Telegram-herald., 1891-02-15
SPECIAL COMMITTEE
Considering the Protest Of the
Builders ana Traders.
on TIE UNJUST DETERMINATIONS
Arensssess Rash A1a ossssa taasslsss.
a1sis s&s tAs ss@ra ~ fa1its
NeFks plsesaaalasssa fl1sr4ssiy
Against loeat Arekftetts

presented % the council al ia Friday
evening sessions
lot j. u. b0land, Of the Builders ana
Traders exchange, representing that ia
the matter OF selecting plans ana speo-
heAtions for the contemplated police
court hulidlng, unjust discrimination
has been made against home architects
asking ttai home talent be rec0gnisad
ana allowed IL defend us Interests
that everything being eQus., the work
should he lei "a home architects, ash
ing Cuung4l h 50 award the plans and
specifications.
The communication was referred 10
a special oomnaittee CONSISTING u Alder
nea sproul, naaser and Mckee. A
meeting oi the eommltlee WAS held yes
terday. IA one 81 tne committee rooms
al iho city hail. The whole subject was
canYassed with the intention Of reach.
ipg the bottom facts of the case.
The local architects, SIDNEY J os-
good and A. ~. Rush Son,
were invited 10 appear before
the committee. and both nrns
responded. and told their respective
grltyanoes With pariecl ifanEness. Hg-
fore the committee scpara ted. The
agreement WAS made 70 dlVulgo no part
oi - deliberations Tor the press. Ac-
oordingiy the iRd gidual members were
IS mum a. oysters when asked o. talk.
Tie opinions OF the individual members
are known, however, in a genera! way.
and i is safe 10 say that the report 0t
the COMMITTEES Viii be ia sympathy Nlth
the sprii which whispered the CONNIE
nlcatlOn 10 the council. NOIRltlstan4
lng, the committee are not clear wnal
can be done 10y the council about fne
matter. even though the charge against
the Board OF Pabllc Works should iuru
out 70 be true. Tie Beard OF Publl
Works Il not a body subject 20 the die
tatiOn OF the council, anu Is responsible
10 nobody except IA cases 81 nlAifess-
ance under well defined conditions.
The TELEcRAM-HERAID visited the
Office of A. ~. Rush a Son, la lie P0f-
ter block. The elder Rush was not
present, but thc junior member Of The
arm most c0urtcousiy consented Ia
state the situation as well rs he could
1AtAt s.te tt4A f-t4a'i"4 ttAth I" ar lk a. t3ft
that Il Is true that the local arch lecis
feel that they have not been dealt with
IN good faith by tie Board OF Puslc
Works, although they did not inspire
that communication 20 the couuclk
The Rush fiTm dld not hesitate 20 ssY
that they had not been well used hy
the board. and they felt hard about u.
There Was no completion whatever ia
the presenting and adoption of pisns
Everybody knows that mere sketch
plans oi a building are never then own
iull explanation. The architect always
expects TO be accorded the privilege 81
explaining the cloudy points IA hs
drawings. Now this privilege was a.
corded Myers. but was not accorded
either M. Osgood OF cur bTm. IL was
Myep' own say-s0 from fret IL last
And ali TINS bas taken place not
witbstanGing the fact that the Myers
building has not coniormed 10 tie
stpuialons. while ours has to tie very
letter. The circulars sent oat ly the
board stipulated Quitt enphatlcaiiy
that the plans presented must conform
% certain ground floor c dimensions
We went ia work and spent a very
long time ~ performing the most di-
hcuit task. IL was almost su lniuus-
slbILty 10 do i. .old neither tbc Nsfrs
nor the DsgoOd plans conform ~ q.
Bot Myers has iuHt ali over tie
grounds, and was accorded ara inicf-
view 20 explain. WhHe we have
conloTmed 10 al tipulatous an3
were excluded from the toagas
presence. The board spent a good
deal of money in its preliminary iuvcs-
tgati0n AID j. hndlng outa approximate
~ what they wanted. aua then theF lti
Myers 20 IN and convince taem that
they dia not want that bUf be changed
plan. We expressly requested toe
boad, II they Intended - psTnlt any
one IL Change TIE 81 pulatea floor plan
10 permit a. 10 withdraw and change
our plan. bnt they denied us ths pris-
llcEe while gvug IS - Mtvrs. Co.
Brggs called taes attention - TIE ~
consisteneies 81 1he situation. ald went
straight ahead ard awarded e. for
c ign iigin what taey would NOT award e
home FIRM. ~. slr, we 90 feel sore,
tor we kuow W aave not been treated
10 TIE spnit 81 far play"
sidney j. Osgo0a was ncxt seen.
Wh5e he bad not ibe same specific
grievances 20 complain - % those of
Eash A son. be VAS O. o. a. esnphsilc
duct ~ the t'osro = max ug tbe award
lie also had been denied tne privilege
Of making explanations - ht plan.
while Myers had been accorded the
privilege. Inc coupIain ~ - tae com
al had not er8anatsd from bIm, be-
cas~e he had beeD out ~ town
Yea" sad ne. ''tae stipuiatiOns of
TIE boards c.reulass have not bsen
complied with by tbs Meyers plans,
hot nov Il turns oat that Meyers 4
going to he permitted - deviste from
re own plans- The plan be presented
70 tbe board calls fo9 . building Of
stone on two s6es, and OF
fasck on Two si5es But nov,
! understand, his building "a 70 1,e. Ike
mine. wholly II frlck- il a q strange
proceeding al around. The 6iscriusl-
nation In favor o. the Detroit srchitect
was asgrtFt and UncoDoes3ed, and
d. not understand u. 20 ard see Bff.
Ensb. tbank be car tel you more
ai,,1t 4 than ] can. ! have been oct
of towa. ard l4sv. not watched the De
tails q tht progress q events 80 closely
as hs tiss"
Ne hare already seer Bf. Rush. "
ss0a. sell. tben yos slready know sc
nf1cb "a esn tei Tu8.