The sun., 1897-07-31
ARCHITECTS DOy'T LIKE IT.
ALJ PLANS FoR sOLDJERS MEMO
RIAL MAY BE CAST OUT

Clause GivinE One or tho Corprtitors the
Work stricken out By the Co,nipissiou-
Architro,s seiertea ne Competitors S1ny Re-
ruse TO Compete At All Under This RuiinE.
II the mombcrs OF tho Soldiers and Sailors
Memorial Commission do not rccedo from the
position which they have taken In regard to
the seloction Of plans for the monument II is
possible that tho competition which has been
arranged will fall through. Several weeks ago
tho commission selected the following archi-
Uocts for tho competition: Il. H. Hunt, Wi.
liam II. Humo & Son, stephen w. Dodge, O.
W. s. A. A. stoughton, Bradford L. Gilbert,
James L. Ware. and Albert Z. Davis. 1t was
agreed to pay each man 500 for drawing his
plans, and tho successful architect was 10 get
$500. Bruce Price selected by the COM
nittee as consulting architect to arrange the
details Of the competition.
Recently the architects who arc to compete
held a conference with Mr.. Price, and he was
Instructed to report TO the commission that the
architects were not disposed to make plans
unless they were assured that the work would
be awarded TO one OF their number. Accord.
ingy, when the rules Of the competition were
drawn up to- DC passed on by the comihittoe.
''1he designs will be submitted to Bruce Price,
rs expert, for a report on their relative merits,
and The commission will select and name the
beet design, and Its author or authors, un-
der the =, so1ai'on5 herein prescribed will have
Gen. Coils objected TO the clause He said
he was unwilling to surrender his right to q
nnal I vote Go on the plans GomP5roiler Fitch
he had the utmost re peect for, expert opinion
and would be influenced greatly by II, he was
not in favor of the ci iauso as prepared. He
said there was coercive spirit in II which ho
did not like.
81 am perfectly willing to submit these plans
TO an expert after they havc been submitted to
us ,r but not before" said Mayor strong.
The obnoxious clause was finally stricken out
adopted. According, to them the designs are
tors, at the Arsenal, on or before noon,. Sept
l5. The designs will be received by employees
of the commiss ion. who will take entire charge
Of their handling and setting up, and neither
In any way be identified with them will be per-
mitted TO be about the Arsenal at any time be.
tween the time Of their reyeption and the max
Ing papers submitted are to have upon them
any mark by which they can be known, but
there shall be sent with them "A sealed letter.
addressed in typewriting to the Secretary Of
the commission. giving the authors nRme and
address. This letter will not be opened until
the awards shall have been made. The models,
CRAVINGS. and papers will be known by num-
Pers corresponding with numbers given to the
letters.
The author of the best design, If any design
TO do the work. and he will receive per cent.
of the cost of the monument, which cost must
not exceed S250,O0O
After the meeting Mr.. Price said that the re-
guest, of the architects. which had been re-
fected. was fair one. "If the commission ad-
kertised contract" he said, "it would have to
keive the same con ,deratloni Their object is
10 get the competition start ed As each one
Tho competes will receive only 5000 for draw
Es ,h9 tSn % Goit amy anywhere r from $500
baye some assurance that one Of their number
will get the award"