Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-10-07
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Eord a. hyAn
from Tuesday mornings Freie prossn
since so much public interest bns been
manlfested In the pending Injunction case
against Thomas Ford, Peter ], Ford and
oahes Il. Ryan, the proprietors of the
new morocco factory at Second street and
SILVER brook, representative Of the ;Fyxis
f'TeSse visited that point yesterday. The
bfooh was found small and sluggish
stream over which child can step al the
upper end of the city sewer across Second
street Mt the lower end OF the new factory.
IL appears To he the common receplaofa
Tor the carcassea Of dead pigs, dogs, cats
geese, ducks, chickens, 40, the oontenia
OF Old beds and all sorts OF refuse that Ia
thrown away, or that drains from the
oeHspools, sinks, pig-pens, stables and
siaughter-honses of the neighborLood.
on the west n large slaughter house and
hiR-pen empty their contents through
nt.ie run that empties iuto the brook
below the factory.
Tins little stream named Silver brook
Rows down u little valley through which
IL Drained large expanse OF territory ex-
tending to Green Hill Presbyterian
Church, and tho Schuetzen Park on the
north, TO Scott street ON The east, and at
least half mile to the westward. Ky no
other course is it possible to carry OH the
natural drainage of this large territory,
which has been almost entirely built up
within the past six or seven years.
The new factory itself is building 40
by lao feet and six stories in hight with
adjoining buildings for the nccommoda-
tion of the 70-horse engine and the two
boilers built by the Pussy IL Jones Com.
pany, &c. 1t now gives employment to
10 hands and has capacity for 225 en-
pioyes. On account of the advent of the
new factory, Philip Smith recently
bought lot adjoining the factory on
Front street for $15 foot and has put
up at least $4,000 worth Of improvements
upon it including brick store and o we'll
ing and blacksmith shop. Mr.. Ford
owns about so acres, which he ia
emitting up into building lots and improv-
ing by the erection of other new build
ings in addition to the factory which
alone cost about 100000. Among the
new buildings ure two large three-1tory
house with mansard roofs. BENJAMIN
Adams is also inst finishing new corner
store md other houses and additions are
going up. Tho Silyerbrook M. L. church
is already up and another congregation is
now negotiating for building lot on
Harrison street between Second and
Third. Mr.. Ford his also already offered
to donate two church lots to both Catho-
lilo and Protestant churches for the erec-
ton of church buildings. The city must
inevitably grow rapidly in that section
owing to tho opening of the new B. & o.
railroad through and by the properties
interested and its convenience of access
by the Front aud Union streets railway.
Such establishments as that of Ford Il
Ryan inevitably draw the hundreds of
workingmen they employ after them.
John Tatum, the farmer whose property
is struck by the stream about 200 feet
from the factory and who has the most
important property in the vicinity, does
not object and says that Silver brook is
the natural and only course for the
sewage to flow. In behalf of the occu-
pant of the farm of Ann Foreman it ia
claimed Tint the factory Rpoils
the water in tho stream so
that his cattle cannot drink it but it ia
stated that another stream flows through
the farm that is abundant to water 100
head of cattle, let alone his little herd of
n dozen or less. In response to the affidavit
of the Jessup u Moore Paper Company
that they depend for their supply of
water upon the creek it was proven by
Ford & Ryan that during eight months in
the year they get their water from the
Christiana and are only prevented during
the other four months by the insufficient
tides to flow into their reservoir. Major
Samuel CANDY and William KINNEY testi-
fed to this effect.