The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07

cQnUnaG street crossing a bridge and turning l right at once into Water street; keep | straight ahead on main road along the river, crossing a bridge in Oak vile, 4 miles. Turn left at the town hall in Watertown, miles, shortly bearing right at large school one quarter mile beyond. Take the next left fork and again bear left att fork about half a mile further on. Run two miles and bear left, at once take right fork, cross a bridge ana naIL a mile further bear right at mill. run another half mile and take right fork: from this point continue on through Woodbury, IA miles. Keep
 strai ght ahead on 8 good road to Soutflbury, g miles, where take right
 fork, And shortly beyond left fork.
 Follow the main road for four and
 one-ha1f miles, where turn left across
 a, bridge over the HouSatonic river.
 Run under the railroad at Sandy
 Hook station, 25 miles. Continue on
 for one and a quarter miles to a
 water trough where bear right to a
 church. in the center of Newtown, 26
 miles.
 Turn right in this picturesque little
 town, and a quarter of a mile be-
 tance further on take another left
 fork, and short distance beyond
 take right fork Run for about one
 nnile,s where bear left at still another fork and one-quarter mile beyond
 take right fork. From this point
 there is a. direct. run of six miles, en-
 teringS via White street and turning
 left at water trough into Main street
 to the monument in the center of
 Danbury, 36 miles.
 After turning right at the inonu-
 ment run west on West street short
 At the e11dEof the green turn left and follow the trolley for a short dis tance only. turning right almost inn me diately into Park avenue away from the trolley. A little over a half a mile beyond the trolley Is en- countered and again followed for a
 short distance About one mile after l leaving the trolley the second time the tourist comes to 8 small stoz e situated at fork in the road. Bear 1 to the left of this store and run for l about one mile and half where take
 right fork. Again bear right at fork
 and continue ahead for two and one 1 quarter miles to another fork. The road to the right is the direct road I to Rfdgefie1d now under construction; hence it is necessary to bear to the i left at this point and continue on a I good road straight to Branchville, AT l miles.
 Here turn to the right Is made, 1 the main road being followed alIsthe way to Main street in Ridgefield. 51 l miles,
 l Tnis quaint old New S1sng7and will IIage consisting. as do so many of it's sE Eprototypes, of one wide central
 street lined on both sides with mag nificent towering e1Ins is well worth Ia brief Inspection Many beautiful this attractive town, while a variety sl of objects which are historic in their 1 interest may be noted by the inter
 ested tourist
 After having spent an enjoyable I half hour or more in this town, the
 return trip is resumed by running
 south on Main street and bearing to Fl the right at a church in the southern
 part of the town. Nearly half mile
 beyond; take right fork at a school
 and continue on across the state line
 into New Y ork to the little village of
 South Salem. 55 miles.
 After leaving Ridgeffe1d the tourist
 will notice on the right one of the
 highest peaks of the Connecticut
 hills known as Titfcus fMountain . About one mile beyond South Salem
 there is road leading off to the
 right which passes by Lake WaccabuC 2 HnNes north: and thence winds :. around through a large private es- tate to the Port of Missing Men. Leaving South Salem take left forE and continue straight ahead fol three miles and a quarter to adeaC : end where turn left onsa, good mac adam state road. bout half a mils Fl beyond turn left in the village 0. Cross River, 59j miles Run soutT , along the east side of Cross Rivel ! reservoir, a. pretty sheet of wate1 even without the Iuxuriant foHag' E which surrounds it's shores durin, ; the summer months. and eventuall. r cross a long causeway over it's much : extended south eastern arm. From : this point the road runs almost soutl l f.1- o1 Tor md west to the green in Bedford, g. t 1 miles. s5
 t Like Ridgeneld, this old town wit l. it's quiet streets and quaint old house t offers much that is of interest to, tn 3 Tourist. The first county sea o ' W6stchester county, Bedford wa e once the center of civic and socia y activities in that region, in the day D when the only means of transporta
 ton was by slow numbering stag : coach and horseback. Lawyers an e witnesses were often forced to trave n by horseback to and from New Yorl d a two days journey, in order te-at l. tend the court sessi ons at Bedford t The old court house, where rude jus : tfce was administered in the day oN when this country was still in its tn - fancy, still stands, although the ol a court records wer removed to Whit : Plains many years hence. An an r cient hotel, built upwards of two hun e dred years ago is another relic whic n serves to link the strenuous preser [ with a. picturesque, historic past. e Leaving Bedford, continue in a ger q eraI southeasterly direction to a, dea g end in Armonk, 72 miles. Here tur Q sharply to the left and follow tn Il road which runs along the new Ker d sfco reservoir to the great concret n dam at its southern end. Althoug e still unfinished, this dam is sufficieI .o Iy complete to afford most interes 1t ing example of the colossal scale ( n modern hydraulic engineering.
 d The new reservoir has been desig1 r. ed to act as a receiving basin fC IT water from Ashokan reservoir in tI l. Cafski1ls. At the foot of the gre; m dam there is to be installed a s. aerating Apparatus which will thro Iofe oF i,o+r, II