The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-15
E. H. DILLON & co.
INSPECTS
 BEDDING HIGHWAYS
Commissioner in Mud and Rain Traverses Many Thorough fareS-DecisiOn Next
 Week


 Bennett came to town in his auto, last
 Friday, and in the rain and mud made
 an inspection tour with the object of determining which of the highways that have been pressed upon his atten- ton should first be taken up for re- construction by the State He was accompanied in his local journeyings by Representative E.. P. Sanford and First Selectman Charles Sanford, and at Georgetown they met Representa- tive Stocking by appointment. The first section viewed was the Sunset Hill road, a. construction. project urged by Senator Peck. This road was badly upheaved and very miry in spots earlier in the spring, but has now come back to a fairly passable condf- tion. When ex-Comnissioner Macdon- ald looked over it several years ago he said that permanent improvements there should include 8 new approach the south, the present approach being a steep hill with a sharp bend. In the opinion of MT. Bennett, how ever, the cost of a new approach of moderate grade would be so great as to make the Improvement impractic able.
 The next section gone over was the Putnam Park road which had Just been worked by the town force Here Mir BennettAw companions did not fail to call his attention to a particular slough hole which has long been a ter TOT to teamSters, and also to the mar rowness in places and the bends which invite accidents from the large amount ] of auto travel This route having | been sized up, the mile of hometown | road left in a condition of orphanage I with State road construction at both ends of 1t, was visited In respect to | conditions which were not merely bad but absolutely aborninable, this was the prize exhibit of the day. Rocks. | ruts and slough holes made it a place of horrors by which the commissioner | was visibly impressed
 Next the party sped to Georgetown, | descending the hill from the Center to Library Corner, and then going southward through the Glen as far as Knob Crook, where a westward turn was made and long hill climbed to the lIpper level of the towns ridge on the west This four mile stretch had been surveyed and staked by MT. Mac donald shortly before he ceased to be commissioner At Georg an in formal hearing was held with Rep resentative Stocking and Michael Con- nery as advocates for the crosstoWn project, and Representative Sanford in | opposition. The former set forth that Georgetown contained one-th1rd or the towns population and paid more than one-third of the taxes and that the residents were entitled to a good road to the Center where they had to go to vote and also to do business at the office of the town clerk ana the JuoSe of probate. In the course of the ar gument the assertion was made that the present road was about the worst in town. Mo- said MT. Sanford, ''the commissioner has just been over much worse one,'' a statement to which MT Bennett assented. Representa- tive Sanford then proceeded to argue that in the matter of transit facilities at now. They had improved roads to Danbury and Norwalk besides the ac- afforded by steam ra1l- road The Ridge and the Center on the contrary lacked the accommooa- ton afforded by 8, continuous gooo road to any of the distributing centers. He said that during the week there had been un1oaded at Bethel three carloads of grain, all of which was consigned to the Ridge or the Center, and had to be transported by way either of the Putnam Park or Lone town routes The claims and needs of Georgetown were therefore far out weighed by those of the eastern sec tions of the town.
 The commissioner wound up his trip bv a run over the Little York road Nsading from Library Corner to west
 edding station, the second of the \ osstown routes surveyed and staked I his predecessor. Before he left h re Representative Sanford put in a plea for the loan to Bedding of one of the two stone crushers owned by the State explaining that the town had few gravel deposits that were available except by long hauls, while the raw material for broken stone ex- isted in great abundance. MT. Ben nett promised to take this request un- der consideration along with the other local problems to be passed upon, and said that he would probably announce
 
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