The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-09-29
TWO TONS Of ARSENIC
Dumped into Tributary OF tho Pas-
snic River Near Jer,ey civ.

Dumped into Tributary OF tho Pas.
safe River Ncnr Jersey city,
New Yorr Sentember os-Tbe .,oto.
man, ,,r,I;o,,a,, ., H., .,.. ~. :,
n's,', puo'''n." ',uAs '''a' u ION o' afseh'c
had peeh washed Dy the recent Hood from
refractory OF the Crump Label Company,
Mt Mont Clair. N. J. into n tributarv reom
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concern and anxiety among the people OF
Newark and Jersey City, who receive their
water supnly from. thc posso;c Tho
Crrm, ninI ron,.,0...,, t,a,ae': ,.
"r ,n '".. company . '"e'o'! 10 u "'sc
estaolisiheht situated near the station Of
the New York 4 Greenwood Lake rail.
way at Mont Clair. Tn tbe manufacture
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y. ". '''e's " 'A'ee "''iotait VI POISONOUS
chelnicais IS used, including arsenic and
Paris green. To-day Tribune reporter
visited ibe factory and sow IN, Traasurer
" Q C,I,.,n, "a ,ta G. ~ wv
- oo''''aa"' "''u ''ie ''ee'et0'!, W. W.
Averell. They, stated that, while the
amount ol arsenic reported to have been
washed from the factory was exaggerated,
II was true mat large proportion, Of their
STOCK OF chemicals had been lost and
washed INTO Ioney Brook. This IS tor
tuous stream, with mean depth oil about
a loot in ordinary seasons, which runs
directly by the factory, and alter an erratic
course emptles into Second River, which,
IN turn, llo"s into the Passaic.
AZ i o'clock on Saturday afternoon"
said Mr.. Coleman, "thc brook had risen SO
high that we had to change the two gates
used 10 regulate the flow. The flood in
lirst iioor, and despite our Efforts the water
covered the floor and in fact the whole
lower building 10 the depth OF several feet.
In the store-room were considerable guam
titles OF chemicals, including the arsenic,
and a large stock OF imported clay used on
the labels, some o1which had been mixed
with the poisononsciemicals ready for use.
The clay was washed out, together with
considerable amount Of the arsenic and
other chemicals Two or three barrels OF
varnish were also tipped over by the rush
OF waters, and the varnistl mingled with
the water. Tho flood subsidized in the next
two hours, but rose again at S o'clock. In
the coloring.room were several yats filled
with coloring matter, containing poisonous
chemical Ingredients. The water filled the
room above the top Of the vats and nearly
all the color was lloated out when the flood
subsidized again..
Mr.. Coleman could not say definitely
how much arsenic had escaped. but it was
considerably less than a ton. He had no
idea OF the qnant.'y OF the other poisonous
chemicals. iic calculated that the loss al
toseiher by me i'ood was about Ss29o.
But said he, the stuli washed from
our place was not the only pollution of the
wafer Dy me nood. on sunday drove to
Little Fails, and ! saw the surface Of the
river covered with a thick green coloring
matter which had been washed from
co!oring factory at that place. Paris green
enters largely IN lhe manufacture OF this
coloripg matter"
Samuel Crump, the head OF the Crump
Label Company, was seen by Tribune re.
porter at his oilice, 81 Murray street, this
city,, he said: ITO iasten the colors OF
our labels arsenic ani sugar oi lead haye
10 DC used IN aGantities, and these are
mostly stored 10 'ne cellar OF tlie building.
on saturday tue hooa orefliowed the Gel
lar Twice, sweeping OUT neary al OF lts
contents. II was the most obstructive
iresilet That has ocen seen III that vicinity
for many years. Acius, sugar OF leau anu
arsenic were swept out into the creek and
carried on 70 lne Tser,, A., ,y
:, low muen arsenic e,i.;, Iia yoa M iasa q
About ION. lntnk ~e USE about lx9
tons OF arsenic "nd ABOUT twelVe IONS ol
sugar 81 lead year"
"Will not that quantity OF afsehic I'M.
impregnate the water to such an extent
that 1t Will be unsafe ior NewasS 10 drs~
her water supply from the riyerf
ven, that Is question upon WHO'D !
my duiy in reporting the matter. The