New-York tribune., 1906-08-04
JERSEY MUCH STUNG.
ADlfITS INSECT PEST.
Small Mosquitoes, suith No Song,
WorAc Great Discomfort.


tha1 has been done at the suggestion OF John b.
smitI. State 10ntomologist, in the direction OF
extessniuatfng the mosquito from New Jersey,
according 20 reports from the shore districts
and tie interior OF the state the pest is more
numerous this year than il has been for long
time.
Professor Smith IS now abroad recuperating
from the strenuous campaign he made last
winter for the passage OF the anti-mosquito
BIN, which went through and approved by
Governor Stokes.
The measure calls 6or the appropriation by the
state OF sS5O,O0O. to be spent in draining
marshes hlling swamps and in other ways de-
strpying the breeding places Of the mosquito.
The state has given aid TO this plan OF ex-
termination during the last two years. and Pro-
Tessor Smith has been pleased with the result
in his plea for the passage Of the appropriation
bin last winter he assured the legislators that
he had the mosquitoes the run, or perhaps
more properly. the fly, and that it was only a
question of a few years when New Jersey would
no longer be known abroad as the Mosquito
Stata.
There can he no doubt that many millions Of
mosquitoes have been destroyed through Pro-
fessor Smiths activity. bur they are not all
dead yet, a fact TO which the residents Of about
every section Of the state will testify this year.
The MOSQUITO that is the most troublesome
portions that pesteTed New Jerseys forefathers.
IL IS an extremely small creature that is ap-
psrently voiceless. II gives no warning Of its
presence and lands on its victim lightly as
sunbeam. The first intimation has of it's
presence is a sudden, sharp sting which in
variabIy attracts a mans hand in its direction
with an emphasis that means death to the
stinger if it isn't up and away Immediately. 1t
usually escapes.
This little torment appears to be much at
home on high ground as it is near marshes. and
sections OE Trenton that have not known what It
was to be pestered with mosquitoes for years
are to-day afflicted with them
Ordinary window screens do not bag the pest
from sleeping rooms. because il is small enough
80 make its way through the meshes. and the
only relief a person get in the night is TO
battle the face and arms with camphOr oil, the
oil OF cedar or some other preparation offensive
20 the insect.
Professor Smith says that 80 per cent of all
New Jersey mosquitoes breed on the salt
marshes along the coast and migrate inland. He
figures that il viii cost TO abolish all salt marsh
breeding areas within the state $515,550
These figures were reached through an actual
survey of the marshes and the cost appOrtioned
as follows: Jersey City marshes. $500; Bayonne
meadows. $500; ditching the Elizabeth area,
S4.50O: the marsh extending south from Car
teret 10 Perth Amboy and from the Arthur Kill
20 Woodbridge $500: the Raritan flats from
the rivers mouth TO the end of the salt marsh,
5000; the meadow between South Amboy and
Morgan, $50: the area south Of Morgan Station
70 Lawrence Harbor and east Of Jacksonville,
$500; the area south Of Lawrence HarbOr 10
CliffWood, $1,000; the area between Matawan,
Keyport and Raritan Bay, $1,500; the meadow
between East keyport On the west electric
pOWerhouse on the east, Raritan Bay north and
Hazlet south. $500; the meadows between the
poweThOuse the west, Lorillard east and
RaTitan Bay north. 500; area between Loril-
lard, Keansburg and the Raritan Bay, 5000; area
between Keansburg, Port Monmouth and Rarl-
tan Bay, $500; marsh between Port Monmouth,
Belford and RaTitan Bay. $500; area between
Belford, Atlantic Highlands and Raritan Bay,
part ditching, part filling, $500; area between
Water Witch, Highlands Of NaVesink, Central
Railroad and Rarftan Bay, $500.
The Shrewsbury marshes can be drained for
$500; the Shark River area, 5000; marsh lands
from Sea GiTt south TO Point Pleasant and west
from thesOeean TO the New York & Long Branch
Railroad, $1,000; meadow from the Metedeconk
River, including Bay Head, 500; area between
BaTnegaC Bay and the ocean from Bay Head 10
and Chadwicks, Sl.JOO: area between Chad
Wicls and LaValette. $500 stretch between
Laralette and Berkeley, $1,000; stretch between
Berkeley and LifesaVin6 Station No. IA, Sl5UO;
the main shore from Metedeconk River to
Kettle Creek, between bay and highland. So
800; from Kettle Creek south along the main
shore 10 Mosquito Cove and west tc Silverton,
$1,000; from Mosquito Cove south to Toms
River between the bay and Island Heights S.
000 from Toms River south to Cedar Greek,
between BaTnegat Bay and Bayvie, 5000;
from Cedar Creek south TO Forked River and
west the highland, SS, 800; from FOrked River
Eouth 70 Waretown along the bay shore, $1,000;
from Wzretown south to Barnegat Bay, along the
bay shcre $4,000; the point Of land between the
ocean ana tie bay from Lifesaying Station NO.
~ 10 Barnegat Inlet. $1,000; the area along the
main shore, south from Barnegat to the Penn
Eylvsnia Railroad Bridge, west of Manahaw-
kin. and including the islands along the shore
$4,000: the point between. the ocean and the
bSy from the inlet to I,ifesaVing Station No.
-. $500; stretch extending south from Life
saving Station No 20 10 New Inlet, $4,000; on
Ghe main line from Manahawkin south to West
Greek and from Banegat Bay 10 Little Egg
EIarbo- Bay. &tO0g0: from West Creek south to
Tuckerton Creek ard 10 Little Egg Harbor Bay,
the meadow south from Tuckerton Creek 20
Bass River and Grea. Bay, $1,000; Bass River
Enarsll 81 GOO: the Mullica River meadow along
both shores 10 Lower Bank $4,000; the area
between NacCte Creek, SOmers Cove, Little Bay
&ld Great Bay, $4,000
TO drain fhs Island Beach, marsh and de-
pressions wil; cost $1,000; the islands between
Great Bay, Rrigantiue Channel, Island Beach
and Little EAy. $1,000; the meadow south from
Eonaers Cove 30 Abescon along Red and Abescon
bays, S400s0: meadow bounded by Absecon on
the west. Great ThorOughfare on the east and
Ehe Pennsylvania Railroad on the south Sl,eOO;
area south from PleasantYie to Somers Polnt,
between Risley's Channel and Great Egg Har-
bOr Bay. $4,000; south from Mays Land
ing TO Tuckahoe Creek, east TO Great Harhor
River $1,000: Brigantine Beach, $1,000; Abse-
Island from the Atlantic City inlet TO Long
port Inlet, west TO Lakes Bay, $4,000; Ocean
City from the Inlet TO 9th street, $500 the
meadow between Tuckahoe Creek Tuckahoe,
Petersburg and Beaseley's Point $1,000; Peck's
Beach, from 51th street Corson's Inlet, 5000:
meadow and depressiOns, from Corsons Inlet TO
Townsend's inlet. west to SeaVille 5000;
stretch between Townsend's Inlet Great Sound
and Hereford Inlet. 5000; marsh area between
Great Sound, Cape May Court House, Great
Channel age railroad 10 Five Mile Beach S4 900:
gsVe Hfe Beach 10 thoroughfare So 500: the
meadow between the Pennsylvania Railroad, Rio
es-anee, the county road and Richards and
Eressy sounds. $1,000; meadow between the