The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-14
A COMMUNITY HALL
KINDERGARTEN BUILDING TO re
USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Mr.. BALDWIN WILL BUILD 1T.
RESULT OF SPLIT WITH KINGS
DAUGHTERS OVER sOUTHsIDE LOT.

Mr.. Baldwin Says He Hns No Idea Of
the Cause of the Trouble and That
His First IntimatiOn of Kings
Daughters' Withdrawal Came
From Article in Morning News-If
They 60 Out, kindergarten Sys-
tenn VIII Build AIOne-HaH May BE
Used by People of NeiEhborhoOd
for Purposes Of Their Own-SmaIl
Park, with Trees and Flowers. to
Add 10 Beauty ~ the Section.
separate kindergarten building
VIII be erected by the Kate Baldwin
Free kindergarten System on the lot
granted by the city, at the corner of
Montgomery and Thirty-first streets.
This will be the outcome of the with
drawal of the Kings Daughters from
the project.
The plan outlined by Mr.. George J.
Baldwin contemplates a building of
one large room, sixty by ninety feet
in dimensions, which, in addition TO
its use for kindergarten purposes,
shall be used by the people of the
section of the city in which it will
be situated for such other purposes,
political, educational or social, as
they may desire to put it. >
The lot is sixty by a hundred and
ten feet and the space not occupied
by the building will be transformed
into a public park-small, of neces-
sity, but as dainty, attractive and en-
ticing as it can be made. There will
be trees and flowers springing from
the green or the lawn and benches on
which the tired little ones of the
neighborhood may rest themselves,
after an hour or two or ardu-
Gus work in the kindergarten or of
equally arduous play outside. Mr..
Baldwin wants to supply, as far as he
can, the need for a public park in that
section.
Whats the trouble between you
and the Kings Daughters" Mr.. Bald
win was asked yesterday.
Il have no idea on the face of the
EARTH" was his answer. Il have re-
ceived no intimation from them or any
one of them that anything was amiss.
The only information / have on the
subject is derived from the article
published in the Morning News. That
article conveyed the first intimation /
have had that the Kings Daughters
We're dissatisfied with the agreement
they made and desired to retreat
from it.
1T is true that when the city made
us the deed to the lot it contained
provision that upon the failure of the
premises to be used for the charitable
and educational purposes in consider
alton of which they grant was made,
the lot should revert to the city. This
was perfectly satisfactory to me. for
to me it seemed rather a safeguard
against any improper use of the prop
erty by any persons in whose hands
the execution of the trust might come
in future years, but l believe it was
not altogether so to The Kings Daugh-
ters.
'They sought my aid in the erection
of the Day Nursery and l granted 1t.
The understanding was that the ex-
pense should be divided and the build
ing owned in common by the two
charities. This agreement 1 was ready
and willing to carry. out. OF course,
if the Kings Daughters have reached
the conclusion that joint ownership
would be unwise / have no criticism
to offer. Possibly they are right"
Mr.. Baldwin said he had written to
the Kings Daughters Union asking for
a confirmation of the report he had
read in the Morning News and in the
event of its correctness. which he did
not, however, doubt. he intended to
have prepared plans for the erection
of a separate kindergarten building.
AS a matter of fact there is no doubt
that the Kings Daughter have re-
pented Of their agreement with Mr..
Baldwin. even if they have not seen
fit to advise him of the conclusion they
have reached.
AS soon as the plans for the building
have been prepared and accepted and
the contract lot, work will be begun at
once. Mr.. Baldwin hopes to have the
building completed during the summer,
so that it will be ready for occupancy
and use with the coming of the fall.