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was followed in December by one from the city officials of 

 Orange, as follows : 



"Orange, J., Dec. 20, 1895. 

 "Honorable Park Cormnissioners of Essex County, 

 Newark, N". J. : 

 "The nndersigned members of the city government of 

 Orange, X. J., would resjoectfully recommend to your honor- 

 able body the favorable consideration of the proposed plan 

 for a park to be located in the triangle between Central 

 avenue, Harrison street and Center street. The natural ad- 

 vantages of the situation, with its unfailing springs of clear 

 water, must be evident to you, and its location as a link be- 

 tween two of our county roads, namely. Central avenue and 

 South Orange avenue, will readily appear as a feasible part 

 of your system of parkways belonging to the county. Hop- 

 ing you will find it possible to carry out this recommenda- 

 tion, we remain, 



"John Gill, Mayor of Orange; Louis D. Gallison, Pres- 

 ident of Common Council; Hugh J. Brady, Henry G. 

 Miller, Irving M. Genung, Edward S. Perry, W. H. Hen- 

 derson, Daniel McCarthy, Joseph D. Holmes, Charles 

 A. Meigs ; Members of Common Council, Orange, N. J.^' 



PETITIOJT FROM EAST ORANGE. 



"On December 16, 1895, a committee represented by 

 Messrs. George W. Bramhall, Frank H. Scott and William 

 S. Macy also urged favorable consideration, as did the same 

 committee again on February 10 following. On March 2 

 a petition signed by every member of the East Orange 

 Township Committee and by 160 representative citizens of 

 East Orange was received. This communication referred to 

 the proposed park as "particularly desirable," and as "not 

 opposing in the slightest degree the proposed plan of a 

 speedway north and south in East Orange," adding that, 

 "although the larger part of this land lies in Orange, it is 

 nevertheless as convenient to East Orange residents as to 

 those in Orange." 



