The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-14
PROVISIONS OF i. CONTRACT FOR
 BEAUTY" PLAN
Details of Elaborate Project by Which Famous Connec- ticut Town May Become Famed for Exclusive Na- ture of It's DWellers.
Redding's Unique Scheme of Landed Investment and
 the Requirements to
 Which the Resident Prop erty Owners Must Submit If the Idea Is to Prevail.

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 erty Owners Must Submit l If the Idea Is to Prevail l Bedding, Conn.,, Jan. IA. The i contract which is to be placed
 before all residents of the town of Red
 ding, is so important in it's bearings
 so comprehensive in it's scope and SC
 novel in it's application, that we have
 summarized it's provisions by elinnin- ating it's legal phraseology, with the | following result:
 1 The resident is to hold - acres ot | his land subject to sale by the con- l tractor at twice it's fair present value at any time within five years" the contractor to advertise it and sell it if 1 possible and to receive any surplus ! from such sale.
 l The resident and the contractor are l to agree upon the division, of the for | mer's land into two tracts one to be subject to sale by the contractor, and the other to be held by the owner. The resident is to agree to sell to the contractor any part of the land includ- ed in the first tract at price to be agreed upon.
 The resident agrees not to sell any part of his reserved tract before March 1. 1910, without the contractors con- sent and that he will not, before that date, sell land or remove or destroy buildings thereon without giving the contractor 30 days rights of purchase and that he will not, prior to March | 1914, sell any land or buildings includ- ed in his reserved tract without the consent "as to the purchaser" of the trustees, of whom there will be five two named by the Selectmen, two by the directors of the Bedding Preser- vation Co., with the president of that corporation.
 The contractor is to organize such corporation on or before June l. 1909, and it is to have nine directors, ma jority of them residents of Bedding.
 This corporation is to esta ablish "a perpetual trust fund.-" conveying there to 25 per cent. of all monies received from land sales and 10 per cent. of all receipts from other revenue sources, it is also to receive donations of land, buildings, historical memorials, etc.
 The trustees are to invest the trust fund in such U. s., State, municipal and school bonds as are accepted by savings banks under the law, and the income is to be devoted to "the im- provement and beautffying' of the town and to ''the common benefit of the parties hereto"
 The trustees are to acquire by pur- chase, donation or long lease "the banks of all watereourses and natural lakelets and ten feet on the borders thereof" also "unutilized springs with an acre of land surrounding each, and right of way from such springs to such watercourses, to be held forever for 'tthe common benefit of the parties thereto. their heirs, etc., .being resi- dents of Bedding"
 The corporation is to locate "every practicable dam site" within a year for the purpose of building chain of lakes so soon as revenue permits. The trustees are to pipe from acquired springs to the watercourses and "may sink flowing wells to replenish the streams and also shall, when neces- sary, restock sthe streams and lakes with native fish, Contiguous land owners, all parties to this contract, residents of Bedding and "their resi- dent guests may freely fish t'but all others shall be forever excluded
 The trustees are to acquire, as reve- nue permits, "all the woodland and waste land possible outside of prac- ticable home sites'' and to hold them ''for the common benefit" They are to appoint "a commission of seven of the cultured and artistic residents and to "employ competent landscape en- NACe~A OSA c1NSo of undergrowth, expose bold rocks or promontories cut vistas through the forest or construct sylvan roads, paths or bridges but must "preserve for ever the natural beauty of the wilder ness.'' They shall also fswhere neces- sary plant the native trees, vines ferns and flowers" All parties to this contract, their heirs, etc. being res idents of Redding' and "the resident guests shall have free access to all trust lands, with free right to hunt and gather nuts, fruits. ferns and flow CTS, but all others shall be forever ex- cluded.''
 The corporation is to exert it's inf1u- ence s'to preserve from iconoclasm the present landscape, architecture, stone fences, rural lanes, ancient graveyards and the quaint simplicity of old New England,'' but they may improve some of the principal roads and may provide for lighting"
 The trustees are to mark all spots of historic interest and shall collect and preserve historic objects, books. let ters ancient vehicles. utensils, furni- ture, costumes and other memorials of old Bedding life in some safe mu- seun.''
 Every deed must contain clause providing that if "any hotel, mill fac. tory show place or place for the sale
 
 established on the tract conveyed such tract shall at once pass to the perpet-t ual trust" and such uses are prohibit ed on all trust lands All the parties are to use their influence ito prevent the building of any railroad. trolley or rapid transit line.'
 The corporation can sell no land without the approval of the purchaser by the trustees.
 The corporation must, prior to March l. 19O9 have the entire region photo graphed, in not less than 1.0Oe views, seek out "all practical historical data," map the entire region, prepare treat ise on it's geology flora and fauna, and publish "a sumptuous volume contain ing all of these, together with state ment of the remarkable beauties and attractions of the region'' and details of the plan of development, this publi- cation to be brought ''to the attention of authors, artists and the cultured rich''
 The corporation is to "employ the best modern methods and the utmost "of the type desired' to purchase homes there, particularly on the tracts controlled by the corporation.
 In case the contractor, the corpora ton or the trustees fail to perform by March 1, 1910, all agreements herein, this contract becomes, at the residents option, void and he acquires, without cost, any benefits from their acts,
 In case this contract is not, by May 1, 1909 executed by One-half of the land owners and by the owners of one- half the land in the town, it shall be void. at the option of either party.