Evening journal., 1895-04-26
A PLETHORA OF SCIENCE
Given Out Gin Quantity" in the
Ford Injunction Case.
ALL ooLoRs OF WATER IN EVIDENCE

Thirst-The Case stiu on-This Morn.
inE's Evidence.
One Of the most interesting witnesses
In the case Of Jessup & koors Paper
Company vs. Peter J. Ford yesterday
afternoon was Clarence Dillon, an ss-
sistant to Detective Jones, OF the P w.
Il B r r who had been delegated to
secure samples Of the water He had
about forty bottles, mostly LIQUOR TASKS
and medicine bottles, which, be said, he
bought many OF them from saloon
keepers. The water he took was from
the pipes Immediately at the
works, and generally very early
in the morning. Samples he had
taken from the brook imm sdiatsly above
the factory and a little farther down
stream. The one was clean, the other
showed some organic matter in It. He
said that when he took the sample from
Sllverbrook he hrst stirred 1t up 80 aa the
sediment deposited in the brook mlxsd
with the water. He said that the water
la Min Creek at the shadows or rapids
just below where Sllverbrook entered 1t
was clear.
George T King, superintendent Of w.
N. Singerly's mills at Elkton, William
BAlford. Of Philadelphia. Charles H
Hamilton, of Lafayette, and Fred Curtis,
Of Newark, all paper manufacturers. said
that white pulp could not be made with
colored water, but could not ssy what
effsot the water having run over a rocky,
psbbly bottom for three miles through
the epsn air, aud the organic matter
having settled, would have on the pulp
Thonss 3 Stafford OF Camden, maker
OF fancy paper uses.the water which Is
supplied through the city works He
had been obliged to ahut down when the
water became muddy.
Chemist Frank Roop Smith was called
to explain SONS Of the terms used In his
analysis Of the dlscolored water taken from
the factory pipes, aud at one tims there
we're three or four witnesses all bsing
examined at once. Affairs began to get
tangled and q recess was taken until 10
a. m. to day to allow the tsngle to
straighten
When the case was resumed this morn.
ing, Fred w. Curtis, of Newark, was
again placed on the stand. His testi.
mony was simply to prove that the water
OF certain color could not be used In
making good white pulp
William Saunders testified to having
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pump house It was very dark and
muddy, but this was explained when he
said that at the time he took the sam pie
men were at work removing an island
from between the bitches and wheeling
the dirt ON to the south bank.
| Mr. Curtis was recalled and said that
his mills we're on the White Clay crsek
at Newark. He simply made paper, and
had nsver made any study OF pulp
making The water be used WAS good
but didn't know where 1t came or
whether It came through marsh land or
not, but at times 1t was muddy and then
had TO be filtered, before using.
Quite q discussion arose between Mr..
Btegs and MIR. Curtis, In which the
latter claimed that he had stood under
Niagara Falls and had seen no colors In
the water. He said that when he saw the
water running from the tsn-ineh pipe at
the pump works a5 the Jessup & Moore
1 factory, 1t was a chrome yellow. In the
ditch the water was darker, caused BY
the muddy bottom.
Chemist Frank Roop Smith was
called and testified to having
analysed water taken from Mil
Creek. above the junction Of eilvsrbrook
he gave the component parts and said
he thought the water was purer than
| BrandyWine water such as Wilmington
ians drink. Water at the pump house
was also annlyzed by him and the result
given. He found no anti-chlorins there,
and only trace Of organic matter.
Az the Ford factory he found consider
able chemical factors not in the pure
water Of Mill Creek and In larger quanti-
ties than at the pulp mills Also consid
srable organic matter Suspended He
thought the use Of water Of the color
such as shown would sRuse the pulp to
be colored and require more bleaching.
His explanation was an interesting one
from & chemical standpoint, but StenoR
rapher Guyer was noticed to have thres
more gray hairs when hs was fnally
through with his recording OF the scien
tinc terms. SO much was Mr.. Bird
impressed that he elevated Mr. Smith
from doctor to professor, before the
evidence was all in.
Mr. Bird became dry during the
examination and called for q drink OF
water. but as sed very particularly thRt
the glass be washed out. The chancellor
also called for draught Of
Brandywins fluid, looked at II
rather curloualy and then suggested
that with so much alleged impure water
around 1t was safer to drink something
stronger. Counsellor Prlckett, Of the
Law and Order Society, gave one glance
at the array OF bottles on the bench and
then remarked that there we're enough
samples to require e license.
Mr. Ward conducted the cross
examination-aHd went over the entirs
scientific feld again until the very ali
took on tint in which chromeum,
sodium and tetrophyinste were the mAir
factors
DR.. Thomas H. Garrett, OF the firm oi
Booth, Garrett g. Blair, OF Philadelphia.
was the next witness. he examined
samples Of the water and another siege
OF chemical terms was gone through
with
DIR. Garrett said that the combination
as shown to exist st the pulp works by
the analysis Of DR.. Smith would require
an extra quality of bleaching powder
over and above that already used.
In answer TO question by the chan
cellor, Mr.. Saunders said chloride Of lime
was worth about 24 cents per pound au6
the extra cost amounted TO some $50
day, due to the colored water. II
was 1.05 when DIR. Garrett was finished
with and Manager Bradley, of the Whit