The San Francisco call., 1905-03-18
WORKS BOARD
CLAIMS POWER

The Supervisors joint Public Utili-
ties and Finance Committee yester-
: day considered a proposed ordinance
submitted by the San Francisco Chap
ter of American Institute of Archi-
tects providing for the manner of
competitive bidding for plans for the
der the bond issue and the selection
of a jury of award.
Signs Of discord which will probably
delay indefinitely the erection of the
structures became manifest when
Commissioner of Works Eagan filed
| a formal protest against the proposed
action of the Supervisors to invite the
| submission of competitive plans. Ea-
gan asserted that the Supervisors were
! going over the heads of the Board Of
Public Works Commissioners. He
called attention to the general provi-
| sion of the charter giving the Board
| of Works full power in the matter of
preparing plans for public buildings.
Eagan said his board was willing at
any time to consult with the archi-
| tects, but would claim its rights in the
/ matter of supervision.
| Chairman Braunhart referred to
another section of the charter which
| empowered the Board of Supervisors
| to pass an ordinance designating the
| manner in which the plans shall be
prepared.
1t was conceded that the Board of
/ Works would have supervision of the
construction of all the public build
| ings except the library building. Com
missioner Aigeltinger said his board
was in favor of competitive plans, but
asked that the proceedings in that
! regard be followed in strict compli-
ance with the charter. Brandenstein
suggested that the ordinance be con-
sidered and after it had been revised
it would be submitted to the City At
| torney for an opinion as to its va
lidity.
President Roncovieri objected to
secret competition, but Architect
| Schulze said the Federal Government
| favored that method.
JURY OF AWARD.
The ordinance provides that the
| jury of award shall be composed of
two Supervisors. two architects to be
selected by the San Francisco Chap
ter, two persons to be selected by the
department under whose jurisdiction
| the seventh member to be selected by
the foregoing.
The section was objected to by the
committee, which thought that the
jury should be voluntary body and
consist of five members to be selected
by the Supervisors, two of whom
shall be architects, one an artist and
the remaining two members of the
city department affected.
The ordinance provides that the
architect whose plan shall be finally
accepted shall receive in compensa-
ton for full professional services, in
cluding supervision of the improve
ments, a fee of 8 per cent upon the
total cost of the improvements. The
committee did not agree on this point
and will fix a schedule of fees here
after.
At this point Eagan again protested
against the proceedings, claiming
that the power Of the Supervisors lies
solely in directing the Board of Works
to prepare the plans and not to spe-
city the method Of securing them. The
committee agreed that the Supervis-
ors had the right to take all proper
safeguards around the expenditure of
the funds realized from the bond is
sue but postponed final action on the
ordinance for a week.
TO BUILD CROCKER SCHOOL.
| The committee recommended that
| $4,000 be set aside for the erection
of the addition to the Crocker School
and will hold a special meeting next
Wednesday to consider the erection
of the Washington Grammar and
other schools, for which plans have
already been prepared.
City Attorney Long advised the
committee of offers from various
city for the proposed Golden Gate
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