The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-05-18
FARM IN BEDDING
TO WATER CO. FOR
RESERVOIR SITE
Local Public In Critical Atti-
tude Over Method of High
way Repairs.


ertv in Sanfordtown belonging TO the
Eli Treadwen estate and located on
Little river near it's junction Win the
Saugatuck river, has within the lasC
few days passed to the ownership 'oA
the bridgeport Hydraulic CO. 1t com
prises a dwelling, barns and ABOUT 90
acres of land of Indifferent quanty
and the consideration was ABOUT
81 OOO The tract represents tlle !lol III
ern boundary section OF What VIII pc
come the site of the new Saugatuck
reservoir which is destined to occupy
M hasin from the former Platt Keeler
mill property in weston the lower emu
of the picturesque Glen region IN Reo~
ding In the matter OF making Inc
land purchases requisite for the Dig
pond the water company IS Proceeu ing,
slowly 1t has acquired only lew
srceIs in Weston and the >TreadwelF
purchase is the first of several acqu1-
sitions which will have to De maze IN
this town. Until about rs years ago,
when fire swept it away, a grist mill
r,as 1ocated on the T,readwen property
and subsequently the old dam was
utilized for running a cider mill a httle
further down the stream. Of TINS
dam. which did service for several
generations. very little remains.
Except for the carting on or gravel
near the Mark Twain Library road re-
pair work this spring has been con-
fined to the old process OF scfaplng
upon the highways the gutter deposits
and sometimes an add1t1ona1 narrow
strin within reach of the road ma
chine blade This is substantially a
repetition of the old familiar method,
but apart from the scraping the work
in general is being done with less
thoroughness than when the select
men bossed the job. During the last
two or three years, for eAaInPIe' q
good deal was done in the way OF re-
moving. sometimes by blasting rocks
which protruded above the roadway
surface. Those remaining are SO Iar
this season being let severely aIone'
a negligence which causes criticism
It had been hopefully conjectured that
under the three year contract system
the contractor would from the start
make the repairs of permanent a
character as possible, such course
ching manifestly to his eventual ad-
vantage No such policy is yet ap-
parent although it may be applied
later in the season. The original con'
tract which the special committee exc
ecuted with Mr.. Banks is still missing,
and he has the only existing copy OF
the document. 1t is not believed, how
ever, that any complications Will arise
on this score.
A recent conference held at the San
ford school to consider the project,
preached last fab, of organizing
Mems club which should represent all
definite action. Those attending the
meeting were Herbert S. Barnes, A.
G. Barnett, H. Sanford Osborn, Philo
T. Plat, Ralph Rockwell, Charles San
ford, NJ. Joseph Sullivan, w. C.. san
ford, John Muennich, Rev. Raymond
Cunningham, DR.. Smith, J. w. Teets
and D. S. Sanford. The discussion
covered the proposition from about all
the angles. The general opinion was
that there existed a field not covered
by the activities of any existing or
ganization in which the proposed club
could find many opportunities for do
ing useful work. The difficulties of
making a single organization of town
wide scope and maintaining a, degree
! of interest essential for satisfactory
results were also talked over. An adj
journed meeting, at which it is ex-
pected a decision will be reached, is to
be held at the Episcopal church rec
tory on the evening of May "a
| A gasoline farm tractor, primarily
designed to operate three plows
labreast but which can also be used
for narrowing, moving and various
/ other kinds of work, arrived on Tues
day at the farm of A. G. Barnett in
hometown where it is having a tryout
with Mr.. Barnett's lneighbors as high
Nv interested spectators. It is the first
machine of the kind to strike the
town, and not being built for speed,
having in fact a capacity of only two
and one-half miles per hour, was near
1y two days in making the trip from
/ New Canaan. A practical tractor, one
that would do in an all round way on
the farm what the motor car does on
the road, has long been looked for by
the eastern agriculturist with an ex-
tpectant and welcoming eye Steam
gang p1oWs have been for years in use
on big western ranches and the gas
cline engine, serving many purposes,
/ is a familiar thing hereabouts, but the
rocky New England soil seemed as
hard to overcome for a traction pillow.
This rock difficulty is provided for in
the case of the machine at the Bar
nett farm by wooden peg fastening
which gives way when an obstruction
is encountered with resultant strain
threatening disaster. There are other
devices about the machine adapting it
to meet New England conditions. 1t
is of IL horse power and a product of
the international Harvester Co.
Ferris Read has sold out his milk
transportation route between Pleasant
Valley and Bridgeport and entered
into partn ership for conducting a gar
age. and auto trucking business in that
city. The firm starts the latter fea-
ture of their enterprise with two large
auto trucks while the repair side OF
the garage branch has a well estab-
1ished patronage. For the last two
years or so Mr.. Read has daily con-
V0ySO TO bIIQS0pOIL aDOuI % CdnS Oh
milk furnished by Redding, Newtown
and aston producers.
The list of local auto buyers and
users steadily grows. The Misses Isa-
belle and Jennie Mcdonald have pur-
chased from Perciva1 Nash, agent fol
the territory Of Redding and Easton
a four cylinder, seven passenger car
John c. Read is the buyer of a new
i've passenger auto. Charles Stoeffe
has bought from Banker Heggeman g
used car.
: John Carroll and wife left on Sat.
r urday last the home on the Ridge
$ which they esta blished more than 81
years ago and went to Bridgeport
: where Mr.. Carroll entered DR.. Wright
private hospital Mrs. Carroll is with
/ her daughter, Mrs. T. F. Cotter. Be