Evening star., 1903-07-16

I Lambert and Baker. and. after signing the
! papers. they departed for the District
! building for the audience with the Com
| lnisSiOnerS.
The Mayors Statement.
| Mayor kinnear, in a recent letter to the
District Commissioners, said, among other
! things:
| You are well aware of the fact that a
| firm has been conducting pool room with
! in the corporate limits of our town against
! the bitter protest of our mayor and con-
| trary to the desires of vast majority of
our people. In our fight to close up this
rernicious establishment we have been for
tunate in having the hearty support of your
honorable body. for which desire to
express our sincere gratitude.
Within the past few days circumstances
have shaped themselves that we have
been able to practically force agreement
with the proprietors of this resort by the
terms of which they agree to remove their
establishment from our town, turn over
their lease of the railroad and wires to the
mayor and council. and pay the expenses
of the litigation involved, said agreement
to go into effect the first day of August
next
upon the understanding that until the first
day of August the mayor and council shall
cease their efforts to compel closing of
the resort, and that the Commissioners of
that time the of the wires unlawfully
strung upon the streets of the District.
The mayor and council having discussed
the situation fully believe this agreement
presents the most satisfactory and most
economical solution of this VeXatious mat
ter. Further legal proceedings at the best,
will probably give them Il much longer
lease OF life than to August /. not to men
tion the cxpcnSe involved to our people and
the time and worry incident to our cXecu-
tive officers.
Il would therefore request. on behalf of
myself and the council, that your honorable
body. ii not Inconsistent with Your ideas Of
the proper action to be taken. delay until
after August ] any further efforts for the
removal of these wires in the District, thus
permitting US to meet the terms OF the
agreement and rid ourselves that date
of this unwhoieSome and obnoxious resort.
Text of Agreement.
According to the terms of the agreement
signed today Mayor kinnear and his coun-
ell prolnis. that they Will Immediately dis
miss the suit Instituted by Robert S. Tur-
ner in the circuit court for Montgomery
county and forthwith pay all of the costs
of the suit as taxed by the clerk of the
court.
That they will dismiss. to take effect
from and after the first day of August next.
the suit instituted by Thomas S. Holt
against the mayor and council in the cir
cult court of the United States for the dis
trict OF Maryland and pay all the costs
therein as taxed by the clerk of the court.
THAT they and each Of them. at their
own cost and expense. shall forthwith OBJ
tain from the circuit court for Prince
Georges county leave to surrender the lease
now held in the name of the Paca Social
Club for the property known wild
wood located in Prince Georges county.
and leased from James g. Rogers receiver.
the lease to he Cancelled and surrendered
hp first nf htl q ffiv a r
ties to vacate and surrender possession of
Wildwood property on or before the date
mentioned.
1T is further agreed and stipulated that
from and after the first day of August next
all the telegraph wires strung upon the
poles along the line of the electric railway,
known as The Baltimore and Washington
Transit Company and extending from a
point at or near the junction OF the rail-
way with the Metropolitan branch of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad to the Wild
wood" property, shall become the property
of the town Of Takoma Park. to be used
or removed by it at its option.
Transfer to Town of Takoma.
THE agreement continues that on the
date above referred to the proprietors shall
| assign transfer and set over to the town
of Takoma Park the lease and all rights
| and privileges now held by Thomas S.
Holt for the electric railway, and the roll
| baltimore and Washington Transit Com
! pany, the assignment of the lease to be
made to extend for period beginning Au-
| gust ! and ending October 10 next, the
| town of Takoma Park to incur by the
! agreement no risk obligation for any
| period longer than the last mentioned term
| and to incur no obligation to the owner
| or present lessee of the railway or its
| equipment for or on account of any rent
| or charges before October 10, it being dis
| tinctly understood that all rent and
| charges under the lease have been fully
! paid by the proprietOrS. all of which pay
| ments shall inure to the use of the town
| of Takoma Park, it being distinctly un-
! derstood that the execution of the agree
rrent shall impose no obligations upon the
| town to accept the assignment of the lease
| but that the assignment shall be made, II
| the town of Takoma Park or before
| August l shall notify in writing MeSsrs.
/ Lambert and Baker. attorneys for the pro-
| prietors Of the intention willingness of
| the town of Takoma to accept the assign
| ment for the period above named.
| Mayor Kinnear and members of the
| council. in consideration OF the promises
and agreements. promise and agree to and
| with the parties mentioned that they or
| either. will take no further steps or action
| looking to or having for their purpose any
! interference with the and occupation
| of the Wildwood property, or the mainte-
| nance. or control Of the telegraph
wires leading to and from the Wildwood
moved and induced to the execution of the
| agreement solely by the desire and purpose
| to end the business now being conducted
| on the Wildwood property at the earliest