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proTements^ jealousies arise between communities wliicli 

 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 "•'oiir coimTy 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 regTet '"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 a.ttention to 

 the needs of Xewark in the matter O'f parks, advocated that 

 ^'suitable lands for parks should be accpaired now and the 

 embellishment left mainly to the future.'"' 



Franklin ]\Iurrhy v-as of the opinion ^'that ^-'^ -f t^p 

 public required and what he hojDed would be acc^ _d 

 was a system of parks and parkways which he, hi~ lanrily, 

 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 



