Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-18
Ware & Treganza viii Supervise
Construction Of New
Commercial Club.
VOTE OF BOARD is UNANIMOUS
Matter Came Before II In Commune
cation From Building Committee
Asking II to Decide the Case.

The Commercial club has had its say
between eastern architecture and west.
ern architecture for the construction of
its new home, and the western nrchi-
tects won by the unanimous vote Of the
board of governors, after every detail of
the, sets of plans entered by Ware &
Trcgauza and Henry Ives cobb had
been looked over. The board ycster-
: day afternoon announced its decision
In favor of Ware & Treganza. and At
the same meeting referred back to the
building and finance committees the
matter Of making alterations IN the
plans accepted Mayor B8usford who
made the motion said this morning
ithat he did so because he considered
the plans accepted were the best Of
'fered.
Standing aloof from the board OF
governors is Charles A. Quigley. who
10 chairman of the building commit
tee, and is quoted as declaring an in
tontion TO resign from this position on
account Of the fact that the board of
governors handled the matter as it did
a canvass of the board this morning
failed to develop any sympathy for
Mr.. Quigleys position and a general
comment OF regret that he had taken
It. President Halloran was quoted at
the Commercial club as stating that Mr..
Quigley was evidently not considering
the whole matter in all of its phases
or he surely would not take the position
he appears to have assumed
HALLoRAN's VIEW.
When seen at his office this morning
President Halloran said that while he
did not wish to discuss the case at
length for publication, he felt assured
4 4
edly done the right thing, that they
had chosen the better building. and that
1t was now time to go ahead and
build a suitable home for the club.
we will have to cut down one story
from the Ware & rreganza plans" he
said, but we will not lose much on
this account. as the basement will be
made to accommodate most of the de-
partments planned for the sixth floor.
WAS PASSED TO BOARD.
'The matter came before the board
of governors in communication from
the building committee" he said re
questing that 1t take the responsibility
for deciding between the sets of
plans. as neither came within the
amount of funds specified in the re-
guest for bids.
Acting on this communication the
board met yesterday afternoon. listened
TO speeches from both architeets--that
Is from representative of Mr.. Cobb
and from n representative of the local
firm. Then the matter went TO "A vote
and IT was unanimous"
i suggest said President Hallor-
an. that YOU see Gov. Cutler or Mayor
Bransford, both of whom were at the
meeting, and they Will verify the mat
Ter, so far as the procedure being
regular and perfectly fair. Both Ware
\ Ifeganza and Mr.. Cobb had many
friends working for their plans and
criticizng the plans submitted. and
] think nothing was done except the
usual work in such cases.
MAYOR BRANsFoRD.
Mayor Bransford when seen at the
City and County building, was en-
phatic in his expression of opinion
concerning the view of MIR. Quigtey.
II feel that Charley Is hard worker
aud an earnest worker, but he has
no support In his present attitude SO
far as l know" he said He threat
encd to resign, but that Is way Mr.
Quigley has, | think. of saying that
he feels strongly in a matter. | listen
ed TO all he had to say. listened TO
what all the others had TO say, aud
then made the motion that we ac-
cept the plans which We're accepted
Many weeks ago. / suggested to MT
QuigIey that his committee select a
set OF plans and then pass them up to
the board of governors with recon-
inendation that they be accepted. He
did not like the suggestion, seeming
TO think that his committee should
be supreme In the matter Finally.
The plan then suggested was
carried out except that the matter came
10 the board without decision having
been made.
ALTERATIONS PROVIDED FOR.
In competitions committees are never
able 10 select finished set of plans.
and the acceptance of plans does not
mean an obligation to carry them out
exactly. General lines are decided
upon. the best general plan accepted
and the alterations are made at any
desired length. We referred the Ware
AZ Vreganza plans back for alterations
TO the building committee after de-
gliding mat on the whole their was the
better building Personally | feel that
thoir knowledge OF local conditions and
local prices, and their accessibility to
local material viii make for better SUI
perNision, and better construction"
The accepted plans are FOR an Ital-
IAN Renaissance style of building with
roof garden. and a basement floor
Excavation for the basement will soon
be completed aud the supcrstructurc
VIII be rushed forward ut the grentest
possible speed A half tone rcpraduc
ton OF the architects plans win lie
round on the real estate mage of this
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