Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-03-25
PROTEST
AGAINST MOVE
CITIZENS OPPOSE NNN CHANGE
IN CONVENTION HALL
SITE.
WILL take ACTION TODAY
Plans Adopted hy Commission Causes
"A Storm of Protest From Local
Architects,

Despite the almost unanimous pro-
test of the people of Tusu against
relocating the convention hail, am ef-
fort viii probably be- made al This
mornings session of the city yunmis-
sion 10 reconsider tine former action
In locating the han al the corner of
Archer ana Boulder ana relocate the
han some place ON the north side fur
ther out Whether this Will happen
depends entirely ON commissioner col
ley, who under parliamentary proceed
urr must second the motion to recon
slider Whether MIR Collcy viii do gao
| Is not known
A number of prominent citizens are
very much Interested IN having the
site changed and they viii appear be-
fore the commissioners today to scclt
tc accomplish their ends A strong
protest from al parts OF the city has
been raised to changing the location
| There Is also "A strong sentiment In
favor Of locating the hall on the south
side, preferably on the site offered
on South Cincinnati between 9th ana
| 1th streets
1t Is doubtful II the commissioners,
even should they desire to change the
location, would go 50 far as to locate
| the hall further out on the north side,
/ If any change is made at ali. IT Is
| hard to see how any other site ex-
cept the one on South Cincinnati can
be selected as this Is the best located
and cheapest of any of those offered.
Mayor Frank Wooden was not in
the city yesterday but is expected
back In time for this mornings meet
Ing. lie was one OF the three mem
bers who originally voted for the site
at Archer and Boulder and it Is
thought he will strongly oppose any
change.
The plan for the hall as selected
by the commissioners is meeting with
a veritabe storm OF protest. Local
architects claim the present plans on
which bids are asked, do not meet
the conditions that must be met, to
the ctys best advantage and that un-
less some radical changes are made
much money viii be wasted.
The plans as adopted are practically
the same as those used In building
| the Hutchinson, Kansas. convention
! hall. The hall in Hutchinson has
caused much dissatisfaction and peO-
! pie in that city now realize that the
city did not get their moneys worth
in the building.
Secretary +. w. Tyler OF the Hutch
| lnson Commercial club writes as fol-
| lows to the local Commercial club:
| II would certainly advise you, If you
are going to build convention hail,
| to move very slowly right now and
! very carefully and get your plans so
that they will not be disappointing
aft,r the building is completed. As
| a town, we saw defects IN ours even
when the plans were submitted but we
were unable to have them avoided as
the matter was IN tint hands of the
/ city commission and not Of the clti-
lens."
every early in the movement, our
local firm Of architects Mann x Gc-
row. insisted that we were making
mistake and the position they took has
proved so true that 1 am going 10 ask
you to write them about this build-
Ing and the things you should avoid
in building yours
we have magnificcn hall, but the
stage is wholly Inadequate for the
purpose and It will be very expensive
to have IT changed. The rooms used
! for the city offices In part ~ the
/ building are not what they should bee.
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