The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-10

death rate has been smaller here than
 elsewhere. He argued that if the Ma
 plewood avenue sewer would take care
 of a section growing as that section for other growing sections.
 He protested against the expenditure of vast sums of money for the Herring system, and of the high taxes bound to result. The man on top can take care of himself,'' said MT. Goodsell, der who pays the bills" He reminded the aldermen that in 10 years there may be 10 new systems of sewage handling that will beat the Herring system out of sight.
 J. w. Drew of 1885 Park avenue spoke briefly, outlining a scheme of | tidal sewers, by which the ebb tide could be taken advantage of to car ry off the sewage from various parts of the city, and when he had con- cluded, George Flames remarked that Mir. Drew had given a fairly accurate description of a Herring system. MT. Goodselrs communication which appears elsewhere brought Fire Com missioner Wallace G. Taylor to his was absent MT. Taylor protested against the personalities" of MT. Goodselrs communication. Alderman Primrose apologized for Mir. Cooper's s'brass band" statement. He said he was convinced that MT. Cooper did not mean what he said in a. literal sense. And MT. GOodsell then remarked that every statement he made in his com munica ton was founded upon fact The proponents of the Herring plan took the floor in rebuttal led by Hon. John J. Phelan, president of the board of the apportionment. He too pleaded that the controversy be con- tinued dispassionately and without personalities.
 Mir. Phelan reiterated the statement that there will be no expense to the city with the Herring plan more than with the continuation of the present method of building sewers. MT. Her ing modified the plan he said to meet the conditions of Bridgeport. He said the first plan was for g, 300, GOO expen- diture this to include pumping sta- tions, interceptors and the like. When these will be necessary the advocates of the system don't know. but they feel that they should be provided. -Un- der the modified plan he said the pumping stations were cut out, the in terceptors were cut out and only $450,- 900 is needd to complete the modified plan. To talk of s3,0O8OoO under this condition is absurd, said he The two sewers that it is proposed to build now will cost less than $S0,0o0 The proponents of the Herring system are as desirous of keeping taxes low as any other men.
 As to the argument that it will cost large sums to maintain the plan, un- der the modified plan. MT. Phelan said that there will be nothing to maintain, that the system will take care of it. self. The proposed new sewers in the East End and the West End are to empty into the sound like the present sewers. But if the time comes that pumping stations must be maintained, it will be cheaper to have such sta tions under the Herring system than the present systembecau Sc the ma terial to be pumped will be so much less under the dual system than the present single system. As to the -oys- ter beds, said he, if it becomes neces- Sary to pump the sewage to the sound, the cost of the oyster beds will be the same no matter what plan is adopt ed. He said that in all human prob ability the cost of adopting the modi- not exceed $200.oO0
 At this juncture Commissioner Peck asked if Herring had at any time rec commended that his system should be used in Bridgeport Tn reply, MT. Phe- Ian said the commission recommended Mir. Hering's plan. s. E. Vincent said that he feared MT. Goodsell in dis cussing conditions at Reading either didn't understand the situation or ddnst state it fully as it was. Mr. Vincent declared that the Reading, Pa, system, wasn't a Herring system. SMr. Herring was called in to supervise the construction of sewage dispos- al plant but the sewage system is not a Herring system. he said Alderman Jackson said he had been to Reading to investigate and found MT. Vincent was correct. But it was not denied that the disposal plant which MT. Goodsell had criticised was built un- der Herring supervision.
 Then upon motion of Alderman Jackson, MT. Vincent was privileged to invite MT. Herring to appear before the council at an expense to be borne by others than the city, Mr. Vincent to notify the Alderman a few days in advance of the date of the engin- eer's visit. Then the following com munication was read from 15 men whose names appear herewith:
 To the Honorable Board of Alder
 Men:
 Gentlemen:
 or going into outside matters, the un. ,dersigned wishes to submit to you communication regarding the proposed new sewer system for the city of Bridgeport and set forth reasons why they believe the so-called Herring sys- tenn is an advantageous and economi- cal one to adopt and carry to what ever end may ultimately become necessary.
 You are so familiar with the mat ter that it is scarcely necessary to re- late the circumstances which led to the planning and practical adoption of Me so-called Herring system, not a1onu by a special sewer investigating com mission but with the approval of the sewer committee of the board of ap- portionment and the direct approva, of every member of that board save one