Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-22
TAKES
COL. C|LMOUR
Well Known Public Service
Attorney Dies Following
Operation in Newark

NEWARK, Aug. 22:-L. d. How
ard Gilmour. of Fair Haven and
Newark, general solicitor of the
Public Service Corporation of New
Jersey, and one of the leading public
utility experts in the state, died yes
terday at the Newark Memorial
Hospital following al operation per-
formed Saturday night for appendi-
citis.
Mr.. Gil:aour's only son, Howard
C. Gilmour of Newark, and his
daughter, Mrs. Lester S. Kafer, of
Westfield and Allenhurst. and other
immediate relatives who remained
at the hospital after the operation
were at the bedside when the end
came at S:15 o'clock yesterday after
noon.
MIR. Gilmour, whose wife, Mrs.
Jane Paullin Gilmour, died about
four years ago, was first taken i'll at
his office here last Wednesday. How
ever, he said that he would be able
to complete his work of the day anG
would visit the family physician the
next morning.
On Thursday morning, according
to his son, Mr.. Gilmour visited the
office of DR.. Joseph II. Wrightson of
rs Walnut street, Newark, and COM
planned that he did not feel we'll and
that he was suffering from a slight
pain in the side. Before leaving DR..
Wrightson, Mr.. Gilmour said the
pain had disappeared and that he
felt well enough to keep an appoint
lei in New Brunswick.
He left Newark shortly afterward,
and kept his appointment in New
Brunswick, later leaving for Allen
hurst whara ho haI 1nnphnnn at thn
summer home of his daughter, Mrs.
Kafer. After luncheon he told his
daughter hat he soon would be able
to visit her and take up his tennis
and golf.
On Friday he vas at his desk at
the Public Service Corporations Of
flee in Newark and said before leav-
ing for his home at Fair Haven hat
he had fully recovered from his
sudden attack of illness.
Shortly after arising Saturday
morning Mr.. Gilmour was suddenly
stricken with severe pains in the
side, and DR.. Wrightson vas called
from Newark. When he reached the
Gilmour home at Fair Haven he
found Mr.. Gilmour suffering great
pain. and. after an examination. di-
agnosed the case as appendicitis. He
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rushed Mr.. Gilmour to the Newark
Memorial Hospital in a private auto,
where DIR. Edward S%taehlin. Newark
specialist, performed the operation.
The disease had reached an ad-
vanced stage, according to DR..
Staehlin. and Mr.. Gilmour failed to
rally after the operation.
Mr.. Gilmour, who became con-
nected with the Public Service Cor
poration in "A legal capacity at its
organization in June. 1903. vas born
at Cape May, the son of Howard l..
Gilmour. who was one of the leading
dentists of Philadelphia until his
death two years ago.
About t~hirty-two years ago, Mr..
Gilmour came to Newark, where he
maintained a law office for general
practice. He abandoned his office
\ here shortly afterward, however,
again to enter the legal department
of the Pennsylvania railroad.
When the consolidated Traction
Company of New Jersey was or
ganized in 1883. Mr.. Gilmour was
offered a position in the legal de-
partment of the company. He ac-
cepted this position and from 1888
until the organization of the Public
Service Corporation was employed
at various times in the legal depart
ments of the old North Jersey Street
Railway Company and the New Jer-
sey Traction Company.
In these latter positions Mr.. Gill
mour gained his great knowledge of
the various public utilities in New
Jersey, which subsequently made
him an acknowledged expert in the
state and paved the way to his APP
pointment as general solicitor of the
Public Service Corporation at its Or
ganization acre in June. 1903.
The funeral services will be held
at the Gilmour home at Fair Haven
tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock
and interment will be made Wednes-
day in the family plot in the Bridge
ton cemetery. Bridgeton.
Besides his son, Howard G. Gill
mour. and his daughter, Mrs. kafer,
Mr.. Gilmour is survived by a sister.
Mrs. Morgan Hatch, and a brother.
DR.. II. J.. Gilmour. both of Weno-
nah. N. j..