The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-25

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some As miles of inch sanitary sewer
is specified. This 1 believe to be
great mistake. If 1t was possible to
guarantee that stable and garage
washingS, old rags, coffee and tea
grounds, broken glass, potato, lemon,
orange and apple pealings, cigar
stumps, plaster and ashes and other
matter that Is constantly clogging up
sewers. could be done away with,
these small sized laterals sewers might
DO. But you must allow for extra
condltions,-as factories, hotels, board
ing houses. stores and saloons, which
are located in all parts of our city,
Where large sewer connections are
needed in addition to those for dones-
tic uses of the householder, all Of
which conditions call for ample size of
trunk and lateral sewers Most of
our present laterals are not less in
size than 10 by Is inches
1t seems a sacrilege to reduce the
Dewey street trunk sewer from 40
inches by 60 inches in diameter to 80
inches in diameter which size is pro-
posed under the Hering's modified
system. 10 inches by so inches calls
for 2,400 inches and a 80 inch sewer
calls for 900 inches, a loss of 1 500
inches in area of surface for sewer
drainage, which was originally plan
ned to cover the whole northwest sec
ton Of the city. My judgment is that
unless this Dewey street trunk sewer
is laid full size as planned the time
will come that this 30 inch substitute
sewer will be entirely inadequate for
the great future this section gives
promise of.
If the Maplewood avenue trunk sew
err laid some twenty years ago, has
answered all purposes for that popu-
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conceded as an actual fact what ar
gument can be advanced against COM
pleting the Dewey street, Norman ST.,
Main St, Lindley ST. and Wilmot ave-
nue. trunk sewers as originally plan
ned, which under the same conditions
will answer the same requirements in
these different sections Of the city
for the next wenty years as laterals
sewers are added
Hering's plan does not appear to
me like wastefulEess. that to a GER
tain extent permeates most all Cities,
but down right squanaering Of the
hard earned dollars OF ne people,
The present bond issue was allow
ed by the Legislature upon the plea
that the money was to be used for a
modified plan of the Herring sewer
system in connection with our present
sewer system. If this plan before the
legislative committee influenced their
be only fair to said legislative COM
mittee to have explained to them by
our Representatives that the Hon.
Board Of Aldermen would like to
amend said plea, and be granted per-
mission to use the proceeds from said
bond issue as in their judgment SEEM
ed best.
Men in all professions make errors
and mistakes at times None of them
are infallible.. and I do not believe
the tax payers want to spend millions
to test the matter. What difference
would it make to Mr.. Herring twenty
years from now, if we had to build
the system all over again.
The city at the end of twenty years
could not possibly be any better off
than it would be, if it followed the
plan already submitted to the Honor
able Board of Aldermen in my former
communica ton, which plan will not
cost the city over one twentieth of this
substituted plan.
Common sense and the good business
judgment used by the gentlemen. who
planned the present sewer system is
equally as good, if not better, than a
foreign engineers, when experience
and use have fully demonstrated the
fact. They certainly laid a good foun-
dalton for greater Bridgeport
Rather than to build the Herring sys-
tenn I would advise all the people to
live as our fore fathers did, without
sewers for the next twenty years if
necessary.
Every citizen should take an active
part and show some interest in impor-
tant matters of this kind. It is hard
to explain why they sit down, fold
their hands and do nothing. IT Is
time the taxpayers should strongly
several districts, / have heard nothing
from large and small taxpayers but
words of praise for bringing to the
attention Of the Honorable Board Of
Aldermen the sewer plan and origi-
nally projected.
population but very slow in wealth.
If the citizens do not take some i'm
mediate action, the Good Lord have
mercy on the poor taxpayers Of
Bridgeport twenty years from now.
shall not be here to see the finish,
but I have children and grandchildren
whose interest I have at heart the
same as every other good citizen ought
to have.
No personal feelings or petty politics
should influence the minds of any
person whatever. This sewer prob
lem means first of the foundation of
our City's further advancement, and
second. conserving of the peoples
1 notified the Honorable Board of
Aldermen of present sewer conditions
as private citizen in my former
communication.
now appeal to them as a private
citizen and to all taxpayers to earn
estly protest against any part of this
Hering's system being used in Bridge
port.
New York-Mrs. Martha Harmon 10
colored and grandmother has lust
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board of education for meritorious at
tendance at A primary school.