The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-06
BEDDING DEMANDS
 BETTER HIGHWAYS
Protective League Raises Committee to Co.opeate
 With Authorities

Bedding, Aug. 6.--Another good roads meeting, called by the Protec- tive League, was held at the town house Saturday afternoon, The no- tices for 1t sent out by Secretary Plump contained the full report of the good roads committee appointed last winter together with an introductory paragraph saying that the public could
 judge from the present condition ot the roads how far the. committees rec
 concentrations had been followed. This was construed as an indirect and iron
 ical way of saying that the recom- mendatiofis had been ignored and gave rise to an expectation that the select
 men might be Jumped upon" in con-
 sequence. Nothing of the sort hap pened. The setectmen were not cen
 sured and no reference was made to the report which was chiefly notable for it's advocacy of the immediate re-
 building of the two cross town high ways leading from Georgetown and West Bedding station to the Ridge
 Secretary Plump. in calling the meet ing to order, spoke of the nation wide movement for better public highWaye and said it was essential for Redding 6 welfare and development that the problem here be attacked promptly and intelligently. We should canvass the question thoroughly and avail our- selves of the ideas which had been tested and approved elsewhere, Te his invitations for suggestions along this line First Selectman Sanford was the first to respond.
 'If the Protective League or anyone else, said he. twill bring forward some definite practicable plan for presentation to a town meeting it can be discussed and if approved put into effect The selectmen will gladly car- ry out directions coming to them in an authoritative way. We all know that conditions are not what they should be, but something more than vague generalities are needed to bring about an improvement"
 Endorsing this sentiment Lester o. Peck moved that a committee be ap- pointed to formulate and present to special town meeting definite course of action. He suggested as the mem bers of that committee A. G. Barnett, E. A. Pinkney, Commodore Luttgen, Michael Connery and c. H. Plump. The recommendations of the commit tee should include one relative to the material to be employed in future road repairs and if possible information re- sarding the location of available grav- el banks. This resolution was subse- ,quently adopted
 stephen Sanford remarked. that the immediate gravelling of the towns en- tire ninety miles of highway was hard ly feasible and would prove a very expensive undertaking because of the long hauls involved To this Commo- dore Luttgen rejoined that he did not have in mind the immediate execution of the entire job. It was highly de- sirable, however, that we quickly abandon the present wrong method of using year after year the same worth less material and make a start with better method, applying it accord. ing to the relative importance and needs of the sections treated. The complete application of the better methods would take several years, but the results would justify the trouble and cost As to the supply of mate rial he believed that by looking for them sufficient gravel deposits would be found at convenient points to meet all requirements.
 MT Peck remarked that a search for gravel beds in different parts of the town was about to be started by gems employ and that the expense of this quest would be borne by the Conn modore. Secretary Plump said that anyone knowing of gravel deposits would render a public service by giv-. ar the selectmen and that the location of such deposits should be made matter of record. Samples could be sent to the government laboratory at " asaington for analysis to determine their value as road making material the government performing this ser