EXPEEIMENT STATION EEPOET. 665 



not one grand estimate for the whole work ; that might be readily con- 

 sidered a guess; but an estimate for section after section, which can 

 be easily verified by any one familiar with such work. 



In detail the estimates — some of them from earlier surveys — are as 

 follows : 



The Jersey City marshes $2,500 00 



The Bayonne meadow 500 00 



The meadow bounded by Elizabeth on the north, Carteret on the 

 south, Arthur Kill on the east, Linden township on the west ; 



soil good for hand-ditching 4,500 00 



The Elizabeth marshes are omitted as under process of 



cleaning, and the Kearny triangle is also treated as of no 



further importance. 



The meadow bounded by Carteret on the north, Perth Amboy on the 



south, Arthur Kill on the east and Woodbridge on the west ; 



including Port Reading, Sewaren, Maurer, North Perth Amboy 



and AVoodbridge to Port Reading R. R 4,-500 00 



The soil is good east of the N. Y. & L. B. R. R., but on the 

 west contains more clay : it will all have to be hand-ditched. 

 The Raritan flats, extending on both sides of the river, from its 



mouth to the end of the salt marsh 5,000 00 



The meadow bounded on the north by South Amboy, on the west 

 by N. Y. & L. B. R. R., on the south by Morgan Station and 



on the east by Raritan bay, can be drained for 50 00 



The area bounded by Morgan Station on the north, Lawrence Har- 

 bor on the south, Raritan bay on the east and .Jacksonville on 



the west, will cost 2,-500 00 



The soil on this meadow is good and there are good creeks 

 to drain into. 

 The marsh bounded by Lawrence Harbor on the north, Cliffwood 

 on the south, Raritan bay on the east, N. Y. & L. B. R. R. on 



the west 1,000 00 



Soil good for hand-ditching. 

 The stretch bounded by Matawan on the west, Keyport on the east 

 and Raritan bay on the north, can be ditched by hand and a 



perfect result obtained for 1,500 00 



The meadow bounded by East Keyport on the west, the power-house 

 of the Central Trolley Company on the east, Raritan bay on 



the north and Hazlet on the south, will cost not over 800 00 



Soil and general conditions good. 

 The territory between the Central Jersey Trolley Company's power- 

 house on the west. Lorillard on the east and Raritan bay on 



the north — soil mixed w'th clay — will cost 700 00 



The area bounded by Lorillard on the west, Keansburg on the east 



and Raritan bay on the north 600 00 



The meadow bounded by Keansburg on the west. Port Monmouth on 



the east and Raritan bay on the north ; soil good for hand-work, 800 00 



The njarsh bounded by Port Monmouth on the west, Belford on the 



east and Raritan bav on the north, will cost 500 00 



