The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18
TRUMBULL'S TOWN MEET
ING.
TO GRADE INSTEAD OF
BUILDING NEW.
SATURDAYS TOWN MEETING VOTES
DOWN THE NEW DANIELS FARM

SATURDAYS TOWN MEETING VOTES
DOWN THE NEW DANIELS FARM
Considerable feeling was shown in the
debate over the new road up Daniels
Farm hill and, after about two hours
spent in hearing the pros and cons in the
case, it was voted down, % to 27.
Town Clerk Louis Wakeley called the
meeting to order at about 2 80, there be-
ing fair representation of voters of the
town present. Horace L. Fairchild
was chosen moderator and, upon request,
the clerk read the warning which called
them together:
Warning is hereby given to the legal voters
OF the Town of Trumbull that, on the appli-
cation OF 20 or more legal voters of said town
by petition, that a special town meeting will
be held in the town house on Saturday, De-
cember IL, 1891, ut O'Clock IN tor the pur-
pose of laying out new road commencing 10
or 20 rods on the old road south OF the house
of Edwards Beach DETECTING to the west from
the present highway and running southerly
around the Daniels Farm hills so called, com
ing out near the house OF william + Beach on
the present highway, or to intcrsect the
present highway north of stephen c. Beach
house near small stone bridge and grade
down the lower Hill from stephen c. Beach's
house to grade of not more than six or
eight feet to the 100 feet.
Also to provide for said layout and build
said new road by tax or otherwise.
Also to take the necessary action to unite
part of Bridgeport to Nichols Farm school
district tor school purposes
Orville 5. Malleet,
william o. Beach, Selectmen.
G.. n. Brinsmade,
Trumbull, December 3, 1891.
Moderator Farchild thought the mat
ter of the joint school district one easily
settled and, in a few words, explained the
necessity for such action so that, no dis
cussion being likely to arise about it,
this resolution was offered:
Resolved, that the selectmen be authorized
to join to the Nichols Farms school district
such part of the town OF Bridgeport as they
can make terms with that town to be set Off
to said district for school purposes.
No opposition was made to the propos-
ed change and, after its adoption, the real
business of the meeting began with the
presentation of the following by Lewis
Brinsmade:
Resolved. that we accept the survey and
layout OF a highway made by the selectmen,
commencing about Is rods south OF the house
OF Edwards Beach, running west of the pres
ent road so rs to get an easier grade around
the hills, and intersecting the present road
near the house of William f. Beach,
This was amended as follows:
Resolved, that the road shall pass around
the large hin and intersect the present road
near the stone bridge at the foot OF said hill,
and that the road be graded from that point
to the house of william F. Beach to "a grade
not exceeding eight feet to the hundred.
Stephen C. Beach said that, if there
was no alternative, the measure might be
passed, but it was going to be thorough
ly aired first to see if there was no other
way to better the hardship of getting to
the top of Daniels Farm hill, closing
to have the scheme carried out unless
forced to such an extremity by those fay-
oring the new road. He wished to adj
journ the meeting, which the moderator
did not think in order.
Wolcott Beach spoke in favor of the
new route and said that, although it lay
over ground much of which was wet,
there was sufficient fall to admit of good
drainage and the road would be up to the
average country highway on that score.
Surveyor Seymour Brinsmade was ca IL
ed on and exhibited diagrams, showing
the amount of work needed to bring the
hill to grade Of eight feet in 100, which
he estimated could be done at about So
600, as the cut required the moving of
over 1000 cubic yards, most of the way
through solid rock, judging from appear
ances, which would cost 81 so per yard
to move to the hollow where the embank-
ment was required, leaving a cut of about
Is feet and an embankment of about the
same height in the valley. He said that,
on the lower hill, where he thought less
rock was found and S. c. Beach doubted
IL there was any, the work would be
much less not over 1900 or 100 feet had
to be moved to get grade of eight feet
in 100. Referring to the new layout, the
surveyor thought it feasible and good.
The building of the 100 rods of new road
required should cost much less than
$1,000.
Wolcott Beach thought 5000 enough to
fence it.
S. q. Beach asked if the surveyor had
looked over a route which went to the
east of the old road and he said that he
had not.
Neither Edwards Beach nor sc. Beach
were prepared to say what they should
want as damages for cutting their farm
into unhandy pieces and leaving several
of their best fields without water, but
thought the two acres called for by the
new layout Of little moment as compared
with the damage to their property from
the proposed new road.
j. A. Treadwell thought no intelligent
vote could be had until more definite facts
were presented as to what it would cost
to put the road through.
s. G. Beach told how water in wells
near the road bed proposed, now, was
but foot below the surface and, in sea-
sons at all wet, they were brim full.
T.. G.. Beers found faulG with the warn
ing, as not definite enough. The grad
ing down of the present road was not
mentioned, as he had reason to expect.
He accused the friends of the scheme of
springing it upon the meeting without
fair warning and thought it bold robbery