The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-30
VOTE DOWN SEWER BONDS
Pave Way for Piecemeal Tn stallment of Herring Sys-
 tenn, Says Goodsell
Result Would Be An Addi- ton of Four Mills to the
 Annual Tax Rate

Hon. Zalmon Goodsell, who is opposed to the reckless bond ing plans put forward by Mayor Wilson, today, turned the vivid fire of his logic against the pro- posed issue for sewer bonds. In a statement made to The Farmer today he proves con clusively that the sewer bond proposal is a continuation of an attempt to thrust the rejected. Herring system upon the city, and shows that the ultimate cost to this city, would mean an addition of three or four mills to each years tax rate. His statement follows, and ev- cry thoughtful citizen should read it before voting upon the sewer bonds:
 Thes- taxpayers of the City of Bridgeport should be willing to pay the $25, 900 mandatory order of the Court as agreed to by our former City Attorney as a very cheap proposition
 
 assessment would not pay one years running expense . of the proposed pumping station besides spending $500, 1000 borrowed money for the building of these unnecessary inter- captine sewers This plan is simply a wedge for greater expenses to fol- low hereafter. It continues the build- ing of the unwarranted Herring blue print double sewer system when time has proved that the Scofield Sewer System now in use, up to the present tirne. has been adequate for all pur- needs of our city.
 The proposed new Knowlton Street intercepting sewer is planned to emp tyr ia large aecnrnNlated mass or ffalll garbage sewage below Congress street bridge feet below low water. It is claimed and stated in their later plan that this mass of foul garbage sew age will be rendered innocuous with the mixture of tide water. The state ment that saline water will make sewage fnnocuous is now publicly acknowledged by parties interested in forcing this unwarranted Herins: double sewer system at a cost of millions of dollars, upon the easy go- ing taxpayers of Bridgeport. This has been the principal claim and ar gument previously made to impress upon the minds of the citizens of the City of Bridgeport for several years past, because our city does not bor- der on fresh water rivers and streams.
 This latter day acknowledgement by these interested parties that saline water makes sewage innocuous con- demns the necessity of further agitat- ing the building of the Herring experi- mental double blue print sewer sys- tenn, which acknowledgement up to date makes the Scof1eld sewer system the one best sewer system for the City of Bridgeport
 Accepting their plans and state ments as correct, why cannot the Barnum avenue, Stillman, Ogden, Shelton, Jane, Arctic and Maple Sts-, which now empty into the Pequon- mock River above low tide, also have their present outlets lowered below low water mark at their several out lets Here the sewage will also be rendered innocuous with the mixture of tide water, equally above as below Congress St.
 MT. ScoheId, many years ago, reme- died the outlet of the Pembroke St. trunk sewer by the same method. As his plan has proved successful by ac- tua1 tests for good many years, whats the need of an. interceptins sewer?
 Instead of a $3oo,0o0 unwarranted a proper amount of money should be appropriated by the Board of Ap- portionment for the building of two incinerating plants which were recom- mended by the Board of Health. This is conceded the only feasible means of disposing of garbage without a, pos- itiye nuisance being created, and 1a-s ter the Board of Apportionment should plan to bulkhead the Pequon- mock River. This would satisfy the Court, if our City Attorney so rec commended. The less that can be said in regard to the action of the Board of Appor- tionment in making no appropriation for small lateral sewers, the better, for these lateral sewers are and have been for all time a part of the annual needs in the growth yof our city for encouraging the building of homes for our people to rent. This action will naturally check, to a certain ex- tent. a desirable added wealth to our city's growth, besides forcing the own CTS of new buildings in certain sec- tions of our city to build out-houses and cess-pools for their families use or for the use of their tenants. This :s certainly taking 8 backward step by the Board of Apportionment, in this great question of sanitation, after so much of a hu11abaloo has been raised upon this important subject of cleanly and wholesome health sur roundings for our people to live un- der.
 The holding up of the customary appropriation for lateral sewers fos. old and new streets where sewers are petitfoned for, is not explainable ex- cept to force our taxpayers to accept the unwarranted proposed sewer bond ] issue of $300,000, for building Her 1 ing's blue print double sewer system. If this was primarily the reason, can any citizen conceive of the possibiI- ity of the scheme being successfully carried out.
 As a rule, the taxpayers of our city
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