Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-05-20
FORMAL OPENING OF STATE
TUBERCULOSIS SANATORIUM.

! DR.. William =. mayer, l'r. lI'TDcTl
NJ. King, of New York, and DR.. John
$. Fulton were the central figures in
the dedication and formal opening
Saturday of the new State Tubcrcu-
losis Sanatorium in the heart of the
Blue Ridge Mountains.
Senator Smith, who was largely in
strumrntal in securing the state ap-
preparation of S265, 900 for the sana-
torium and its equipment, and who
was chairman Of the building COM
Emission, formally handed the build
ing and grounds over to the state.
Governor Crothrrs accepted the pro-
pnrty on behalf of the state.
DR.. John $. Fulton, formerly Sec
retary of the State Board of Health,
added to DR.. Thayer's historical
-kctch.
DR.. Herbert NJ. King told Of the
operations of the Sanatoriurn at Loom
! j., y. v, of which he is Il suptrin-
trndcnt.
, State Treasurer Murray Nandivrr
was present, but did not make Il
speech. The eyes of all the doctors,
Iaymrn and of tuberculosis patients
rested upon him, for he was the man
behind the appropriation for the in
stitution when man of influence
was needed.
DR.. II. Warren Buckler was also
present but he was silent. So was
Mr.. $. X. Dennis, the secretary Of
the commission. They are the men
who, with Senator Smith and other
members ,f the commission, have
made the sanatorium Il practical
reality.
The speeches were listened to by
about 400 physicians, 100 laymen
and about 100 ladies, wives and
daughters of the physicians and of
the laymen. In addition to the most
prominent members of the medical
profession present there were in the
gathering the most prominent MEM
bers of every other profession in the
state and men prominent in business
and other activities of life. The Wis
itors were conveyed to Sanatorlum
Station, over IL half mile from the
institution, in a special train over
the Western Maryland Railroad !,
which left Union Station at 10 O'Clock
a. m. and which ON the return trip
left Sanatorium at p. m, arriving
at Union Station after 6 O'Clock.
One of the incidents of the visit oc-
cured ut the start of the return Jour
ney. DR.. Kelly, of Kent county,
who stood in an aisle of car on the
going Journey, was anxious to secure
seat in a ear. In his haste he
grabbed for Il moving car. a second
later he was under the car. DR..
Smith, bystandcr, at imminent
peril, pulled him aside of the rear
wheels of the car. Dr. Kelly was
saved by two seconds and two inches.
So certain We're many onlOokcrs that
he had lost his life that they turned
their heads to avoid the disagrecablc
scene.
The sanatorium is magnificent
stone building prrched amid a clump
of trees ON the top of mountain
near Sabillasville. This is the adj
ministration building in which are
the executive offices and apartments
of the executive staff Connected
with this building is another in which
the diningroom is located.
Standing on the broad veranda OF
this main building, the visitors gazed
with admiration upon vista of
scenery which, with its greenwards,
its patches of newly plowed ground
and its woodland all adding and
blending their many colors, looked
like an old fashioned C razy quilt.
The background of the scene was a
far away mountain covered with trees
in the magniticence of their spring
plumage and dotted here and there
with white cottages.
In the rear were the eight frame
shacks, with wide verandas, where
the sun poured floods of its strongest
rays. 1t is on these verandas the
patients live, inhaling the pure
mountain air while asleep as while
awake. Back of these varandas are
rooms with glass fronts. In these
rooms were the iron beds, looking as
clean as newly washed linen can look
There are of these ~ pavilions, eacl
capable of accommodating 20 patients