The Washington times., 1906-07-11
BELMONT SITUATION
UP FOR DISCUSSION
Friendship Heights Citizens
Hold Meeting Tonight.
LOTS STILL ON SALE
Rumor Of Purchase of Property by
Chevy Chase Land Company
FlatIy Denied.

A meeting of prominent citizens OF
Friendship Heights and other suburbs
in the Bethesda district, called for the
purpose Of considering ways and means
of defeating the proposed colored set
Element at Belmont. will he beld to-
night at the residence Of Richard NJ.
OuRh Judging from the expressed SEN
timents of Mr.. OLgh and other leading
exponeuts OF Bethesda opinion, the
meeting will b. decidedly interesting.
The meeting has been called by the
Friendship p Heights Improvement AS
ISOLATION and IL is understood is pre-
liminary in its nature and VIII be fol-
lowed by a larger gathering. which all
citizens of the Bethesda district Will be
invited TO attend.
Lor Sale Continues.
Meantime A. l. satterwhite & Co. con-
tinue 20 offer for sale lots at Belmont
to colored persons. The manner in
which the firm and the syndicate IL rep
resents came into possession Of the
property still eXcltes a considerable In
terest among property holders Of Beth
esda and that section Of the District
and MarFand An especial interest ts
taken In G. nnection with the sale Of
William Sheetz. by whom the land
was purchased from Barnard & john
son.
As to this phase of the situation, Sat
terwhite maintains a fixed policy Of
silence.
The records will show" he said that
the land was purchased from Barnard
81 Johnson by IT. Sheetz and that Sir.
Sheetz transferred the title directly 20
the syndicate I represent. From these
facts yon are at liberty 10 draw any
inference you wish,
Sheetz Bought for White Man.
When Mr.. sheetz was asked IF you
did not act for a colored person, or sew
eral Of them. for whom did you aCt?'
he replied:
THAT Is strictly confidential between
myself and the man for whom / pur-
chased the land. At the time I con
tracted to purchase the land for him I
would not disclose his IA ne at any
time"
rs the rIan for whom you purchased
the land "A white person o. he was asked.
''Oh. yes Certainly he replied. He
a Caucasian all right. and there's not
a drop ct African blood IN his veins.
/ Mr.. Sheetz continued.
rs he a Washington man?' he was
asked,
/ No" replied Mr.. Sheetz. he doesn't
( live inside the District. but transacts
/ lot OF business here
Thunder out of a clear sky at high
I noon never surprised anyone more than
/ was when / noticed IN the paper that
/ the lots at Belmont were for sale and
/ rent 20 desirable c0lOred persons
Stei'wagen Denies Rumor.
/ A rumor IN circulation that the land
+ has been offered TO the Chevy Chase
+ Land Company for $1,000 which X
S20.0O0 more than the price paid the
i Barnard & Johnson syndicate. was de-
MED fatty today BY e J. Stellwagen,
president of the company.
There is no truth IN it," said Mr..
StellWagen. Furthermore, We are not
going 10 buy the land at any such prices.
Whether this Is a plan 20 club our com
panv, / don't know, but / do know If
IL is, 80 is doomed 20 failure. We don't
care anything about the settlement, for
our lands are half a mile away.
We hold a mortgage on the property.
and II the payments are not met the
mortgage Will be fOreclosed We should
do this whether white OF colored persons
were concerned. This expresses our
whole position upon and interest IN the
natter