The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-18

were w. ]. Halloran. president of the
club: A w. Carlson, Governor John G.
Cutler. Roy H. Johnson, Mayor John
5. Bransford, Ira H. Lewis, r. +. Mil
Ter, w S Henderson and j. +. Game.
Those absent were G. s. Burton, Sam
uei Newhouse. G. y. Strevell, NJ. II.
Walker, George It. Odell and John
Dern.
At the beginning of the meeting there
were present Walter f. Ware and 4.
owen Treganza of Ware & Treganza;
Irving Goodfellow. superintendent of
construction for Henry Ives Cobb: c.
A. Quigley and L. II. Farnsworth.
After a lengthy discussion it was de-
cided to give the work of preparing
the plans for the new building to Ware
& Treganza. The building committee
was given full power to direct the
architects in the preparation of the
plans
Says 1t Was Unfair.
After the meeting Mr.. Quigley who
is chairman of the building committee,
said:
The manner in which this work was
given TO Ware & Treganza was dis
pleasing to me. II was not only I'M
businesslike-it was unfair. l informed
the board Of governors that this sort
of thing was a shock to me.
Il care nothing for Mr.. Cobb. the
New York architect, but as a man who
has acted in good faith | desire to see
him get fair play. AS a matter OF fact.
was favOrably disposed toward Ware
& TreganZa before Mr.. TreganZa called
to see me. But | can never reconcile
myself 10 this display of unfairness in
what was represented to outside archi-
tects as an open and fair competition,
in which their work would receive
honest and just consideration. If the
competition was not to be fair, why
were architects asked to compete?
at must be said that the board of
governors is the supreme body in The
Commercial club. 1t was created with
power to settle all disputes and pass
upon all questions upon which mem
bers could not agree
But in this matter of the plans for
the club building matters had not
reached point at which the members
of the building and finance committees
could not agree.
Difference Is $4,000.
When the committees began the
consideration of the two sets of plans
it was the understanding that a six
story builing was 10 be erected. When
we discovered that such building
could not be put up for the amount set
board of governors. explaining that a
five-storY structure could be built for
the money. The fact that Architect
Cobb was willing to prepare plans for
fve-story fireproof building that
would not exceed s115,00 in cost, and
that Ware & Treganza proposed a SIM
liar building at a similar cost, but not
fireproof. was explained.
For the freproof five-story building
cd he Of
al S225 600
MIR. Cobb's Guarantee.
Mr. Goodfellow, who represented
Mr. Cobb, and was present at the meet
ing of the board of governors" contin-
ued Mr.. Quigley, STATED that Mr. Cobb
was ready 10 forfeit any sum over
$175, 900 that a fireproof five-story build
ing designed by Mr.. Cobb would cost.
Both Mr. Ware and Mr.. TreganZa were
also present, but they did not offer to
make any such pledge They proposed
to draw plans for a five-story non-fire-
proof building to cost S175.000, or a fire
proof building of that size to cost
SIPS. O00.
Under the circumstances, il did not
seem to me 10 be business proposition
To turn the work over to Ware & Ire
ganza in that manner. In addition to
THIS, II certainly was not deailng nom
estly with Architect Cobb. and although
he is a New York architect. it should
be remembered that ne was asked TO
submit plans, and must have complied
with the belief that he would receive
fair treatment.
More than this, the board of gov
errors. instead of settling the matter
offhand. might have referred the ques-
ton of the plans back TO the building
and finance committees, with instruc-
tons 10 recommend plans for five
story structure. If il was the intention
o! the governors to act without the
recommendation Of committee the
work might have been given to Ware
4 TreganZa two months ago. 1t would
have saved great deal of hard and
conscientious work on the part of the
members of the building and finance
committees "