The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-12
HYDRAULIC co. WILL ABOLISH
 CHAIN OF LAKES
Ida TarbeII Is Among EaSiOn Residents
 Ordered to vaCate
Representatives of Corporation Negotiate for Properly Rights
 on ASpetuCk River

ReddinE July 12.-The northward march of the Bridgeport Hydraulic Co- along the Aspetuck river has been ex- tended so as to take in a good part or Pleasant Valley. knowledge of which fact causes something like consterna- tion among the residents whose con- wenience and property interests are affected by the approaching invasion- They first became aware of the pro gram on Wednesday of this week when representatives of the water company visited the valley and ex7 plained the plans in connection with the opening of negotiations to arrange terms of compensation for the attend ant property damages
 The main physical change to be ef- fected is the doing away with all the ponds on the stream by the removal Of the dams. It is conjectured all though not officially announced that will flood large territory by the construction of a new dam across the Aspetuck near the old paper mill pond in Easton or at the upper part of A. L. Livermore's farm For the present, however, the objects sought to be at tained are of a purely sanitary nature, being the removal of agencies tending to a pollution of the water supply The carrying out of the present pro- gram will not compel any of the val lev people to vacate their resi- dences although in some instances they must reIinqufsh at least part of their land and in others the changes will so hamper farming and other business operations as to make them impracti- cable because unprofitable. As the charter of the water company gives it Null power of condemnation the prop ertv owners. if not satisfied with the rompsusatzon ofrered, can appeal to -.r s-x.
 Stephen Sanford. who conducts a Sarge farm with milk production as its principal feature, and his son, Emory P Sanford, who is engaged in the lMneat business al the same location, 5mre the valley residents most affected sby the coming changes. The elder iEanford has three ponds which fur snish power for a saw mill and a grist sEnin and also the power which runs i1ais electric lighting plant. All these Rnust go as well as his cattle barn which stands near the river and is scIassed as source of pollution. The mIauEhter house on the stream used lby E. P. Sanford is also to be elirni- mated This business could probably tsurvfve it's loss as he buys already .dressed. most of the meat which he Handles. but he says that the absence of the ponds means the loss of a. con- wenfeutfy avafla bfe ice supply and
 
 ness at its present location The com pzny's encroachments would altogeth- CT have so crippIinG an effect upon both their farm and meat industries that the 6anfords think 1t advisable i4o relinquish the entire property. They have named a price at which the Hydraulic Co may acquire it and are awaiting an answer to their proposi- sfion-
 Just below them is the summer lhome of D. V- B. Heggaman, a Brook nyn banking man, one of the attrac- t1ons of which is a pond the removal sof which would create an unsightly svosd- Further down are the residence and farm buildings of W. c. Sanford, fgwho will probably be required to re- move his barn to a site where there will be no possibility of its refuse draining Into the stream Miss Ida M TsrbeIz. whose summer home is about half mile below, has already received notice that her barn must go From itg present site. As the work of Inspection and removal decree is yet unfinished other property owners are Hpprehensive of similar notices All ehe dams are to come out before the hrst Of next January