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WHEATON IN ARMS OVER INVASION OF “PONY” MOOREContinued From First Page.Jarvis Hunts are about a stone's throw away and Mrs. E. S. Worthington's house directly adjoins the site of “Careyville.” W. It. Martin of the gas company occupies this house in the Summer time.Lincoln Opposed Move.It was declared that the establishmentof “Careyville” would cut the value ofsurrounding property in half. Everybodywas indignant, none more so than Robert T. Lincoln, son of “the great emancipator,” who is now president of the Chicago Golf Club, just east of ’‘Careyville.” John Barton Payne, treasurer of that organization, was another indignant citizen.They called meetings and they pow-powed. Finally, “Pony” Moore was summoned.“We’re all business men,” said the In-hospitables; “how much do you want to quit?”Moore bitterly resented the insinuation that he had started with the idea of quitting advantageously, but when he had been placated he said:“Well, this is a $.'0,000 proposition. I’ll quit for half. I don’t see any reason why you folks should object. The colony is going to be strictly high class in every respect. No saloons or gambling houses. We’re going to give the Rev. Mr. Carey, three lots next to Mrs. Worthington’s house for a church, and I’m sure you oughtn’t to find fault with a church.“We expect to hold a series of revival meetings next Summer and our white neighbors will be made most welcome.“It is our intention to have music every evening, and we had intended to erect a •pleasure hall, where we could hold dances and other entertainments. This is to be a retreat, gentlemen—a high class retreat— for the bone and sinew of the colored race.I am looking forward with great pleasure to occupying my bungalow, which will be right, across from the golf links, where my family and my friends may enjoy an uninterrupted view of the games from the veranda.”“Everybody’s going to have a lot 50x 150. It ain’t going to be like a tenement.Our contractors are going to put up fine cottages to cost three or four hundred dollars apiece and they’ll have verandas oil around them, so our people can sit out and take the air in warm weather. Oh, it’s going to be swell, but, of course, if you gentlemen object, I’m 'willing to make a sacrifice. I’ll quit for half of the profits, $15,000.”Compromise for $2,000.With a little pressure here and a littleargument there Moore and his confrerescompromised on $2,000, the purchasers Agreeing to assume the $1,000 mortgage on the “Careyville” site. James Keeley took title to the property as the holding member of a syndicate.It took a good deal of “lining up” to circumvent the colored promoters or to induce them to accept a reasonable profit. William Loeffler was appealed to In such a way that he called off his partner, Simons, although Loeffler insisted that he, personally, was not Interested In the scheme, directly or indirectly. Pony Moore found his saloon being closed earlier and earlier, until he was afraid things were coming to a point where he would have to choose between “Careyville” and his business.So there will be no Wllberforce avenue, no Minnie Square, no sunny verandas— unless the “ground floor” members can find ground elsewhere, with the assistance of Mr. Simons.“We do want to get our people out of the crowded, congested district.” said the Rev. Mr. Carey last night. “They need the fresh air as much as the white people.I went into this with Mr. Moore becauseit looked nae a good investment. My attorneys have not informed me of any settlement and I don’t know yet what other plans we will make.”“I quit because I couldn’t bear to have those Wheaton folks think I was trying to hold them up,” said “Pony” Moore.“Well, why shouldn’t IV” demanded Mr. Simons, irritably. “I am in the real estate business. I buy a title and I sell it. Why not?”
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Chicago Examiner
Chicago, Illinois, US
Fri, Jan 22, 1909
Page 10
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Wheaton P.
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