The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-21
BEDDING

TeBdIu4uS l4le prospects TOT Lile cal lN starting of work to build the Bridge port-Danbury trunk highway led to ! ethe appointment of D. s. Sanford. | Henry J. Forman and H. C. McCol- | lam as a committee to visit Hartford and interview Highway Commissioner {. Bennett upon the subject. The trip . was made on Tuesday. Commissioner | Bennett expressed himself as synpa- . thetc toward the object of their Iu3s- | sion and said he should like to be | able to give assurances that the entire | line would be completed before next | winter. There were numerous other projects calling for attention, how ever and tho best he could do was to promise that construction would be- sin this season and be extended northward from the Ridge to Bethel by far In talking about the lower section of the line Mir. Bennett made tt known that he was aware of the wretched conditions prevailing from about half a mile above Jump Hill to a mile or more below. Probably no stretch of main highway in the state IS in worse shape and s- Easton does nothing in the way of repairs condi- tons continue to get worse despite the fact that the limit seemed to have been reached some tl-re ago. The
 
 the county commissioners asking that the Daston authorities be compelled to do their duty in the matter and it IS probable that such action will be taken by some of the many subjected to the hardships and dangers attend ing travel over the road.
 Besides the encouraging report brought back by the committee rela- tive to the trunk highway they had good news. also obtained at a-tford, 10 impart about another matter of local interest. This is the proposed erection C a new building at Putnam Park to serve. among other purposes as 0 museum for the parks collection of historical relics. Two years ago an effort to secure @ special appro- priation of S1O.0QO for the museum met with failure. This year the Put nam Park Commission renewed the application and 1t has been the sub ject Of hearings before the Leglsla- ture committees with the outcome seemingly In considerable doubt. On Tuesday, Col. Eatron, Cnermau of the Appr roprlatons committee inform ed MT Sanford that both his com mlttee and that upon State parks had acted favorably on the measure. thereby practically insuring it's suc- cess. With the providing of a place in which the Revolutionary and other relics can be safely stored and con veniently exhibited it is believed that the present collection will be largely increased.
 The lawsuits threatened in conse- Quence of @. business mix up in which the chief elements were one check DcUpcctsdly bad. another unexpecr- edly good, a grocery bill and the sale raF T1 ,4-A -y,fs A As- told in this column last week An thOny Kolosky informally restored to himself possession of a COW y-'-ch he cold Gabriel F1rck, taking thls action on the assumption that the $74 check given in payment by FfrcK was worth loss as had proved the $24 check Era- vicusly given by F9nck to John nr1ell- rich. The latter It1dled Koloslzy's check, but adv need nothing upon it. When the cheek was honored by the bank Muennich retained from the STA tho sum of $44.39. representing a gro ceTy bill which F'iuclS owed him. and offered Fanck the balance. The latter veheInently protested and demauaed back tho COW, but finally accepted Muennich's proposition. Thus the equilibrium Is equitably restored de- spite legal Irregularities about some phases of the affair.
 The following memorial was placed in circulation the latter part of last week copies being placed at West Bedding, Georgetown the Center and the Ridge:
 We the undersigned, citizens of Bedding, regardless of party afElia- tions. wish to go on record as heartily approving the general idea of a League of Nations to safeguard the peace of the world. as endorsed by UDragiEan4 o5,5 Taft, and we respectfully urge our Senators to support such Q covenant
 The reception accorded the docu- ment Is, almost without exception. favorabI Hardly any refusa1s to sign arc So far reported, and several who withheld their signatures did go the ground that they had not reached a decision on the question.
 Pleasant Valley people are rather pluninG themselves on the prompt ness of action which enabled them to fill aII their ice houses, theirs being the only section of the town harvest ing a full supply There has been some vague talk of establishing an ice making plant on the Ridge to supply the void in that locality, but the de- 1nand Is not of sufficient volume to make such an enterprise profitable. Bethel Is also tceless and many have resort 10 the aILlHClai aruCIe.
 Town Clerk Sanford went to Wash. ington on Monday to see his sister Mrs. Martha, Osborn, who was pros trated there by apopletic attacks about amonth ago. She has failed slightly since the early part of last week.
 Preliminary steps towards arrange ments for a welcoming reception tt the towns returned soldier boys wer, taken this week by W. c. Sanford chairman of the local War Bureau The selection of committees and tn, raising of funds to meet the expenses arc now in progress.
 As the majority of the Reddini boys are still in Europe the date fo the reception will probably not be al early one.
 The release from service which thu French military command late1, granted Harold Connery of George town was only for two weeks and h,