New-York tribune., 1906-12-09
SEEK TO QUIET CITY
-Hrs. Isaac l.. Rice's Project Receives
Much Influential Support.

MIS- Isaac l. Rice OF No. ITO Riverside avenue
mas enlisted in her Society for the Suppression Of
Unnecessary Noise. such DR.. Nicholas Muir
ray Butler. Professor ]. Bassett Moore William
Dean Howells. Health Commissioner Darlington
and captain Dow. OF the Association OF Masters
Mates and Pilots They have indorsed the organ
i%alon ana consented 10 act on the advisory COM
mittee.
Inc heads OF the various hospitals have also en-
thusiastcally indorsed the movement Without ex-
cepuon they and their patients have suffered great
~ from unnecessary noise. Two patients at the
sloane Maternity Hospital went insane as the re-
suit or such noises. ana many of then, have been
SO weakened by loss Of sleep. according to physi-
clans OF the hospital that their recovery has basn
almost impossible
In letter to Mrs. Rice yesterday Richard II
Io"hiey' superintendent OF the j. Hood Wright
hospital suggested that a patronan be placed on
each hospital block. to keep quiet the itinerant
pedlers and musicians and to keep the noisy
crowd away from arriving ambulances
Another letter was received from the resident
physician Of the Sloane Maternity hospital IN
which he said:
nus institution. at 5sth street and Amsterdam,
avenue: Is particularly afflicted with noises Two
starting and stopping Of cars the WSrrin Tf t6s Of
motors. "a the grinding of brakes and the pounding
ngnt and day: Moreover. the 5Sth street cars are
ttaTter the shouts and jokes of the d eondcors as
sn6 ot0rmen 3 the aitercstons With drunken pas
ueSe NOISES are not merely fhav
are serious menace 10 the health OF sick patients
Dr.. Louis Korturn. OF the German Hospital. also
wrote:
appeals TO the polics avail but little The rolsv
work MS tne & stone throwers continue to do their
Commissioners Darlington said that the new So
eiety would oe of great value in cooperating with
tne Heatth Department He believes that the So
work on w, accomplish much. lnasmuch as it is TO
~ tba slIVe lncs recognizing that many
Vi the noises or the city are unpreventabIe.
Inc hIst meeting OF the society will be held some
tirne before Christmas at the home OF Mrs Rice
organization viii then be perfected and constitu-
tloh and bylaws. no. being drafted will be adonted
nose VINO VIII serve the advisory board are
ri Dri Nicholas Murray Butler president Of Columbia
% Sg.iHSerSity; Or Thomas Darlington, Commissioner
Academy Of Medicine DR. John " BrsaSsn % 6rel ss
DE- " q y lne hospital Board: Dr. Francis Deiafeld
Solumoia University Law School: Professor Bas-
5a Unyersity William Dean aoWss a~ 15 ceg
love. love. Representative J. Van vechten OIcott Rep
OF The The Medical Record Captain Norton editor
Georra e AideinS Teb Jo3rnal Dr. William Hirsch. DR.
eTic5a Assqea ton Of Masters. Mates and Pilots
taaeey Nico Dr, Ernst j. Lederie. ex-colnnlis MS
stoner OF Health: Chancellor MacCracken OF
oaSa Is - y -, e9fhTe and President Finley. OF the
The board of directors Will consist Of Dr. Sam
Fo-, ESi Armstrons. superintendent of Bellevue.
LAMB La superintendent Of city Hospital; Dr. Horn
Dy, superlntsndent OF Flower Hospital; DIT. Louis
hortIn. superintendent OF the German Hospital;
Ut Ut G1over superintendent of ST. Iukes Hospital;
Or Sig1Smund ). Godwater superintendent OF
Mount Sinai Hospital; Dr. Richard H TownIey
superintendent OF the ]. Hood Wright HOSPITAL:
Or. William Mabon superintendent OF the Man
haitian State Insane Asylum: Dr.. George W. Ry-
Ger resident physician, Sloane Maternity: Dr. NJ
:, SSsregory resident sHenist, Bellevue Hospital;
Arendt. lecturer, Columbia University; Francis
Hamilton. solicitor to Collector Of Port John ].
Rooney. John TALBOT Smith, president OF the Cath
olic Summer School OF America; DR.. John H
Girdner. and T. z. Martin. editor OF The Electrical
World and Engineer
V. H Emerson has been making experiments for
the association a phonograph to take records
Of dihused sounds, and may be able exhibit rec
ords at the first meeting
The first work planned by the association fs to
ask the traction interests OF the city give orders
that the streetcar gongs shall be sounded in a
hospital block. Automobile owners will be asked
not TO use a horn except when absolutely neceS-
sary and to avoid passing a hospital when pos
sible. The association will also ask Commissioner
Bingham to detail a patrolman to each hospital TO
aid in the preservation of quiet