El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-27
ARCHITECTSARE ,
GIVEN A HEARING
President of the Association
Makes Protest Against
Letting Contract.
Confined From Page Ons).

most OF the morning session Of the
court A number Of architects Of the
city were present as well as John NJ
Wyatt, a member Of the advisory com
mittee appointed some time ago by the
court
that he was willing TO admit that the
court had made a mistake when COM
petitive plans had been asked for
When we first took I'd the matter OF
getting plans for the court house we
stood three TO one In favor OF cOmpeLl-
tive plans. But after our advisory com
mittee had gone into the matter thor
oughIy and Mr.. Wyatt had received nu-
merOus letters from architects advising
against the competitive method We
found that 1t Wf-s business PROPOSE
ton not to inv1te competitive plans and
when the Committee recommended frost
& frost Fe endorsed their report But 1
don't blame the architects If 1 were an
FL PasO architect 1 would probably pro-
No Architect on Board
Mr.. KneezelI thought that the court
had made a mistake in not placing on
the advisory committee some arehlrecI
or other person familiar with structural
work Mr.. Kneezell replied that it would
be unethical for an architect TO have N
terfered in any way.
Unless frost & frost are incompe-
tent. I cannot see how. the court mas
made a mistake" said commissioner
Seth Orndorff. LAS frost & frost nave
built most of the large buildings in FL
Paso am convinced that they are com
petent"
Reflection on Architects.
by saying that frost & frost built
most OF the large buildings, you are
casting a reflection on every oJner
architect in the city" declared Mr..
Commissioner Orndorff replied that
he meant to cast no reflection on the
architects Of Ell Paso, but thought that
as long as frost & frost are competent,
the court was within It's rights IN Sc
lecting them. and that he, for one,
would be willing 10 take the RESPONSE
bility for his action in favoring them
John N Wyatt discussed at some
length the reasons for the committees
action in favoring the noncOmpetitive
plan, quoting a number OF out OF town
architects, and representing that the
county will save money by getting
quicker action and eliminating prizes
Officials Make Statements
The several officials mentioned, with
the exception Of VIII / Watson, who
had not been reached at 2-SO p m,
made the following statements
sfWfH Have To Look 1t Up"
Park Pitman, former county clerk,
when asked about the report Of the
special audit said Il DO not know
what il is and / viii have to look II up
before can say anything about it
@Aerely Reversal in Figures
TT was merely a reversal Of figures
in addition and / made it up as soon as
I heard of the mistake" said George
" Huffman, county assessor, when in
formed that he was short S21-96-
els Mathematical ErrOr."
Joe Escajeda, district clerk, was re-
ported short TO the amount Of s44.S5
When asked about il he said that ne
is satisfied when he goes into the books
he viii find there was mathematical
error. In the meantime he made up
the alleged shortage.
4sPrOmPtiy- Paid It.
Justice E 3. McClintock said: When
went out Of office asked the county
clerk for the inquest bills. I made out
my statement according TO the amounts
given me When my attention was