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(that of the meadoAvs in Dyker Beach Park) is to be taken care 

 of permanently by the Park Department of that borough. An 

 appropriation of ninety-three thousand dollars ($93,000) has 

 been made for the filling of this marsh, and a contract will be let 

 in the very early spring so that the work will be advanced suffi- 

 ciently to prevent mosquito breeding next year. 



The extremely low bid for the Jamaica work left a consider- 

 able sum, which it was hoped could be used in other sections of 

 Queens. To use this money it was necessary to get the consent 

 of the Bureau of Contract Supervision of the Finance Depart- 

 ment, and the approval of the Board of Estimate. While the 

 necessary consents and approval were secured, they were accom- 

 plished so late in the year that there was not time to advertise 

 for bids the necessary ten days before letting, except in the case 

 of one contract, which provides for the drainage of the College 

 Point section. As this section has been a nuisance for years to the 

 most, thickly populated sections of Flushing and College Point, 

 the letting of this contract was most gratifying. The bids were 

 opened on December 26th and let to the lowest bidder for $5,000. 



The Board of Aldermen has been requested to extend the time 

 in which the balance of the original appropriation of $150,000 

 may be spent to December 31st, 19 17, so that the contracts for the 

 Mill Creek, Flushing, Corona and Elmhurst sections in the bor- 

 ough of Queens may be let. There is no doubt that this exten- 

 sion will be granted and these contracts let, thereby making the 

 boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens practically immune from the 

 breeding of salt-marsh varieties of mosquitoes. 



The work of eliminating the inland varieties of mosquitoes has 

 by no means been neglected because of the activities on the salt 

 marshes. It is confidently expected that the Gutmann swamp, 

 the largest inland breeding place in Queens Borough, will be 

 drained before the breeding season starts in the spring. The 

 large swamp area extending from just north of Queens Borough 

 Bridge is rapidly being filled, and by next year should be com- 

 pleted. Filling operations are also being actively carried on at 

 Corona and Flushing, Borough of Queens. These fills have 



