The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-01

Hon. Zalmon Goodse1l, in an inter view, today, expresses his views upon heavy bonding, and especially upon proposed heavy bonding for sewers.
 Mr. GoodselI, we would like to have your opinion in regard to the many statements of late in the local press relating to the inefficiency of the pres ent sewer system in certain sections of our city.
 "As all of our people are seemingly enjoying excellent health up to the present time, see no immediate call to give the matter very serious at tention,' he replied. When those par ties who seem desirous of heavily bonding our city for a ''dead horse" issue, propose another large issue of bonds for an obsolete sewer system, I may or may not agitate the subject again.
 On what grounds would you con tinue in defense of our present sewer system?
 'eThe Three to One vote of our tax payers refusing the last issue of bonds proposed for the modified Herring sew CT system, proves that the taxpayers are educated in regard to the foolish ness of the whole proposition.
 Have you any other reason?
 "Yes, I have spent during the past four years, more time and energy than I can afford to do again. That is, taking my health into consideration my hobby in the future will be to de- vote the most of my time to its pres ervation.
 Are you willing to express your opinion as to the damage done to our streets by the late heavy rains?
 Personally, I know of no damage done. There is probably no city of our size in the United States that has passed through as heavy a rainfall as we have had during the past ten days, with less inconvenience to it's citizens or with less apparent damage done to our streets.
 You must admit that in certain sec tions of our city the streets were over flowed to a greater or less extent during this heavy rain fall?
 Most assuredly they were, and do not believe any sewer system will ever be built of sufficient size to take care of such a rain fall as we have had lately. As an illustration, think of the large. area of surface of 150 miles of streets, sidewalks and gutters, besides the area of surface of roofs of the thousands of buildings located in our city. This enormous accumu- lation of water from a continuous hard rain confined in certain channels cannot be controlled by any present known sewer system. Nature under the above unsual circumstances must for short time have it's own way. No
 
 for connections to our main sewers will ever remove river of water at once. It must take time for the sew CT system to gradually carry off the surplus water. Many sewer wells and outlets about the city were clog ged up with leaves, and as a sequence there were lakes of water covering certain sections of our city streets The same conditions are certain to re- cur whenever we have long continued cop1ous rains. These slight incon- veniences should be met with the hap py thought we are much better or as well off as any of our sister cities You cannot stop the rising of a high tide when it is raining copiously at the same time, nor avoid such unfortun- ate combinations.
 In your opinion, is there any rem edy?
 'tNo, and I'll tell you why Do you believe anyone could possibly an alyze the cost and size of sewers large enough to carry off at once such a flood of rain water as we have been blessed with during the past ten days Or do you believe any engineer could plan a pumping station of sufficient