Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-03-27

ration would have carried without
the influence and support of that
body, 1t was published and given out
TO the people that the commercial
club should be Il joint factor with the
city commission in determining the
expenditure of this appropriation, the
selection of n site and the erection
Of a building,
Gentlemen, Of the city commission,
when have you taken the commercial
club. behind whose standing and in
fluence you were able TO have the
appropriation voted, into your counsel
and deliberation, providing for the
investment Of this, the peoples
money?
Your fist act was to send out n
scouting committee to examine con-
vention halls and auditorums, take
and prepare data TO guide architects
in the preparation of plans; said COM
mittee, consisting Of the mayor, city
engineer and DR.. r. A. Penny, not one
of whom We're qualified for such an
important undertaking. None Of them
OF planning. constructing or design
ing and the many other points Of
knowledge necessary to obtain prac-
teal results.
Your committee returned after see
ing four convention halls Of which
they made a voluminous report, re-
citing the faults and failures in the
various buildings visited, and finally
adopted the Hutchinson building, an
admitted failure, as the type to be
copied imposed upon the people OF
Tulsa, as a reward for their gcner-
oslty in providing the funds necessary
for a. better and more perfect building.
You next selected and purchased a
site, which We must admit was very
suitable for our adopted type, as the
| abortion would be less conspicuous
| to the public eye at this point, and the
surroundings more in harmony with
| the results you would obtain. You
! evidently think that the interests of
our city would be best served by steer
Ing our strangers and visitors com
ing to the city, directly to the lowest
bogglest, most unsightly and noislesI
location within its limits; besides, II
appears that you consider 1t to be
the public advantage to sink a large
part of the appropriation below grade
| line, through muck and filling. "a
God knows where, to find solid foot
| ing; or, maybe you have been inform
ed that your great temple will stand
] 4 al
Firma.'
You next issued a Notice To Ar
chitects," which for 'brazen gaur
and unlimited insult is without a par
allel. You disguise your real pur-
pose behind a cloak of deception, by
instructing trem TO prepare plans and
specifications and submit without
name or mark of Identification on
them, and before this notice had
reached many of the architects, the
! chairman OF the committee told one
architect at least. how this innocent
looking provision could be avoided by
the elect" by just putting the word
Tulsa somewhere on his plans. Be-
sides, do you suppose that the archi-
tects of Tulsa are such consummat,
fools as to believe that the chairman
OF that committee 81. b. Wilson by
name) would not be able to identify
any architect In Tulsa and perhap:
many from abroad, from the lettering
and other particular features on the
plans?
No honorable architect will submit
plans on the terms Of your notice, &c
be passed upon in star chamber
session of the commission, not one OF
whom are qualified by knowledge oil
technical training to distinguish be-