New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-13
FOR THE NEW CITY HALL.
MIR rrRRoY's SUGGESTION REJECTED.
THE STRUCTURE WILL BE ERECTED on TIL
SIZE ORIGINALLY CHOSEN 1873 PLANS Nd

THE STRUCTURE WILL BE ERECTED on THE
SIZE ORIGINALLY CHOSEN 1873 PLANS Nd
MITTED TO THE COMPETITION
When the new Municipal Building Commission
met in the Mayors office yesterday. County Clerk
,,,rroy renewed his attack upon the plan ana site
~ the Commission and submitted plan OF his
own lie proposed to RAE all the buildings in city
Hall Park. including the Tweed Courthouse.
Mr. Purroy read his argument with much force.
referring to the Commissions action, he said:
badly cramped Site unsymmctrical and incapable Of
the best architectural treatment. which cont mpatcS
nudnr with an with wings Of different
nons and which enccles the present County Court
house by OF allcyway several hundred feet N
length and from nity sixty feet In width. must In my
opinion lead Ncw-YoIk q what would be mos, un-
fortunate renewal of several past experiences viz the
unwise expenditure Of many millions Of dollars IN o
huge building which, despite the pretty pictui's Of 10
which may be presented. would in reality BE- fat below
c standard architecture which prevails in the other
goat cities Of world and which would be anything but
crcditahlc those who were rsponS Bile ioi
II. existence.
Regarding the haste said 10 be required making
Il detrimental to postpone further the construction
o. the building. Mr. Purroy said
am great believer in prompne-. Of action when an
important question has been eNhautVev considered and
carefully decided upon. but do not favor unnecessary
haste aud subsequent tnkcrng and patchwork The wise
saving you're right. then ahead l. a. old
md As unaSSalable y
advice advocate little longer deliberaton before step
f. taken which cannot recalled and which
much regret during many The point which have
tried than once 10 make IS not that the present
County Courthouse should be removed to suit ones
notions or hut it is that the very best site
for the new municipal building cannot be obtained within
CITY Hall II the completeness and effect Of the said
10 and OF the building to b. erected thereon be per-
urtcd latter Is finished be Iesscned by the
continuance Of any OF the structures standing therein
And hold that after the best available site has been de-
uleraiey agreed upon n wecOns delcd and symmetlca
ground plan upon the lines OF which exports may con-
rden.lv promise that cieditabc municipal building can
10 fully completed should then be definitely decided upon
Mr. purroy said that his plan provided for $1,000
more square feet of space than those OF the archi
tects.
Nayor Gilroy replied that enough time had been
taken and he reviewed AT length the steps which
had resulted in the adoption of a plan fully con-
sidered. which had the approval of the advisory
architects 4 plan somewhat similar to Mr.. Pur-
VOWS had been presented and rejected The Mayor
said that he was against further delay or any
changes i'm the ground plans. To do this would
SAVIOR III bad faith to the architects VINO had SUD-
mitted designs The Courthouse could he torn
down or altered later. VI desired but work on the
new structure ought to be begun without unneces-
sary delay.
controller Myers followed the Mayor with a care
fully prepared statement in which he replied 10
Mr. Purroy's arguments. The proposed destruction
Of the County Courthouse would be. the Con-
troller thought a piece Of wilful extravaganza
The County Clerks plan. in his view, was merely
experimental. and Mr. PurrOy himself would hardly
claim for 1t any other merit ,, i. 49,, ,.
Mr. Purroy said that he saw nothing In the Con-
trollers remarks TO reply TO.
THE COUNTY CLERKS PLAN WAS RTJEC TED
Mr. Myers reported that 100 plans had been filed
by architects before noon of September l. Three
more came in later the same day and one from
Peoria ILL.,. arrived September 4. The commits
sion decided admit the three which were only
s-fev minutes behind time but rejected the Peoria
plan. The Controller said that he had secured
room II OF the Stewart Building for SEPTEMBER
al a rental of 500 where the plans may b" dis