The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-21
BRIDGEPORT TO AID IN FIGHT ON
 THE MOSQUITO

New Haven, Aug. 21-The next legislature will be asked to appro- priate S335, 1000 to cover two years to be applied to ditching some 22,o00 acres of salt marsh along the Con- necticut shore (some 6,000 acres al- ready partly drained), after which it is calculated s35,0o0 a year mainten- ance will result in practically putting an end to the mosquito nuisance and peril resulting from the swamp mos quito. This was decided on at conference held yesterday at Pine | Orchard attended by some 75 men | the guests of MT. W. M. Wilson, for l merly controller of Chicago, who has l a summer place at Westbrook and 1 has been coming to the Connecticut | shore since 1903. It was a representative assemb1age 1 of men of affairs from all parts of i the state, with Director E. H. Jen- 1 kins of the Agricultural Experiment l Station and Dr. W. E. Britton state | entomo1ogist, to furnish the science 1 data and Dr. Samuel S. Sealy of New | Haven, practical field man under Di- 1 rector Jenkins who has supervised | the work in Connecticut under the present anti-m osquito laws and also | had wide experience in big projects | in New Jersey and on Long Island; c. R. Simpson of Eaton, Brown & | Simpson of New York city, contrac- | tors, who furnished estimate on the proposed Connecticut ditching campaign, was also present.
 COMMITTEE.
 The following executive committee was appointed:
 | Ansonia-Louis P. Anschutz, Theo- dore Bristol Charles F. Broolxer and Alton F'arTel.
 l Bridgeport -L Waldo C.. Bryant Bradford Pierce, H. D. Warner and Clifford B. Wilson.
 i BTisto1-Charles T. Treadway. 1 Derby-Char1es Downs.
 l Fairfi rfield-Oliver G. Jennings. G1aStonbury-H. W. WeAch.
 Hadlyme-Frederick Culver.
 Hartford-Charles G. Bill, Charles "A. Goodwin and L. Korper.
 chester-Howe1 Cheney |, Meriden-Char1es F. Iinsley. New Britain-E. A. Moore. , New Haven-Winthrop G. Bush . nell, Thomas Hooker, Wilson H. Lee, l Col. Isaac M. U1lman and RoLlin S.
 Woodruff.
 New London - Theodore Boden- , vein and Judge John W. Geary. f Pine Orchard-John Moran.
 Sa1isbury-Robert Scovi1le.
 Southin gt,on-Eija,h Roger. q Stamford - Walter ID. Daskan, All
 fred Ferguson, Solon c. Kelley and s Malcolm R. Pitt.
 | IOrr1ngtOn Charles AlVOTQ, UT 3 Elias Pratt, Frank M. Travis and
 John M. Wadhams. , Waterbury - John P. Elton an6 r John H. Goss.
 -Westbrook - William O. Goodman , | and Walter H. Wilson
 As to the maintenance of the worl : already done the Director of the
 Agricultural Station is required tc a l maintain such work. construct and r repair tide water gates and treat a i drained areas The cost for this i t | not to exceed one dollar an acr, < of which the towns affected pa! r three fourtlas the state one fourth d The whole cost of preliminary sur Y veys and inspection of construction d and maintenance falls on the state. f The population and grand list
 follow:
 f Pop. Grand Lis r Shore Counties SIP, 2s5 s990, ,174 9s' q Northern Counties 463,520 473, 1899, ,96 e Total s1, ,464, ,o74, ,94 IT The work of drainage alread.
 done in Connecticut is approximatel.
 as follows:
 Location. Acreage. Cost
 Greenwich -
 Stamford 200 s.
 Darien 30 3,S0 N South Norwa1k 500 7.5o
 Fairfield 1250 SAG New Haven 8S 9.56 - - Brandford, Gui1ford,
 Madison z,66S 9.5e IS Saybrook 60 -