The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-01


 >the Common Council committee on Sewers, last night, against the Herring sewer scheme. classed it as a job whose promoters were unable to un- load it onto the last Republican ad- ministration, but who are now trying to get a Democratic administration to shoulder it. In brief paper Mir. Goodsell further explained the objec- tions to the Herring system, and ex- ploded the pretensions that had been raised in it's favor. MT. GoodseN said:
 The hearing called for Tuesday night, Sept. 5th, 1911 for a. sewer on Read Street, Florence Street, Bishop Avenue and other streets adjoining in the East End, which I understand are to be built according to the modified plan submitted by MT. Herring, and as this modified plan is simply a part of his original plan which committed parties are working for the City to tra private sewer in each house bor- dering on these streets, that is, one for roof water exclusive. This de- velops a private expense which may not have been realized by each house holder Every building must have two private sewers laid to connect with the two public sewers in the street This will be no small item or expense to each property owner, for the City does not pay any part of 1t. It is impossible to estimate the az gregate expense for the entire body or property owners, but 1t would be great sum. In addition this double sewer plan would insure a general dis turbance of lawns, flower beds, side walks and paving, besides the added expense for the assessment laid upon each householder for the double sew CT laid in the street by the City. The diversion of roof water from the san- itary sewer would lessen very mater iaHy the flushing of it, and would quite probably cause frequent clog ging of these sanitary sewers, with a continued expense for abatement of them. There is already laid in Bishop Avenue a sewer of ample capacity to take care of the needs of this Avenue, of suitable size and depth, which can be extended as needed in the future, taking care of all present and future requirements. It is now proposed un- der this Herring system to lay in this same Avenue an additional sanitary sewers through this Avenue. This be- ing so, on the start of putting in this modified Herring system, how many other Streets and Avenues in the City are there where the same conditions would be applicable in the future?
 Costly System.
 The original Herring system as sub mitted calls for the expenditure of nearly $1 800, ,O0O during the first five years. The approximate cost for En- gineers and Superintendents on this first outlay is nearly $3OO,OO0. $500, LOGO for Superintendency and Engineering alone without laying one single foot of pipe for the Herring system, amounts to $100.000 more money than I@1 I>I olxa f6a ent small sewers, that have been tack ed onto our present trunk sewer sys- tenn, and also to extend the present trunk sewers full size to such dis tances as required. Allowing an av- craze appropriation of $25,000 per year, would accommodate the future growth of the City with necessary lateral sew CTS for many years to come.
 Our present sewer system has taken care of the last eight days of rain the same as they have always done in the past and will continue to do so under all natural conditions. In mo City are sewers built adequate in size to allow for cloud bursts, or exces- sive heavy rain storms. The surface water sewers proposed by the Herring system are so much smaller in size than our present sewers, that when heavy rain storms do come, they will be congested so much quicker by large quantities of water falling, caus- 1 ing our streets to be flooded much | more frequently, and over larger areas of street surface than is the case 1t the present time making at least an increased nuisance. I
 Up to the present time have failed to locate any City near our size, and situated as we are on tide water. where the Herring system is in use.
 MT. A. NJ. Cooper told the Alder manic Sewer Committee that he was not in favor of spending any money for trunk sewers even though the sum was only $1.0OO, unless the sewer that was to be built, could be used as a part of the system that was ine tended to last the City for all time. MT. Cooper being Chairman of the Apportionment and in a position to have his recommendations adopted, could easily cut off all appropriations for sewer construction. This of it. self would naturally influence mem bers of the Sewer Committee to adopt his suggestions The Board of Ap- portionment itself is not a legislative body. The charter gives them no more right to recommend legislation, | than could be recommended by any | other twelve electors and taxpayers | in the City.
 Waste Million.
 Mir Herring told Committee of | City Officials, !''I will make the pre- | diction that the City will waste $1,- | 900 900 in sewers in ten years if it continues to build sewers for the next l ten years as in the past five years"
 Mr. Herring based this assertion upon | the fact that the City had spent S566,-