Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-30
AWAY WITH Dogs
The Committee Urged to AOate Inc
Great and Growing Nuisance.
CITIZENS MAKE STRONG PROTEST.
Air. Lanbe Advocntcs the N""p'''"
NJ the Police Boards ordinance
views Of Mr. str""N ""
Halves.

.t rtcbf and C0nslatI'A
-. measures. Those IN "''ehu-
nv - Nessrs. Bloomberg chairman
.,.no.ron Mitchell, and Lauder. ihere
.is, prcsent a number OF clti1ehS
interested Ia ordinances 10 % ''uOi.N
no The first matter OF business ~
.-,s. was the ordinance OF MI she""'
,~o,.,a,n- Tor reorganization OF the sew
,,...rcit committees OF the city Couns
IN ~. measure was read and hperauy
-.....3 I'm a general way. 1t reduces
49,. .,,cral committees by consolidating
.,,.l OF them. and cutting down the
.,,.ber of members composing them'
and further stipulates that no member
Of the Council shall be on more than
me committee. save in one or TWO cdses'
Mr. Bloombcrg spoke briefly upon the
sses.ion. saving that ne was IN I"Nor OF
vr Snead's ordinance, with certain
amendments. According TO the plan OF
he clay Ward member some of me couh-
linen could not by Ii become members
3f any OF the important committee
The Chairman announced That ne Wa
anxious TO have an arrangement 10y
which each member could be ON some I'M
,,rtart committee. He though. insie"d
10 the committee-work being done 10y
i,yenf1-four members OF the Colncli' uS
would be the case under NJ She""
ordinance. IL would be better to itnueo
The number Of committee, and lncie"s1
.he number OF members TO Twelve -
hitting no member 10 be ON more IMAM
one committee. BY this system 800
would be twelve men in the Co-hcii VIM
could have the opportunity 10 pest men
selves upon every matter tN"t Hl'sN'
.ume before them.
The ordinance was discussed Iu''Hel,
fnd was finally laid upon the tame unti
inc next regular meeting of the COM
mitteo in order 70 get further light upon
,he question.
THE DOG QUESTION.
Tho prono.el dog ordinance. with re-
uuiremcnts for licenses and collars, was
rad Mr.. Joseph w LauUe, az the re-
nreecntative Of the Board OF Police COM
r,issloncrs evplalnel the measure en-
dorsed bv tat body. This. he said, was
the only remedy for the suppression
of the great dog and gosy nuisance. MI
Lqube asserted that ordinances on this
subject now in force in dozen or more
giues had been examined, and the ordi-
nance before the committee was what
vss REGARDED as an improvement upon
ne under police surveillance. They were
becoming q great nuisance. especially TO
DIcvlste and horseback-riders, by run
r.r aficr them and swapping at their
wheels or animals Mr.. Lagbe said the
late Major Poe, Chief Of Police, had made
rp an estimate that there were 5000
dogs in this city, while the highest
amount Of revenue ever turned into the
city Treasury In any one year was about
$3.50 He was of the opinion that the
total cost c. the pound-plan proposed by
the Board OF Police Commissioners-tha
g.. the running expenses Of the pound, Of
operating the dog wagon, and the wages
o. three men-would not exceed $Z,JD
a year. He thought. by the adoption OF
this measure the people Of Richmond
would be rid OF great annoyance
FOR FRANKLlN-STREET DOGS.
Mr.. Charles Straus appeared before the
committee as a citizen interested in the
dog laws. He thought the plan Of the
Board of Police Commissioners was 10
legislate IN favor OF the Franklin-street
dogs and against those OF the poor people
Of the city. He explained how a number
az times he had been attacked. and had
had his horse attacked while riding or
driving by vicious dogs. He said the
dogs with medals were just as great a
source OF annoyance 10 the pedestrians,
licycusts and horsemsD as the dogs
without medals He stated that when
horse had once been bitten by a dog
the animal would thereafter Away shy
when a dog sprang at him. 4 horse
would very naturally become frightened
and run when "A dog was dashlng and
barking "a his heels. Mr.. Straus was sat-
i-lcd with the ordinance as far as il
went but he was ia hopes that the Coun-
o., would do something to keep the dogs
on the streets. He wanted TO see an
ordinance adopted which would keep all
clr. whether licensed or unlicensed
from running at large upon the streets,
and that would provide that a vicious
canine. biting person or horse, should
d. killed.
4 TERROR 10 HORSES.
Quite q strong argument along the
same line was made by Colonel q. Percy
Halves. Colonel Hawes spoke as the
representative, not only OF several horse
men. but Of the bicyclis,s. He referred
10 an instance in which Colonel c. OBJ.
Cowardin had recently been very pain
fully injured In an accident sustained by
"a dog jumping in front OF him while he
was riding bis wheel down the street.
Colonel HAYES also cited a number Of
cases In which persons and horses had
been attacked and bitten by dogs upon
the street He referred especially 10 an
instance In which Mr. s. II. HAYES was
badly hurt and bad a valuable mare
ruined by one OF these loahng members
Of the canine family Colonel Halves
stated that he could see no remedy for
this evil upon the street but 10 keen
the dogs or as was being done
in an the larger cities. The sneaker
had killed one OF these pestlleut creatures
and had peppered great many others
with b.rd-shot. He did not want TO make
an enemy OF any man by shooting his
dog. but he was bound 10 protect himself
Persons owning valuable dogs could keen
them 40 the city's pound by having an
arrangement whereby the city pound
would care FOR them at about s. nor
month. Colonel Halves remarked that his
horse was once chased bv three
DOES belonging 10 Nj. A. c. Maynard.
Ie asked this gentleman 10 keep his
oofs on the street. lie told FIR. May
rard be did not want 10 have 90 shoot
one of his dogs. WhereupOn the latter
gentleman replied. Colonel Halves IL
you shoot one Of my dogs IN shoot you"
colonel Halves added that he had perfect
respect Tor Air. Maynard, but referred 10
the matter 10 show how necessary 10
was to have these CANNES relegated
from the streets Touching upon the
question OF bowling dogs, Colonel Halves
eNI hat that subject was already COW
tll ly the ordinance regarding nul-
sauces. The only trouble IN this cOnnec-
i'n was thst there was no system for
reporting such cases he said II had
i.en reported that gentleman worth
ah2ut NyNVo had once come TO Rich
mona WIZ view OF locating and estab-
Asiing @ plant OF some kind. but had
gone aWay on account OF the bowling OF
no ooss al night This rumor had been