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The city of Elizabeth has done some work, and efforts are 

 being made to have the entire breding area drained. 



Jersey City has done nothing and has not even manifested the 

 sHghtest interest in the work, though it suffers at least as much 

 as any. 



The Kearny problem is by way of being abated as already 

 stated. 



All this territory must be cleaned out before any of the cities 

 realize fully on their investment, because these marsh species 

 travel so far. Nevertheless Newark will have fewer mosquitoes 

 than ever before in 1905, and the improvement will be even more 

 realized in the outlying territories which derived their main 

 supply from the Newark Marsh. 



CHAPTER II. 

 CAPE MAY COUNTY. 



a. THE WORK AT CAPE MAY. 



For a. number of reasons Cape May was selected as the point 

 for making studies on the life history of the marsh mosquitoes, 

 and Mr. Viereck was stationed there, with instructions to spend 

 what time was available in considering also the practical side of 

 the question. His reports were so unexpectedly favorable that, 

 after looking over the ground myself, I assigned Messrs. Wagner 

 and Mellor to make a somewhat more detailed survey. The 

 reports made bv these g-entlemen speak for themselves and show 

 a condition more favorable for mosquito control th.an exists any- 

 where along the South Jersey shore. In fact, a more ideal ])osi- 

 tion for a summer resort of the best class can scarcely be imag- 

 ined. Starting at the west is the highland at Cape May Point, 

 where no mosquitoes breed, and this gradually merges into the 

 marsh at South Cape May. This marsh is the largest single 

 problem, yet not difficult to deal with. Along the line of the 

 trollev and on both sides of it, extending into Cape May City, are 

 pools in which the wrigglers are found by the million. In West 

 Cape May and in other parts of Cape May City, just north of the 

 more denselv built up sections, there are depressions in which 

 pools form after heavy rains. All these can be easily brought \\\) 

 to erade or drained. Toward Sewell's Point an extensive marsh 



