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In the city of Passaic the freedom from the mosquito annoy- 

 ance was such that not a single complaint was made. 



Clifton, the other city in the county, was also clear with the 

 exception of some spots where conditions are uncontrollable 

 owing to breeding places, which we have attempted to do away 

 with but which for various reasons are still maintained. 



Altogether, we report conditions in Passaic County favorable. 

 Our people are generally satisfied with our work and our board 

 of freeholders makes our required contribution without objection. 



President Meyers — Union County is represented this morn- 

 ing by Mr. W. H. Randolph from whom we will now hear. 



Mr. Randoi.ph — There has been but little variation in our 

 work during the past year. One interesting feature of the work 

 in Union County was the securing of a contract from the Central 

 Railroad of New Jersey to shorten Great Ditch, one of the largest 

 original waterways on the salt marsh meadows between Elizabeth 

 and Newark. A ditch 13 feet wide and 5^ feet deep was dug 

 at a cost of 50 cents per lineal foot, about 5,000 feet being dug 

 altogether with our power dredge. This benefited the railroad 

 company by securing a better supply of condenser water for its 

 shops and also provided a better outlet for the southern portion 

 of our meadows. The cost was entirely borne by the railroad 

 company. The cutting of this shorter ditch will allow for the 

 eventual reclamation by the filling of about 100 acres for a large 

 railroad yard. 



President Meyers — Mr. Wilbur M. Walden, of the Experi- 

 ment Station, will now summarize the county reports. 



In summarizing the county work it might be well, first, to point 

 put two interesting and unusual features of the county appropria- 

 tions for the years of 192 1 and 1922. The total appropriations 

 for 1922 is 7 per cent, larger than the total for 192 1. Five coun- 

 ties have increased their appropriations from $500 to $11,700. 

 On the other hand, certain counties have decreased their appro- 

 priations from $1,000 to $5,000. 



Weather conditions have played an important part in bringing 

 before us some new problems in mosquito control work. On the 

 Delaware coast of the state in Cape May County the outlets in- 

 stalled were completely clogged by the making up of the beach. 

 This means that a modified type of outlet ought to be devised to 

 take care of abnormal weather conditions. In Ocean County in 

 Barnegat Bay the state has installed a cast-iron pipe outlet 

 which has been described by Mr. Engle and which has worked 

 successfully. The rise and fall of tide in the bay, however, is 



