The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-20
BEDDING REJOICES
 AT COMPLETION OF ROADWAYS
Special to the Farmer.)


 Bedding, Aug. 20-The system of | roadways which Commodore Luttgen 1 began building in 1907 through the tract of wild country lying east of Sunset Hill, a territory known as East | Woods, was completed 8, few days ago 1 The work done this season consisted of the construction of about a mile and a half in the northeastern part of the tract and having an outlet upon the public highway near the residence of William Platt in the low CT part of Newtown. There are three other public highway terminals, one l in Dodgingtown, another in Hope 1 well on the east side and the third l in Hopeweu on the south. A1togeth- l CT there are eight miles of roadway l of which about one mile was built by Senator Peck and the rest by Com | modere Luttgen. The former stretch | follows the line of an old cart path, while most of the other lines were | laid out without reference te the an. cient and almost impossible trails l Even in this town it is not gen-. l orally realized how completely a rough and almost inaccessible region has l been converted into a delightful wood | land park. Although private park I in respect to ownership all who choose may share it's benefits as Commodore l Luttgen from the start has made it I open to the public. In consequence | l to Reddtng's Landscape show places. 1 Previously when we wanted to i'm 1 press visitors with the natural attrac- tio&z which the town had to offer we took them for drive through the Glen, a, charningly picturesque valley bordering the Saugatuek river and one presenting scenes which Mark Il Twain was never tired of viewing. l Putnam Park was also accounted well worth seeing and for a drive afford | F.. 14e I, %Io fT-no nearly encroaching on the roadway at both sides that through the southerly part of Hopewe1I woods had, in sum
 mer, an ,attractiveness all its own.
 Tn extent, variety and particular Tea | lures enhancing Natures charms Lutt- l geen Park. must, however, now be
 awarded the precedence Tn the way
 of a private park the state has prob
 ably not it's equal.
 From north to south the territory II which has undergone <. development measures something more than a, mile
 and from east to west abont the same.
 , The western slope of the valley is
 mostly open country while all the oth- CT side IS wooded. At the northern side the ground rises to a lofty eIe-
 vation having it's crest in Pine Noun tain, the summit of which overlooks 2 Sunset R1I1 and a wide extent on ev- cry side. Below this point the coun- | away towards the lower part of the
 valley into a comparative level There have been built two main lines of
 roadway, one following in general the
 valleys lower level and the other the l broken country at the eastward. The
 system also includes various connect ing roads and branches, the whole forming almost a labyrinth in which ! it is easy for the stranger to lose his bearings and at the same time to - Ncscir rf n1N ture and explanation as one bit af-
 ter another of forest scenery is un- :, folded.
 These roads are no cheap, makeshift affairs but solidly constructed with substantial foundations, graVeLed sur = face and contours properly s1oping
 from the center. Drainage is also well
 provided for with gutters and tile i'm bedded in the roadway. Construction
 over Pine Mountain was quite an en- s gineering achievement, requiring as ii z did extensive blasting through 1edges and considerable fills in the depres-
 sicns on the lower slopes The roads 2 are also of good width and having g
 smooth and firm surface travel ove1
 them is much more agreeable thar
 over most. of the towns thorough
 fares.
 Through the valley flows a sma1 n stream which has been utilized to the
 utmost in the general development
 
 ,s Peck there was built several year tt ago a dam creating a ten acre pond IF Some little distance above Commodor' J. Luttgen has a massive dam whicf IS floods about eighteen acres. Above u this lake are three minor ones of twt Lr or three acres each the basins O - which were largely provided by ex b cavati On these sheets of wate "a are swans and other water fowl ant
 at the head of the main lake is so commodious boat house with two gas e oIine launches as part of the acces m sorry equipment. Not far away Is tn = deer park, a, tract of about twent. W acres inc1osed by high wire fenc IS and tenanted by about 75 deer. Tn "a d herd originally numbered about a dog .e en and would now Joe larger did no
 the Commodore occasionally treat him to self and his friends to venison.
 " Of the entire tract embraced in tn d development project Commodore Lutt e. gen owns about 800 acres of the wood
 land, about all of which is chased E as second growth. His holdings a1s
 include a considerable area of cleared
 land He is therefore virtually tn \ owner of the entire park, which in E c1udes land in Bethel and Newtow1 ' as well as Bedding. Other owners 0 \ l comparatively small tracts on the bor
 ders of the park are Senator Peck ant \ Jesse L. Sanford. Besides the rnaf1 H stream through the valley are numer E ous brooklets and to provide cross | ings over them dozens of rustic bridge \ have been built It is "guessed'' tha