Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-02
At THE WHITE house, EIGHT BIDDERS CHOSEN
Labors Representatives Confer Will Compete for the Pam
With President. American Building. =
SILENT ABOUT THE CALL lPLANS TO BE SUBMITTED
Discuss Characterization Of Haywood Limit Of Cost Structure
and Meyer 100000
LETTER WILL WRITTEN VAN NESS PARK TO BE THE SITE
peced-Mr Reynolds Re Be Of the Latin
Trip. American
PLANS TO BE SUBMITTED
Limit of Cost of Structure Placed at
100000.
VAN NESS PARK TO BE THE SITE
Believed That the Architecture VIII
Be Of the Spanish or Latin
American Order.

me greatest architectural competition
that mas ever been held in Washington. IL
not In the United States will be opened
June Id. when plans will be submitted for
the new nome OF the bureau Of American
republics The list of bidders was COM
pieted To-Day and includes 1876 names of the
ieaoing architectural firms in the country.
ihere are two classes of bidders, eight who
nave oeen invited to compete and who win
oe paio $IoOO each for their plans, whether
they are accepted or not. and the rank and
HE or the competitors, numbering 12s
among whom will be divided three prizes Of
1900. $1,000 and $1,000 for the three best
sets of plans.
The eight invited bidders are carrero A.
Hastings. New York: Games & Young a.
Louis; Cass Gilbert. New York: HorphIover
6an Ma n washington: Thomas R: Kim
Whitford d King. New York. and Wood
Dohn g Deming, Washington.
Submission Of Plans.
These firms. together with the 1as out.
SIDE competitors. will all have to submit
their plans by June Is. Each firm win he
allowed to submit six sets of plans. ana n
Is thought that nearly all will avail them
serves OF the privilege. Each OF the con-
testants Will be asked to name three
Judges. architects Of note who are not par
uclpatins In the competition. The three
Judges receiving the highest number OF
votes VIII be appointed as a committee To
act IN conjunction with Secretary of State
ROOT ana john Barrett. director of the bu-
reau OF American republics. They win
make the final selection OF the plans 1t
Is thought that It win take them about
TWO weeks to go over all the plans sub
mitted.
OF course there is no telling what style
will ultimately be selected for the build
Ing, but 1t probably will be something In
the line Of Spanish or Latin-American
architecture. The limit of price is 5000, 900
r rosa the , building ling complete There has al
which Is the old Van Ness Park There
viii be I'VE acres at the disposal of the
bureau. and this will allow. in addition to
iocating any sort OF building desired al
most limitless scope In the way of artistic
landscape gardening.
Instructions to Bidders. -
The instructions Of the governing hoard
to the bidders contains some suggestions
Of what the building is likely to be. In the
course OF these instructions they say:
While the architects are left free to
develop their plans as they think best, II Is
suggested that they bear in mind that the
building is to be the home of the inter-
national bureau of the American republics,
an institution supported jointly. lby, the
twenty-one republics of America under an
organization known as the International
Union of American Republics. for the pur-
pose not only Of promoting commerce and
trade among them. but Of developing closer
ties OF peace. friendship and association.
The peoples of the major portion of these
republics are of Spanish. Portuguese. or
other Latin extraction. and 1t therefore may
be desirable that the building should have a
character and tone in harmony Herewith
III the Spanish or Latin feature of a
patio Is included. 1t should have q sliding or
rolling glass roof. In part. for protection
against Indictment weather or cold but
capable of being opened In summer, while
the ground surface Of the patio should per-
NIT OF the placing Of trees. flowers and
fountains"