The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-03-26
TRINITY TO GoTo DUEuAM.
Raleigh Releases the Board of
Trustees from Their Con-
tract to Locate Inc Col
lege Here.
Eews AID Observe,

As announced in our Durham dis
patch yesterday morniag, the COM
mittee appointed by the trustees at
their meeting at Durham to confer
with the Raleigh Committee of the
Chamber OF Commerce in charge uf
che trinity College matter,, arrived
he.e yesterday. and met the Raleigh
committse
The committee representing Trinity
College were President Clowell. w.
F. Kornegav. Esq, Rev. J. A. Cur
bingham. The Raleigh com pittee is
composed of Messrs. r. T. Gray,
chsirman, r. y. Pollen, Julius Lewis,
W. G. Upchurch, james Boylan, z. B
Barbee, Jos. G. Brown, w. S. Black,
j. A. Jones, all Of whom were present.
The committee on behalf of the
board of trustees made a written
statement of Durhan's offer and pre-.
sented resolutions requesting Raleigh
to release them from their agreement,
sta'ing their reasons for asking the
release.
The resolutions passed by the
board Of trustees Of Trinity College
at Durham on Wednesday were as
follows:
Whereas, The board of rustees Of
Trinity College and the Nor.h Caro-.
!ida Conference a-ein law and equity
bound to MAINTAIN the obligations in
10 which they have publicly entered
with the citizens of Raleigh for the
removal Of Trinity College TO said
city, aud
Whereas, Messrs W. Drke, J. s.
Carr and other citizens Of Durham
have this day made o most liberal
ofe". for which we are most profou IDLY
grate: :'ul, and which II would be to the
permanent interest Of the college to
accept; therefore be 1t
Resolved, By the board of trustees
OF Trinity College, now in session at
the city Of Durham, that o committee
Of .hree members Of this board be ap.
pointed by the eha;rman TO wait on
The citizens committee Of Raleigh on
Trinity College and request Of them
q release from our obligation to com.
ply with tie terms Of our agreement
With them, that we may be free to &C.
cept the offer Of the citizens Of Dur
iar.
Resolved. That on condition that
the citizens Of Raleigh release this
board and the n. Q. Convention from
the said obligations, it is the sense Of
ttis board that the oGfier Of the citizens
Of Durham be accepted.
Resolved, That the thanks of the
board Of trustees be rendered to the
citizens of Raleigh for their liberality
and that we will hold them iu con.
t,pued aud grateful remembrance for
the earoest interest they have man.
iiested aud for the generous spirit
they have shown in this whole matter.
The committee made q statement
70 the Raleigh committee setting fOtrh
their reason foe asking the release,
| In which il was stated that the col
lltge 10 In need OF an endowment fund
which Durham offers to the amount
| Of $!4, 900; the site Of sixty acres oi
land will relieve the Collegeof further
purchases; the building by Durham
will be more ample, costing about s25,
900, more than the one offered BY
Raleigh; the removal Of the Colleg,
10 D. ham will unite the conference
in its interest, aud forestall the stab
IJstment Of q Western institution
he committee stated its wish to EN-,
phasize The fact that he trustees and
the sitizens Of Durham have constant