§1G riEST COrXTY PAEK SYSTEM 



Counsel Miinn came to the rescue b}^ mcreasing tlie pending 

 uncertaintT in the accredited statement: "•T:::- i.iiestion 

 whether these avenues will ever become parkways is still 

 open, ^^o action has ever been taken by the Board oi Free- 

 holders, whose consent is necessary to establish the control 

 of the Park Commission.'' He was then^ as since, the coun- 

 sel of that board. 



3I0EE OBJECTIOXS. 



The activities of the corporation agents and attorneys 

 continued. They were not in the least abashed or their 

 efforts abated, and at the j^ovember meeting of the Orange 

 Council, Mayor Stetson's veto of the transfer ordinance was 

 presented. It was a remarkable document. He thought 

 '•it unwise for the city to part with its control of the ave- 

 nues until it is definitely settled in what manner they are 

 to be treated," and ^'unwise to strike out of the ordinance 

 the words now or at any time thereafter,'"' also ^'unwise to 

 approve the ordinance until the regulations are agTeed upon 

 between the Common Council and the Park Commission, 

 and until action on the proposed transfer is taken by the 

 Board of Chosen Freeholders.'' 



A long and rambling statement then followed, btit the 

 gist of the alleged reasons for the veto is given in the quo- 

 tations just noted. These "reasons" were promptly analyzed 

 and their speciousness shown in both the editorial and news 

 columns of the daily papers. Commissioner Bramliall had 

 clearly defined to the councilmen themselves what the use of 

 the avenues as parkways would be. It was ''a waste of 

 words," as The Chronicle expressed it, "'to dwell upon the 

 now or hereafter'' clause objection. The very point the 

 freeholders had ostensibly, all along contended for was that 

 the municipalities directly affected should first express their 

 preference in the matter of transfer. 



The Journal contended "that the Park Commission on 

 one side and the Mayor and Common Cotm-dl on the other" 

 were both "'to blame for the result-/' 



