The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-06-06
FIFTH EDITION.
The TrIal C9n,lnae5.

r,. SYntWNS5f
Court resumed OF 10 o'clock this
morning, with Chief Justice lore and
Associate Judges Cullen and Marvei
ON the bench. va
The case OF Hession, VS. the Mnvor
ana Council OF Wilmington, was again
taken up, and the examination of wit
nesses FOR the defense proceeded with.
william w. Bullock testified TO tho
[iact OF the storm, and that it wins the
hardest no ever saw. lie agreed with
me other Witnessed In regard to the
.iIne Of the storm, and said that al
tnouEh u mad been raining all night,
tween and 4.30 o'clock In tie morn.
Ing. ~
Ex-Chlef Engineer Robinson was re.
called and said that such a storm "a
occurred July 20, 1891, Ia beyond cal.
culation of all engineers. Shipley
run and Norris run sewers are lnrge
enough to carry off all the water from
any ordinary storm. but no sewer
would be nble to carry off rainfall OF
y 10 inches an hour. These sewers
more than meet oil ordinary require.
Engineer of Sewers Hatton was re-.
caiied and stated that several month";
ago he made calculation at AIR Brad.
lords request. This calculation waa
made without consultation with any
other engineer, and agreed with thar
nude by MIR. Bassett. the Philadelphla
expert, and that OF Chief Engineer
Robinson. of this city.
Objection was made by Mr.. Bird to
the way that Mr.. Bradford asked
questions OF the witness, and upon
Ihe objection being sustained by the
1ourt; ne SAID he would ask the ques-
lions In different manner,
Inc witness then proceeded. and In
answer to Mr.. Bradford said that II
there was rainfall OF 3 Clio inches an
hour. one-lalf of which fell In twenty
TO twenty-five minutes, the Saver
would TALL to carry 1t OF, and the water
would be from 10 TO Is inches deep on
the surface. About one-third of rain.
fall OF this kind would be carried on
Dy me sewer, and that amount would
M ~ 10 It's utmost capacity. In tn.
opinion OF the witness the sewers are
amply sufficient for all ordinary rains
colonel Enoch Moore was called, and
gave his opinion as to several causel
which would make the water back VI
the sewer. among them being q north
or northeast wind
Joseph L. Carpenter Jr., testiffet
that Tor six years previous to April Is,
he was president of the Street ant
SoWei tuiHlulSSlon. lie mas been aO-
quainted With the locality that was
Hooded for the past twenty.eight
years. In his opinion the sewers iu
that locality were amply sufficient fol
any ordinary storm, and he though
everything possible had been done "a
guard against an overflow such as oc.
Cured on the morning OF July goth
1891.
Street and Sewer CommissIone,
Gawthrop was the next witness. II,
gave a full description OF the sewe:
and said that everything possible was
done to prevent oyertlows.
The witness remembered the storm
oil duly. 1891, and visited Shlpley run
sewer in the morning. lie found
things In bad condition and nut
every man that he could at work IL
insisting to clean up. He went from
Shipley run to number OF other
places In the city and found evidences
on every hand that tho storm had beer
Unprecedented.
The defense closed with this witness,
and court adjourned until O'Clock
his afternoon, when MIR. Bird will
produce witnesses In rebuttal.