Evening journal., 1895-04-29
SILvERBROOK RUNNING.
But in Uncertain Channels of
the Court of Chancery.
FORD INJUNCTION CASE STILL ON

AA@ ~oAn pAhAhhht& MOI AhFoukh Win the
Rearing Of Their witnesses yet--Ths
Pool Of Troubled waters stiu Unsettled
Testimony Taken.
The taking of testimony In the case Of
Jsssup sud Moore Paper Company VS.
Peter J. Ford for alleged violation of an
Injunction against polluting the water In
Silverbrook by runDing dlscoored water
Into II from the Ford morocco factory
was resumed Saturday afternoon when
Joseph l.. Carpenter, Sr., ons OF the
members OF the committee which visited
the pulp mills testified, after testing the
water of Sllverbrook.
Like other members OF the party he
noticed disooloration OF the water, but
he defined the color as light straw. He
could see but little color where Mil
creek WAS entered. When asked II in his
Judgment there was anything TO prevent
refuse or foul water from Shiplsy run
reaching the Jessup 4 Moore works he
said that there was not
Both Messrs Salisbury aud Bird fell
savagely on Mr.. Biegs when be asked the
question about Shlpley run but the ex
attorney general dlstanced them The
claim is made that the emptyings from
Shipley run 60 with the tide to the pulp
mills and that Chrlstiana water thus
polluted Is used at high tides.
John TAntum, farmer, whose place
lies on Sllverbrook and who has known
that stream for the past half century.
had noticed trouble with the water a
number OF years ago, when there were
bone boiling factories on the stream.
David Lindsay, superintendent OF
Augustine paper mills said that those
mills made tha best of calendared paper
for school books and used the best pulp
made at the works on the Christlana
Tbs inferior pulp WAS sent out to the
Rockland mills, When shown the
samples he said that water with sedl
ment In 1t was liable TO make dirty and
inferior pulp.
William Luke, superintendent OF
Rockland mills and John Harris presen MT
superintendent. we're sworn. The latter
learned for the first time that his mills
got the inferior pulp.
William h Blake, engineer at the Della
ware Pulp Mills, told of the water Ia his
boilers roaring and said that 1t could be
caused by salt, acids or animal matter la
the water. He said that at high tide the
water from the Delaware river reached
the mills. The refuse from Shlpley
run went above the mills In the
Christlsna, but couldn't get Ia Mill
creek on account OF the gate at the
sluice. He admitted. however, that creek
water ran in until tide was high enough
TO force the gate shut
Mr.. Ward asked him what Rind OF
salt In the water would produce foaming.
and be answered In rather surprised way
'How many salts are there2" Oa being
told that there were In the neighborhDod
of 4, 900. 600 kinda he said II was table
salt He didn't know whather there wss
any salt In Mill creek water, but was
very positive that the water was pol
luted. and that the Ford morocco factory
did It, although he couldn't explain lust
why he was so positive.
The articles OF incorporation OF Ford
4 Ryan and the Ford company were put
la evidence, and q recess was taken TO ii
q. m to-day.
The hearing OF witnesses In the Jessup
4 Moore Peter j. Ford Company was to
have begun at 10 am day, but owing
to the non-arrival of theschancellor II was
delayed until IL 40. Court twas held in
the Levy Court room, which was uncom-
fortAbly filed with lawyers, witnesses
and few spectators.
The bottle holder had failed to put his
exhibits on exhibition. The chancellor
asked for Nos. 10 and "a, two OF the bottles
most used, but Mr.. Bradford insisted on
the entire forty being brought in, and
the auxiliary committee hustled them TO
the front.
John j. Flanagan, for fourteen years
engineer at the pulp mills had noticed
ct times q difference In color ia Mil
creek Had never paid any particular
attention to the water, however, until
talk besame general He described the
color on April /. when the assistant
superintendent asked him to take a
sample OF water from the round bleach
ing engine, as having yellowish green
tinge
On cross-examination he said he never
took notice OK color of Mill creek before
Ford began operating the factory First
noticed the color Of the water In Mill
creek bslow the sluice gates and near the
ChristlRnR The water was at low tide
and probably II or IS feet below him
Saw the water running into the round
bleacher daring the week after April
and It was clear.
John Saunders, assistant supsrintsnd.
ant Of Delaware Pulp Works for fifteen
years, told OF the color Of water az mills
Said that when Mill creek began 70 run
into the Christians the water got yellow.
He said that there was no way for the
Christiana TO get into Mil creek unless
there is some obstruction nnder:the sluice
gates.
BE explained the construction Of the
sluioe gates and why there could be no
chance of water getting from the river to
the crack. He said that ut certain tides
the mill used Delaware river water.
The refuse Of the pulp mills is conducted
into the Christisna-but above
the mills This refuse is a liquid solu
tion Of cSustic soda ash with dark
brown color he said that there wss no
chance for MIL creek or Sllverbrook TO
become polluted excepting from Ford
Morocco Company.
he did not know Of any
building having been done which
could drain into siIvsrbrook. He
could discover when the waters of Mil
creek and the ChristlHna met The
discoloration Of the water does not affect
the prodHct, but it requires 8 to 8
pounds of bleaching powder more.
Plenty Of Work for All Spring.
Repair work is keeping the Pullman