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some weight and should be considered. Is there any further 

 discussion before I ask Mr. Eaton to close the paper? Then I 

 will ask Mr. Eaton to close the discussion. 



Mr. Eaton — I will answer Mr. Delaney's question. As I said 

 in the cost of drainage, South Jersey is very largely considered 

 because South Jersey comprises about seventy-five per cent, of 

 the total salt-marsh acreage of the entire State. The amount of 

 marsh necessary for drainage in North Jersey, Hudson County, 

 Bergen, and so forth, is comparatively small as compared with 

 the number of acres in South Jersey, and for that reason it does 

 not affect the average cost per acre to a great extent. 



Mr. Gaskill raises the question as to whether or not the work 

 may be done in that length of time. I believe that it could be 

 done fully and economically within three years. My reason for 

 advocating doing it in such a short length of time is that, at the 

 rate at which we are progressing, the public is rather a long 

 sufferer. If the work can be done within two years, and future 

 appropriations of a size sufficient to maintain the work made, I 

 thihk the effect upon the public would be much better, and for 

 that reason the necessity of doing the work in a short time I 

 believe is evident. 



Mr. Barrows — Mr. Chairman, may I be permitted to open 

 the discussion again to ask Mr. Eaton some questions, or is it 

 absolutely closed? 



Mr. President — I don't think we are bound by any hard and 

 fast rules. We will permit you to ask any questions. 



Mr. Barrows — Mr. Chairman, we are seriously contemplating 

 the experiment of introducing Mr. Eaton's machine in Monmouth 

 County this coming year. I would like to ask Mr. Eaton if the 

 machine is equally efficient in other counties of the State as well 

 as Atlantic? 



Mr. Eaton — I see no reason why it should not be used on all 

 salt marsh of the kind found in central and southern parts of 

 the State, and most parts of North Jersey. 



