The evening world., 1893-12-04
NO DEAL. IN PLANS LIKELY.
Architects Havs Full Confidence
in the Selecting Committee.
The New City Hall Design May d,
Known in Two Werk'.

The committee Of architects selected
by the New York Chapter of the Amer
lean Institute of Architects and the Ar
chitcctural League of New York to pass
upon the plans for the new city Hall
has nearly completed It's lahors.
This consists Of Prof. VIII
lam Il. Ware. of Columbia College:
Napoleon lac Brun. hrothcr-ir-law Cf
Henry -. Purroy, and Edward II. Ken
dan. Work was not begun until oct. II.
although the las plans had been sub
United more than a month before. The
delay Is due t. the Withdrawal of
Rishprd a., HnHt On acc5"nt Of m
pointed a member of this committee.
The COMMITTEES III t. select six plans
from the entire number submitted, which
Building Commissioners. Who viii decide
upon the one t. be adopted by the city.
II was learned to-day that the Com
mite, had narrowed down the COMPETE
and that In all probability the six sue
cessful plans from which the ma sclec-
ton viii be made, would be determined
upon within the next two weeks.
OF course. the result OF the tNmmlttee's
work Is being awaited WIKI the mrSt In
tense Interest among arcni:tt,s, ani OF
late there have been rumo.s ma fiNo..
itism may be showa in the selection of
the six drawings which viii u" entitled
to prizes, to say nothing of III. final
award by the municipal, cIMm!as,on.
which VIII mean several hundred thou
sand dollars to the successful sOiIpeti-
tor.
So far as the city authorities are COZ
cerGel, such n possibility is ~irdignantl,
denied. Comptroller Myers said to-day
that In drawing up the programme for
the competition every precaution had
been taken To prevent unfaliness and So
cure the hrst possible results for the
The Committee has been selected by
the architects themselves, end every
lutely unappruaChahie. The drawings
we're ACCOMPANIED In each case by n
sealed envelope ~CuHtaininG the Designers
name, and unecccmpanied by marks of
any kind.
The envelopes and drawings are num-
ber"h to correspond and the former are
IN possession Of the Mayor.
q course said the Comptroller,
'supposing. for the sake OF argument,
that the committee Of judges should be
OPEN to outside Influence. 1t would lie
easy tor any particular competitor to let
them know which plan was his.
I'm the present case. however, am
f,Gnk to SAY that | dn not believe there
IS the Icmpt"5t poSN.h lily nt such II
thinS as hrs hn'u Sugge Stcl, "a the
standing reputation - tar members
Of the committee ar" 80 hiC ~ - make
sGCh n suspicion absurd. The successful
designs VIII hc selected e~NIircly un thgir
merits, and without fear or favor
\ Iumher Of leading architects Of this
city were called Gror this morning by a
reporter OF The EvHninG World" with
a view OF nsCeitairing their opinion in
regard to the rUmors which have hcCn
floating about, Without exception they
declared that thcy placed erjita conf
demo, IN IN" ability and good iulemnEi
of the Committee to select thC best plans
cor competition. as well a in their fair
ness md implrt!aiity.
Ia regard Ia tho rum0V. ~ 4 niG iGh
in connection with awarding 81 the
prizes ~ this Committee, published In a
morning paper May ~ Gilrny said TO-DAY,
'rllcs" reports are in"rd catirh.y upon
Imagination. aHl shu'; pure malicious,
ness, To pa" any attention to them
would lee to give them an importance &c
which they are not entitled,