38 FIRST COUNTY PARK SYSTEM 
tions of all the commissioners ; and these outlines were defi- 
nitely agreed upon before the close of the year. By Decem- 
ber the plans of the board had sufficiently matured so that, 
on December 6, a committee of two was appointed “to wait 
upon John R. Emery, Esq., and consult with him about pro- 
curing his legal services for the commission,” for the pur- 
pose of preparing a charter for a succeeding commission. 
Thus at the close of 1894, all was yet smooth sailing. We 
were nearing the port of destination, and the harbor of safe 
condition for an attractive and most creditable county park 
system did not seem far beyond. 
