. Essex county, , illustrated . patriots who littledreamed as they felled the giant trees with which the groundwas encumbered, or whistled or sang their pioneer songs asthey followed the plough over the cleared acres, or swung thescythe through the low meadow grasses, that the whirr of thou-sands of steam engines would become the refrains that wouldbe heard by their children. The ideal spot that the pioneerhand found upon which to plant their homes and providefor their outward wants and gain a comfortable sul)sistence andwith an unchallenged right to seek their souls welfare, hadanoth
. Essex county, , illustrated . patriots who littledreamed as they felled the giant trees with which the groundwas encumbered, or whistled or sang their pioneer songs asthey followed the plough over the cleared acres, or swung thescythe through the low meadow grasses, that the whirr of thou-sands of steam engines would become the refrains that wouldbe heard by their children. The ideal spot that the pioneerhand found upon which to plant their homes and providefor their outward wants and gain a comfortable sul)sistence andwith an unchallenged right to seek their souls welfare, hadanother destiny just out of view, of which they little knew. Asin a previous chapter we have said all that need be said of thecitys growth and progress, we can have but lillle to do with itsflistanl past. As naturally as the crystal waters from the bubbling springson the mountain lops turn toward the great oceans and seekthrough Ihe rills, brooks and rivers a home in their mightybosoms, so do our thoughts turn to Ihe government and gov-. DK. H. C. H , IUESlDtN T HOARD OF }l. Newark, which has earned the title of the Birmingham ofAmerica, every eye may turn with pride, and the retleclion ofher greatness will he an all-sufficient proof that her governmentand governmental policy liad very much to do in caressing theforces which had elevated her to the ])roud position she occu-pies to-day, and have given birth to the promise of a great andjirosperous future. Strange as it may seem, when the city of Newark was firstlaid out it was without the most distant hope or thought eventhat she would ever become the mighty industrial centre thatshe has grown to be, the great manufacturing city of the .\mer- ESSEX COUNTY, N. J., ILLUSTRATED ernniental policy of the cap-ital city of the county, whosehistory has so e n v i r o n e dthem that they have becomeof undying interest to thewriter, and as the facts ariselike inspirations as we them, it becomes a])leasure indeed to
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