The Newtown bee., 1892-07-08

out. Several Trumbull hills as hard for a load as Daniels Farm hill. The 2.02 acres worth $S5 to 800 an acre; damages not less than $4OO. Rather town would take my whole farm than to live on 1t after it was so mutilated and such an eyesore. Land has just come in possess sion of present owner. Think good deal of Beaches and respect hallowed in fiuences of old times memories; Ed wards Beach feels badly to have this land cut into and my regard for him has influenced me to take more interest in the case. Think POP acres fairly worth $S5 acre, but never knew Daniels Farm land sold for that. Sold 50 acres of Abel Stiles Beach's farm for $2600, with house and buildings. Consider high way front very valuable, but layout would make too much front. Layout mutilates homestead, makes 200 more rods of fence to support, farm would not sell for as much, would hurt my eyes every time l looked at it; $40O worth. Squire Beers made an eloquent plea for old memories and homesteads, which Judge Beers ridiculed. Trum- bull property assessed about third of it's value. If old road remains, consider layout common convenience, but not ne- cessity. If $500 road granted, increase my taxes more than $5, perhaps $l0. Perhaps lot more roads have to be made and then not wish to stand taxes. Don't think ditches on old road would freeze up; hill sleeper. Don't know as any one has built fence l described as far from their house as layout is from Ste phen Beach's. Abel Stiles Beachs es- tate appraised $3465; knew I didn't get $6000 for it before he died. No more necessary to cut hills down for Daniels Farm than for Tashua. Cut all Trum- bull hills down and town would be bankrupt; town has kept out of debt. Judge Beers asked if he thought town would be bankrupt when Long Hill was macadamized. Squire Beers replied that Long Hill paid half the cost and Trumbull had voted to pay half of im- provements in any part of town, if other half was subscribed.
 Engineer Brinsmade said that his esti- mates allowed for going six inches be- low grade for gutters, the rock so brok- en to crown road bed. Should not think ground near layout contained gravel.
 Homer E. Clarke of Monroe uses Dan- iel's Farm road to Bridgeport once or twice weekly. Top of hill cut off would make better road. Should think it feasi- ble. Longer easy road harder for team than short sharper grade. Prefer a hard road under all circumstances. Take White Plains road to Bridgeport from Trumbull Center, though longer than the miller, shorter Rocky Hill road, from habit.
 Wesley B. Coan, carriage maker and general repairer of Long Hill. Lived in Trumbull 47 years, eight of them al Long Hill. Layout, if built like most country roads, would be soft half the year. Got hay on meadows of layout planted and hood corn there 30 or more years ago. Ground heavy, wet after rain. Looks to be the same now Think it feasible to cut old hill down making good, substantial road. Layout very objectionable, but prefer long, easy grade. As I understand it, prefer old road. New road very much worse tc keep in repair. If l owned the property would value POP acres at $100 acre damage to farm, $500. Material fol fence, $1 rod. Seen ice embarrassing on hill, but worse on level below Ed wards Beach's. Have bound wheels carting timber down hill; also on other hills. Think proper ditches at top o1 hill would obviate ice. Think part o1 our roads could not be made good road: | by good. ditches and culverts, unless stone ballasted, even if on side hill Upper part of layout could not be made good road unless macadamized. Like low grades. MT Coan gave further testi mony as to the value of different lots or the layout.