Evening journal., 1914-09-03
CLAYMONT Lines UP
TO FIGHT OIL PLANT
Afiidavits Signed by Resi-
dents Allege 1t Would
Depreciate Property
SIGNED PROTESTS AT
MEETING LAST NIGHT

/ The residents Of Claymont held an
other meeting last evening in Claymont
Hall to register further a protest against
, the sale of land in that community by
l the Manor Real Estate Company to the
l Prudential OIL Company, TO be used for
an oil refinery About fifty property
owners attended tho meeting and thcy
o. were all emphatic in their protests
against the invasion of the residential
section BY the oil menace.
Nothing was done at the meeting, eX'
ccpt the signing of number of aiii-
D. davits. which will be fled In the Court
A of Chancery tomorrow by William ~.
r. Hilles, attorney for the protesting land
!, owners. In connection with the suit they
d have instituted in that court 10 restrain
n the oil company from locating at Clay
a mont.
I. About thirty Of the affdavis were
/. signed. it being believed that that
number was sufficient. More than a
hundred signatures could have been
VI secured had Il been necessary. as
II every resident of the community had
VI previously expressed his willingness
J. TO sign one
InNFt were lWN ttAn vi NhhNfAN'
It signed, one by the general residents
Of the community and the other by
j. the residents who had purchased
~ their property from the Manor Real
y Estate Company.
'e The following is the form Of affidavit
'S signed by Claymont residents, who
o' purchased their property from the
's Manor Real Estate Company
~ y "BE TT REMEMBERED, That on this
- day Of September, A. d., nine
teen hundred and fourteen, personally
came before me, ---s-, Notary
Public for the state of Delaware
-, who, being by me duly sworn
according 10 law, deposes and says;
III "That he is the owner of a piece OF
II ground. purchased from the Manor
Real Estate and Trust Company Tha
:. the said real estate was purchased
nv from the said company subject to th'
le same restriction as that set forth II
sr, the Bill OF Complaint, and in the dee'
p from the Manor Real Estate ani
n Trust Company. to James Mehare
n That this deponent purchased th
lis said land very largely relying upol
ed the fact that Il was 10 be exempt fror
mt offensive and nOxious occupation
We and odors. and with the understandin
.ry that similar restrictions were bein
placed In the deeds made by the sal
NY company to other purchasers of tn
ms said land That while the land pre-
las posed TO be sold by the said Mano
ca Real Estate and Trust Company
OF the said Brady is not part of Oh
its same tract az that / n which the Ian
lss Of this doponent is situated, the sa
IN land Is located within few hundr'
10 feet of the tract portion of whi'
was sold to this deponent was owl
ed by the said Manor Real Estate al
Trust Company at the time this d
ponent purchased the said land. an
- the location OF an oil refinery al
MIN storage place would be almost
Nu equally Objectionable as II located {
the tract, a portion of which was pu
~L chased by this deponent-
IN That he is Resident of Claymor
in n, Delaware, and his home is within aho
4 -- yards OF the land proposed
VIZ be sold by the Manor Real Estate al
at Trust Company, as set forth In q
ore bill filed in the above entitled caul
Nel- That this doponent has invested a GO
was siderable amount in the purchase nj
lool improvement OF his said property. Tn
Ols. the neighborhood IN which this depone
the lives Is almost entirely devoted to re-
DEL Dental purposes, and has many subj
his ban homes surrounding deponcnt's pro
del erty in all directions. That In the 0pi
Mr.. ion aud belief OF this dcponent it "a II
s. possible for the land 60 be used for {
nth purpose of an oil refinery, or for
nan purpose of storing oil without filling {
neighborhood with offensive, noxious a
destructive odors and smells. and If
said land should he used for the "a
purpose, II viii greatly depreciate
not altogether destroy, the value Of u
M deponent's land for the purposes OF re
nm dence.
THAT there Is now located. abe
two miles or upwards from this ,
lent ponents land. certain oil rehner
de- near Marcus Hook, and notwithstaI
tne ing the distance at which these
THIS fneries are located. the odor a
lor stencil therefrom is at times most
Ire iectionable. This deponent is
NJ formed and believes that the ST.
49, 49, ing and refining Of crude petrolu
ords ~d is necessarily attendant with
,,a,e emission OF most offensive ode
,,nts smells and gases, and that sucl
business cannot be conducted 9th
nent WISE ahu .hat such ouoi9 aie
the only offensive to the senses. but
SAL structive OF property. and this de
nted ment verify believes and is fri
convinced that the location and
GRAFTON of such a plant at the pl
proposed will constitute a most
fensive nuisance. not only TO this
ponent. and those dwelling with h
ION ss5 ssa: s g many & r ,.'s: sn'
will be utterly destructive of
neighborhood and its use for r.
e. IN Dental purposes"