The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-20
RURAL ROADS NEED REPAIRS
Favored Localities Receive the
 Benefit of Money Appropriated ' For Whole Town
Especial to The Farmer.)

=. Especial to The Farmer.)
 Fairfield, July 20-Complaints are
 being made by the residents of the
 outlying sections of, the town that the
 country roads are being neglected and that the money that should be expend- ed on them is spent on the main foaos, and that while Fairfield has the best roadsafh the State. they are all located residents of tffe, town who pay the taxes There is some reason in this complaint which has been heard from time immemorial in, this town. The main roads have always had the bene- fit of the money appropriated for high way. improvements. As agamst this compraint comes the law ofthe- great est good to the greatest nHHber. ana the same old complaint will always exist to a greater or less degree. The only excuse for calling attention to this matter is that the residents or the rural districts are entitled to some conssderation and until. the town gets in-ifrfe and makes ali the fFoads good tfeife will ,be 1fhe esa rliev 4lds Complaint. The term good roade is only compar- ative The, rural roads are now much better than the main roads of hun dred years ago, and it is only by com parison with the smooth, even surface of the main tTeAd, fhat the rural nigh ways SHffefE There is 2plgi one sou tioH~and- thet -fs te-make-tnem conl- paratively sgoodt according to the mum ber of people affected When this balance Is reached there can be no further just complaint.
 There seems ito be a general impress sion that the average motor1st IS f1end incarnate bent on doing as much injury sas. poasibae and wholly devoid &zv7< yfcra ors Baest that may come in his way. On Monday motor car raced through d flock of chickens on the highway, seemingly bent on killing as many of them as possible. Two handsomeiy dressed women, rose and turned with laughing faces after. the car passed, eyidentN to see the dead. The own CT .nf the fowls undoubtedly should have kept them within bounds, but that does not excuse the savage en- jorneut the sladies took in the writh- ing. uf the forms of the innocent vic tinnx of their speed. =. At the corner of Main street, and Fairfield avenue the other day asman barely escaped being hit by an. automobile as he attempted to reach zfire Southport car. The clisuffeur brought the ear to sud Zen sytop to save eysthes man. The la- die7t6n St7e sfeinr seat plainly indicated the1r s1nnoyaxice at the delay. The man was Tn inuIEy lO get lo HIS @l1 a week job.A The women had the whole day totloll about in. Tn neither O fthese casesawas the offense of any great moment. It was the attitude assumed by the gentler sex which roused a hope in the minds of the witnesses that some terrible end could come to these people. It is this very attitude which makes it necessary to have a policeman to regulate motor traffic and which will surely result in punishnent in this town if the con- tinued dfsobedtBAce of the law is not eliminated. The motor cycle police man will go on duty next Sunday and speeders may expect to pay for their temerfty if they do not cease their Kanton acts
 At the meeting tof the firemen held last night Edward fF1anagan was elect ed chairman of the. executive commit tee of the coming fair.
 The acme of shobo bliss was exempli- fed sye6ferday Swhen those at the sta trainS in. whichl knight of the road had taken up This quarters. Weary Willie had stretched an old hammock from the roof of an empty box car and reposed in comfort while the cool breezes floated around him through the epyn nsd6efsIO effOIts was made to ae3etr dhfrnp and hisrcnerveyhad evt derlfly paralyzed the ztrainmen as it did the spectators. He should have a medal, for he rode with more com fort than any Pullman passenger.
 w H. Banks of Greenfield Hill, is entertaining his .lbrother,a who has re- gently returned from fHss Angeles, Caf.- - s -
 E. w. Ensign of the Fairfield Print ing Co.,, yesterday bade goodbye to his daughter, who left for California, where her father expects soon to join her
 P. w. S.. Pickett is fitting up new sail boat to take the place of the yacht he recently lkpfd ,aos1yefyGk parties. The former postmaster is not to be denied his enjoyment of the salt sea