The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-17
isolation TO Be
FIRST MOVE HERE
IN PATH|s|s WAR
Plans Formulated al Meeting of
Committee of One Hundred
in Library.
BODY TO COOPERATE
WITH HEALTH BOARDS
May Get Tract of Land Near
Soho for Advanced Con-
sumptives.

The fight against tuberculosis is on
in earnest today as a result of the first
meeting OF the COMMITTEES of 100 in the
Public Library last night Working
committees were appointed. and from
now on will wage 8 vigorous campaign.
One of the first things. that the COM
n1ittee win do Is TO try to influence the
BOARD of Freeho1ders at It's meeting
March 13 to allow the use of tract of
land adjoining the Isolation Hospital
at Soho for shacks where the advanced
patients may he treated and isolated.
A committee was appointed to confer
with the Tuberculosis League of
Orange. February 90 This committee
has arranged for public hearing with
the Board of F'reeholders on March II
to consider the advisability Of con
structing a county tuberculosis hos
pital. II was also suggested that the
Essex County Hospital for the Insane
in South Orange avenue would be a de-
sirable building for such purpose
after the insane patients have oeen
transferred to Overlook.
These ideas came from Supreme
Court Justice Francis j. Swayze, who
appointed the committee of 100. After
the speech OF the justice calling atten-
tion to these plans, he announced the
personnel of the three committees
that are to carry on the fight in con-
junction with the local Board of Health
and the State Board of Health. as xcIl
as all the other bodies that are inter
ested in the fight against the disease.
These committees are as follows:
Executive. former Governor Frank
lin Murphy. Dr. Leslie D Ward
j William Clark. former Sena-
tor Michael T. Barrett. Louis
Hood. the Rev. DR.. Louis Shreve Os-
borne, DR. Edward j. III: finance com
nlittee, former United States Senator
James Smith. jr.. former Judge Gott-
fried Krueger. Franklin Conkiin. .or-
nler Mayor Henry NJ Doremus, James
s Higbie.. Adrian Riker, Abraham
Rothsclild; education committee,
Charles G. Ellsworth, DR. Samuel e.
Robertson. Wilson j. Vance. the Rev
edral: the Rev Solomon Foster, Of
Temple B'nal Jeshurun; G. wisner
Thorne Harrison Van Duyne.
Among Those Present.
Among those present at the meeting
were: Former Governor Franklin Muir
ply. former United States Senator
James Smith, jr.. former Judge Gott-
fried Krueger, Judge George r.
Gray. Assemblyman Henry c. Hines
Mayor Jacob Haussling. City Counsel
James r. Nugent. General j. w. Plume,
President OF the Common Council Will
lam Pennington, DR.. Joseph c. Young,
DIR. Leslie d. Ward. the Rev. DR.. NJ. 4.
McManus. the Rev. DR.. David f.
Frazer DIR. Charles F. Underwood.
Captain Charles j. Allen. DR. William
II. Vail. DR.. George ]. Holmes. George
f. Reeve, president of the Board Of
Trade; former Sheriff Frank H. SOM
mer. Adrian Riker Judge Francis A.
SYayze. former Judge Alfred Skin
ner. Franklin Conklin, William I.
Hunt. Arthur McDougall. Rich
ard c. JenlSinson, Henry Dixon,
Abraham Rothschild, DR.. Samuel e.
Robertson, Harrison Van Duyne, c.
Wisner Thorne. Playground Commits
sioner George W. Jagle, Daniel II. Dun
ham, DIR. 7. w. Corwin. the Rev.
Thomas ]. yillers, Frank Allen John
r. Hardin. former City Counsel Joseph
Coult. David III. Merritt. the Rev. A. T.
Brock, Chester R. Hoag. Edgar Ward,
former County Physician DIR. William
S. Washington. DR.. James T. Wright
son. Dr. H. L. Colt Edward T. Ward.
Albert G. Scherer, Mrs. H. II. Dawson.
Miss n. K. Holman and Miss Eleanor
Aschenbach.
In opening the meeting former Gov