42 FIRST COUNTY PARK SYSTEM 
provements, jealousies arise between communities which 
hamper or prevent all progress, but, in the present instance, 
our larger and smaller municipalities vie with each other 
in the desire to secure the best results from this commis- 
sion.” He thought “our county as a whole rivals the subur- 
ban districts of those of any in the world;” referred to the 
press as being “a unit for the establishment of parks and 
parkways;” and added that, “to set apart for public uses 
even a portion of these” attractive places “and bind them 
by a cordon of parkways, will tax the skill of the commis- 
sion, but their reward will surely come.” 
John F. Dryden expressed regret “that Essex County, 
with all her resources, enterprise and wealth, should be so 
far behind other places in establishing suitable breathing 
places for public enjoyment,” and, after calling attention to 
the needs of Newark in the matter of parks, advocated that 
“suitable lands for parks should be acquired now and the 
embellishment left mainly to the future.” 
Franklin Murphy was of the opinion “that what the 
public required and what he hoped would be accomplished 
was a system of parks and parkways which he, his family, 
and friends could enjoy now.” He thought “it well to bear 
in mind the future, but what was wanted, were suitable 
parks now, and appropriate boulevards and parkways for 
reaching them.” 
Wayne Parker suggested “the immediate acquirement of 
waste spaces, leaving the improvements mainly to the 
future.” Mayor Gill, of Orange, believed “that it was the 
consensus of opinion of all classes that the great park for 
the county should be located on the Orange Mountain. 
Frank H. Scott stated that there was “three purposes for 
which parks were created—health, recreation and enjoy- 
ment, and, for their attainment, three things were neces- 
sary—space, pure air and natural beauty, enhanced or sup- 
plemented by art.” Wendell P. Garrison called attention 
to the desirability of co-operating with the State Geological 
Survey in considering the question of forest reservation, 
and to the advantages and comparatively small cost of 
