Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 243, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1918 — No Mosquitoes on Hog Island. [ARTICLE]

No Mosquitoes on Hog Island.

Officials of the United States shipping board state that they believe that Hog island, now the center of a vast shipbuilding Industry, is effectually rid of mosquitoes. The work involved the draining of a marsh 25 miles long at a cost of $250,000. New Jersey has been reluctant to take such steps, but since witnessing this achievement it has decided to expend $150,000 to drain the Newark meadows near the Submarine Boat Corporation plant and has instituted work at the Camden yards across the river from Hog island.