Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-22
Branch Brook and Waverly Are
Suggested by Prominent
Citizens.
NORRIS CANALS BANKS
GET FAVORABLE MENTION
Hard Payements, Trolley Traffic
and Automobiles Bar
to Riders.

horsemen for the establishment of
bride path through Branch Brook
Park, as many have given up riding al
together because of there being no place
to ride where the horseman or woman
may go without being inconvenienced
by the hard pavement. trolley traffic or
automobiles Several were interviewed
today on the matter and expressed
themselves as welcoming such move
ment, while Louis Hood suggested that
such path might be continued on into
the country over the towpath of the
Morris canal
Louis Plaut said that he was amazed
at the fact that a bride path had not
been established long ago and that
Newark was the first city having such
park without a bride path that he
had ever seen. Many horseowners in
Newark kept their animals in New
York and went over there to do their
riding, merely because there were no
soft roads within miles of the centre of
the city Pavement has been con-
structed on the roads and with the
growth of the city the old routes fol-
lowed by lovers of the saddle have
been made too solid and are frequented
by too many automobiles to make
pleasant riding.
Il think bride paths should be built
in Branch Brook and Waverly parks.
as both lead to the country, and would
help greatly" he said. ''I do not think
that riding academy is a good place
for child to learn to ride. They
should be taken to bride path where
automobiles and other traffic does not
interfere The child learning to ride
should be given all the enjoyment that
| the parks afford. There are walks. q
boat course and drives for automobiles
in Branch Brook, but the horseman
has been overlooked More would en-
| joy the exercise If they were assured
that they could go where they were
immune from auto traffic. while Branch
Brook Park, with it's sharp turns and
speeding autos, is the worst place
imaginable for horseman under pres
ent conditions. 1 should think that the
city would consider the wear on the
| roads caused by cantering horse,
which invariably digs up the roadways,
and would consider a bride path for
this reason alone"
Louis Hood, one of those who has
given up the saddle owing to the con-
ditions, has had many pleasant ride
along the towpath of the Morris canal,
which is very pretty in summer, and
he thought that bride path in Branch
Brook which could be continued along
the canal would be a most desirable
thing. The path leads to Nutley or
Passaic and would be much frequented.
He also thought such path an excel
lent idea if it could be extended from
the park to the Orange parkway.
John C. Eisele said that man N the
saddle had no chance in Branch Brook
Park unless he got out very early in
the morning The automobiles COM
manded the situation, and the estab-
lisfment of bride path he considered
highly visionary, giving as the chief
obstacle the marrow park commission
ers." Dirt had been reserved on both
sides of the roads for riding, but the
automobiles, he said, went just where
| they pleased, and were the dirt on but
one side and reserved for riding exclu-
sively it would be vast Improvement
THE Park Commission is a little
kingdom in itself and refuses to allow
the parks to be used as they were in
| tended. Whom are the parks for any
way?" he asked. "I do not think that
everybody has been considered in the
furnishing of the parks Why. boys
| from the High School cannot run in
them in cross-country runs. Boys in
the neighborhood who go out for runs
cannot run across them, but have to
go around. I tried to have permission
granted for the High School boys. but
| it was refused. The Board of Educa-
tion is spending large sums in ath-
| letic grounds and promoting athletics,
and the Park Commissioners are re-
fusing grounds which are adapted to
the purpose. 1t is simply ridiculous.
sincerely hope that the bride path will
become a fact, but I am somewhat
| 'leery' about its being permitted by the
narrow park commissioners"