Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-29
BLAMES BERGEN
FOR MOSQUITOES
That County Responsible for
Pest, Intimates Hudson Co.
Representative.

SspersI H. H. Brinkerhon, OF the
tgndson County Mosquito Extermi-
-,tgor commission, intImated yester-
aev that Senator Charles oConhor
t4ennessy. Of Bergen county IS re-
snonsihle for the continued presence
~ the mosquito in Northern New
Ts-saV He dtd not suggest that
eenafor Hennessy bred the pests, but
1bas bio influence prevented DR.. j. @.
Ft,,,s, from compelling Bergen
,,,,.y IN do its share Of the work
= dastrovlpg their salt-narsh
s,o.rtbs and homes. DR.. Lipman,
5trertor of the state experiment sta
fion and ex-offleio member of the ex-
tsr-rtnation commissions Of Bergen,
Essex. Hudson, Union and PassaIo
counties is charged under the present
law with seeing "that enectlve work
3 being done"
Al conference Of the members of the
I'VE commissions was called for yes
terday afternoon at the rooms Of the
Essex County Commission, but none
from Bergen responded. DR.. Lipmaa
Vas there and the members of the
other commissions tried to show him
row important il was that he should
compel Bergen county to make ade-
auate appropriation for the work
during the coming year. Several mild
criticisms Of what was termed Dr..
Llpman's lack of energy were in
dnlged in, but it remained for General
Brinkerhofe to be most explicit.
DIR. Lipman explained that In de-
Gliding on budgets he was guided by
the public sentiment. which hitherto
nad not been very strong in the
county complained of. He was pur-
suing his policy under promise
made to TO the Legislature. which
promise was the only thing that
saved the bill when It was to be re-
pealed two years ago, ne said.
He asked the representatives of the
various counties to support him In
bringing about a more favora BILE
sentiment in Bergen County. as II
had to be brought about by agitation
and educatton in other counties.
DIR. Lipman expressed confidence
that something could and would be
done in Bergen during the coming
year. About $4,000 State aid would
De available for salt-marsh work and
he understood that the freeholders
would pass a budget of about $4,000
or more so that at least respectable
start could be made.
No formal action was taken, but
The plan suggested by Commissioners
VI LIS DuIHtlls VI the 1OCcbl DOuYs
seemed to meet with favor that each
member should look up friends and
aequaintances in Bergen and enlist
their aid
The conference was presided over
9y DIR. Ralph H. Hunt, president OF
the local commission.
All OF those present agreed that the
value OF the determination campaign
would be greatly diminished and in
sections rendered practically useless
unless Bergen County could be In
duced TO enter the fight. DR.. Lipman
argued that another repeal would
threaten the act If he decided on any
harsh measures in regard to Bergen
County To this contention Commits
sioner Spencer Miller, Of the local
board, rejoined that In his estimation
the danger of a fight to abolish the
law would come from counties that
we're spending money to do away
Efth mosquitoes unless they were
actually wiped out by the commits
sions This being impossible, with
new nocks ever coming in from Ber-
gen,the people in the four counties
lighting against the pest would
protest against any further expendi-
lures for work which could not give
satisfaction.