The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-30

larger volume of a,Sbo and teamins ot1ent bends, is the Putnam Park road MT. Macdonald promised to nave a survey made of thds road last Fall
 prelin1inary to early construction opsr-
 ations, but jailed to do so He dad
 cause 2. survey &o be made of the hometown road and the fact that the
 work included the driving of sraoe
 stakes was taken as an assurance that the improvement wO111d De got under way in the spring. At about the
 same time a survey was made rom the Center to Library Corner as bhe
 first step in the project for an inn proved croastown5 road edtherSto west
 Bedding or Georgetown, but the under.
 standing was that this project would not be pushed until tine two others
 were out of the way.
 A few days asp EAagineer McElroy of Cornrnissionsr Maodonald's staff be-
 lFoIn a tssS GeorgeSown IT asto t to the Glen and thence ncTthward to Library Corner. Including the connecting stretch sur out is about four miles long, As con-
 struction cost. will be 5000 per mile at the lowest estimate the job will use up all the funds now available and probably also absorb the towns share of the appropriation made by the present Legislature. MT. McE1roy precedence over all other projects, and this is the featux>e Of the case which occasions so much objection and dis
 appointment this side of the town Naturally the Georgetown people do not share these sentiments, although they say they have made no concerted or parttculaT- effort to induce the hlgh-
 way commissioner to make the change o6 front that he haE. It is ,111afer- tun1ahe that the two sections of the town should thus be brought in a po- sitton of santasonisrn on a p11bfic mat ter, but the merits of the case the
 arguments are verwaneimingly in fa-
 vor of the east side. Except on cleo ton days the Georgetown road has probably not oIBe-tezrfh the travel of l the Hometown road, and probably less than one twen1deth the travel of the
 deciding to give precedence to the Georgetown project the commissioner has not only specifically reversed 7. himself, but departs from his fre~ quently7 announced policy of finishing
 up one highway before taking Rup an otfer This departure is the more inexplicable in the case of the Putnam Park improvement because that road
 has been officially designated as al
 trunk line. The feeling of protest
 which Mir. MacdonaIdfs new attitude has arc used will probably find express sion on the part of the selectmen,
 whom he did not consult in the mat
 to be held about the first 4of March An appeal might even be made to the courts, provided they have jurdsddc-
 tiEoIl to stay the hand of the high way commissioner, which is doubtful
 That the maJovity sentiment of the
 town, being i'm accordance with major ity interests and common sense, is adverse to the present plan there can be no doubt.
 The first of the series of local Far ners' Institutes will be held at the day, Feb '. One Of the speakers is to be Hon. Charles M. Gardner, a
 member of the MasSa chaIsetts Legis- 1ature master of the Massachusetts o1ad gSf he "a a Grange Press, who will talk on Plural Progress That is Real MT. Gard
 1Ber fs widely known as forcible and
 entertaining speaker and his address
 will cover a. wide range The other speaker will be Leonard IF. Healey, secretary Of the Connectacut Board of
 Connecticut Grange and now an off, cer of the National Grange. His sub
 ject is to be Corn Growing, on
 which he is an acknowledged author
 ity.
 One reason why increased tax rate will be necessary to meet the ex- penditures for the current year is the fact that the old tax arrears have been so fully cleaned up that little revenue will be derived from that source. Two years ago they brought the town an income of about $4,O0O, and last year about s1,70o- The se- lectmer talked over the situation at cluded that a, twelve mill rate should be voted by the coming town meet ing.
 A full house is indicated for the per formance of Uncle Rube'', which will be given by Bedding Grange tomorrow
 Friday) evening, at their new hall James Ferry will in1personate the title role, and the rest of the cast is as follows: Deacon Smiley, Frank Me han; hds son Hank, Hermann
 Smith; "Gaston Gray, Charles Arch CT; "Eppston Aislorbi1t', F. Emery; s'Ike'' the hired man, Lew Warner; Bud Green, Benny Parker; Bill Tappan'', policeman, Clinton Sanford; 'Millicent Lee, Miss Lucy Sanford; Mrs Maria Bunn', an old maid, Mrs. E M Sanford; '~Tago'', Miss Myrtle Beck.
 The enrollment for the personal tax, as made up by Agent Duncan, con tains BIS names, about the same nI1ra- ben. as last year. NIT. Duncan says he was misunderstood in being credit ed with the intention Of putting on the list only those who were consid- cred good pay. What he meant was that care was being taken to exclude the names of transients, deceased per sons and others not properly enroll able.
 Of the $5,OOO which the town aQpro-
 Isriated in October for road repairs
 during the coming year, there has aI- ready been expended about S2, 900. One-half the amount was spent by the se1ectmen for work done between Sept. K inc emil 1f fine ffEea1 11ssa1~ and Oot