Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-26

man Leonard to continue the way he
had been doing. She said she had
visited the pound in company with
the mayor and knew whereof she
spoke. She called attention to the
fact that the pound should be within
city limits, accessible for persons
wishing to redeem dogs and so that
inspection could be made to see that
dogs were properly fed and cared for,
and that they should be disposed of
in a humane manner, as provided for
under the law.
City Attorney Speaks.
At the close of Mrs. Chauncy's re-
marks, Mr.. Pearse stated as follows:
Il am a great lover of dogs myself,
and while 1t is not my duty as city
attorney to express any opinion on
this affair, nevertheless II what Mrs.
Chauncy says Is true it is a very seri-
Gus matter for this council to on
slider. / do not care whether a dog
is worth a dollar or twenty-five cents.
If you or l had a dog which we loved
and he has strayed out OF the yard
and taken to a pound which is a mile
or a mile and a half away from our
house outside the city limits and put
In a dungeon Or cellar and there kill
ed by cynide potassium, l certainly
think there Is not a mar here in this
council hat would stand for any
thing of hat sort. Although there
are no formal charges against the
dog warden, nevertheless 1t might be
well to heard from him"
Albert Leonard, dog warden, took
thu Anar anl In ncura IN intarrnOp-
tories stated that the pound was in
Sayreville township at a place call
ed Melrose; that 1t is a cellar of a
house burned to the ground; that
there is a roof over it; that the dogs
are killed with cynide potassium pur-
chased from A. c. Parisen, druggist;
that he does not carry a gun of any
sort; that he does lasso dogs, but
only such as are running at large;
that he does not OAK them out of
yards; that he catches dogs with his
hands with gloves on and puts them
in a wagon; that be never goes In
yards and has not got a female dog.
In answer to the question what he
did with dogs having tags on them,
he replied he simply gave them a
look and let them go when he saw
they had their citizenship papers.
Left To License Committee.
Mr.. Pearse suggested hat the
whole matter be left with the COM
mittee on license to determine wheth-
er or not formal charges should be
made against the dog warden. Mr..
Stanton, of the committee, did not
agree with Mr.. Pearse, taking the
stand 1t was a legal matter that
should be disposed of by the solicit
or. Mr.. O'COnnor stated he had
heard q number of complaints about
the dog warden going into yards and
he spoke to him about 1t. He cited
an instance Of a lady complaining
she was pushed about by the dog
warden and that he, Mr.. O'Connor,
advised her to go to the police JUS
tice and make a complaint against
the warden. Mr.. O'Connor stated it
should not be expected that we would
20 to Rutgers College for a dog war
den, we had to select a person adapt
ed to that kind Of business, and he
thought Leonard we'll adapted, but
that he must be kept within bounds,
The matter was finally left to the
committee on license, who decided to
meet Thursday night of this week to
go over the matter and hear any fur
Their complaints IN regard to the dog
warden.
Electric Light Poles.
Mr.. O'Connor called attention to
the condition of a number of electric
light poles, some being rotten, ETC.,
and the clerk was instructed to COM
municate with the light company In
regard to the matter and advise that
the light committee will be glad to
meet their representative and go yer
the subject.
Mr.. O'Connor reported that the
Jersey Central Traction Company
had placed a t~wenty-inch pipe under
their tracks at Main street and
Broadway, and that the Pennsylvania
railroad had extended the twenty
inch pipe to the foot Of Main street
P. J. Monaghan was given the floor
to explain a protest he had made as
to the manner in which Collins 4
Gundrum had made connection with
the sewer from his property on
Broadway, claiming instead Of using
an az" they had u a perfectly
straight line from his house and I'M
properly connected 1t with the tap.
Mr.. Collins claimed the work was
done In accordance with the instruc-
lions Of the city engineer n offered
to stand the expense of digging down
to the connection to view 1t In case it
| should be determined he was wrong,
but that the city should stand the
lexpense II Mr.. Collins was right. Al
| ter discussing the matter to some
length 1t was decided this was the
i best course to pursue and the mat
ter was left In the hands OF the sew
err committee with power.
Sewer Question Raised.
Mr.. Samuel Learner was given the
floor and claimed that on Prospect
and Highland streets the sewer had
been run to within about one hun
dred feet Of his property and there
stopped. Contractor Monaghan sta
ted that was as far as the plans call
ed for. The matter was left In the
hands Of the sewer committee with
power to act.
Bill for $500 in favor Of P. j..
Monaghan for sanitary sewer con-
struction was ordered paid, having
been properly certified to by the city
engineer.
The report of the treasurer was
received, read and ordered filed.
Mr.. O'Connor stated the fire alarm
system was in bad condition, that 1t
was his opinion the boxes contained
improper machinery to enable the
bell and auxiliary whistle to sound
at regular intervals, and hat 1t
would be we'll for the fire depart
ment to take the matter up with the