The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-01
C00DSELL WARNS MAYOR AGAINST - 5 HERRING. SYSTEM
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Says That Engineer Who Pre- pared Plans Himself Admitted Weakness of Double System, With Sewage Disposal Elimi- mated
Asks Chief Executive to Use
 His Influence in Favor of the
 Reestablishment of ScOfield = Combination System

Combination System 
 The following communication to Mayor c. B. Wilson, from Zalmon Goodsell, on the subject of sewers, is self-explanatory:
 Honorable Clifford B. Wilson, Mayor:
 My dear Sir believe you mean to serve the best interests of the city of Bridgeport and it's people in straightforward and square manner. Therefore submit to you the follow ing facts:
 - I do not wish to ascribe special mo- Etives to any person; others can ana lyzs the following facts as they please. ! Facts are very stubborn things to overcome in the long run.
 s. At the council meeting, October IT, 1910, page 263, Council Proceedings, "Petition of the Spooner estate, per sR. E. DeForest and Frank T. Staples. for permission to lay a sewer pipe in Brooklawn avenue, northerly from the city sewer and to connect with said sewer.''
 At the council meeting, November -, 1910, Council Proceedings page 2S3, Hearing the petition of R. E. DeFor { est and Frank T. Staples, trustees for the Spooner estate, for permission to construct sewer pipes in Brooklawn avenue connecting with the city sewer 6n~tt erly to the advantage of the proper -ty owners on>both sides of said street" page 2S6. at the same meeting.
 The sewer committee reported rela- tive to petitions of DeForest and Sta pies. trustees. of Spooner estate, and recofnmended for adoption the follow = ing resolution:
 Resolved, That the prayer of the : petitioner be granted, provided, how -ever, that said sewer pipe be laid in ~-1o rrySE ', y,1o yrc ma lions acceptable to the city engineer fand to line and grades set by the s-aforesaid engineer" Adopted.
 The city clerk states that this ac- stion of the common council was never -rescinded.
 Common council meeting, December 5, 1910. nage g:
 = At a meeting of the council the fol- flowing petition was referred to the committee of sewers. F. T. Staples and R. E.. DeForest, trustees for the Clapp Spooner estate, for the con- ! struction of the sewer in Dewey street from Maplewood avenue, northerly to Brooklawn. avenue. thence northerly son Brooklawn avenue to Capital ave- nue.
 Rank Legislation.
 There was no further action taken regarding these propositions by either the petitioners or the common coun- ell.
 4A0 COulIuOu COuIlCil, HI STdHliIS the petition, allows the Spooner es- tate to tap into the Dewey street sewer as soon as the sewer is built to Roos- ter river and Brooklawn avenue, with out any charge being made for the privilege. The facts are. the city of Bridgeport will expend some $s0,000 to $90,0O0 upon the construction of the Dewey street trunk sewer to the Rooster river for the benefit in part of property lying in the town of Fair field.
 The 30-inch sanitary sewer which the common council has ordered laid in Dewey street to Brooklawn avenue, under the Rooster river, will not in my judgment prove adequate, for after it has served the purpose of sewering the territory known as rthe Spooner property, now located in the town of Fairfield, which property is outside of the limits of our city, and not subject to taxatio the residents of Nichols vile and Stratfield, also living in the town of Fairfield, ought to have the same right to use this seweEsa as resi- dents occupying @tFeGSp ooner proper ty. The capacity of this 30-inch sani- tary sewer would probably be strained to cover this territory lying in Fair field, leaving miles of streets and own CTS of homes living in the northwest section of our own city deprived of Adequate sewage facilities, who would be obliged to continue the use of ceSs- POOlS LOT sewage purposes TOT many years to come; and all because so small a sewer is going to be built at 1he present time in Dewey street pri- rnarily for the immediate use of Fair field residents.
 l believe the proposition of taxing the property owners of Bridgeport large sums for small trunk sewers for the accommodation of property inter ests located in adjoining towns, which escape their fair share of taxation for the above privilege, is the rankest kind Df legislation, if not strictly illegal as I am advised it may be.
 -< My attention having been formerly Called to this ruinous destruction of fhe Dewey street trunk sewer in re- &acing the size of said sewer, 4Ox601 fo a little 15-inch sanitary sewer, I submitted to the common council on January 20, 1911, communication embodying practically Engineer Sco- fields original plan for the future sewage of our city. which have here condensed for your information
 Lose Original Outlay.
 The present Dewey street sewer ' from Cedar creek to MapleWood ave- nue, size 40x60, length about $500 ft. probably would cost to replace about eessitate the loss of this original out lay. A branch from this main trunk sewer now extends up Maplewood ave- hue to -1ranistan avenue, size 33 1-2x nS 1-6a AAOLn6T UTduCU SU- Inch circular sewer extends from Ma pIewood avenue trunk sewer up Nor man street to Staples street. To con- Hnue the present Dewey stret sewer Eul1 size, 40x60, from Maplewood ave- hue to the junction of Brooklawn avenue and Wade street, distance of about $500 feet, would cost about k3S,000- A branch trunk sewer, 36 E54, from this point, running east to Wood avenue and northerly on Wood Grenue to Capital avenue, would cost about $26,000. By digging up the present small sewer tapped into the Norman street sewer, at the corner of Norman and Staples streets and extend a 30-inch circular sewer up Norman street to Capital avenue, would cost about $11, 900. The total cost for trunk sewers through this northwest section, which are needed at once, would approximate $75,000.
 A trunk sewer was laid through Efndley street to above North ave- hue. A 12-inch sewer has been tackled onto the outlet of this trunk sewer, destroying its future usefulness until removed. It was the original intention ko extend this trunk sewer full size. k6x5I, to French street, from this point branch sewer, 3O-inch, brick