Sunday Washington globe., 1902-03-23
The sun-dOwn Architects Get Hit
Again.


E'difoy Sunday Globet
You have taken up a good cause when
you come to the rescue of the citizen archi-
tect, who has been imposed on by the sun
down architects. James f. benson is EN-
ployed in the Indian office as craftsman
and receives a fat salary, and is the archi-
tect for a new church at N, c., and R. also
has made plans for several other Jobs. Mr..
Meline is employed in the Supervising Ar
chitects Office He has planned Mrs. Fos-
ters house on Massachusetts, avenue see
to-day's POST Thomas Francis is Assistant
INSPECTOR of Buildings. The files of his
office will show where he has done con-
siderable work for private parties Charles
Cole is employed in the drafting department
District Building. He is doing considerable
work for private parties at this time and for
the past ten years Mr. Davis, Assistant
Inspector, has been doing up to recent
date considerable work for private parties.
B. + Iudson, of the Supervising Architects
Office, Treasury Department, is extensively
engaged in private practice, notwithstaud-
ing the orders of the Secretary Of the
Treasury not long ago, as to sundown ar
chitects Now for the Sanitary Improve
ment Company. Edison Warner, and
Thorn x Co. are building sanitary houses at
$500 apiece lot cost $500 apiece; to ac-
commodate two families at SIS5 per
family, making $50 per house Tie public
dupes (women) loan their money at fve
per cent. without security. Thus you will
see Edison, Warner, Thorn el al, the friends
Of the working man, are helping themselves
10 about 10 per cent interest without hav-
ola ,te
(nit) But they make the public think that
they are doing a great good. Oh 1 would
that Christ could come to Washington at
this time. What these Christians would do,
for / know there would not be holes enough
for them to crawl into.
Now for (the great Major w. Bayliss
Chief Craftsman of the Medical Depart.
ment, Seventh and B streets, southwest
There is but one craftsman in this Office
This is Bayliss himself, therefore his oD.
portuuity is great for doing private work in
sundowu time.This big w. M. is making all
the plans for the Sanitary Improvement
Company for as per cent. Of what the citi'
zen architect would get. What architect
superintends this work? Not Baylisa Oh
no, that would be too much exposure for
him, as his position appears at this time to
be little shaky, as there is another of con-
siderable influence who is trying to succeed
him. There must be a superintendent for
this work, which costs about $50 1000, and
besides there has been considerable con-
troversy as to who will be the contractor.
Therefore Edison selects his great friend,
+ B. Pile architect secretary Of the Amer.
lean Institute Of Architects. to cover up
Bayliss' wrong doings. Nevertheless the
American Institute of Architects was or
ganized for the protection of the profess
sion. Great protection this. In justice to
the institute action should be taken in his
case, and he be asked to step down and out
and let an honorable architect take his
place. Keep up your good work and 1 know
your paper will continue to increase in cir.
culation, as this business is not confined to
Washington, but throughout the United
States the sundowners exist
Honorably and respectfully yours,
A GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT.
Member american Institute Of ArchitectS.