The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-01

whole state was to discharge its sew age into this water front it would not imperil in the least the health or well fare of our inha bitants."
 Quotes from Herring.
 MT. Herring further says: "Our rec. ommendation regarding the disposal of the sewage of the city of Bridge port today is to discharge 1t in prop CT manner and by proper methods of dispersion into the sound" (Report of sewer commission, page 12.)
 MT. Herring has never advised the adoption of his plans for Bridgeport Let us quote him:
 k There are different ways of dispos- ing of sewage in this country and else where. The most common way is to discharge it into a sufficiently large mass of water, so that an immediate dilution takes place to prevent offen- siveness. Most of our large and small cities So discharge their sewage, and 1t may be said that when such dis posal is proper, when the sewage is imm ediately diluted and the floating matter retained, so as not to appear on the surface of the water, there is not and can be no nuisance
 (Report of sewer commission, page 1O.)
 MT. Peck continues:
 MT. Hering'S whole study, therefore,
 
 stating that when it is discharged into sufficiently large body of water, it cannot be a nuisance, he proposes to do Just as we are now doing and dis charge 1t into the sound. Now, it will at once be apparent that if the ques- tion of sewage disposal is abandoned. the whole superstructure of MT. Her. ing's plan falls at once to the ground, and excepting as constituting a pro- vision for an unknown bug-a-boo of their own creation. the committee seems definitely to have abandoned in the modified plans" the whole sub- ject of sewage disposal
 Complains of Treatment.
 I now call your attention to the last meeting of the previous common council. Communications from Attor- ney Eugene B. Peck and myself were read to the members. l make no com- plaint as to the Urea tment my commu- nication received, but I do consid CT that scant courtesy was shown Attor- ney Eugene B. Peck in view of the splendid presentment of this question, which he prepared after an exhaustive investigation and inquiry into the sub- Ject. His arguments were incontrO- vertible, and in view of the fact that he placed the information before the common council voluntarily and in such a lucid and comprehensive man. ner 1t seems little short of disgrac efui that no attention was paid to it. In fact, his communication was ignored, for on the very night of it's submis- sion, without any time being taken to give 1t the consideration it deserved, and which it should have received, if only as a matter of courtesy, the com mon council rushed through the reso- lution adopting the so-called double sewer system. I believe this kind of legislation is diSgraceful and would bring the blush of shame to the cheeks of the worst element in the Tammany Hall association.
 For Illustration, suppose one of the members of the council had given his ability and time to prepare a diffi- cult and important communication and presenting the same to the coun- ell, and his communication was total- ly ignored, what language would he use to express his opinion upon this kind of legislation?
 It has been publicly stated that the former executive was not present at all the meetings of the council, when communications pertaining to the sewer question were read. which com- munications presented good reasons why the ScOheld sewer system was sufficient for the needs of our city It has also been stated that he had not informed himself upon this im- portant subject I personally offered to answer any questions that were not clear In hiS mind upon this important