The Mosquito Must Go 43 



We desire to take this opportunity for expressing our appreciation for 

 the service rendered by the Mosquito Commission during the past years. 



As a a result of its labors, we are quite sure there has been a considerable 

 lessening of the ill effects attendant upon persons in this community. As for 

 mosquitoes in the vicinity in which our plant is located, we have noted a 

 decided decrease from what we formerly had. 



We earnestly trust that the good work done will be continued, not onl> 

 in this community but in the surrounding territory, for unless this is done no 

 permanent relief can be had for the inhabitants of this city. 



We are in favor of the state supplementing the efforts made by individual 

 communities or counties, by supplying such financial aid, when necessary, as 

 may be needed to carry on the work. 



If, as a result of these efforts, it is possible to reduce the ill effects and 

 the breeding of mosquitoes to the minimum, if not completely wipe them 

 out, it certainly will be a permanent benefit to every resident of this city and 

 state and will add to its prestige. 



We look forward with interest to future activities along the line indi- 

 cated, and hope that business men and business concerns as well as all citi- 

 zens of the state will give their moral, if not their financial, support to this 

 end. 



Very truly yours, 

 Louis Sacks Iron Foundry, Newark, N. J. 



It is of course difficult to estimate the benefit in dollars and cents except 

 in a general way, but there can be no question that property in a region 

 comparatively free from mosquitoes has considerably more value than where 

 the inhabitants are subjected to the frightful nuisance of the mosquito during 

 the warm portions of the year. 



Since this nuisance has been abated the number of strangers who seek 

 this city as a residence has been greatly increased, and Elizabeth has been 

 growing faster since this happened. It is also true that iesidents have been 

 disposed to make larger investments in their permanent homes since they 

 have felt that they are insured against this pest. I therefore have no hesi- 

 tation in stating that in my opinion the value of the Elizabeth real estate 

 has been greatly improved by reason of the anti-mosquito campaign, and I 

 should regard it in the nature of a great calamity if the efforts in this 

 direction were abated in any degree. 



Yours very truly, 

 ERNEST DENMAN MULFORD, 

 Real Estate Expert, 

 286 North Broad St, Elizabeth, N. J. 



We have been located in Wilson Avenue about fifteen years. When we 

 settled here it was- a very undesirable place for our workingmen on account 

 of the number of mosquitoes that were, at all times, about the plant. 



Of 'ate years, since the drainage and extermination of mosquitoes has 

 been going on, there has been no more trouble here, due to this plague, than 

 there is in the residential sections, in fact, it seems there are more mosquitoes 

 in the uplands and around the high points of Newark than there are in the 

 meadows. 



We surely think it would be a mistake for the state and the counties to 

 give up this work which is a big help in bringing manufacturers to settle 

 on the land adjacent to the river, where they have facilities for both water 

 and rail. 



We only give our experience in this matter, which of course is identical 

 with hundreds of others who are locating every day on the meadow lands 

 which are very desirable for manufacturing plants on account of the transpor- 

 tation advantages. 



Very truly yours, 

 (Signed) Owen E. Fox, Vice-President, 

 RADEL LEATHER MFG. CO., Newark, N. J. 



