New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-14
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ESSEX COUNTY PARK REPORT.
TUE COMMISSIONS STATEMENT SUB
MIrTED TO JUSTICE DEPUE.
o,spos,r1oS OF THE s25ooooo BONDS RAISED
FOR PARK NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
IN TIE REPORT.

FOR PARK NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
IN THE REPORT.
tn. Essex County Park Commission submitted TO
sunreme Court Justice Depue yesterday report
- Us donCs since the time it permanently or
c,njzed In April 1895 The Commissioners appointed
at that time by Judge Depue were Cyrus Peek
Frederick NJ. Shepard. Franklin Murphy. stephen
I Mceker and Frederick w Kelsey
In the report the following statements are made:
All possible Difference has been paid TO the wishes
OF me gn5ions Of the municpai authorities and
ioiS del, sStions Which from time to time nave met
the Commission; lnoeed in three INSTANCES OF PARK
The Board mas merely indorsed sentiment favoring
marks at these places which has existed for years
slider also the needs OF the future and TO construct
park areas which shall be for the use and 6eneht OF
u" TIE aequsi!ion OF the properly about Branch
Brook hEs. claimed the attention Of the Board d,
land dedicated to park uses. The Board of Works.
by resolution dated July 25. 1885, transferred to the
land and VACATED portions OF certain streets which
interseced the proposed park areas. To MAKE zine tne
cry on the north side Of Eighth-ave. was ACQUIRED
1:o IL 49l ard 49, which will give the park hand
some frontage on Clifton-aye. between sixth and
H.sA School Of the city Of Newark will face it,
A. the Plans Of the architects and engneers call
so So Of sxjh-ave, on clifton and Mount Prospect
buildings and The CONSEQUENT destruction Of the ns
view Of Ncw-YoTk there obtained This iand wi, VII
o-een Of Land be- ven SUSSEX we and orange
ST. along the line Of Duryee,st makes it possible 10
passing under orange-st and the Delaware Lacka-
wanna and Western Railroad. This completes the
aqnsi3ns r, south o. binSy We. rss Of n. mark
VII follow Lake-st., Elwood-ave, First-st. and
Frcionia-ave.. with the canal as the west bound
S6yoh % the nd The area Of Brahch Of
Park will be about 2So acres.
The purchase OF the properties has not been en-
tirey completed, as the titles are in that section
very much involved In the cases which have re-
CURED legal solution the Commission Of Condemna;
Ton has been composed Of Eugene Nanderpo0l
)chairman). Nelson A. Jacobns and William +.
Cordit.
There are also TO be parks in the crowded sections
Of the town. Among them East Side Park.
comprising thirteen acres. between Adams. Van
Buren, Oliver and Walnut SITS, Newark; West Side
Park. located between Sixteenth and Eighteenth
aves. and Fifteenth and Seventeenth SITS. Newark
and comprising about fourteen acres, and an open
space of about forty acres between Central-ave.
and Centre and Harrison SITS. Orange.
The last two neighborhood parks have as yet beer
only partially acquired. owing to the inability OF
the Commission to come TO an agreement with
property-owners regarding prices.
The last division Of the park system includes the
outlying parks or reservations. which are three IN
number-weequahic. Eagle Rock and South Noun
tain
very small expenditure is all that is at present
contemplated at weequahic, and no development
has as yet been attempted.
There will be no immediate development OF tho
South Mountain reservation.
The plans relative 20 parkways are not yet com.
plete Ii is part OF the general county scheme to
connect the parks with handsome parkways which
shall provide not only facilities for driving. bun
paths for riders and bicycles well
Franklin Murphy is treasurer of the Commission.
and his report showed what had been done with
the $4,000 worth Of bonds issued for park pur-
poses OF the money received Sl22 i6s 80 had been
spent in buying land and labor, etc. had cost
500 So a more in putting It in shape. There is yet
81 ..0t559 20 on hand.
Making part Of the Commissions report was an
elaborate statement from John Bogart and Nathan
Barrett the well-known Landscape architects ana
engineers. who have been employed by the Com
mission. They said that Branch Brook Park. when
completed. will be a recreation ground not sur
passed by that of any other city As TO the connec-
The SKIN division Of the general system will be
the lines connecting the parks and making mem I'm
parkways which in themselves must be in a sense
dSe cd pa af y9 They should run through
the districts where the people now I'VE ana eX'ehe
county where asgregations OF population are prop
They must have facilities for carriage driving, for
equesrans for bicycles and for PedesTan sn5 ana
md necessary provision must be made The
must have shade and grass and. where practicable
or branches Of Inc whole system giving easy and
direct access to and between the parks They mus;
,se cannot bS So perfecj% protected as drives
AMI W. ~ ana @T W T as ' a9prPoach such pro-
iecti0n as closely as possible - -. .,.,. 49,, oe
the park system look the proviS.'n OF one broad
parkway running north ana SCUM PFsI Mo
a AID giving the faculties and adyana gs
xrhi
We have also suggested that there should be at
lesst {5ur parkways running cast and west, con
netting he Mountain Park reservations With the
same facilities the peope along hf sGsG ro1Sei
.sa be ,oyrsTd the northern portion OF The county
co1nectna the towns Of Montclair Bloomfield BeiIe-
VIE and Franklin with the park system anoth+r N
the southern portion similarly serving o-'"'o" anu
Orareo and Orange, ard. as very large population
e c0ncorr rated along this central part OF me coung
The location OF these important parKWays mas Dceh
carefully considered with regard 70 the many colt
popuis. Jon and building will develop They shoud
be paced ard aesgn@o n Sf 70 n6rovemcnts and
fa-,es and vet Civ the best results in connection
wa Inc special uses for wheh hey are provided
regards the most northcfly ana merry ~ nS dO d
Be located on new routes. but T. for the two wnlcn
pass through Tricky pun parts OF We cou,y
lion and construction viii be greatly redn"Sd
We have also advised that inc oOutn Num- I,h
Recreation should be connected by paIkwdy VIII
tho Eagle Rock Reservation ana va 10 me no.
o. tac Eagle Rock area there should be a parkWhF
along The First Mountain toward me h0rtnern nv
o. he county there connecting with the most noitn
ery Of tho east and west parkwavs. These mountain
reservst'ons Will also he reached by the three oeT
east ana west parkways. Al. will be connected WIN
The great city parks and extensions or nloderate
length can when deemed advisable. be mace 70
Other points 81 the county. - 49,. 49,.
With the system Of parks and parkways mus OUT
III the foundation is lad for deyeopmehbs OF npbc
provenents which viii preserve forever 20 the pup.II,
the use and endowment OF the wonderful naturai
features OF Essex County.
After the report was submitted 10 the court
Joseph L. Mann, the Boards counsel announcer
that the Commission would establish a park on the
west side Of Newark 10 embrace portions OF fl-
tenth Sixteenth and Seventeenth SITS. There are