The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-07

vestigation, without any known req son, except reports as to bad smells various1y laid to Garbage plants and sewers, it is seriously proposed that we here in Bridgeport, almost the 'Healthiest City in the United States, shall commit ourselves to the begin ming of a sewage disposal system, not only involving vast ultimate eX- pense to the public at large, but en- tailing upon every person the further, extra and unest1mated expense of changing all present sewer connec- tions. And this beginning is made, to render the. absurdity still more appa- rent, in outlying districts of present sparse population, necessarily resi- dential, and thoroughly well provided with the largest trunk sewers of all our many miles, well built and do- MT. Herring. As is further said by Col. Black in his report on New York Bay, if at any one point there appears to be sufficient pollution to ,render the same either harmful or unpleasant, : -;ts 3a'l q As pIit. tosering a con- sepaI ate.y considered, and one of the many ways of remedying that partic- ular spot should be adopted, Abut that does not involve the adoption of an entire new system, or the change from the present. His conclusion being, Ihdt WACi C llSIl OAiSLs AO 0oi6OA OA- ists, so while our very worst places team with fish, still if it be consider ed desirable to relieve any one spot from any odOrs, or other causes of of- fense, I will not in the least object.
 It is the paramount duty of city and health. Iet us discover what cause disturbs any of our citizens, and apply a remedy to that, but do not let us be hypnOtiZed into the changing of our present efficient sewers into SEWER DISPOSAL SYSTEM, suit able, possible for inland towns or par tieular spots, as in Boston and Prov Col. Black is adopted-namely, the use of sanitary (Herfng's or any other and there are many) system where particular place in that city seems to need more than the general system, in use there as here, and where we too can also apply, as I have said, a sewage disposal system to any needed spot
 No New System Needed.
 I do not desire to criticise the detail of MT. Hering's plan. It might seem presumptious in me to do so, as un- doubtedly his reputation as an efgin- ger entities him to respect, but all ex- perts make mistakes. This is a mat ter of general knowledge, and the ad- verse testimony of the most renowned in their line, upon the witness stand, has led to a general disregard of ex- pert testimony, we therefore may be allowed to be tinctured with that same thought, and wish "to be shown, as is our right, concerning the accuracy of Mr. Hering's detail. 2
 I think, if were to state that I would recommend the laying of such size of sewers as would require the use to clean them, of ball on jointed rods, of a steel brush, attached to rope or chain, and run from one man hole to another, of frequent flushing tanks, operating automatically once or twice a day, or else have a man visit them that often and turn on the wa ter, I say if I were to recommend this I think I would be laughed out of the Council. But this is precisely what MT. Herring states is to be re- quired for the sizes Of sanitary sewers his plans call for. His plans call for the laying of over .one hundred thou sand feet of eight inch sewers. Think of it. And wonder no longer Eat the precautions deemed essential for clean ing out the same. And yet it is grave ly asked, such is the. magic of name, that without further thought upon the matter or further examination into detail, the plans devised by MT. Her ing be adopted to the extent of aban- doning our fine trunk sewers, flushed without expense by a benefcent God, and the replacing them by sewers so small, that flushing and cleaning by the use of "a ball on jointed rods, or steel brushes attached to ropes or chains, and automatic or hand flush