The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-18
GOODSELL AGAIN RIDDLES HERRING
 SEWER SYSTEM
Shows That Cost is in Enormous Disparity With Needs
 of City
Wants the Camels Head Kept Out of the Tent-Democratic Party Should Not Have Bur- den UnlOaded Onto it

The following paper, by Hon. zal- mon Goodsell, further considering the disadvantages of the Herring system. is in addition to what he has already said upon this subject. The unneces- sary costliness of the Herring scheme is considered. The paper follows: To The Honorable Common Council,
 Gentlemen: t
 sewer to be built in the East End under the Herring system having been called for September 18th, I beg leave to submit the following communica- tion.
 MT. John J. Phelan said in his in teryiew published in Sunday news paper that the Herring plan had no more financial significance than the system that has been in use these many years past.
 Anyone can figure out the difference financially when it is well known that the present trunk sewers can be so extended as to answer all purposes for many years to come at a cost not exceeding $200, 0,000, when the item alone for engineering and superinten- dency for the building of the first part of the Herring system would cost near ly $300,00
 On the other hand, the modified Herring system advocated by Mr. Phe- Ian and his associates will cost under (Hering'D specifications $450,000 and probably more.
 If MT Phelan will read what Mr. Herring dictates in his report, he will find these modified plans of a later date are made to fit his original plans, which original plans will probably cost millions of dollars more than es- timated before finally completed.
 MT. Phelan says: Eff the Herring system is adopted and proves unsat- two proposed trunk pipes, it would be simple matter to drop it and con- tinue the old without any added ex- pense.''
 To install these two proposed trunk pipes wor-d be first to tap into the Dewey street trunk sewer, size 40. x 50, with a. sanitary sewer size 30 inch, capacity of the Dewey Street tra'ih sewer. Fg
 The other proposed Herring trunk pipe in the East End commencing at the foot of Read street, size 20 inch in diameter is proposed to take care of all sewage in the northeast section of our city, which the wilmot avenue sewer size 54 x 36 has already been partially built, for a loss of 1,500 inches of the present capacity of the Wilmot avenue sewer. According to this plan, the proposed 20 inch sewer will re- place the Wilmot avenue sewer alto- gether.
 The present trunk sewers have al- ready cost the city thousands of dol lars to build to. their present term inals, one of which will be a total loss and the other nearly SO
 As far as can ascertain there is no city in New England of our size that does not have larger trunk sew CTS than we have at the present time even where the double sewer. system has been proposed or adopted.
 If these two new trunk pipes should fe ordered and laid it would use up the proposed bond issue of $100,000, and then if they prove un- satisfactory, would it be a simple matter to drop it and continue the old without any added expense as MT. Phe1an contends. The $100 900 would have been spent and lost, and after wards these experimental trunk pipes would have to be taken up and the old system relaid at large extra
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