Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-05-09
the INJUNCTION CASE.
The Testimony All in and the Argument
begun.

Deguu.
The fight Of the Jessup & Moore
Paper Co. VS.. the Peter j. Ford Morocco
Co. to restrain the latter from putting
impure wate- into Silverbrook and Mill
Creek streams, goes merrily on. There
was long session Wednesday afternoon,
during which Prof. AIoerk Of the Phila.
delphia College Of Pharmacy was cross
examined by counsel for the plaintiff,
butno material new points were brought
out At the night session Prof. Wolf
OF Delaware College gave some expert
testimony regarding the component
parts of the samples submitted 10 him
for chemical analysis. .
When case was resumed Wednesday
morning William j. Gibbons of the
Joseph Bancroft d Sons Co., was called
and testified as to the relative strength
and merits of the different ingredients
and their effect upon water. He said
that 50 per cent OF chlorine in chloride
Of lime, was an unheard Of percentage.
He said it was general understood in the
bleaching business that it was well nigh
impossible to entirely separate chlorine
from pulp or cotton. He said by bleach.
ing with chloride of lime one would get
a light cream pulp, and in order TO get
pure white the other component colors,
red and blue, would have to be added.
James p. Ratledgo and j. Newton
Derrickson testified to the course Of Sill
verbrook and Mill creek and the general
| situation of the streams. Mr.. Richard
son also stated that Mill creek ran
through his property and his cattle
| drank from the brook which the plain
tiff claims is being polluted by tho
refuse from Mr.. Fords morocco factory.
The hearing lost none Of its interest
Friday morning, and there was the usual
number of spectators.
William d. CHiswell, a civil engineer,
testified to a plan ne had made Of the
noighborhoDd surrounding Ford's mo.
rocco factory and the land contiguous
TO the streams of Mill creek and Silver
brook. He laid some structure upon the
hygienic precautions in the neighbour
hood and said the surface drainage of
that point needed the attention Of the
board of health. He said 23S houses on
the water shed west OF Scott aud north
Of Lancaster avenue drained into Sill
yer brook. He found the sluice gates
not working at the pulp mills and the
tide was coming in and pouring into
Mill creek. The pulp mill engine was
pumping tide-water,
Col. A. Sterile, an photographic engi-
neer connected with the government
engineer corps, testified that he was
familiar with the tides of Wilmington
and vicinity. lie said there were IA
sewer inlats in the Christiana into
which sewage from the city was
drained. He said one Of the sewer inlets
was Shipley run. II cutters the Chris.
tiana about half-mile from the pulp
works.
lie was on the stand when court adj
journed until afternoon.
Peter j Ford, the respondent in the
Ford-lessup x Moore injunction case, was
recalled when the chancery proceedings
we're resumed at 10 o'clock, a. m. Saturday.
Mr.. Bird conducted he crosse examination.
lie tried to get the respondent to reveal
the prnpOrtiOnute amount of chemicals
used in the manufacture of morocco, but
Mr.. Bigss objected on the ground that il
would be diynlginS secret by which MIR.
Ford manufactures morocco.
Mr.. Bird asked for the samples taken
from the pipe ut Ford's factory, and after
they had been procured the witness was
asked how he accounted for the difference
III cOlorS OF various saplpleS and the
reply was that the chemicals had not inter
mingled when the samples were obtained
from the pipes.
Then Mr., bird took up the injunction
issued by the late Chancellor and asked
Mr. Ford whether he had ever disobeyeL
that injunction. Mr.. Ford replied that ht
had not. He said tnat il any impure water
was put into the stream il wus done by The
Ford Morocco Co. and not by him.
Mr.. Ford was disposed 10 believe thai
the Jessup Il Moore Paper Co. was not in,
, iured by tho colored water and that the
) Ford Morocco Co. would have to keep OF
/ running tho refuse into the stream OF
} move into another neigbbOrhood.
Mr.. Ford's examination was concluded
shortly before | O'clock, at which time
court adjourned until Tuesday.
Argument was commenced in the cour
ofchancsry Tuesday morning by Mr.. Brad
ford for the prosecution. 1t was agreed
beforehand by counsel for both sides that
5 there be u limit each to three hours. Cour
) was held in the Federal building, genera
sessions and Leyy8 Court Occupying The
{ available chambers at the county buildlRg