The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-26
ARCHITECTS ASKED TO SUBMIT PLANS
 FOR LOCAL PRIDE
That's the Only Compensation That the Lakeview Home
 Committee Has to Offer

The A1dermanfc committee on the new -Alnshouse appealed last night to the focal pride of several firms of to submit sketches of a new Aims house on Palisade avenue without any assurances of payment for the work. even though the sketches became of use to the committee in forming it's ideas as to the nature of the building it will select.
 Architect Frederick A. Cooper told the committee that the focal pride part of the proposition was all right. and that he expressed his focal pride'' when he paid his taxes. He thought that the committee should at least offer prize for the best sketch of fered
 Alderman Jackson said that the com- mfttee wanted to give the local archi- tects chance to help the city. there fore it had extended an invitation to the architects to prepare sketches and present them without any promise of any fixed remuneration. He said that the committee had $5c0 to work with and might decide to reward some of the architects for their work after the sketches were presented.
 Architect A. s. Meloy suggested that e third prize to the architects. but the committee seemed to think that the architects should submit their sketches through '1ocal pride"
 Architect Cooper wanted to know what chance the architect with the best sketch had of getting the work of making the plans for the building He was informed that the committee could promise him nothing, as it was only authorized to secure an estimate on the cost of a building and make recommendations to the Board of Ap- pOrtiOnment relative to a bond issue to pay for the building
 MT. Cooper expressed an opinion that the architects would fare best if they kept their ideas now and submit ted them later on to the commission or committee that would actually de- eide who would make the plans for the building.
 It was finally voted to notify all architects that competitive sketches and estimates would be received by the city clerk up to noon, December IT, without assurances of compensation being given to the competitors.
 As foretold in the Farmer several times, the committee made it known that the site 1t would recommend is on the eastern boundary of the town farm, facing Palisade avenue. The dlCIILcclS were bOlQ IQdL they WOQlQ be able to get any ideas they wanted from Supt. Merle c. Cowles of Lake view Home.
 The committee said that it would want a sketch for a three story build ing to accommodate 500 inmates and attendants.
 The announcement that the Aims house will probably be moved from it's Asylum street site will undoubtedly be good news to the Union Metallic Cartridge Co.,, whose officers are said to be desirous of trading some of its Success Hill property located on both sides Of the Bridgeport and Stratford town line for strip of the west side of the town farm in order to make it possible for the cartridge company to own an unbroken stretch of property from Barnum avenue to its reservation north of the town farm
 The members of the committee on new Almshouse say that nothing has been said to them about a real estate trade between the city and the cart ridge company.