Three applicants for the position of dog catcher which, Mayor Herber T. Ames said last evening, is open to a competent man, visited the mayor this morning seeking the job.

The mayor refused to say if any of the applicants he interviewed, or any of the men who phoned him concerning the position would be definitely recommended for appointment.

He spent several hours this morning with the city solicitor and several legal advisors of the city in an effort to determine the course the city will follow in the matter of the handling of the Water Company case which the Public Services Commission dismissed last night and therefore gave little attention to consider the recommendation for the position of dog catcher.

One of the men who visited the mayor this morning in his office is a man who has had three years of experience as dog catcher in a Maryland town.

Before any recommendations upon this matter can be made, the mayor let it be known that he desires that he give all men wishing consideration an opportunity to make application. He set no date for making his decision.