New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-11
ITO FIGHT MILL OWNERS.
Detectives Engaged to Find Nan
Who Threatened Mr.. Hatch.

Aroused by die threats made by the la"iess
element in the Adirondacks against the me an
property OF Edward Hatch, jr.. of the hrm ~
Lord &. Taylor. whose preserve lies due eaSe -
the OF the Dexter tragedy, landowners foui'
and about the region Of Lake Champlain are Hiols
determined than in the fight against the NM
owners. who have been turning their chemieai ~
fuse into the rivers, poluting the waters anu
shores OF the lake and killing the FISH Ihes
have also determined to make every effort 70 CAP
ture the men who have threatened MI Ha'SI
life, and that end have engaged New-h0rk oe
tectives to take up the case
Mr. Hatch says that he has learned tnat siii0o
the wides spread publicity given to the Lake Chah-
plain pollution matter las: week In which his sen'f
ments freely quoted. his life has been threat
ened more than once. In addition TO the olFese
threat he received, he later told by FRIENDS
that he had inperiIled his life by mis- attitude
in the pulp mill matter and that it would be better
for him not TO go about unarmed and alone Never
theIess he went about unprotected IN ms s'sS
In the woods. and met with no mishap
LAS far as the millowners and myself are con
cerned" said he there is personal enmity that
I am aware of. 1t is only the very lowest rinran
In the community about the mill region VINO couid
possibly misunderstood my attitude In the matter
and thus look upon enemy. As matter Oh
fact myself and other property holders Interested
do not want to close up the offending mills ana mus
throw hundreds Of persons out OF employment "
simply want the millOwners TO obey the Ia" anu
discontinue their pollution Of the rivers ana lahe
a
rather than close the mills their owners VIII speho
the necessary money. and find other means OF as
posing of the mill refuse than by dumping II 4h''
the waters of the lake
Mr. Hatch said that he intended to return TO
the mill region again in few days ana decIareu
that he had no fear OF personal violence i m
I'm this fight TO win out" concluded Mr. Hatch'
land all the threats and bluffs in the world won
stop me-
II is expected that within few days the results
-.rfOl1 ffff he at ~
AXE and the Bouquet and Au Sable rivers, re-
Gently made by Professor Olin II. Landreth con-
sultlng engineer OF the State Department OF Heath
will be placed in the hands Of Governor Ode4I anu
that he will proceed to force the local health ON
Gals either to close up the mills to adopt some
effective method u getting rid OF the chemicaI
refuse that now finds its way into the LAKE X
action in the case is long delayed by Governor
OdeII. it is the intention Of those interested IN
fighting the mills to apply 20 the supreme Court
for an Injunction 10 close up the mills
In commenting on the present status OF the case
Mr.. Hatch said:
1t was only last spring that the New-York Legis7
d b was To- dispose Of the waste in
other than by dumping II IN me Sar.i Inns
which flow into the lake. as there are many a. a.
which these companies own and can use IoF "a
Dumping place, ~, Iaan mad thew again allowed
the chemical discharge to escape into the streams
IN ene Sa% am6UHts il IS said to nearly hum
dred thousand gallons Gontainng, about Rsr g-t
River in it's manufacturing uses a strong c1ustlc
In11jd of soda ana lime. and gives of discharge
equally large. Large quantities OF fsh are touhd
dead as a result OF meeting with this poisonous
outSour and the rocks along the shore TOr many
miles are coated with white slime. which makes
IN public nuisance well a destroyer OF NE
Opposite the mills, which about half way down
the lake is the city of Burlington, on the Vermont
side which draws its supply Of water from the
lake Recently there have been r1any complains
Of this water and plan for moving the intake
Snrtber ont into the lake has been discussed IL
Is nv belief and that of others who complain OF
the pollution that the deterioration Of Burnstons
water supply is due to this cause