The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-11
BEDDING NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST
 TO OUR READERS

TO OUR READERS Redding, March E--As anticipated the quantity is much too small to
 serve as an inducement for the pros pecdNe packer who was expected tc furndsh financial support and give bus | mess impetus to the undertaking. This man Is Asher K. Pay of Chicago with whom Joseph Tom1inson, the origina- tor of the land project is associated in | business MT. Tomlinson has written D. s. Sanford to the effect that with only 700 acres at command MT. Pay would not think of enDbarking in the | enterprise If 5000 acres were pledged he would readily go into the scheme and Iserform the part in it's develop | ment defined in the contract It is further stated by MT. Tomlinson that if the conditions as to sufficient acre | time MT. Pay will make good his former
 promise. Otherwise the enterprise is defunct as regards the original pro | moters. Regret is expressed by MT. TomHnSon that Redding is neglecting to seine an opportunity which promises so much benefit to the town '1t Seemx' he adds, that the people do
 not grasp the value of what is offered them or are afraid to trust their 5udg- ment."
 The problem presented by the exist ing situation is therefore up to the
 general committee of which A G. Bar nett iS chairman This committee will meet within a few days to decide upon whether to at once abandon the pro- ject or make another effort to obtain the land subscriptions required. Some members of the committee favor the
 latter course. It must be said, how ever, that the prospects of success are
 not hopeful for whfle the first canvass might have been more thorough the
 scheme was sufficiently we'll adver-
 tised to bring to it nearly the maxi
 mum degree of support. Only decid- ed change in the attitude of the public
 would bring in the additional 4,000
 which are esential and of such a change there is no indication.
 A tubular steel frame 40 feet high will be erected by D. s. Sanford just east of his barns to serve as a. sup port for wooden tank with a capac- ity of 10000 gallons. Having large surplus of water from the veins he
 uncovered a. few feet below the surface last fall on the flat below his house one of MT. SanfordS objects in provid- ing distributing plant is to furnish a supply to others in the neighbour ood who may want it. The first sIb-
 scrfber of the system is Miss Belle Sanford to whose residence pipes will be laid as soon as the tank is up.
 Prospective subscribers are the Epis- cOpal I-ectOry and E.. M. Bradley. Dur ing the severe drought last fall contin- uous pumping for seven hours, causing an outflow of 30 gallons per minute, lowered the five feet of water in the reservoir well by only 15 inches. Build CT H. C. McCollam has the contract for
 putting up the tower and tank Efforts are being made iby Julius Klugec of Bridgeport to arrange for
 the establishment of a creamery at
 Jump Hill on the property of Julius
 Foifkin- He has made to MT. Rifkin
 a. proposition on the matter which the
 1r.<k T(I
 gers intention to make speciality of
 unsalted butter for the Bridgeport
 market.
 The members of Bedding Grange
 were greatly interested and entertained
 last Wednesday evening by the dis cussion on the Tomlinson land scheme
 The opposition was represented by for
 mer Master Albert A. Gorham, and his auditors say that as an oratorfcal ef- fort his address has never been sur passed in their body's history. Ornate in diction and dramatic in expressive gestures each graceful and glowing period evoked turnultous applause. A. G. Barnett spoke for the other side in remarks which were forceful but with out decorative trimmings.
 John MuenInich was in town again this week arranging for the opening of the Ridge store which will be at once subjected to a thorough interior reno vation. He employed M- B. Burr to make some improvements in the barn on the former Shaw place and expects to- move his household effects from Brooklyn within a few days. He has also bought a. pair of horses.
 William Miller, who last year offer ed for sale his place in Sandfordtown, is to have the house considerably inn proved and will occupy it this sum- mer. He recently sold his property in F1atbush, L. T.
 Emory P. Sanford is considering the purchase of an auto equipped for use on his meat 0pliveT-y rOrtaS
 A. H. Dimond, formerly of Lonetown is very i'll in Bethel from pneumonia. He was improving from the first at tack, but suffered a relapse and both lungs are now affected.
 Harry Rupf and wife have moved from Newtown to the residence of Henry S. Shaw, Mrs. Rupf's father, on the Ridge.
 Robert Rider and A. E. Pinkney were drawn for jury in the civil Superior court at Danbury this week. The first case assigned was that of Richard EmSlie against the Danbury and Bethel trolley company.
 A good sized she'd has been put up for storage and other purposes con- nected with the building of the S. c. Shaw house. A force of masons will be on the job next week.
 At their gymnasium last Friday, the Sanford. School defeated the Danbury Highs at basketball by a score of 34 to 24 It was the final game on the Sanfordfs schedule for this season.
 Mrs. Demey has had a survey made of the property she recently bought from Mrs. George sherman. The tract had been described containing 30 acres and it banned out 27 1-2 acres.
 The resolution by which the last an- nual town meeting instructed the Se- lectmen to determine and, as far as might be required, remark the towns boundary line, was as follows: That the town lines be perambulated as pro vided by statute and that the Select men of the other towns in interest be notified" In defining the word ''per- ambulate" Webster says: '..So in New England the laws require the Select men of towns to appoint suitable per sons, annually, to perambulate the bor-