The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-28
WON'T SHOE The FIRE HORSES
CITI ItN'T err WORN DONE ~
BROOkLTN or o. EMS.
ComPirsl,er PreNderEaa Ordered Int
fern Prices foe t1t, Herreshoetnx
nloa said No and Raised the
Price -Flreaaen Patching Up shoes.

The boss horseshoers Of Brooklyn have
gone on strike against the Fire Depart
ment and no union horseshoer IN that
borough or In Queens will put a new shoe
on any horse in tho eighty-two companies
making mp tina part Of tho Fire Depart
ment in service over there.
The strike was caused in consequence
81 Comptroller PrendergAst's recon-
mendation that the price for putting
foot gear on the horses be cut down he
cause 1t appeared to him that the city
was being imposed upon.
The Comptroller received Information
that horueshoers in Brooklyn and Queens
were charging the city fancy prices and
he sent out Investigators. They reported
that the city was bsing soaked IN the
scale of prices u had TAI pay for the care
Of its horses The Investigation brought
To light that prices for shooting horses
varied for different city departments.
The Police Department. the Comptroller
learned. was paying 81 81 horse Tor
shoes and pads the Fire Department ~
and tho Park Department s5o. The
invssti CATION showed caseS in which old
rubber pads were replaced on the horse =
fee, and the city charged for new ones.
The Comptroller prepared a schedule
81 pricea which he Thought was fair tn
the city and to tho horseshoers. This
schedule Was $50 for four new shoes
and IS cents each for new rubber pads.
which would make IS 50 for shoeing q
horse he thought all OF the city de-
partments should pay the same prices
Tor similar work in all boroughs and
that to prevent the shoers from putting
hack IN" old rubber pads and charging
Tor new ones the depart msnt having the
work done should require that the old
pads he returned when new ones were
put on
The Compt roller notified the depart
merits Of the result Of his Investigation
ar' sail that It was advisable To have
VI iiormlty 81 prices ire CommIssiorer
WAlIo actei upon the Comptroller's
the department TO pay orly sS SO
horse for shoeirR. The horseshoers
~ Brooklyn and Queens didn't like tho
cut IN tho prices they had been getting
for a long time. The more they
thought 81 II the more u seemed to them
that the city authorities were trying to
impose on them ftsr several Discus
siorS they rec lei hat they would rot
submit To the cut Then they got still
moro irCignart aud decided that tho CITY
wouli have TO nav 81 for having a horse
shod. or the horses would have TO 60
barefoot for all Of them.
Commi>siorer Waldo tried TO make ar
aijustms-t that would I've satisfactory
to the city authorities ARD to the horse
shoa~s hut the horSeshoers refused 20
ss'tl. on any ground except that Of s.
horse The Commissiorer wouldn't oon-
sent 10 the raise price The word Was
passe around on last Mordsy that whea
a hremaO came around wit horse TO
n" Shod he vas 20 he told that there was
rothi-s coi"g ur'il the s. rat" was ac-
C~Piei
Stree Their 70 fire horse has beer shod
10y urIou sheer No far there are 70
harsfOots fire horses because the hre-
men have been taking care Of their horses
Themselves II was though; that tha
labor urIors mil ht raise objection " rho
horses owret by the city we're shod nv
ANY hands except those Of a VT ior man. so
the fremer are orly Keeping the old
shoes fsste-ei to the hoofs TO prevent
the animals from IN jurirg Themselves IN
running to fires bArefootei No new
shoes are put on except where absolutely
! ece-sary When a shoe gets loose
fe~ extra rats are nut in
The horses have not suffered during
the week the strike has been on Up 70
yesterday TO adjustment 81 the cortro-
versy about rrIc~e had been reached
CommiSSI1nsr Waldo irstrIoted Deputy
I hief t,uerin TO look over the field and
report 10 him what measures he thought
REST to arrive a. a satisfactory solution
If the msi'@r