1907.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT No. 73. 103 



STATEMENTS OF CITIZENS. 



As showing what has actually been accomplished in various 

 infested localities the following statements from prominent 

 citizens are of interest : - 



JUDGE W. E. LUDDEN, CLIFTONDALE. 



From my piazza you can see on Baker's Hill several dozen dead oaks 

 of good size, killed by the gypsy moths. They were stripped for several 

 years, and last season finished them. Had there been no work last win- 

 ter by the moth employees on Baker's Hill it is my opinion that the 

 rest of the trees would have been killed. My place adjoins Baker's 

 Hill, and we were fairly overrun with caterpillars of the gypsy moth. 

 They swarmed on the walks, piazza, flowers and sides of the house 

 day after day. 



There has been a good deal of work done in Saugus by the moth em- 

 ployees, and as a result conditions have improved on Baker's Hill and 

 in my part of the town generally, as doubtless they have elsewhere; but 

 in the north part of the town the woods are in bad shape. I believe 

 this bad woodland condition to be due to the fact that neither owners 

 nor town can afford the money necessary to check the moths in the woods. 



AUG. 1, 1906. 



CAPT. C. A. HARRADEN, ENGINE 5, LYNN. 



I have seen the city men working steadily against the moths on the 

 street trees. They deserve great credit for the good work they have 

 done. The common remark in the city is to this effect. For two years 

 previous to this year the moths were specially numerous in this section. 

 Across the street from us the foliage on the fruit trees was entirely 

 eaten, and the top of a cherry tree is dead in consequence. During the 

 flying season of the brown-tail millers it was almost impossible of an 

 evening to see the arc light in the front of the building, so whitened was 

 it by the insects. This year I have seen only three or four around the 

 lights. 



AUG. i, 1906. 



ALDERMAN L. F. HOLDER, LYNN. 



Over the city of Lynn at large a gain has been made against the 

 moths in the residential sections. I can see a great change for the 

 better. Previous to this year, when the brown-tail moths were flying, 

 some of the large store windows on Market Street looked as if they 

 were covered with snow, where the moths had lit. The electric light 

 pole at the corner of our street looked as if it had been painted white. 

 The Tapley woods in our neighborhood, which previous to this year were 

 badly eaten, are this summer in very good condition. 



Unlike past years, we have had no suffering from the brown-tail rash. 

 The city men cut off the winter webs in the spring in the Tapley woods. 



