The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-03
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I ing the square and what state officers
would occupy tle office rooms in the
convention hall He thought that the
arrangement OF the galleries and par
/ tions In the convention hall we're not
what the specification called for and
stated that he knew Il was not what
the majority offthe citizens respected.
He explained the history OF the con,
ventlon sail movement, recitins that
the people had not g. tten their moneys
worth to the tune of $4,000 or $35. 600.
He blamed the architect for the build.
ing not being large enough to house
more OF the state officers.
Finish Not Modern.
Felix Adler statedhe had understood
that the walls of the office rooms of
the convention Aall would only be
rough finished and that for the money
the city was paving fer the hall the
interior finishing should be modern.
He agreed with Mr.. Farquharson about
the partitions being too substantial and
not what was wanted and that the gal
leries located in the wrong place
John Golobie favored changing the
partition and galleries now, In order
that the legislature might hold joint
caucuses and meetings when 80 desir.
ed In the big hall.
\ Mayor Barnes Explains.
Mayor Barnes stated that the mayor
and council had done what the citizens
requested in the convention hall mat.
ter; that II they had made any mis-.
takes 1t was the fault of the Citizens
committee. He said that the citizens
had expected too much from the $3.50.
| 600 voted for a convention hall. He
/ said the Supreme court. Criminal Court
of Appeals, State library. Corporation
commission and attorney generals of.
fices wovid be located in the conven.
| tion hall office rcOms. He declared the
| hall had been made to suit their con.
venience in every respect. lie explain.
ed that bids for paving around the
square would be received by the coun.
ell Dec. 10.
Farquharson Defends Committee.
MIR. Farquharson took the floor again
in defense Of the Citgens committees S
course with reference 10 the conven-
tion hall plans and stated that the
committee had turned the matter over
| to the mayor and council, having wash.
| ed its hands of further responsibility
for the matter and that it was unjust
to charge the mistakes up to the eiti'
zens.
spurlock Defends Council.
Councilman Spurlock backed up the
mayors statements about the Citizens
committee being responsible for the
mistakes that had been made. and ad
mitted that they had made many
Councilman Douglas explained his
record on the convention hall contract
/ saying the c uncil was unjustly crit
cized about the matter. He explained
several things about the contract
which the mayor failed to make clear
j. II. Burford spoke in favor of re
arranging the galleries and partitions
so as to enable conventi- ms to be held
in the hall. He said that it was a
costly mistake to the city and that
subscriptions should be raised to make
the changes.
Ed C. Petersen spoke in favoF of the
change.
j. NJ Brooks said every citizen knew
what he was getting and that Guthrie
Is getting exactly what the mass meet.
ings voted for Il never expected it to
| be a convention hall. There must be
dead-walls-two partitions betReen
the bodies" He said the Al feet OF
center walls could be removed for 500
and put back for $500 He said it was
foolish to expect that all the state CT
ficers and the legislature could be
housed In a $150,000 building. No one
should be disappointed
Mr. Farquharson-in response to Mr.
Brooks said he had seen the papers in
a case filed by Bro ks against Archi-
/ tect Weathers, suing for one-third of
Weathers' fees as architect on tl,s con
Yention hall. Il want to know how
Bro ks got that third interest"
| Mr. Brooks am a partner cf Mr..
Weathers not only In Guthrie but in
towns all over the state. and there are
no secrets about it,"
! The Street Railway.
The proposition OF whether the coun-
ell should grant the Street Railway
company temp rary right of way
through the Capital square on the
north side of Oklahoma avenue to en-.
able visitors to reach the square di.
rect from the Union station without
having to walk any part OF the way
was discussed at length Burf1rd.
Barnes and Spurlock favored the
proposition with Shinn, Mcclure and
others speaking against 1t. The mat
/ ter was left open for the city H. make
/ the best arrangement possible with the
street car company. J. r. Cottingaam
raised the point tnat under the consti-
tuition the council had no power to
/ grant such a privilege without a vote