Evening star., 1902-02-19
MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL
Many Preliminary Plans Sub
mitted in Competition.
TO BE OPENED SOON
CONTEST TO BE NARROWED DOWN
TO THREE SETS.
Those Who Have Submitted Ideas
The Group Of Buildings to Be
Erected-The Program.

Erected-The Program.
Thirty-seve sets Of preliminary plans
for the proposed municipal hospital in this
city have been received by the District
Commissioners and win be opened the lat
ter part Of this week or the first of next
week. The plans have ben submitted by
| architects from all over the country. All
are tightly rolled in pasteboard and none
bears a Distinguishing mark. This was
one of the conditions of the competition
In each set of plans there is expected to
be found plain white envelope. sealed,
with the architects name enclosed. Thus
far in the competition the plans are simply
designated by numbers.
The preliminary competition closed yes
trr'iay afternoon o'clock. The number
Of plans submitted is an unusually large
one. and the great increase over previous
competition for municipal buildings is at
tributed by the Commissioners to the in
terest aroused in the competition by Mr..
Edmund ". WheeIwright of Boston, Mass
At the suggestion of the American Institute
Of Architects. Mr.. Wheelwright. who is re-
garded as an expert in all hospital building
matters. was engaged as professional ad-
wiser Mr.. WheelWright was expected in
the city yesterday but is detained in BOs-
ton on account Of the serious illness OF his
mother If nothing unforeseen occurs he
will probably reach Washington Saturday
or Sunday next When he shall have ar
rived the Commissioners will open the
plans. The task involved in judging this
relimnary competition is no small one.
The municipal hospital is to be made up of
several groups of buildings, and separate
plans for each OF these have been submit
ted. The thirty-seven sets are voluminous
and represent a great deal OF labor on the
part of the competing architects.
-p1pr the rules aGpDted by the Commas
sioners at the suggestion of the architects
/ and upon the advice Of Mr.. Wheeiwrlsht,
The preliminary competition Is entirely uri-
paid. and was instituted for the purpose or
choosing three architects as the competi-
| tors in a final paid competition The au-
| thor of the design adiudged to be the best
in this final competition will be appointed
the architect of the buildings.
The plans submitted in this preliminary
! competition therefore, are simply In the
nature of sketches. but they embody the
original ideas Of the various architects IN
hospital matters. and it is said that this
feature will count strongly in the compe-
tition
The date for the closing of the prelimina-
ry competition was originally fixed for
February s, but was extended ten days on
account OF some minor changes made In
certain Of the details of the program II
sufficient wall space is found available the
plans Just submitted will be hung In order
that the Commissioners and Mr.. Wheel
wright may view them to better advantage
and with greater facility.
The Three Architects.
As already stated. the result of the pre-
liminary competition will narrow the con-
test down to three architects. the author OF
the successful design being appointed the
architect Of the hospital. The two other
competitors in the final competition Will be
paid 81 900 each; and If the Commissioners
wish to make use OF any feature pecuilar
I of tta l.
tors they have reserved the right 10 pur-
chase the sketches upon the payment 70
the author thereof of the sum of $1,000, the
sketches to become the property of the DIS
trict of Columbia. In the choice of the
three architects for the final competition
the Commissioners will consider the pro-
fessional standing and ability OF the COM
petitors.
The appointment of the architect Of the
municipal hospital buildings. the Commits
sioners state is dependent upon the action
| of Congress in the passage of the necessary
! appropriation. The present competition Is
| being carried on under an appropriation OF
| S., eco, made at the last session OF Congress
| for the purpose. The site for the hospital
| has already been purchased at the head OF
| 18th street near Richmond street. When
| the appropriation for beginning the work
| of constructing the hospital Is passed. the
| Commissioners say. the architect whose de-
| sign is adiudged to be the best will be duly
| appointed and will serve throughout the
/ time required for the construction OF all
| buildings built under the original appro-
| priation and as the architect OF all addt-
| tional buildings for the hospital which shall
| be built under appropriations made for this
purpose by Congress for ten years from
the date Of the first appropriation for the
| hospital buildings The architect Will. be
employed to give full service upon all the
| hospital buildings and will be compensated
! for his service In accordance with the
/ lean Institute of Architects. said In this in
| stance to be about per cent OF the total
| cost of the buildings.
| The Competitors.
! The following is a list Of the architects
| who notified the Commissioners Of their
| intention to participate in the preliminary
| competition, all of whom. however, did not
send in plans, as the list includes over fifty
| firms all standing high In their profess
| sion:
| w L. Blthe, Philadelphia, Pa; Lord &
Hewlett. New York city; lotion & Rod
/ gers Washington: E. w. Dom, jr.. Wash
ington; b. b. Zantzinger, Philadelphia: c.
| F. W. Doehring, Washington: T. G. Ahrens
Baltimore; Washington Hull. New York
city; c. A. Didden. Washington; Henry
| Simpson. Washington: Arthur Dillon. New
York city; Brown & Brown, Nashville.
Palmer & Hornbostel. New York city;
Davis & Davis Philadelphia; Boring &
Tilton. New York city; George c. Haskell
Baltimore, Md; o. Won Nerta. Elgin. H.. /;
T. T. d. Fuller, Washington; A. w Long
fellow. Boston, Mass: A. p. Clark. jr..
Washington: Cope & Stewardson, Philadel-
phia; Wyatt & Noting. Baltimore; Everett
& Mead. Boston. Mass; F. NJ. Day & Bro.
Philadelphia; Glenn Brown, Washington; c.
| B. Keferstein. Washington: Shepley. Rutan
& Coolidge. Boston: Mowbray Umnger.
| New York city; B. Stanley Simmons, Wash
| ington; r. Clifton Sturgis. Boston; William
| Hart Boughton, New York city: Chase &
Ames. Boston; L. -. Dessez. Washington;
| B. Frank Meyers. Washington; Charles II.
Alden, jr., Boston; Parker & Thomas, Bal
| timore; George B. Page, Philadelphia:
Frank c. Miller, Philadelphia; E. P. Casey,
| New York city: George Keller Hartford
| Conn; William Atkinson. Boston: J. J.
Deery. New York city; H. D. Hale and
George B. de Gersdorff. Boston: Newman
Woodman & Harris, Philadelphia; T. NJ
/ Clark Boston: G. w. and w. D. Hewitt
| Philadelphia: William B. Tubby & Bro
New York; William C. Hays, Philadelphia; |;
| Frank E. Perkins, Philadelphia: Ellicott &
Emmart. Baltimore; William L. Woollett
Albany, n. Y.
| According to the terms of the competition
| the successful architect will be chosen from
| the above list.
| The Buildings.