The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-04
THE CITY AND COUNTY BUILDING.

THE CITY AND COUNTY BUILDING.
The farcicIal muddle over the city and
building is a spectacle to make pa
triots swear.
1t will be remembered that the former
city council advertised for competitive
plans for the building, and that MIR. AP-
PoNYIs plans were adjudged to be the best
and the premium for the best plans was
awarded TO him.
The present council completed the ar
rangements with Mr.. APPOINT, and con-
tracted with him to erect the building; he
filed bond for the faithful performance
of his work
A bid for the construction of the build
ing was made by Contractor BOWMAN and |
accepted by the county authorities.
Meantime, however, the new city council |
had become dissatisfied, and this council |
neither accepted nor rejected Mr.. Bow |
MANS bid for the construction of the build |
ing. On the contrary, they began to
try whether they could not find
fault with Mr.. APPOINTS plans, and
finally hired another architect to
make an examination of the plans and re-
port to the council. The report of this
architect was somewhat, though not Sc
riously, unfavorable to the plans of Dir.
APPOINT, but the latter quickly demcl-
ished the objections that had been raised.
Then another architect was employed to
report on the plans with similar result.
Finally fourth architect was practically
engaged to erect thu building, with in
structions to use Mr.. APPOINTS plans If he
found them suitable. Then fifth archi-
Ject was named to oversee the work of the
fourth, and still another was consulted in
regard to further examination OF the
original plans.
By this time, as may be surmised, the
building season was practically over so
far as commencing building of the size
and cost of this is cencsrned aud
at the beginning OF December, it
seems that the whole matter will
be reopeneo and new plans advertised
for u sort of perpetual motion at last found
out, by which all the architects in the city
can find unlimited employment in the IN
spection of each others plans
During all this time Mr.. APPOINT has
been kept waiting. He came here for the es
pecial purpse of competing for the prize
for the plans, and he remained here ever
since the acceptance of Contractor Bow
MANS bid to erect the building under his
supervision at remuneration of 3L per
cent. He is now going home, leaving the
matter Of collecting the money due to him
in the hands of his attorneys.
da,-, lie 1r-hof &c bo
reason for all this nonsense. And thereby
hangs tale or rather, several of them.
In the first place, when MIR. APPOINT
first came here last winter, he was solicited
TO register by Liberal worker, in order
that he might vote the Liberal ticket. He
replied that he had not been long enough in
the territory to register, but was promptly
informed that that made no difference! He
was told that all he had to do Was to sign
: his name and his friends would attend
to the rest of the matter. He spurned this
proffer of perjury with some spirit, ant
was finally attacked when alone IN a crowd
of Liberals and knocked down for the en-
phasis with which he declared it q disgrace
D 10 place acarpet-bag-the Liberal emblem
l above the American flag.
l BY the time for the next election, Mr.
[ APPOINT was a qualified voter, and WORKED
e for and voted the Workingmen's ticke
5 against the Liberal ticket Mayor ScoT1
he says, has but recently said to HIM tina
T while there was no politics in the extra
g ordinary proceedings over his plans, stil
: as his course in politics had made him man
o enemies in the present city government,
r ought not to complain if ne suffered in con
e sequence. Mr.. APPOINT promptly demande
,, of him why it was any worse for an ARCH
5, tect to enter politics than for a hardwar
d merchant to do so; and this naturally broK
Re off the conversation.
In the next place, many Liberals desir
20 have the building located On the ives
side of the city, to boom their propert
there, just as they did by securing the pos
Office on the west side, where it can neve
e be in the centre of the city. The city
% moving east and south in its growth.
% Again, the city has not the money wit
y which to put up the building True, I'll
> council can borrowit. for the citys cred
: is good; but goodness knows what wi
happen when the limit of bonded indebtet
ness shall have been reached. The none
- that was in the overhowing treasury al
- the vast revenues of the city have alread
been either dissipated or mortgaged.
Mr.. APPOINT, who is the subject of tn
"a attack by the city government, who b
a neglected all other matters for this bull
Ii. ing, and who is now about to return to h
,r home and business in California, is a ms
w whose ability as an architect and record
,r soldier are somewhat remarkable ]
was born in this country, and at the GU
nc break of the civil war was lieutena
,s of engineers, He fought three years a
n. half in the Union army, aud was wound
N five times in battle. He was with SHE
he IDAN at the famous battle near w
- chester, aud left finger on that ceiebrat
nc battle ground. Since the war he has fl
co lowed the profession of civil engineer, a
of has received endorsements and reco
m mendations from some of the most or
tu nent scientific men in this country.
20 returns home to a crowded business, a
rn his only loss here will be his time, !
m which, however, he expects to collect I
money from the city, in the courts if nee,
sary Had he been q young man il
starting IN business in this city, the acti
of the Liberal city council would ha
e. made it impossible for him to make livi
,e here.
Out upon the ring that runs the So cal
ng Lib eral party!
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t,v Chicago Herald Colonel Elliott