The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-08
PLAN OF CAPITOL EXTENSION .
 IS CONDEMNED BY THE PEOPLE
Supreme Court Was in Such Hurry to Suit Itself That Architects Were Not Given But Ten Minutes

from each floor of the old. to the cor responding floors of the new building, using the space now occupied by the House of Representatives for some of the other rooms required in the addi- tion.
 Tn our opinion. (thc present Senate Chamber and House of Representatives considered), it is a matter of very short time before these changes will be absolutely necessary, and. consider ing the economy to do the work at this time, and the absolute necessity for the sake of appearance. of making the building three stories, we have made in our plan these provisions all of which could have been done for the amount stated.
 Tn my opinion the time taken by the judges was not sufficient for the proper consideration of seven sets of draw ings, which I think should have taken at least two or possibly three days. After the awards were made, the ar- chitects present agreed to exhibit their drawings, which was done. All were greatly surprised at the award.
 The pen and ink work on the per- spective by MT. B. B. Smith, was excep- tionally good, and the framed water color of Mr. Golucke was also very good. It was agreed by all architects present that if an architecturally per- Iect eAteEior was 10 De oDtalneo, q two-story addition was an impossibility.
 T think that was the only one pres ent who submitted plans in strict ac- cordance with the rules of the compe- tition."
 How CommIssioners Voted.
 The official ballots of the twelve members of the Commission for the award of the prizes, one. two and three, were made public yesterday by pr. Thomas M. owen, Secretary of the Commission. They show, as hereto fore stated by The Advertiser, that a majority of the justices of the Su- preme Court was always welded to the two-story idea of a southside wing. Throughout five ballots to determine tority of the tribunal voted for one or the other of the two two-story sets of plans whereas five of the seven archi- tects who entered the contest rebe1led against two stories. The first prize was decided on the third ballot
 Five architects had orally before the members and in written detail, declared the impcssibility of building a wing of two stories If architectural harmony was going to be insured with the pres ent Capitol.
 On the first ballot, 1t is oficially re- vealed that for first prize the plans of B. B. Smith, of Montgomery received six votes and those of Frank L. Lock- wood the same number The former votes consisted of the Governor, the State Auditor. State Treasurer, Secre- >tary of State and Attorney General, the original members of the Commis- zion. and Associate Justice !. C. Ander. son, of the Supreme Court. The votes for Mir. Lockwood's plan were cast by the six other members of tho Supreme Court.
 second ballot failed to decide the winner. as Justice Anderson reamined firm The third ballot, however, wit messed the change of the latters vote to the Lockwood design.
 The vote for second prize found Chief nces nafafsUn, tyson and Denson sup porting the plans of Frank Milburn. of Columbia, s. c. MT. Milbarp was the only remaining architect .n the contest now who offered a two-story design. He would have won the second prize over MT. Smiths excellent design had there not been a cleft in the supreme body. Chief Justice Mcclellan and the Justices who favored Mir. Milburn for