The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-12
nine ARCHITECTS
SUBMIT PLANS
RADrORD NORMAL TRUSTEES
wREsTLE WITH WEALTH OF
DRAWINGS
[ DECIDE TO-DAY
BUILDINGS WILL COST IN NEIGH
BORHOOD OF OO,o0O-FULL
MEMBERSHIP OF BOARD
ATTEND MEETINGS

After wrestling all day yesterday
and until after ten o'clock last night
! with nine different sets of plans sub
mitted by AZ many architects the board
of trustees OF the State Normal and
Industrial School for Women at Rad
FORD adjourned until this morning at
nine o'clock. when a final decision
will be made. The meetings are
being held In the State Corporation
Com mission Court room
The entire board was present. COM
posed Of w. r. Baldwin. chairman.
East Radford: w. d. Smith, Gate
City; L. l. scherer. Richmond: P. E.
Tucker. Buckingham; Frank Talbot.
Danville; J. p. Jones. Newcastle;
James w. Shelley. Marion: B. T. Will
son, Lebanon: r. L. Blanton, Rich
mond; Colonel w. p. Moore, Wythe-
willie: superintendent Of Public an
struction ]. d. Eggleston. Jr.. ex-
onicio member OF the board.
DR.. J. p. Mcconnell. OF Emory and
Henry College, president OF the Rad
| ford State Normal. is also in at
tendance upon the sessions Of the
body.
The nine Arms of architects VINO
have submitted drawings are. Raben-
Stein & Newsome, OF Richmond;
H.
Higgins 4 Bates Roanoke; C. B.
Kearfoot, Bristol: Miller & Mahood.
Roanoke: C. r. Raglan. Salem; Charles
! G. Petit, Jr., aDanville; Pedigo 4
Garry, Biueneld, w. Va; Frye Il
Chesterman, Lynchburg. A. nharo-
Cage. landscape architect of Colum-
bus. O.. who IL just opening an Office
in Richmond. IL participating in the
| bidding with one OF the bidders for
the landscape work.
| The amount that the board expects
to expend in the construction of build
! ings at this time Is from $4,000 To
| 5000, 600, although this Will depend
| largely upon the action Of the Legis-
iature In experimenting the appro-
! priation made for this purpose.
| The architect who Is SO fortunate
as to have his plans adopted will get
! the profitable contract of supervising
/ the construction of the buildings at
a fee OF five per cent. on the amount
expended, while the eight who must
be disappointed will each be out the
| work and cash expended in getting
/ up tho complete plans they were COM
peiied to have made IN order to get
into the contest. one of the archi-
tects estimating that each bidder had
invested not less than $3.50 on such
! work.
The present session OF the board
| Is the second held to pass on the
plans. having met here on November
IA. but. on account OF the fact that
one or two OF the bidders had not
received certain Information they
thought they were entitled to. the
board adjourned until yesterday in
order to give all who wished tt par
ticipate In the bidding ample oppor-
i tunfty.
1t lis understood that the plans viii
include q handsome administrator
building. one large dormitory build
ing. and subsidiary structures.
Judge G. e. Cassell. Of East Rad
ford. is secretary Of the board.
The Radford school site. II will be
recalled. brought upon 4 very fierce
factional fight between East and West
Radford. resulting In the defeat OF
Delegate Charles A Johnston for re-
election end causing his Republican
opponent to win. Mr.. Johnston led
The fight to procure the normal for
Radford and his sacrifice on account
OF the factional night was one of the
dlspleasing features OF the recent cleo
ton.