The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-11
BEDDING
Special to The Times.)

Bedding, July 1O---There was a good attendance at the special town meeting on Monday afternoon and without dissent expressed in any form it approved an appropriation of S2O.OOO, the maximum amount. for the build ing of State Aid roads. Both West Bedding and Georgetown being well represented the conditions existed for a controversy between the two sec tions as to whether the money should be expended in improving the mail routes between Library Corner and Bedding Station or in extending the present mile stretch of State road from Georgetown eastward towards the Center. hometown might also have put in a claim for the compile ton of it's improved highway up to the Bethel line, but no one even started discussion which in any event could only have been prOfitless and inconcluslve because the ques- ton of location rests entirely with the State highway commissioner. Content with the provision otherwise made for its trunk highway the Ridge section will probably ask nothing from the appropriation voted by the meeting.
 While the business specified in the call was quickly disposed of other matters pertaining to the roads con sidcrably prolonged the session. h. quiry was made as to whether the annual town meeting had included in it's appropriations the usual allotment of S1.000 for permanent betterments at selected points. Town Clerk san ford reported that the record show ed no such appropriation. an omis- sion which was plainly an oversight. A method pf rprnanyvir1c~ hafarf was found. however. in the fact that the repair contracts had been. let at figures which left a surplus of S2,- GOO from the general appropriation. The prevailing opinion being that thi- sum was available for social road i'm provemeuts. Peter Osborn offered a motion that the entire s2,OOO be laid out in West Redding where the highways. he said, were in a depIor- able condition. This suggestion find ing no favor it was voted that S1.OOO be used fin different localities to be designatcd by the road inspectors and the selectmen in accordance with previous custom. Further inquiries clicited the Information that the se- icctmeu had withheld from Z~.1non Read. contractor for the west side section, half the amount that would have been due him on July 1 had he done his work in a satisfa ctory man ner. Messrs. Banks and Stauffer. the other contractor were paid in full because, since the inspection made about the middle Of June, they had compiled with the orders of the committee regarding the additional work required to remedy defective conditions. The directors issued to Mir Read in this respect had been en- tirely unheeded. Consequently the selectmen decided to notify him that unless the work specified was per formed within the next ten days the town would do it at his expense
 Exceedingly welcome news was the announcement that bids are to be opened today for award of the con tract for building the trunk highway which will provide the east side of the town with continuous line of good going to Bridgeport and Dan bury. a boon awaited for years and made the subject of prospects and promises heretofore unfulflled. The length of the line to be newly con structed is something over II miles and the type of construction will be three-inch bituminous macadam