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and obstructing the circulation of water. This late-season cutting 

 is less costly than spring and summer cutting, or the pulling out and 

 cutting of the dead growth which has fallen over and been forced 

 into the ditches by the weight of snow and ice during the winter. 



The question of ditch-cleaning for the future is being seriously 

 considered by the commission. With the addition of new ditches 

 from year to year, and because of the increased labor difficulties, it is 

 evident that some mechanical device must be fotmd to do this work. 

 As this proposition applies to salt-marsh ditching generally, it might 

 not be amiss to suggest respectfully that a little more ''pep" be added 

 to the sauce of this already started invention. 



Another experiment which has given good results is the use of tile 

 pipes instead of wooden flumes. A collar is made to fit around and 

 against the bell end of the pipe and the gate frame is fastened to it 

 by wooden pins. The tide-gate is constructed without the use of 

 metal. The collar, the frame and gate are built with wooden dowls, 

 and both parts of the hinges also are of wood, so that the constant 

 repair work made necessary by rusty hinges and nails has been 

 eliminated. 



While this commission beheves that it has faithfully applied itself 

 to its undertaking, yet the work as laid out at the beginning of the 

 season was not fully completed because of circumstances beyond 

 its control. The amount of its 1919 budget was $72,000, of which 

 an unexpended balance of $4,808.92 was returned to the board of 

 freeholders. 



Mr. Russell W. Gies (Union County) : I would like to know 

 what you would do in the case of a millpond which backs up and 

 causes a swamp to form at the upper end. It may be that there was 

 a small natural swamp there ; or it may simply be due to throwing 

 up the dam. When the pond is first formed we may not have the 

 nuisance, but as the silt and other materials come into the upper end 

 of the pond, a swamp is formed. I would like to know how you 

 would handle such a situation. 



Mr. Jackson : If the millpond is being used for commercial 

 purposes it is up to the owners to keep it free from mosquito 

 breeding. 



Mr. Gies : Even though it had been there for a hundred years ? 

 Mr. Jackson : No matter if it were there for a thousand years ; 

 that is our policy. 



Mr. Eugene Winship (New York) : Mr. Jackson, if you should 



