Passaic River Drainage.
The New Jersey State Geologist’s annual report gives the following official statement of the drainage of the Passaic meadows in the vicinity of Little Falls and above:
Under the contract made between the Passaic River Drainage Commissioners and Alfred B. Nelson of New Brunswick, dated July 16, 1889, work has been done amounting to a little over $4000. Bart of this was in reducing the main fall below the dam at Little Falls, but the principal part was in blasting one of the reefs above the dam. Owing to a lack of means to properly carry out the contract, and to certain personal misfortunes, the commissioners closed the contract with Mr. Nelson February 17, 1890, paying him in full for all the work he had done.
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