CONTENTS 



PAGE. 



Foreword 7 



CHAPTER I. 



Plan for the Essex County Parks 9 



CHAPTER II. 



The First Commission 24 



CHAPTER III. 



Preliminary Work Completed 39 



CHAPTER IV. 



A Change in the Current 57 



CHAPTER V. 



Questions of Policy 74 



CHAPTER VI. 



The First $1,000,000 94 



CHAPTER VII. 

 Park Sites Chosen 114 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 Selection of Grange Park 135 



CHAPTER IX. 



More Bonds and "High Finance" 143 



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