The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-06-14

o&dlioiS dQQ nOtnlnS TO the e1nc1oncy
| of the system. unless we have to carry
the sewerage beyond our city limits.
Engineering Not Guess Work.
Now, inasmuch as it costs less to
build adequate sewers by the Herring
| plan than by the old methods, and this
has been vouched for by competent
engineering authority, it seems to me
very inconsistent for any layman to
, say, Il do not believe that the sani-
tary engineers know what they are
talking about" and ask the city to
build by guess rather than by definite
plans
Again, as it costs less to build sew
| ers by the Herring plan, let us see If
1t will cost more to maintain the Her
| ing system than the combined or old
style sewers. II the old sewers are
clogged, the only remedy is to dig
them up and knock hole in them,
and after cleaning, rebuild them; that
is digging up the post to shorten it on
the bottom with vengeance
On the other hand the Herring sys-
tenn has a practical device for clean
ing the clogged sewer This device
has worked we'll in many different cit
les and probably will work well in
Bridgeport, If we can in some way
manage to keep our stove-lids and
f1at-irons from going down the sinks,
e-<o etAo iIOiAlS SOWOlS CdIi D0 hu6Il6Q
regularly, in a scientific way with
out waiting for rainstorms. Again
Will the COST Of water to flush the
Herring sewers be of any great import
ance as matter of expense in MAIN
tenance. The answer follows:
HERRING & FULLER
10 Broadway,
New York City.
June II. 1911.
Mr.. S. e. Vincent,
Care Vincent Bros,
Carbon ST..
Bridgeport, Conn.
Dear Sir
Replying to your telephone request,
I will say that in the early future,
say eight or ten years hence, there
would be about so flush tanks requir-
ed. These would require about 200
gallons each per day or a total of 1O,-
600 gallons per day if they discharge
once day and a more frequent dis
charge is not necessary.
According to our report of Septem-
Der, 1908, there would be required 331
flush tanks when the system is entire
ly completed. These would consume
not over 10000 gallons of water per
day.
Very truly yours,
RUDOLPH Herring.
Mr.. Herring further states that if
with sewage as that is being done in
other cities, and it has been found
practical and very economical and
would cost the city nothing and, as
there is less than one gallon of solid
matter in 100 gallons of sewage it
would be effectual for flushing pur-
poses
I have taken this matter up with
the Water Company and find that il
we should conclude to use water for
the next eight or ten years, for flush
ing, the cost would be $146 per year.
based on Hering's estimate and /
know Of no better authority. If we
and build by the Herring sewer plan
the cost for water will be $1022 per
year. Surely these figures do not look
like bankruptcy; neither would they
prove burdensome to the small tax
payers.
We Should Follow Some Plan.
Now to sum up the situation, it
seems self evident that we should
build sewers by the Herring plan or
by some other plan equally practical
and modern. We have already got
a Herring plan and it is practical, and
building sewers and in addition to
that it aims at something. Most prac-
tical business men approve of it, be-
cause we shall have to throw away
none of the sewers that we have
built, and it costs no more to MAIN
tain it. and it prepares us for the fu-
ture removal of sewage beyond our
city limits, if we ever desire to re-
move 1t.
Vincent Answers Objections.
Now to answer all objections to the
Herring sewer system so far as pre-
sented.
First, it was said about the pumping
stations. Machinery will break down
and it will be necessary to install two
pumps in each station. The objec-
tion ---es answered by showing that
the objector did not understand the
Herring plans, as overflow devices
take care of any possible breakdowns
pending repairs.
Second: 1t was said that small sew
ers would be very unsanitary because
pressure of gases is greater in small
sewers than in large ones. The OBJ
lection was answered by showing that
in all sewers, both large or small,
gases are at atmospheric pressure.
School boy knowledge could have an
swered this objection.
The third objection was raised that
Herring had made no arrangement for
flushing sewers and they would there
fore be very foul and unsanitary.
Again. the objection was due to lack
of knowledge Of the Herring plan for it
has provided a scientific automatic
flushing device which will flush at
regular intervals and it is therefore
more sanitary than our present way
of flushing. because now it can only
be done when rain storms come
The fourth objection has been raised
that there is no practical way of clear
ing clogged sewers under the Herring
plan. 1t is in truth just the reverse.
Herring has provided a modern scien-
tific, practical device for cleaning
sewers in addition to regular flushing
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