The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-24

had never designed high school but that he did not doubt his ability. MT: Wilson asked MT. Ashiem why he would call in a consulting engineer on heating and ventilating. MT. Ash fem in answering said that smaller offices such as his could not afford to keep consulting engineer in their employ all the time. MT. Ashiern's fee would be four per cent. of the cost plus. one per cent, for the ser vices of Mir. Ittner.
 c. W. Walker. Jr., Edward Cald- well and Frederick Beckwith. a com bination of three Bridgeport archi- tects next presented their case. stat ing that they believed that the conn bined services would be of greater service to the city than any one archf- tect. They asked a commission of 6 per cent. They classed themselves as ethicia1 architects and declared that they sought the work in a dignifed way. They further stated that if send for an out of town man. Their $ per cent. would include cost of con- sulting architects.
 Frederick A. Cooper appeared nex. and worked his points on boost Bridgeport basis. An arrangement of rooms in the new school should be up to the superintendent of schools. Mr. Cooper declared. though Mr. Cort- right declared that he would not take the responsibility of fitting the cur- riculum to the new schoIs. MT. Cooper further declared that a IocIa man was as competent ;ls an out or town [1o1 n man q,,t1 to draw the plans. Asked oy MT. Wilson which he would choose, the bigger architect or the smaller architect for the same money MT. Cooper admitted that he would choose the bigger man but that the money ought to be spent in Bridge Port.
 J. Lowinson, representing the firm of Lowinson & Schubert of New York, was next and presented con crete evidence of what his firm could High school. MT. Lowinson said that his firm believed in intelligent plan ming and that a school building shouId be designed to fit the needs of a com munity.
 Out of Town Men Heard.
 J. Lowinsen, representing the firm, or LoWinsen and Shubert of New ork. suggested structure with an au- dltor1um on the right side and the gymnasium on the left hand side of the building. He stated that the building would accommodate over g QUO pupils and that the auditorium was large enough for 1,5OO persons When asked what this school would cost the city of Bridgeport, LoWtnsen stated that he estimated it at $6OO,O00.
 w. H. Mclean, Boston architect, who has been in charge of the build ing of many schools in this state, de sgner of the Grasmere school in Fairfield and one of the one story school opponents of the east. was granted hearing by the Board of Education and asked them to con- sider a one story building, claiming 1t permitted enlargement at any time ana much less construction cost. When asked the approximate cost of 7O-loom high school he estimated it at a little over $60O,OOO.
 J. W. Northrop of Bridgeport, ar chitect of the First Baptist church, the Jennings building on Fairfield avenue and the Read school house, asked the Board to consider him. He stated that his work was known to the board as he has built additi ons to the Summerfield, Black Rock and Maplewood schools. He said he would employ a consulting architect and set his fee at per cent Ernest G. Southey, for 20 years an l architect in Boston before moving to l Bridgeport two years ago stated that but that he believed himself thor | oughly capable to do the work neces- | sary in constructing the new high | school on the East Side. 1 Dr. Zones declared that he had nc l doubts as to the capabilitv of MT | Southey but said that he rather | doubted whether or not a local mar
 was fitted to take up the special worh | necessary in the construction of { | high school. As to the structura part of it, he said, he knew they sure about their caring for the sou
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