Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-02

, tion in cash for the erection of sale
building. l did not pay, or was
asked to pay. any commission of any
! nature to any person on account oi
! this contract
Further affiant sayeth not.
(Signed) AUGUSTUS WILDMAN.
Sworn and subscribed to this 30th
day of April, 1917
EDWARD ]. HILTON,
Alderman.
my commission expires first Mon
day in January, 1920"
Mr.. Lloyd's Statement
Mr.. Lloyds sworn statement, ac-
companied by affidavits from Harre
Brothers, McCreath Brothers, the
Columbus Heating and Ventilating
Company, E. G. BdumenStine, A. Il.
Holl Aubrey Baldwin, John F. Barn.
hart and Cowden and Company, who
had contracts in connection with the
erection of the Steele and other
schoolhouses recently designed by
Lloyd, and stating that they had
never paid commissions to Mr..
Lloyd or anybody else on the school
work, was made public this after
noon.
Mr.. Lloyd denies emphatically all
of the charges mace against him in
directly by Ittner and the American
Seating Company and goes at some
length into the history of the pres
ent high school controversy so far
as relates to his own connection
Herewith. 1t was received too late
for publication in full but will ap-
pear at length in the TELEGRAPH
tomorrow.
In it he tells of President Stamm's S
objections to him, Lloyd, because of
his supposed connection with Nc
Ilhenny" and says that Mr.. Stamm
gave him a chance to withdraw" :"
He tells how he insisted upon try
ing to have the board select him as
high school architect, of the effort
on the part of the Chamber of Com
merce and the Municipal League to
have Ittner chosen and asserts that
attacks were made upon him, not
withstanding that he was ever glad
to testify to Ittner's ability"
Continuing the statement says:
THE elimination of these meth
DDS was reached some weeks ago
when the aid of Mr.. McIlhenny was
sought, either by Ittner himself, or
by the school furniture contractors,
it does not particularly matter
which. A curious commentary on
the consistencies surrounding this
controversy is supplied in that, while
Mr.. Stamm based his objections TO
me entirely upon my alleged con-
nection with Mr.. McIlhenny, (al-
though Mr.. McIlhenny was not at all
in my confidence in this school tran
saction, and had done nothing what
soever for mel yet Mr.. Stamm says
he sees no objection to Mr.. Ittner
comforting with Mr.. McIlhenny. I
suppose, however, it is unreasonable
to expect any great degree of con-
sisteDcy at this stage of the game.
II have pursued the even tenor of
my way in this controversy and have
done nothing to ruffle the feelings of
my fellow architect, Mr.. Ittner, but
ne has not reciprocated in kind. His
fntimations as to my alleged division
of commission with McMcIlhenny
and my acting in the capacity of a
collecting agency for the same
gentleman, as well as a few gratui-
tous and pharasaic comments on al
legged "sordid' conditions in this city,
seems to be carrying his zeal to Sc
cure the Harrisburg business rather
far, and is much beneath his sup
posed standing in the profession.
ut has been explained that Ittner
the architect, and Boyd the furni-
ture contractor, are close personal
IflenuS, ana nave understood that
it is Ittner's custom to specify the
school furniture, a condition not pre-
vailing in this 'sordid community
Was it not quite reasonable that Mr..
Boyd in the dual capacity of friend
and furniture contractor should fly
to Ittner's assistance when Ittner
needed one vote so badly? And to
continue that assistance to attempt
to extract him from difficulty, even
by going to the length of having one
of his employees execute a scurrilous
affidavit, to which affidavit Mr.. IT.
ner was to acitly a party.
so much for the general history
and aspects of the case, which has
been very long episode. / now de-
sire to take up the special aspects
of the matter in which 1 am particu-
larly concerned.
Long an Architect Here
Il have practiced architecture in
Harrisburg for nearly 90 years, and
in that time have had a great per-
centage of the large architectural
work. have enjoyed the confidence
of leading men of affairs. at least to
the extent of doing their private
work and disbursing their money;
and do not think one of them be-
lieves l have ever betrayed that
confidence. Does it seem reasonable
that l could have been STOPPING to
the nQfQ rin1Ia rra rftoo