The Mena weekly star., 1907-09-12
THE RAILROAD HOSPITAL
 SITUATION UP=TO=DATE
Another Favorable Decision Rendered By Read MDonouch As to City's Power to Make Deed to Stlwell Park Board of Directors for Association Anxious to
 Get Building StartedDeed Being Prepared.

recelved any copy of your renlv but MT. Mccormack has handed fc me your letter to him of August 28 and upon reading this letter I was much more surprised when I ob. served that you say that on account or some doubt expressed by yourself aoout this title, the legal department or Kansas City has requested you to re-examlne the whole subject and write supplemental opinion. Now the status of this matter is exactly this: The Hospital Associ- atlon quite awhile ago. voted to have this hospital in Mena. An overwhelming majority of the em- ployees of the Kansas City Southern are Tn favor of it's location here. These employees furnished the money with which it will be built and they are ready to build it. The The people of Mena have rendered to the Hospital Association Stilwell park upon which to build it. and we are ready with the $500O bonus. and will deliver to the hospital board a deed to the property upon demand
 We do not think that the building of this hospital should be delayed so long, pending final decision as to the validity of the title. We believe that the title to Stilwell park will be absolutely good, and if it is finally de- clded by the Hospital Association that they would not be safe in ac- cepting that property, the people of Mena are ready to furnish suitable site somewhere else in our city for the hospital. Yours truly,
 Hal L. Norwood,
 President Commercial Club.
 In reply to the above letter, the following letter was received yesterday:
 Fort Smith, Sept. ', 1907. MT. Hal L. Norwood,
 Mena, Ark.
 Dear Sir
 Your letter of September 5 re- cived this morning. The writer was probably not specific enough in our letter to Mr. Mccormack. The doubt referred to was the doubt which was in the writer's mind prior to the time that he gave his final opinion. It was on account of that doubt the that general solicitor re- quested us to reinvestigate the whole matter. We have reinvestigated the whole matter at the request of the general solicitor and wrote him yes terday advising him that we had reached the conclusion that the title was good to the hospital association for the purpose of building the hospital. This letter was forwarded to the general solicitor, MT. Moore, at Kansas City. We wired him also to the same effect.
 The delay in the reinvestigation has been due to the absence of the writer from the city. We assume that the letter referred to from MT. Wood simply meant that the general solicitor had not yet approved the title. We assume that that is yet the truth. Whether he will adopt our opinion or not we cannot, of course, say. We have fully investi- gated the question and we are of the opinion that we have reached cor rect conclusion about the title. The history of the correspondence shows the facts as above stated. did not explain that, however, to Mir. Me Cofmack. We trust this will be satisfactory.
 You are authorized to show this letter to Mr. Mccormack or anyone else who is interested.
 Yours truly,
 Read & McDonough.