The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-03

auditors in the council chamber were somewhat surprised that later the op- ponents of the system held MT. Her ing's exploits up to the scrutiny of criticism, almost to ridicule. George w Jackman was the first speaker. He said the scheme of the system originated back in 1906 and 1907. When he was chairman of the sewer committee of the Common Coun- cil there was much difficulty experi- enced in irregularity of sewer layouts. Major Starr, the late city engineer, said the city Eeeded a permanent and well ordered arrangement of sewage. The late Director Remedy, with Starr and Jackman took up the discussion, and Jackman began agitation that eventually resulted in the creation of the commission. He said the com mission throughout it's career was free from interference from politicians. He recalled the prediction of Major Tay- Tor. representing the War Department, and the various sanitary engineers who examined the sewage system, that eventually the sewage must be taken from the harbor
 George M. Flames, who followed Jackman, pointed out that the report was prepared to provide for a system for 300. 600 people, that being the esti- mated population of Bridgeport, based on it's present rate of growth, in 50 years. He said he believed no more thorough report had ever been pre- sented to the city than that of the commission
 Fayette c. Clark. former Alderman spoke of the qualifications bf MT Her formed him the cost of the completed system would be approximately $1,- 700, ,000 The per capita cost of $17, he said, was much smaller than other cities. MT. Herring had told him the cheapest system devised for other cit ies was $26 per capita, Bridgeport be- ing especially blessed in it's topo- graphy
 S. T. Davis, president of the Loco4 mobile Go. and a member Of Mayor Reynolds commission, a civil engineer himself, said that while at college he had been taught to venerate Mir. Her ing as the greatest in the world. The sewage system of the city, he said, is disgrace, and he pointed out par ticularly the Henry street basin.
 eff you're sick, you get the best doctor you can find: if you're in trou- ble you get the best lawyer. We spent about s4O,000 to build a power station last year." he continued, speaking of his own plant. we had talent in our own ranks, but we went outside and got the best. The result is that we are saving about s5,0O0 "a year in coal. How can the city of Bridgeport do better than to take the advice of this great sanitary engineer? It does not mean a great expenditure of money, it means simply the spend ing of money as the city grows"
 Frank T. Staples spoke of the inn portance of separating the two classes of sewage, whether the Herring scheme or any other is adopted, and he called forth specific instances of the failure of the present system to work prop erly because the surface water had carried sediment into the sewage sys- tenn until both the sanitary and sur face sewage were flooded into the street.
 Col. Rogers, chairman of the Per manent Paving and Sewer Commis- sion, spoke along the same line, told of the necessity of tearing up pave ment to get at the present sewers be- up the sewage. He said he had i'm plicit faith in the sewage commissions report.
 William R. Brown, former Senator and a member of the Permanent Pavement and Sewer Commission, sounded an alarm of prospective suits against the city because the present system isn't doing it's work
 Willis F. Hobbs, president of <he Manufacturers Association, said he had utmost respect for his good friend GOodsell, but he believed in this par ticular case he was on the wrong track
 s. E. Vincent said the matter ap- pealed to him IS a business proposi- tlon. The Herring system would al- low the surface water to run off in it's natural course, and would pump other sewage out into the Sound. He instanced the territory near the Roos-