Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-11

| recommend that either the law of 1906
be amended or a new act be passed, re-
stricting transportation by pipes, OF
otherwise. of subterranehn waters out
of this state.
- The rapid growth of our state.
and the present and prospective de-
mnnds OF our people for water sup
ply for potable purposes make II
imperative that all water rights,
whether surface or sub%terranean,
should be preserved and controlled
by the state for, onr oun use.
No subject is of grenter moment
10 our people than the conservation
of our potable waters. No indl-
yidunI or corporation sh0uld he
permitted TO transport out of the
State any water within N terri
tory; certainly not without the
permission of the. Water supply
Commission. or some other state
board. -
We should not permit the sale of this
necessity of life in any case where II
could in any way interfere with the
full and free water supply required fol
our own people. No individual or cor
poration should be allowed to makt
gain at our expense, and the Legisla-
ture win have no matter before it more
important than the enactment of strin-
gent laws upon this subject.
, / not only recommend that the act
of 1905 be extended to s~ubterranear
waters, or a new act passed covering
such waters, bht / suggest hat q
statute be enacted making it a INSIDE
meanor for any individual or corpora
ton to attempt to divert any of the
potable waters of the State, for any
purpose, to any point out of the State
l further recommend that n statute
be passed empowering the Court oil
Chancery to enjoin for any entry upon
the lands of the State, where such
lands are under the jurisdiction of tbs
Riparian. Commission as provided II
sections 20 and 3S Of the riparian act
TubercuIosis.
BY Joint Resolution No. A. Of thS
Laws of 1909, the Legislature created 4
commission and appropriated ifteer
hundred dollars to promote the worl
of education in fighting tuberculosis.
a great meeting was held in Trenton
and the state has been awakened tt
the Importance of this work. Severa
counties have established local santa.
RUINS and private enterprise has sup.
plemented them.
The State has the Glen Gardner insti'
tuition which accommodates about ~
patients.
The scourge Of tuberculosis gives Us
our greatest death rate-that of las
year reaching almost 1000. 1t is tn,
enemy of the race. and the state owes
a duty to the people to meet and con
quer it in every possible way. NJ
money can be spent to better advan'
tage. A systematic war should be mad'
upon 1t. The department to direct J.
should be the State Board OF Health
Ample power should be given thai
board with an adequate appropriation
to do effective work. This is recon-
mended by the commission above men.
toned.
The management at Glen Gardner
asks for a sufficient sum to erect three
shacks that will house about twent,
patients each. and the State hospitals
at Morris Plains and Trenton. and thu
Village for Epileptics and the Home FOL
Feeble-Minded Women each ask for {
small appropriation for the erection O.
n shack on their grounds TO trea'
tubercular patients. All these requests
I am convinced should be granted.
The location of any buildings for thu
prevention or cure of tuberculosil
should be subject to the approval Of TIL,
State Board of Health and no building
for this purpose. whether public 81
private, should be permitted TO be es
tablished or maintained in this STATE
until the permission Of that board b.