Proceedings of Seventh Annual Meeting 



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Seaside Heights 8,558 feet 



Barnegat 10,919 feet 



Surf City 3,500 feet 



Lacey Township 51,129 feet 



Brant Beach 1,239 feet 



About half of this consists of 10 by 15-inch and half 10 by 25-inch 

 ditching. This makes the total length of ditches in the county nearly 

 500 miles. 



In laying out the ditches we are careful to arrange the system to 

 interfere as little as possible with the hay industry, which repre- 

 sents a large income from what would otherwise be worthless area. 

 With few exceptions we have met with no opposition and what 

 opposition there has been, has evaporated when the work was fully 

 understood. 



Of course, if a storm tide covers the meadows soon after the 

 sods have been taken out, they are scattered about and are in the 

 mower's way. They grow fast, however, the first year and give no 

 more trouble. 



Most of the hayers realize the great improvement in both the 

 quality and quantity of the hay resulting from drainage ; also, they 

 certainly appreciate the reduction of the mosquitoes which made 

 their work unbearable, and they are not against us. 



Below is a statement of the total ditching to October 31, 19 19: 



10x25 to 30 7x18 



inch inch Recut 



Cut prior to 1916 by State (estimated) 1,000,000 200,000 



Added in 1916 by Commission 233,125 68,897 



Added in 1917 by Contract i — 



Manahan $77,000 



Added in 1917 by Contract i — 



H. I. Eaton 118,351 



Added in 1917 by Contract 2 — 



H. I. Eaton 200,000 



395,351 



Added in 1917 by State 125,000 



Added in 1918 by Contract 3— Eaton 



Brown & Simpson 199,873 



Added in 1918 by Commission 159,149 



Added in 1918 by Farmers' Ditches 7,i66 2,150 



Added in .1919 by Contracts 4 & 5 — Eaton, 



Brown & Simpson 150,000 



Added in 1919 by Commission 42,425 54,959 



Recut 7,298 



2,312,089 325,006 7,298 



