The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-10

$200, 900 for sewer constructors. D1d he ever take pains to ascertain in. de- tail how this money was to be used, or was he aware why our present trunk sewers had been built and for what purposes? Although not in his line as chairman of the Sewer com
 mittee of the Board of Apportionment to specially investigate where this money had been spent in the past, or how it was to be expended in the fu- ture, on what grounds then can ne l make the statement, that he was not in favor Of spending any more money for trunk sewers, if he had not thor oughly posted himself on sewer con-
 ditions, as planned by Engineer Sco- field.
 MT. Cooper says, eff they had for
 merly accompanied the Herring report
 with a brass band, we would have had the Herring system adopted long ago. = supposed brass bands usefulness | was in the line of affording pleas ure and amusement for the people at Park concerts. public meetings. street parades, ball and banquets. l
 find was greatly mistaken, as l nev. l was also used to influence legislation. MT. Cooper says it is the proper thing to do when any particular
 measure is sought to be passed by the Board or Aldermen. The Honorable Board of Aldermen away with public hearings, because all that is needed is 8 brass band, nc matter how important the matters are, or how many million dollars of the tax payers money are at stake. or reasons or arguments. You can easily telligence of our aldermen.
 Has Worked Hard.
 have worked very hard night and
 day to thin kand reason out ideas that would appeal to the intelligence
 dermen on this sewer question.
 find that my time, labor and expense
 have been entirely wasted. If had
 previously known that all that was
 needed to influence our city fathers
 on this. important question. was sim
 claims. I would have saved my time.
 labor, money and worry during the
 last eight months. Perhaps even at
 this late day, 1t is worth something to learn what to do the next time
 any important question of interest to
 the taxpayers is agitated or brought
 before our Honorable Common Coun-
 cil.
 Instead of appealing to the reason
 or to the intelligence of the Board of
 Aldermen. all that would be neces-
 sary from MT. Cooper's standpoint, is
 to furnish a brass bandtand count the
 number of people that stand Sup in
 favor of or against any project pro-
 posed, even if citizens appear before
 your Honorable Body and give good
 to the city's good shuld or should
 not be adopted.
 Opposition Claims.
 Mir. A. M. Cooper, Mr. F. T. Staples
 and MT. Wm. R. Brown claim
 There are sections of the present
 carry off the water, when there are
 heavy rain storms" and immediately after, claim that "The Herring plan
 would provide smaller storm sewer
 which would be made available for
 carrying off the rain fall" Then
 arranged to do the sanitary work. By
 this plan the Dewey Street trunk sewer which they claim is overbur-
 dened on days of hard rain, would
 be relieved from the extra overflow and would provide ample outlet for
 benefit would we gain by providing q
 smaller storm sewer; if the 40 by 60
 Dewey Street sewer, the largest sew CT in the city, is not adequate In avoiding overhowing our streets when
 first place, this small extra storm
 sewer would not begin to provide ad-
 ded relief sufficient to make any ma
 terial difference in the backing up
 or overfiowink of water in streets
 during heavy rains. It is a we'll ob- served fact. that none of our paved
 streets. (except where there are heavy grades) but what are flooded from curb to curb during heavy rains, making the streets impassa bl for people on foot to cross without wading through two or three inches of water. This condition applies during heavy raians to many streets in different parts of our city. The same condition also applies to many fof the streets. in every city in the United States during heavy rains, ana
 no sewer system either combined or dual has ever been or will be built large enough to immediately relieve our streets from flooding during ex- tcessive rains. It is an Inconvenience which must happen several times a year, necessarily human nature must
 be afflicted thereby, as nature itself has provided these rains.
 "What Does He Mean?"
 MT. Cooper states that building the east and west end trunk sewers under the dual plan. would give relief in the handling of the sewage, and also
 relieve hundreds and hundreds of property owners from the constant flooding of cellars and | damage to closets. As no trunk sewers have been built in the east and west end SSStioho SpOkSn or, anu as the grades or these sewers when laid must be the same whether planned as a large compined single sewer system or planned under dual system of sew CTS, now can he promise relief from one system more than from another. ana what does he mean in claiming
 that 1t will relieve hundreds and hum tdreds or property owners from the constant flooding of their cellars and damage to their closets, when they
 nave never had any sewer facilities prQvlded up to the present time.
 MT. T. Staples influenced the tapping into the Lindley Street trunk sewer with small sized sewer and had the same extended up Lindley of A few houses. Whether he is agent for or personally owns these places. do not know. This small
 sewer prevents the further extension of. the Lindley Street trunk sewer for
 large section of property east and west of North Main Street and east of Chestnut Hill District unless said small sewer should be taken up and the L4indley Street trunk sewer built and continued full size as originally projected through these several dis tricts. Mir. Staples also was the par ty that influenced the Sewer Com- mittee to recommend the tapping in- to of the Dewey Street trunk sewer, 40 by 60, with a small 15 inch san itary sewer, which would have cost
 the city $15,Q00, or more for build- ing the sewer up Dewer Street, under Rooster River to Brooklawn Avenue, for the cnnoia1 rnrrnSo nf rrnvfdfy Q