, 1873-03-12
THE NEW CITY HALL,

Place for thu Exhibition of tho pIn1ls
."Si1ty PLANS lsxpcctcd--ntc tppor
E'loor o9 ktry1tn EslOctL Sclcctct1--tl'ho
i;Nrlihitlos, to 1se Of II Very Secret md
Confidential Cisairnctcr.
4 mootinE of the Joint Conlmtltoca on Public
buildings Of tho Common Council md County
Commissioners ,snH held yostorday afternoon In
tho City Clurlt'a Office. Commissioner Doguo
presided. There wero prosont Aldermen Ogden,
Bailey, Hcath, and scl,nitz, and Commissioners
Lonorgar, Boglo, mid Hortng, md hlr. Pri1idl-
villo. Tho object Of lilo meeting wna to settle
upon homo r1aoo for tho exhibition Of tho plans
for tho now Courthouse. It wns explained by
tho Cl,air that thoro woro Home sixty plans, and
TINT each Of tl1oao would occupy 20 foot. (No
plan Of eight drawings, flvo foot in length and
nearly Tic Banso in width, but viii occupy ncarly
double thia atnolnt,) The Chair nddod that
thoro wan ITO spaco In tho old Court~11ouse or
tho now City I1all In which to exhibit thom.
spacious room must, therefore, bo procured,
whcro tho plans can bo spread upon tho walls
aud allow All easy and perfect examination OF
tic various diagrams.
AID Ogden stated that number OF architects
had requested IN extension Of timo for the final
presentation Of plnns. They Ind had but br1of
tino to prepare their drawings, and dosirod an
extension until Nlny ullon they could elaborate
cortain dotails Of importance.
AID. Bailey contontled tlat t]lia was unfair to
those architects who Ind already sont In their
Commlssionor prindlyllc of tho Board of Pub
lie Worlsa, supported Aid. Bailey In tho Wow he
took Of tho caae. 1Io WAS opposed to any oxten.
| eion Of ti,no. Tho architects Themselves wished
! that tho dato tlxod should bo preserved.
Aid. Ogden insisted that tho welfare Of tho
city waB tho primo confederation, and not tho
wishes Of tho archtocts.
| Tho Mayor hero cnme In md took n sent.
| A11. pntiev jnu1rntl what rlaDA Ind bAen m.
cured.
= III. priudiyillo replied that tile npror story Of
Bryan Block '7aa without single partition, ana
reaehod, and could, without doubt, be obtained
| either gratuttoug}y or for q nominal price.
| AID. Ogden said ho understood that tho aonti-
ment waa again6t extending tho time.
AID. bailey moved that no extension DO grant-
cd, and 1t WIS ngreod to.
Conlmasionor Doguo said TINT there wnH
another point which aconled to bo Of Importance
to Hettle The specifications provided that the
city and county authorities rosewood tho right to
exhibit tho plans for one month boforo or after
tho awnrd.
AID ogden thought this Was an injustice to
tho architects.
AID. Bailoy thought tho public would DO better
Commissioner Galloway supposed TINT they
rclinauiehed all claims to their plans when they
accepted tho conditions.
Ala. Heath said that thore would be perpot.
and tho Co:nmittocs tho other.
ar. prindivillo nddod that it would be impon.
siblo for tho authorship Of tho plans to bio kept
| eecrot il tho designs Were oxhbted
| AID, Heath Eaid ho had boon invited to gno hev.
eral plans, but had declined. Now AID. Bailey
had eoen dozen or more.
AID. Ogden thought TINT Hecrooy az to the
uauo Of the nuthor would insure m impartialitJ
which could iu no other way bo secured.
hEr. priudivil1o said that thoro Ind boon a good
deal Baid about having committee Of exportf
to decide OH tho plans. He read q letter from a
competing architect protesting against having
| nny such nn arrangement, for the reason thai
there was not IN architect In town whoBo opinion
was worth anything but waa Interested, openl,
| or c1nndostinely, in tho designs.
The Mnyor said il tho author Of tho design
waa callod in to explain his losign, as nuggostet
In tho letter, ho could not understand hon itcou1t
bo done without tho Committoo knowing wht
tyaB tho author.
Tho Mayor and tho Committee derisively oriti
ciBod the unfortunate plan for tile Government
building by tho Goyernment architect Mr.. Mu1
lett. Tho Mayor thought it would do for an ho
tai ora Government hospital. AID. Ogden salt
that II tho City Hall was not botter thar that
tloy need have none at all. Othor mombort
wore equally severo with tho tawdry-looking pic
turo on the wall Of tho Cotnmittce-room.
Aid. Ogden moved that tho public bo excluded
from viewing tho plnna until utter the selection
had boon nude by tho Committee. It was SO do
| cidcd.
Aid. Bailey moved TINT tho Bonrd Of Publi'
Works bo instructed to procure hall to exam
inc and exhibit tho plRns, which sVas also agrool
to.
The meeting adjourned.