Evening journal., 1895-05-04
CHIPS SHOW TIE CURRENT
A PRACTICAL EXPERIMENT WHICH
PROVED A BIG FACTOR.
Engineer Carswen Throws Them Near
shipIey Run sewer. and They Duly
Turn Up la the Pn1p Mill PoSl.

Engineer CarsWen Throws ahem Near |
shipiey Run sewer. and They Duly
Turn Up Ia the Palp MIL Pool.
The taking Of testimony In the Ford
Injunction case for the defense, is near
lug q close and although it has become
very tiresome, has lost none OF its
interest to those who have closely
followed The case.
William NJ Carswell, civil engineer,
testified to having examined the territory
ia the neighberhood of Ford's factory
and down silyerbrook and Mill creek. He
said the surface drainage in that section
was tit subject tor the Board Of Health
That 23S houses on the water shed west of
Scott and north OF Lancaster avenue by
actual count, drained into SilvsTbrook He
visited the pulp mills and found the
sluiee gates not working, The tide ives
coming in rapidly and passing through
into Mil creek
He went to a point halt way down
stream toward Shipley run sewer and
threw bsx OF curled benlock shavlngs
or chips into the Ohristiana He then
went to the sluee gales aud watched
for the appearance OF tbs shaw
lings About 90 minutes after
wards, A. least 50 per cent
made their appearance in the pool outtiae
the sluice gates Some CT them found
their way into Mil creek This was
about three hours from high tide
Mr. Bradford asked 1t the swind was
accouatAb bla for the sending OF chips into
the pool but Mr. Care veil said il
such WAS the case the ch'pi would have
been deposited on the shore between the
place deposited and the pool,
On cross-exRminatisn Mr. CBrswell
said that ia about ten miles square of
territory, covering the water shed drain
Ing into Silverbrook, comprising about
500 houses, five school houses, four
slaughter houses, stables, barns, etc
there are no artificial sewers OF
drains, but there are lots o.
surface drains, made bitches or
trenches He found that large PEI
4 csntage Of houses ia Browntown drained
D into q ditch, over which the closets
!, liza West Yard are located, and thi
drained iRto MIL creek
Henry @ Morgan. liveryman, drovi
Mr. CaTswsll over kiS trips, and corIo6
oratsd his testimony.
Colonel A stierls, Of the Governmsn
e HydroEraphic Engineer Corps was ex
aminsd as to the tides in the Csrlstisna
!. There are fourteen sewers entering int
i the Christians, of which ShiPley RAJ
Il sewer is about half mile below the pull
wsfks.
The Delaware river water reaches th
= pulp mills by the turn Of the tide
? hour and half after tide begins TO ru
up the selid matter from Shiplsy RI
:, sewer would reach above the pulp work.
- He showed chart OF government SUI
vsy showing the sediment suspended
rs the water opposite ths pulp mill on bot
food and ebb tide, shaving a create
"a amount on food.
T. Yesterday he examined the slui'
At the pulp works. he found the watts
:, from the Christians running into MI
creek through the slulcs gate. In faci
as after tide had turned over an hour al
q half, and was running down, on 81
he tide, the water was still pouring In
az Mil creek
PeterJ. Ford was the witness on Il
stand Yesterday afternoon and ii
IN morning. He said that there were g
us shares in the Ford Morocco Company,
which he owns 1856. He claimed that t
is water run In the stream WAS not iml U
or foul according TO his idea
n It was not run in by him but by :
Ford Morocco Co., and could not hr
the Jessup and Moore Company. he "
70 asked by Mr. Bird what was in
M. compound he used and he declined
answer, IL was trade secret.
lie He said that the skins from the ~
ay, Indies did not require tanning, coming
they do with the nair off
\, Mr.. Bird suggested that this was
IA Of the results .of the Democratic "a
system They only pay 10 cents
there for labor, so they lake the hair q
eet remarked Levi.
to II bag your pardon. Mr.. Bird. int
On rnpted Mr. Ford when Mr. Bird quic
ma said ~ don't wish any argument on ts
the lines. MIR Ford is only too anxious
discuss that matter" whereat TIE i
ant yers laughed aud the chancellor smiled
OF Mr.. Ford in answer to question
on that it Was his opinion that the Jes
ave & Moore Company was not injured,
heir from the very start of the Ford Comp
bad tried to wipe them out so as to fore
+, prevent any other industry from local
non in Sllverbrook, and thus preventing
'"h possible pollution of the stream
said he must either obtaia relief
alto Ned TO run the water ilto sill
Aee, brook or else get out.
nan he was still on the stand at The I
,'eu recess
The case will be summed up be
being an omitted TO the chancellor
ano % each side viii take two and half b
40 for argument