Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-05-02
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soto voce. "that Silverbrook gets its |
name from the silver the lawyers got out |
of it," The other counsel seemed to think |
that argentiferous ''taiiings" still existed, |
at least to moderately paying degree.
The first witness was Joseph Y. Roberts,
He told counsel that he is graduate of |
'S5, of the Philadelphia College of Phsr- |
macy. His forte is that of a flavor"
chenist--qualitatiy generally, and guam
titive also us regards flavor.
The witness commenced in sober Quaker
style, giving date of fourth month,
eighteenth" when Mr. Bird. good
naturedly, demonstrated pray, don't
say that. l have to begin every time
counting again from January. Please do
not say fourth month, eighteenth, but
| April lSth-it will save great deal OF
deep mental calculation"
| That was the date however when Drug
gist Roberts made his big haul of speei-
mems OF Silverprook, Mill Creek, Chris
tiana and Shipley run water. Many OF the
samples showed remarkably clear and pei
| lucid water.
That's an important point ~ Mr.. Biggs
exclaimed as the chemist held up all I'M
usually clear sample.
Il obtained it, said the witness, ''at
Newport pike, about 30 feet below Jessup's
mill.n
| lnen lollOWeu Tue eNllDltlOn oil num-
| Der Of walls, small and large. which Nj.
Roberts described, stating where and the
conditions under which he had obtained
them, II was noticed that some of the
| clear-lOoklng ones, us soon US shaken,
turned gray and turbid. The witness tes-
tined how he had made complete analy-
sis of the specimens, and had sent dupli-
Gates to Prof. Moerk of the Philadelphia
College OF Pharmacy. The bottles were
sent to Philadelphia by express and were
opened by Prof. Moerk in the witness
presence.
MIR. Roberts testified that he took the
gravity of each sample. Solid impurities
would increase the gravity of the water.
The test showing greater specific gravity
indicates TINT more solids have gone into
the stream. Mr.. Roberts made distilled
water his standard using it AS the unit of
measurement.
Exhibit A showed a gravity compared
with distilled water uf lUJD; exhibit Il,
1905, OK Allon's dam u. 003T; Newport bridge.
l.OO2; pumping station, l.O02I; q, tentering
the reservoir from the Lhristiana) l.0JJ; IL,
Chill Creek water) l.0023; l. tSilverbrOok,
above the Ford factory luJ2. From
this statement it was perceived that the
! specific gravity above and below Ford s
factories is the same.
! Druggist Roberts stated he had looked in
an ordinary way for chromium ana found
) u present IN Inc water. Il was found III
! inhhltcslihaI quailtitles NJ Newpnrt pridSe
3 hH was MOI able To speak positively, Dul
diu not thlnk That the presence OF the
9 chromium. as stated was sufficient to IN
terfere with the manufacture OF ulp.
r Coirt then adjourned 10 ~ O'clock Tues
, | d." morning
The monotonv OF the Ford-Jessnp &
: Moore injunction l:e was broken Tuesday
G lnoi.".I5 81, -..~ introluctlon OF aEnthei
5 box of samples of Mill Creek and silver
S brook waters by Messrs. RiEss and Ward,
: counsel for Mr.. Ford. The plaintiff has
r had the railing about tue judges bench
covered with samples OF cnlured watel
I during the whole OF the chancery pro
I ceedings
r The evidence on the analytical test!
Z made of the water has puzzled the minC
. of the Chancellor from day to day ant
r when the plaintiff rested Monday ant
< carried their boxes of samples away thu
t spectators heaved a sigh Of relief. Thu
! breathing spell was OF short duration
i however. for when the hearing was re
stunned Tuesday the defence came il
with its samples and once more the cour
4 room presented the appearanCe of al
9 apothecary shop.
II The bottles were all sizes and desCrip
It tons, and the water was us varagated il
e colo. as the changeable tnts in the cloud
n of summer evening. There were seyera
dozen samples of tine fluid extracts .
}. Silverbrnok and they played an importan
II part in the hearing of the injunction case
{. Herbert X. Watson was the first witnes
n called for the defence. Mr.. Watson test
ia fled that certain samples of Silverbroul
s. water in bottles were brought to his stpr
" by William LawtOn and Arson A, Maher
s. lie identified the samples in court.
e; Mr. Maher said he was one Of party