The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-13
HOW T0WSER IS
MADE USEFUL
His Skin Becomes Gloves and Car
cass Converted Into Fertilizer.
D0G-CATCHER HELPS INDUSTRY.
Transition Of "BOw-wOw" from a
Nuisance 90 Il Blessing Via DIR.
Jud. II. Woods Gas Box-Ca-
nine Population of Richmond

every dog has his day." IS tho way an
DID saw runs. The torrid thirty-one pc
RODS into which August IS divided are
commonly known as "dog days but it
Is a pretty lively and discreet canine that
can lay claim TO as much as twenty-iour
hours lease on life nowadays. unless his
opuient owner has paid Charlie Phillips
one or two dollars.
Ii IS too hot 20 bother with statistics
this warm weather. except TO give one
or two items bearing on the subject
Poll tax" s. only paid on ESQ dogs In
Richmond Conservative estimates plaee
tho number Of the animals IN the city az
over 5000. 50 that more dogs live with
out a right 70, than pay taxes.
A VEXATIOUS QUESTION
The dog question is a vexatous one, and
is never settled. one of the most efec-
tive measures ever adopted by the city
Council. was passed many years ago when
fine Of s.. half % go % the inforneT.
was imposed on all houscholders har-
boring dogs on which the tax was not
paid.
For several days tho crush AT the OF
fee Of the City Treasurer 20 pay dog
taxes was SO great that the Office force
couldn't handle the crowd and the time
for the ordinance 20 50 into effect had
10 be advanced.
This has not been the case in Rich
mond. the past week the activity of The
dog-catchers only driving hfy-hye own
ers TO the Treasurer's office. The great
er number Of persons owning dogs on
which taxes are unpaid have satisfied
themselves With keeping the animals un-
der cover and many kid has been
tanned during the past sennicht for TAX
ing Towser out on the street 20 play.
Nrf Haf ~
owners. the doe-catchers under the SUI |
peryision of Policemen NJ b. Sutton and |
j. pendleton have captured scores of ca- |
mines. Some have been redeemed but |
what becomes OF those which have no !
claimants and as IS frequently the case l
no owner Is not generally known. The ,
majority Of persons think the dogs are |
sent 90 the cremaiory. but such is not
the case.
BECOME UGEFUIA
Many n cur which until recently ran |
around the streets Of Richmond. bar&ed |
az bicyclists. and stole meat from kitch-
en- tables is to-day ready to serve n uee-
ful f somewhat inglOriOus purpose Use
less in life DE has been converted into |
useful material. Just how 90 ls done VIII
be told as the result OF my investigations. |
part OF which were made with the right |
hand holding the nasal apncndare iu |
Z
ried on in a very unnatural tone
The DOGS upon which sentence ~ death |
has been passcd are not in q very cheerful !
frame OF mind and seem aware that the
iis is about up when they are taken o. !
tne rear OF the headquarters of the So oil
oiety for the Prevention of Cruelty TO
Animals. Here until yesterday. the sen |
tence was executed.
DOSS AsPIlNIATED.
has there big box made air tight and
lined with galvanized iron. A pipe con-
nectcd with The city gas mains Is run
into the box. while another pipe acts as
vent when the execution Is over The
dogs are placed I'm the box. the door and
vent closed and the gas turned on
Tho first day or two a large number OF |
dogs were placed In tie box. For sew
oral minutes their means and erowls
were extremely pitiful. and hcto@ened
great suffering. After about four minutes |
the noises ceased The box was allow
e. 70 remain closed for about ten min
Ures. when the vent was opened and
next the door was raised the dead dogs
taken out. and loaded into "a wagon 20
BE- carrier 90 the factory of j. b. Becker
SIAN.
A HUMANE METHOD.
Before following the dogs 10 the fac !
Tory u should bo mentioned that Dr |
Wood said. when ] called his attention 10 !
he apparent sufferIngs of the animals.
hat 10 was due 10 the oyer-crowdiue o.
hs box Not over fifteen should 60 in at
nee He said he he'd witnessed oNper.
ments in Sew York when ninety-siX dogs
.nd eats were placed under "a glass case
.nd the cass turned on. There was n |
marked absence of evidence OF pain and !
he only thing noticed was rapid sink
1g into "a siupcncd condition. The crowd
which g7thcgcf and other Incidents con-
ecied wish the wholesale slaughter. have
rOYcd so disaEToeahio 10 nopr-by resi-
onts that Dr Wood discontinued Nl.
ng the dogs Friday and turned The mat
er over 10 the city.
DEPOSITION On DOCGIE.
Returning TO the dogs MI BickerstaN
,ads them ON a wagon and carries them
D his factory. about Two and one-half
niles below Fulton. near The Chesa-
cake and ohio railroad. Here they are
Jumped into z room and one Of the en-
ioyes ska the dogs. takes OF their
ark" in other words.
The skins are sent &c a tannery and in
ne time dog-akln gloves appear on the
arLot
Everything else OF dogeie IS dumped
10 watts nlied with water and a certain
sr cent Of sulphurlc acid. They are al
wed 20 stand about twenty-four hours.
hen the meat and bones separate.
The bones are thrown into a "digesior"
hich looks like boiler set on end.
here they are subjected 20 sixty ponds
steam for four hours This sof,cns
e bones 50 that after being properly
icd they may be ssily ground into bono
can fer,i'izer. OF which ato1, 80 tons
year are turned out
The meat which was separated from
Q bones f. subjected To stu stronger
Jphpsse acid. II Is then dried. ground
m elaborate series af naesrators and