The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-04
HOT IN THE COLLAR.
The Architects After the Council
With Sharp Stick.
WHAT THEIR GRIEVANCES ARE.
They Do Not Propose to Be Deprived of a
Chance to Build the Joint City and
County Building.

Inc architects in the city are hot under
the collar-individualiy and collectively.
mat Is, most of them are. The casUs beui
Is the prevailing belief among them that a
certain member of the fraternity has got
the dead wood' on the contract for
furnishing plans for the new city and
county building. Hence these tears.
The feeling of Indignation over the mat
ter had its elimination in an informal meet
ing Of city architects at the office of Carroll
q Kern last evening There were present
william Carroll, M. d. Kern, F. A Hale,
Henry Monheim, q. +. Costerisan, f. M
UIlmer, 5. c. Dallas, w. S. Hedges. B. J.
Reeve, d. L. Keller and George S. Spohr.
MIR. Monheim was elected chairman of the
meeting and Mr.. Hedges was chosen secre-
tary.
The principal subject of discussion was
Tue party who was supposed TO have a sure
Inlug on Tue perslmmon which all the archi-
tects poles were straining after and the
unrlghteous Influences which were at work
In his behalf. The gentlemen present were
excessively emphatic in venting their in
ulghatlon over any possible cut-and- dried
scheme TO award the big job without giving
all Inc city architects a chance TO compete,
particularly N view of the fact that the
resolutions passed by the Architects asso-
clallon ana presented TO the city council
several weeks ago seemed to have been
quietly ignored by that august body.
MI: Heuges proposed that written petit
t!on DC formulated and presented TO the
city council protesting against the accept
ance OF any plans without open competi-
uon. He suggested that eacn individual
archltect sign the petition and get as many
slgnerS as possible among the solid bust
ness men of the city.
Mr.. Kern vigorously commended the
IDEA and assured the company present that
In two hours he could get couple of hun
dred OF the best men IN Utah TO sign such a
document, Including most of the members
OF the council. At this point Mr.. Kern
1alnted-or nearly so.
Mr. Ullmer thought that the silence of
the architects in general might have oper-
ated to further the efforts of one or two
members OF the joint building committee
OF the city and county who favored the ar
chltect thought to have secured the big lob
so dear to the ambition of all his brethren.
MI. Hale had lately seen Mr.. Hall, of the
AFORESAID committee, and he-the latter
had remarked that he had never even seen
the resolutions sent to the council The
speaker wondered if the document
so important to all present had
been pigeon-holed and forgotten. If
SO, 1t was poor compliment to the BODY
from which II emanated. He had heard
that there had been no meeting of the Joint
oulldlGg committee of the city and county
Tor three weeks or more, and it looked to
nlm as though the council had been too
busy with important matters-such as
licensing variety theatreS--to devote any
time to the communications OF the archi-
tects IN matter Of vital interest to the
whole community. Furthermore, he
ayerred, the chairman of that committee
mad made no bones" of championing the
interests OF the architect upon whose
frame the meeting was hgurativelv iump
ing, he lntimating clearly that in his opin
Ion the SAID architect was the only one in
Salt Lake city capable CT directing the
erection of the grand structure with the
requisite efficiency. This was a gratuitous
insult to all Of the architects present and
they should protest against it.
MI Dallas declared that no reputable
architect would undertake to com plete the
building on its present foundation and
guarantee a good job. The architect
spoken OF was the only one in town who
would undertake the job in this wav.
Several speakers voiced the sentiment
that they would not object to that man.
having the contract in case it were fairly
awarded him IN open competition, but did
not want to see any favoritism in the mat
Ter. Inc meeting unanimously endorsed
this sentiment
1t was thought that the majority of the
city council were in sympathy with the in
terests OF home talent in this matter and
would favor an honest open competition.
and that was all that was asked No good
citizen could say that that was too much to
ask. and no sensible person had any doubt
as to the ability of the local talent to
properly handle the important undertake
ing.
On motion committee to draft petit
ton to the Council was appointed, consist
ing of Messrs. Monheim, Dallas, Ullmer.
Corterisan, Kern and Carroll, to report at
meeting at the same place tomorrow
evening