The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-30
REJECT MR.. HEURICHS DEED.
TcnIeytoyyn Nasons Decline His Con
ditinns To 4 Git.

\ n of I+UieETGWE- mas Te}t'tf9 q ~t-1
for its contemplated Masonic Hall prof
fsred by Christian Heurich- because of
the IaJter-s insistancc that the deed of
conveyance should contain covenants OBJ
Iicatfng the present trustees Of the lodge.
and their successors forever. 90 cu5rrse
Tcuisytuvvn applications foT liquor Ii
reuses in which Mr.. Heurich should be di-
rectIy or indirectly Interested
The reason assigned for the refusal. Is
that the site could not be accepted I'M
der the laws of the Grand Lodge of the
District of Columbia
The erection of the hall on the site Of
fered by Mr.. Heurich would have greatly
enhanced the value of his surrounding
real estate holdings. it is claimed The
site IS one of the most desirable in Ten
Ieytown- and II was with considerable re-
gret that the lodge was impeIied 10 refuse
to accept II. The decision of the lodge,
which has just been made known. was
reached at recent stated meeting
1t appears that the lodge in April last
concluded that TenIeytown Free Masonry
should have hall of its own. and a can
vass was made to estimate the financial
resources which could be counted upon
for such a project. 1t was decided tat
the AIasous OF Tcrheytowu could control
about SS.Ud4 OF $Iarrp with which to erect
a building \ committee was appointed
consisting of Dr. A N Ray, ! Z shoe
makers and ". l. Conway TO undertake
the task
This committee waited upon Nj Heu-
rich. and asked him TO donate the lot
which they haC selected as most desiIa-
bic Tor the proposed hall. Mr. Heurlch re
piled that he would consider the matter,
and later signtded MS Willingness to pre-
sent the Aasons with the lot. a deed was
drawn up. to which both himself and Mrs.
Heurfch appended their signatures, and
/ was sent TO the lodge for acceptance
/ This deed Incorporated the Objectionable
! features, binding the trustees and their
/ successors forever to this restriction, q
/ follows
And the trustees and their SUCCESSORS,
VIII at ali times hereafter, whenever re
! quired by the said Christian HeuTicb, his
/ heirs or assigns, sign all applications for
! license to conduct or carry on the liquor
| business upon such property, adjacent,
adjoining abutdng, contiguous, opposite,
/ or in the neighborhood OF such conveyed
| real estate as may be owned or controlled
| by the said Christian Heurich- his heirs
| or assigns and VIII not object TO. or op-
/ pose the granting or issuance Of said Il
| cense; and that the said William r
/
| require its consent to the granting Of
| such license OK. licenses, viii by its prop
| er officer or officers. signify such consent
! in such manner and such form as may be
required by law"
After consultation with Mr. Heurich d
| deed was ORA WI Up py the lodge emitting
| entirely the Objectionable restriction. This
! Mr. Heurich refused to sign and the
/ lodge thereupoa drew up a deed obIigat-
/ ing its officers not TO oppose TeHIeytown
/ applications for liquor licenses in which
Mr. Heur1ch was Interested This, it IS
/ said, Mr. Heurich also refused 10 sign.
AS a result Of further consideration of
/ the matter on the part Of the lodge. the
/ inability Of the lodge to accept the ten
dered site was expressed in the following
letter. signed by Dr. A NJ Ray, as chair
man Of the committee
/ Mr.. Christian Heurfch:f
Dear sir regret very much to inform
! you that the deed was not accepted by
( the William r Singleton Lodge at our
meeting July I6, 1901 il being impossible
/ to hava done So 711der the laws Of the
/ Grand Lodge Of District OF Columbia
Again thanking you for the courtesy
you have extended 20 the committee
| when we called AT your Office
i am very respectfully
ANTHONY. NJ RAY. NJ d,
Chairman Of Committee"
The lot which Mr. Heurich proposed 10
donate TO the lodge is valued at about
5000. It is located on the main road in
q most advantageous situation Nearly
opposite Is the only liquor saloon in town,
| the license to which is said 70 be con
/ troIled by Mr. Heurich. The property Is
part Of several acres purchased some time
! ago by Mr.. Heurich. Several houses have
been erected along the road on contigu-
Z md md he cha of
( the committee. Is one OF Mr. Heurich- 8
tenants. occupying the house Immediately
/ adjoining the vacant lot which was under
! discussion.
Mr. Heurich this morning discussed the
/ subject He stated that ne had been
( waited upon by q committee from the
/ lodge, headed by Dr. Ray, and that the
/ request was then made of him TO donate
the lot upou which 10 erect the proposed
hall He Informed the committee that he
I would take the matter under considera-
/ ton.
The lot in question, he stated, he had
! purchased IN conjunction with adjoining
+ property, IN order 70 be able to control
the license of the saloon on the opposite
side Of the road This license had at one
time been abr0gated. and Mr. Heurich
states that he had difficult task recov-
eriHg it This he had finally accomplish
I'd, and in order to protect himself in the
future, ne said, had secured the adjacent
property. The titles u his property 7yere
not in his own name, in view Of the ne
cessity 10 have q number of signatures
10 the application for license.
Considering the request Of the Nasons.
ne finally concluded that he would be
pleased to assist them and gain their good
viii, and notified them Of his willingness
70 donate the lot. He had, however, no
I intention Of losing the advantage that he
held as owner Of the property in protect
ing the license Of the saloon and which
had cost him considerable effort TO Sc
cure While perfectly willing TO donate the
site, h proposed that the new owners
should ebligate themselves to the inter
ests which his own ownership insured
NIr- HeUrich further stated that it was
not iutimated to him that II WIS ob5ec-
tionabIe % the lodge for IT TO bind itself
20 the furtherance 5f his interests. until
the deed was rejected lie said he did
not tender the lot 20 the EIasons until it
had been requested Is z gift by their rep
reseutaJjVes-