Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-19
OLIVER S kLNNEDY.
A Discussion Of That south.side
sehool.House Question,
Supplemented By Sons More Questions
About the Water Works,
TO he EDITOR ottho Gazette,

lots by myself 20 the city 81 FOR
Worth. was absent on business and
the article escaped my notice until a
friend called my attention TO H. Your
statement Is not correct, and il you
made it on your own responsibility l
hope you will do me the simple justice
10 inquire into the matter aud state
the fects as they are
| Sometime IN January, 1854, NJ. M.
Nj. G. Clark a memberof the board NJ
I education. came 10 zee me and asked
me ~ he would get the city council 20
nav $3.50 cash for the lots Tor school pur-
tosss. would ] donate the balance and
make a deed. ] agreed to do so on con.
ditlon that ID he used for school pur-
poses alone, and that the city build
upon 10 a school-hOuss 10 cost not less
than 5000 In few days he came
back and said The arrangement was
mEde aud the money would be paid at
any time Nothing more WAS said
about H. however, until l addressed
/ the communication 20 the council
which you published sta ing that they
I meat N.a take the lots In
! they wanted them aud pay
me t625 cash and bind the city a.
/ build 1900 EchoOl.house or pay me
| the further sum 81 800 ia fifteen
months II they did not build IL. In
your article you say there was no "de-
| Cided action taken On this letter. In
this you are mistaken, and the record
/ shows it--and In ] am not mistaken,
| your files also show IL This PROPOSE.
zion Wds tabled, and nsrcr Was takcn
| from the table, / then built a dwell
/ ing.house where [ now live on the ad-
| joining block. After this, Capt j p.
| Hughes came 10 me and asked me
II ] would donate The lots
| for school purpose, and I told
him most emphaticHlly that | would
/ not, and ! told him also at the same
time that dit not rant Il school
I hOU-c bUiN on those lut- thgr, because
L had built on the next block aud did
/ not desire a school house that near me
| Notwithstanding this. the house was
! built, and still nothing was said to me
| about payment, / addressed another
letter 70 the cOuncil-wnich YOU do not
/ puUll-h-demRndtug a settlement of
l ne matter This was referred 70 the
| committee, and noihihg more. was
/ before the council as chairman
] ~ the South side committee on
| business ABOUT one month afterwards,
/ when Capt J. T. Hughes asked me
/ before the council when 1 would make
a deed 20 the sChool.hnuse lots, aud 1
| replied that | was ready at any time
tuey would pay for them or arrange IL
80 could make collection Ia the near
| future, which seemed TO be- satisfac.
/ tory. The council then went into dis.
| question OF some OF their contracts and
| dtrclosrd the fact that their scrip was
only north so cents on the dollar
When l started to leave the hall Cant
Hughes called me aud asked me prl.
vstely when | would make
the deed, aud / repeattd
what had FRid before to him,
He said then we will give you ecrip
and take the deed now. | said no.
when | deliver the deed I must have
the money or rctdiH a lien on the ,)rol).
erY. He appeared to get mad aud
said that the council had not received
the school house on the lote: that they
| would not now do aO, but lot Il 90.
that this should be an end to the whole
matter, and that we should have no
schOol-housR over there at all. To
which l replied: IAN right; do as you
please about that.n / then addressed
the second letter 10 the council, which
you published.
Then Col j, P. Sn 18th and Cant.
J, +. Hughes lied II m, and a, ked
me to make deed and sAid they had
the money to pay me. told them
tho property was worth 1880 without
any imprOV, ments whatever, but As
they lad built on 1t, they could have
II Tor $3.50. Col. Smith RAid they
would not give II; that he could get I.
lot from Mrs. Hendricks lust below II.
and that they would move the house
OIL the lots, | then told them would
accept that proposition aud give them
SlO0 to do what they proposed. did
not think then that | was legally
equltably or morally bound 70 make
them deed until they paid me the
value OF the lots, and / am OF the same
opinion still. | made the deed, how.
ever, voluntarily, rather tnAn have
any question OF good faith involved as
the mouse had been built with nv
knowledge, and the act YVES intended
Az charitable one IL Is talked on
Tue streets That II WA thought that [
Wonld make the race for city attorney
sue nat ms STA ement was published
/ NaAN NNRIfAfN ~ AAhN away ITOll me
| me color q vote ~ the city, because I
donated the lts for school pur.
poses for rhite children. M
man OF any sense, black or
white, would find fault with anybody
Tor donating property FIR any chNrlty
because they directed how il shouid
De used Now, tn end this matter In
short, II the city council do NOT desire
charity OF 1910 from me, [ An, ready
TO receive now the cash Ia pay ment al
the balance of the value Of the nto.
perry, which ia 1915, aud make a deed
without conditions. And L think
under the circumstances, they shonld
feel bound to do H. for they forced lne
20 give II to them hy building on h
contrary 10 my wishes
lt may be that the council did moi
care to answer the questions I mt Ia
them on the water. works question, or
that they did not care 10 have anv