--
Strange that worn-out strcet-car horses
should govern the market price or sZoo
This is what The Herald said OF Mr..
Dahlman and his horse business Few
MIR. Isaac II. Dahlman. the wcli-known
horse dealer In East Twenty-fourth
street, is making daily sales. but speaks
In his characteristicaIly conservative
way OF the business ut present. fester-
day he said that II was decidedly dull.
SO far MS the ordinary. class OF horses
Is concerned. Good horses-thn very
as ever. but are hard to get Inferior
animals are plentiful and bring low
prices; which are only obtained with
Edwin a. Parsons. "A veterinary sur
gcon. who was witness Mt the stnr
chamber Investigation; stated that ne
purchased horses for IL Clauscn 4 song
Fink & Sons. Adams Express COMPANY,
Matthew Baird and the sixth Avenue
Railroad Company. He failed to state.
however and. strange to say, the M
vcstigators neglected to ask him what
the firms named paid for good. SOUND
drnught horses. ,-,-
There are some laughnhle discrepancies
in the evidence adducCd by Wahle ana
owen in their alleged Investigation. FOR
instance. one man who has been familiar
with the horse business for many years
been reduced ~ per cent. since June 80.
| 1881.
Then another man who has been famil-
lar with the horse business FOR many
have been reduced 10 per cent since
June 80 1893. The balancing machine
OF the Wahle and owen washing
! bureau must have slipped cog some
Or. James HamilI. veterinary surgeon
| for seven years In the employ OF the
ing DEPARTMENT said to an
Il do not think the average of horses
in the Department Is renriy so good ms
II was tour or five Years ago. J see
1,3oO pounds In weight. Many OF IN,
horses now In the Department ! would
never accept as sound animals"
But DR. Hamill wasn't called as n wilt
ness His statement II inserted in
Wahle and owens report. would make
that document read badly. His was not
tho fort OF evidence the investigators
were looking for.
Tho star-chambcr investigators took
no notice Of the relative market value
Of horses. ns given by the late Miss
| MILDLY Morgan, in her reports for 1891
1882 and i$S8 No better authority on
| horses ever lived than Miss Morgan. who
quoted heavy draught horses In 1891 nj
from sllJ to slS. and In 1899 Mt from $l2;
to $50.
The United States Government bought
heavy draught horses for the ARTILLERY
| S"rNlc" Il year ago, SIX months ago and
three months ago Mt $50 each
| Tn" Wahle and owen bureau did not
inquire into the prices paid for these
! horses, although NJ rssts. F'iss a. Docri
sold t'nCl" SMm some of these animals.
I!riehy. the embarrassing report al
tie investigators shows that there was
no search made for the truth; that only
Witnesses favorable to the Strcct-rlcan'
Ing Department and the system OF
which " IL run were cSamincd: that Il
Tut Of 1000 hr"kpn-dOwn rcet-Cai
horses has caused decline IN the vHlu,
of sound, ''greon" ash cart horses: thai
there We're horses purchased by Eren
nan Under tn" required i50 pounds
weight. and over the required sever
wears In age: that ash-cart horses car
be purchased for $50 each: and that the
cit" has been the victim OF extravagant
and wasteful methods in the Street
Cleaning Department.
Investigation by II Grand Jury may
vet disclose the true inwardness OF this
horse deal and the necessity for tn,
liberal apple. ton of whitewash.