Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-06-02
"A CROSS cALUnNY.
Former Commissioners Scully Stands
by Kildu1f administrator.

That article in yesterdays Amert-
can on the sewage disposal question"
said former Commissioner Scully OF
the board of public works, to-day
shows what deception can be prac-
ticed upon the public through the
columns Of a reputable paper. Nat
urally one not acquainted with the
facts would say that the Kilduff adj
ministration was lax in the perform
ance Of it's duty ingthis respect, and
deserved not only TO be censured but
severely punished. But are tire alle-
cations true7 that's the question. No.
sir. On the contrary. they are a
gross calumny upon body of men
who did their best to deal with
problem that concerned the whole
copmunity, and not being able to cope
with It sought to get little more
time for consideration. The Kilduf
administration sent Engineer Herring
and City Engineer Cairns to Europe
to see what they could find out on the
matter that would be of use to Water
bury. but they reported nothing new.
After this every step the adnlinistra-
ton took was made on advice of City
Attorney Kellogg and Colonel Burpee
and had the approval of the city engi-
neer. so that no pains were spared by
Mr. Kilduff and those who were asso-
ciated with him to carry out the order
Of the court. A man may write that
kind of rot on the American and hold
his job. but he couldn't do it on the
Democrat, for the first person who
came along and showed that he had
been purposely maligned would be
fpn To oa 47T1 ~
and as a result the reporter would be
out OF a situation
II have no desire to belittle anything
Mayor Elton has done or may do with
a view to finding way out of the sew
age disposal dilemma question. Mr.
Herring considered the situation In this
town for sewage disposal the most UNI
he had eyer noticed in all his
experience, and when man of his
skill scarcely knew which way to turn
and be sure he was right, it should not
surprise anybody to hear that the pres
ent as well as past administra tons
have not made any headway in that d.
rection For the Information of the
author Of the article in the American
and others who may have been misled
by it, wish to state that Mayor Elton
has not yet taken hold of this vexed
question, notwithstanding the infer
ence that his honor grappled vita it
the moment he got hold of the reins of
government. AT meeting held May
"a the engineer was directed to report
plans for collecting the sewage of the
city to one point and carrying it to a
location at or near Platts Mill pond,
and there the matter rests. am con-
vinced that Mayor Elton and his boards
will try hard to handle this problem in
a manner which will be for the best
interests of the community, and hope
to see their efforts crowned with sue
cess.
1T may be true that parties will have
to do time in Jail before the question is
finally disposed of, but even so, what
man is there in Waterbury to-day who
would not prefer season behind iron
bars in a case OF this kind than bear
the taunt of having undertaken a pro-
iect involving an outlay of millions of
public money without knowing what
he was doing? That is exactly the box
the Kilduff administration occupied
with reference to sewage disposal, and
/ regret to say that SO far as I have
been able to learn Mayor Elton and
his colleagues have not found any
more comfortable berths.'