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ing a communication to the East Orange authorities, was 
not complied with. 
On June 15, 1903, committees of the Road Horse Asso- 
ciation, the New England Society, and the Joint Commit- 
tee, presented petitions and resolutions of these organiza- 
tions urging that similar action be taken with Central ave- 
nue as had been recently taken with Park avenue. These 
resolutions referred to “the five hundred tax-paying citizens 
of the Road Horse Association” as recognizing “in Central 
avenue the natural parkway by reason of its width, level 
grade, and accessible location,” and petitioned the commis- 
sion “to immediately assume control of Central avenue, 
agreeable to the original plan of said commission.” It was 
also set forth that this was “in no sense a local question,” 
and that “neither are the local officials nor the public in- 
formed as to the need of convenient connecting parkways, 
as are you gentlemen, who have studied this question as 
affecting the whole county.” J. B. Dusenberry stated that 
“the population of Newark south of Central avenue and 
east of Fourteenth street comprised seven-eighths of the 
total inhabitants, and there was no avenue directly connect- 
ing the mountain reservation and Orange parks possible for 
a parkway excepting that avenue.” 
Rev. Henry Rose, C. F. Lawrence, Alden Freeman, C. 
A. Dickson, W. J. Baer, and others were present and spoke. 
The commission was non-committal as to any future action. 
The reception of the delegates was not, however, enthusias- 
tically cordial. The Newark News, in commenting upon 
the conference, said, on June 21, 1903: “Four influential 
organizations appeared, by their representatives, before the 
Park Commission last week and presented reasons why Cen- 
tral avenue should be made a parkway. The arguments 
they urged are incontrovertible.” 
The Daily Advertiser editorial of June 16 said: 
“The Board of Freeholders cannot disregard this power- 
ful sentiment at the behest of private corporate interests 
that have already been granted nearly all of the public 
highways; especially in view of the fact that the trolley ex- 
