The Passaic flood of 1903 . B. DRY BED OF POMPTON LEiGHTON.] DAMAaES. 25 bridj^es at Pompton station, over Wanaque and Pcquanac rivers, werecarried awa3% and in the end one bridg-e onl}^ remained over IomptonKiver, that at Pequanac station. In all about loO houses were inun-dated on Pompton Plains, and the damage to roads and culverts wasparticularly severe. The total loss in the drainage area of Pompton River was $;350,uo(). CENTRAL BASIN. Over the Central Basin there was the usual impounding of floodwaters, but the ettects were not materially different from thosedescrilied in the repo

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The Passaic flood of 1903 . B. DRY BED OF POMPTON LEiGHTON.] DAMAaES. 25 bridj^es at Pompton station, over Wanaque and Pcquanac rivers, werecarried awa3% and in the end one bridg-e onl}^ remained over IomptonKiver, that at Pequanac station. In all about loO houses were inun-dated on Pompton Plains, and the damage to roads and culverts wasparticularly severe. The total loss in the drainage area of Pompton River was $;350,uo(). CENTRAL BASIN. Over the Central Basin there was the usual impounding of floodwaters, but the ettects were not materially different from thosedescrilied in the report on the flood of 1902. The damage along thisbasin from floods of this character is accumulative by reason of thefact that the presence of water over the land for so long a periodkills the desirable feed grasses and fosters in their place the coarsemeadow g-rass. This effect has been observed for some years, par-ticularly since the flood of 1896. It is estimated that over the CentralBasin the damage to crops and arable land alone arising from theflood

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