New-York tribune., 1901-12-09
A HOSPITAL IN THE STREET
HOW ORANGE HAS OUTWITTED OBJEC-
TIoN TO ITS PESTHoUSE.
1T HAS ERECTED BUILDINGS FOR ITS
SMALLPOX PATIENTS IN THE MIDDLE
OF PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE


OF PUBLIC THoRoUGHFARE
Orange n. J.. Dec. s tSpeciaD.-The author
tiles of the city of Orange planned clever coup
in the erection of temporary hospital for the
treatment of the ten patients now sick with
smallpox, and tonight the sick persons were
removed to the building and are comforta bly,
housed there while the city has fear of fur
ther injunctions or restraining orders. since nc
court would grant order after patients were
in the hospital Driven from one place to an
other in attempts erect building and
thwarted every point. the city finally decided
to close a street block long and erect the
hospital in the middle of the thoroughfare- In
taking this action the authorities have placed
themselves in position where they may be in
dcted for obstructing a public thoroughfare,
but every one concerned is willing to stand an
Indictment If any grand jury should determine
that in such an emergency municipality trans
gressed the laws.
The city made every effort to erect a hospital
before deciding to the street. First an ap-
plication was made to the city of East orange
for permission to erect a hospital on the orange
poor farm. a tract of thirty-three acres in East
Orange The New-Jersey laws provide that no
hospital can be built by municipality within
the limits of another municipal corporation
without the consent of that corporations gov
ernine BODY The East Orange Board of Health
and subsequently its City Council, gave the
necessary permission. but this action was
vetoed by Mayor Edward f. Bruen OF East
Orange. Then the West Orange Town Council
was appealed to for permission to place the
building in that town on the Orange Mountain
Pressure brought TO bear by citizens resulted in
the West Orange Council refusing the request.
1t was then that August F. Eckert gave the city
permission to his vacant land. at Mosswood
and Haywood aves.. for the hospital
The erection of the buildings begun. when
an Injunction was obtained by Thomas G. Bar
her. who owns vacant land near by: J. r.
wierdsna of Mosswood- ave South Orange; the
Rev Charles L. Pardee. rector of St Andrews
Church. South Orange. and Mrs. Bertha j.
Chandler and Perry Walton of Mosswood-ave.,
Orange.
When this injunction granted on Friday
night the city authorities looked about for ways
and means, and finally decided to place the
building in the middle of Heywood-ave- This
street was decided TO the city by Edward +.
Clamp. manager Of the Fidelity and Casualty
Company, of New-York, who owns surrounding
propertv. and who lives in Westinghouse. East
Orange Although accepted by the city. the
street is i'm passa be because the stumps of trees
there have never been removed. The injunction
on the part of residents in the neighoorhood TO
the use of the Echert property was granted be-
cause in the deed given by John G. Nose' the
original owner. twenty years ago. there was
clause providing that the land should not be
used for a stable stores. circus or anything else
cbjectiona bIe-o obnoxious or detrimental 1T o'''
surrounding property.
The extension of Heywood-ave., in which the
hospital is erected. was decided to the city by
Mr. Clapp. He anxious to obtain an IN
junction yesterday. but grounds could he
found TO warrant the granting Of this demand
Lest some new ground should be found, IL was
decided by the authorities to proceed with the
erection of the buildings rapidly. Electric lights
were raised all about the place, and the work
was carried on all night and continued to-day
Now that the buildings are erected, no court IL
is thought will give any injunction. lnasmuch as
the smallpox patients are all housed In the place.
Navor Henry Stetson. of Orange. was so IN
6fgnant over the action of the property owners
in getting an injunction, even though the nos
ntal is 800 feet distant from the nearest dwell
ing that he issued a proclamation yesterday,
attested with the city seal In this proclamation
he said referring Mr. Eckert. that his soul
is much larger than his pocketbook,' and con-
tinuing. he said that the residents who had OBJ
tanned the Injunction had mo regard for t,e me
interests of their city. Just why these
little people should lend hand to such a pro-
ceeding." said the Mayor, 'sLrpasses all com
prehenSiOn. He called upon the leople bi tie
city to Sustain by their words and action ihe
work of the Board of Health in this trying
emergency and give them their moral support
in their almost superhuman efforts to stamp
out the dread disease. instead of allowing 1t TO
become epidemic, some property owners seem
to desire. They have done the very best they
could, while thwarted in their benevolent WORK
by the very people who should have come TO
their assistance
The England Society of Orange last
night directed its committee on public welfare
to report upon the merits Of the opposition 10
the erection of the hospital. The resolutions
were presented by Camillus G. kidder. and de-
clare that the spread of smallpox in the country
and the existence of several cases in the COM
munity give reason to fear that the disease will
become epidemic this winter. The resolutions
also declare in favor of a permanent isolation
hospital for the Oranges, and attention is called
to the fact that the money spent in the present
outbreak would have provided such hospital.
Two new cases developed in Orange yester-
day. Thomas j. Taylor. New-York business
man. whose daughter married only ten
days ago was taken sick with the disease. He
lived until last week at Palm Lodge in Centre
st. which abuts the property where the
Peters family live and where the smallpox first
appeared. Last week Mr. Taylor sold Palm
Lodge and moved to High-st.. Orange. Robert
Brennan a watcher, employed at the Hurlbut-
St house was also taken with the disease. These
cases make a total of twelve in Orange since the
disease broke out. There have been two deaths