Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-10
ESSEX TO RAID
/ BERGEN COUNTY
+. MOSQUITO DENS
Attacking Force to Descend on
Pests Which Are Invading
This Section.

The successful elimination of mos
quitoes in Essex county by the Essex
County Mosquito determination Com
mission is being greatly hampered by
the influx into the county of pests
Matched in Bergen county. No fight
against the mosquitoes is being made
in that county.
As a result of Bergen's neglect
Belleville and Nutley in northern Es-
sex are practically swarmed with the
pests, which were Matched in Bergen
and have come across the river.
State Inspector Henry H. Brehme
has made an inspection of Bergen
county. He found the mosquitoes
breeding there in droves and migrat-
ing to Essex. He took this matter up
with Chief Inspector John w. Dob
rs. of the Essex commission.
Chief John w. Dobbins, with a gang
of inspectors. will invade Bergen
county tomorrow and attempt to
wipe out the breeding places OF the
pests The Bergen commission has
promised to reimburse the Essex
commission for the expense of the in
vasion, when the Bergen commission
gets some funds.
Thirty inspectors under Chief Dob
bins made an inspection of the county
last night Cyanide bottles were used
for fifteen-minute intervals to catch
the pests at various stations. More
than 300 mosquitoes were caught.
Most of these were of the salt marsh
variety This shows that they mi
grated to Essex from Bergen. The
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been eliminated from Essex, il is
claimed The specimens will be sent
to State Inspector Brehme.
The inspectors worked in two
straight lines. intersecting at Delavan
and Mt. Prospect avenues in this city.
One line extended from the North Ar
hngton meadows to Montclair and the
other from Bloomfield to the Passaic
county line. The worst conditions
were found along the River road IN
Woodside and Belleville.
Chief Dobbins today issued the fol-
lowing statement:
THE inspector of the State expert
ment station has been combing
through the meadow territory of Ber-
gen county with four assistants, and
al the present time considerable mos
quito breeding is taking place Along
both sides of the D., l.. and w. X. r.,
from the upland at Kingsland to the
Hackensack river. prolific breeding is
taking place; along the Jersey City
pipe line at Kingsland for distance
of about one-quarter of mile breed
ing is taking place. Just north of
the Jersey City pipe line breeding is
going on in about one acre of terri
tory, and a clogged UP ditch at the
same point one-quarter mile long con-
tains excessive breeding. On the
Erie railroad below Rutherford there
is one-half acre of breeding at the
junction where the New Jersey and
New York railroad meets the main
line. Also three acres along the Erie
railroad below Berry's Creek bridge.
Also about two hundred post holes
where the railroad crosses the Hack
ensaclS river, and one acre of excess
sive breeding of Culex Pipiens (house
nfosquito) on the edge of the meadow
at the ice house in Rutherford.
These mosquitoes are reaching the
winged stage at the present time, and
will, no doubt. fly into the northern
sections of Essex and the southern
sections of Passaic county. Every eff
fort is being made by the State ex-
pertinent station to control this breed
Ing, as the Bergen County Extermina-
ton Commission, composed of high
grade citizens in every way quallf1ed
to begin an active campaign on mos
quito control, are unfortunately with
out funds, and can do nothing. At
the suggestion of DIR. I. J. Headlee.
State entomologist, and H. B. Van
Note, president. Bergen County Mos
quito determination Commission, the
Essex County Mosquito Extermina-
ton Commission will supply the oil
and laborers and make an effort to
control as much of the breeding as
possible, and will be reimbursed by
the Bergen county commission when
funds are available. The State is
also making an inspection of Union,
Essex and Hudson county meadows.
while the high tides and recent
rains have made ideal breeding con-
ditions, Mr. Dobbins reports that so
far as Essex is concerned the breed
ing is being controlled and very few
mosquitoes will reach the winged
stage, and he is of the opinion that
both Union and Hudson counties are
doing thorough work. We are going
through one of the worst mosquito
breeding seasons in the history of the
work Some mosquitoes must reach
the winged stage, but it is hoped that
they will not prove an undue annoy
ance."