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Show ARCHITECTS MAI). THEY WANT TO COMPETE ON THE PLANS OF THE NtW CITY HALL. And Claim That the Si leetlon of Any One Man to the Exclusion o.' the Krat Without Competition Would ll an Insult. There are at least a dozen architects in this city who aro very .qten in their denunciation of the city fathers. The cause of this hostility was tho action of tho city council at its last session, looking forward to the selection selec-tion of Mr. Kletling as architect to succeed suc-ceed Apponyi on the new city hail. Fred Hale does not feel exactly happy over the result. After being especially hired to do tho unpleasant unpleas-ant task of dissecting the plans of the old architect, lie does not consider con-sider it exactly a square deal that he lie lett out iu the cold and denied the chance of competing for the prize, and especially after erecting as line a monument monu-ment to his skill as the Commercial block. Carroll & Kern insisted in asking why don't the council ask for competition compe-tition like any other city." They claim that, it is common everywhere to give all tho local architects a show as in this the best results of all the profession can be bad at no great ercost than the best skill of one man. Other architects aro much of the same opinion. W. F; Ware In regard to tho man who was trusted with the city work I satisfied myself in a few hours that he was totally irresponsible. From oher sources I found that bo had lono work 1 elsewhere under different trd.nes. The .city's offer of $2."0 for pians was ridiculous. F. M. Ultner: My idea of this plan business is that there is imposition. The plans aro nearer right than Mr. Apponyi has received credit for. If mistakes exist in them Apponyi has ability enough to correct them. All architects are liable to make errors. I). T. Keillor If he got the plans in honest competition ho ought to be allowed to carry them out. (i. 1 Coslerison I have never had a chance to examine the plans. The experts ex-perts say tho building wftuld not be safe. |