The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-22
PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR FOREST AND
 ROAD INTERESTS
Bedding Folks Will Gather At Putnam Park And
 Town House.
Especial to The Farmer)

Bedding, Sept. 22-A, public meet ing in the guise of a basket picnic
 will be held at Putnam park on Sat
 urGcy, Oct. 2, it's special purpose be- ing to hear an outline report of the
 complete survey of the towns forest
 lands recently made by the State and with this as a text to discuss broadly the whole question of forest conserva- tion.. The survey was begun in June
 by a party of engineers representing
 the Yale Forestry School and occu-
 pied about two months. It was the
 first. chapter of a similar survey and
 mapping which will ultimately cover the entire State and hence the Put
 nam park meeting possesses a wide interest. It is to take place under
 the auspices of the State Forestry As-
 Bureau, Bedding Grange, the Bedding
 Tree Conservation Association, the
 Putnam Park Commission and the
 State Park Association.
 A lunch at the noon hour will be
 followed by the speaking exercises.
 Those scheduled to make addresses
 are State Forester Fil1ey, Prof. Too
 mey of the Yale Forestry School, Prof.
 H. G. Baker of the extension depart kmeIlt of Storrs College, a representa- ven railroad and I. F. Terry of Bethel. the latter considering the subject
 from the practical view point of "a lu m Der manufactures. Many visitors from out of town are l expected to attend and autos for the transportation to the park will be in waiting at Branchvil1e on. the arrival there of the q0:29 train. For this delegation the ladies of Redding grange will provide refreshments The
 report of the Bedding survey which l will later be published in detail in | Fl of HYIn HS n show that this town has from 1000 1 to 10000 acres of woodland. How | this important part of our natural re- sources may be turned to the best ac- i count, protected against fire and i other ravages, utilized and yet pre-
 served as a continuously productive
 will will receive ennghteningl Treatment. A-meeting of citizens will be held at the town house on Friday evening of this week to consider the road problem with view to bringing out public sentiment as to the best policy to be adopted by the annual town meeting on Oct. 4. Everyone is in vited to attend and to bring their well | considered conclusions on this sub lJect so that out rof the free inter
 change of opinions there may be
 evoked. some plan tending to an inn provenent in present conditions.
 i While there exists little disposition i to really cenSure the Selectman for their handling of Highway repairs this year a. feeling prevails that bettef re-
 suits should have been obtained from l the expenditure. When it comes, ! however, to the point of indicating a
 better way most people, hesitate to iconfidently name a remedy. The com
 tract method has a growing number Of advocates, but a remembrance. of the IDIOT results secured under this system in the past causes doubt which l is in turn tempered by the idea that | an improved form of the system can fbe devised. There remains the single Supervisor system which would doubt- less command the favor Of a ma l 1ority provided it did not cost too I much /and a, thoroughly competent man could be secured for the job, the present system of se1ectmen working,
 and the plan for a, special connlis-
 sion composed of leading citizens with no selfish or political interests to jserve-provided such thing is possi- ble And there also presses the Ques- 1 ton, shall the town undertake to fully 1 meeting its large and growing out l lay for roads by current taxation or hand over some of the burden to pos 1 terity.