Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-29

you will at least state to the commits
sioners that so far as you are concerned
you desire to withdraw it.
If this is not done / think you will see
that you will seriously injure your pro-
fessional standing.
l write this in the friendliest spirit
, but unless you Withdrawals 1 trust you
Will--from your present position, | shall
feel myself obliged Gas adviser in the late
competition) to lay the whole matter be-
fore the board of directors of the Ameri-
can Institute of Architects.
| think l may say as one OF the direc-
| tors of the American Institute OF Archi-
tects, that the board is likely to take a
serious view of any unprofessional con-
duct if persisted in.
Awaiting an early reply, / am,
Very truly yours,
H. Langford Warren.
| Mr. Warren, as he states in his letter,
was the adviser whom the county COM
missioners engaged to assist them in the
selection Of design.
| Mr.. Elbridge Boyden then appeared
| before the commissioners and briefly
showed as he has in public letters,
which have already appeared, the i'm
menSe saving that would be incurred by
| adopting his views. He considered the
plans selected the poorest Of any of
those submitted, and that the saving in
construction by the adoption of his plan
would be $4,000.
The last speaker for the petitioners
was Henry F. Harris, who was opposed
most bitterly to the adopted drawings.
He made considerable fun of the water
| color representation of the front which
represents the sun as shining upon the
building from the northeast The plans,
he said, were as much out of the way as
the direction from which the rays of the
sun struck the building. He was not in
| favor of having competition for such
| buildings, and said this procedure al
ways ended unsatisfactory.
The petitioners then rested their case,
and Herbert Parker took the floor for
! the firm of Andrews, Jacques & Ran
| tout He said in substance: II shall call
no witnesses upon the merits Of the
plans, nor shall l enter into an eulOgy
upon the firm to whom the plans were
awarded But all 1 regret is that these
architects having been invited tc come
here and participate here are now being
submitted to so much severe and unde-
served criticism. 1t seems to me ungen-
| erous and uncaIled for. I have naught
| to say in satire or contempt of the
work of the venerable gentleman (Mr.
| Boyden)
The proposition is simply this: There
! has been a talr cOHlpetlJlOn. Inere mas
been an adjudication upon the compe-
| tition Has cause been shown why a
, contract made by the county should be
revoked?
! District Attorney Parker then dwelt
at some length upon the question of
honor and good faith which he main
tanned was involved, and which he as
serted would be violated if the contract
entered into with the firm Of Andrews,
Jacques & Rantoul was ahrogated.
| Charles F. Aldrich then spoke briefly
! in favor of the plans that had been ac-
| copied by the commissioners after
which Mr.. Goulding requested permits
| sion to be heard further, and upon its
being granted. he spoke at some length
in reply to the position taken by Dis
! trict Attorney Parker. that there was
i any question of good faith with the
| architects involved in the matter. be-
| yond awarding them the compensation
| that they had been promised in the
| event of the acceptance of their plans
when they entered the competition.
| What the county commissioners had
| done in the matter was merely pre-
| liminary, and in no way final. The eX-
preston of the district attorney that the
| commissioners had adjudicated the
/ matter was only figure of speech and
meant nothing. Mr.. Goulding then
spoke in a vein Of sarcasm Of the
building depicted In the architects ele-
walton, and at the close of his remarks
the hearing was adjourned.