The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-09
ELEVEN PLANS SUBMITTED.
NO SCARCITY OF DESIGNS FOR THE
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING.

Eleven Architects BID for the Work.
The Committee on school Build
fngs Considering the Plans and
VIII Report n First, second and
Third Preference to the Board OF
EducatiOn-The Plans Uniformly
Excellent, But Some of Them Too
COstIy-The Board TO Take Up the
Matter Tomorrow Night.
Plans for the new school building, TO
be erected by the board of education on
Anderson street, were submitted yester-
day by eleven architects or firms Of arcn-
itects
The bidders are: A. S. Eichberg, Percy
Sugden. Henry Urban of Savannah. +. II.
McKain and l.. T. Goodrich Of Augusta.
Hayden & Wheeler and G. +. Norman
of Atlanta. W. c. Chamberlain Of Knox
vile. Tenn. l.. c. Kitchener Of Green's
boro, n. c., Goodrich & Goodrich of Bal
timore and Richter & Wessling of Gin
clnnati.
The committee on school buildings met
at Supt. Bakers Office at noon to con-
slider the bids. The committee found that
it had a gOod-sized task before IL. and
after spending two hours in examining
the plans adjourned until o'clock, when
the session was resumed and continued
until $50 O'Clock. All the plans were ex-
amined carefully. Messrs. Eichberg, Sug-
den, Urban, McKain and L. I. Goodrich,
who were present in the city. were each
given a hearing by the committee. in order
that they might explain the plans sub
mitted by them.
The committee found that nearly all the
plans were excellent Some of those pre-
pared by nonresident architects, however,
provided for buildings unsuited to this
climate. Several OF the plans were very
excellent, indeed. and the committee
would have been at a loss to decide, but
for the fact that the question of cost was
kept to the front. The sum provided for
the oulidlng is 10000, and the cost by
some or the plans would be greatly in
excess OF this amount. The trouble with
several Of the plans submitted is that
Ihey are too elaborate for building such
as the board desires to erect.
Supt. Baker said to a Morning News re-
porter tnat one very excellent plan by an
architect well known in Savannah will
PROBABLY fail TO secure the award on this
account. 1t Is among the number, how
eyer, which will be favorably reported to
the board.
After considering all the plans the COM
mlttee decided to recommend three to the
Doard to be known as numbers /, 2 and
o, the preference being according to the
order In which they are numbered. Mr.
Baker said that he was not at liberty to
give the names of the architects whose
plans are thus favorably reported. There
Is one Savannah architect among the
number, but which one he declined to
state. Ali the plans, however, will be
brought before the board for the consid-
Grafton of the members If they so desire.
The committee simply expresses a pre-
ference for three plaps I'm the order
named. The board of education will meet
tomorrow night, when the matter will
probably be decided
1t was the building committee and not
the board, as stated in yesterdays Morn
ing News, which arranged with Archi-
tect Norman of Atlanta to furnish the
plans and take charge of the work. which
action the board declined to endorse.
The specifications call for a two-story
building of twelve rooms, heated with
steam or hot water and properly venti-
lated. The rooms are to have capacity
OF fifty pupils each. There will also he
small rooms for the principal teachers
and janitor.. The building IS 70 be com
being opened Oct. /. The building is
needed TO relieve the pressure on the
Henry street school and afford school ia
cilities to the rapidly growing population
in the southeastern section of the city.