16 NEITHER ITTNER NOR LLOYD SELECTED [Continued From Ftrst Pugc] Boyd, of the American Seating Com pany. Sensational developments featured the meeting from the beginning. When a vote was called to give the entire architectural work to Mr. Ittner the ballots were: For—Directors Bacon, Enders, Dr. Yates and President Stamm. Against—Directors Dr. Keene, Bretz, 8011, Boyer and Werner. , The line-up when the vote was taken to employ Mr. Lloyd for the entire work follows: For —Messrs. Bretz, 8011, Boyer and Werner. Against —Dr. Keene. Bacon, Enders, Dr. Yates and President Stamm. Behind Closed Doors What happened behind closed doors, while it would probably help solve the question for the people of Harrisburg, may never be known. That charges and counter charges were made because of a statement of Mr. Ittner which it is believed tells of a meeting with a well-known Har risburg man in Chicago, was rumored. After the second executive session, it became apparent that neither side had won. Motion after motion to divide the ■work between Mr. Ittner and Mr. Lloyd with attempts to compromise by giving some of the remodeling to C. Harry Kain and M. I. Kast, failed, either because there was no second, or by a 5 to 4 vote. The ballots in each case changed according to the amount of work given Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Ittner. The 5-hour-29-minute session start ed at 3.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Members of the Municipal League, Kotary Club, Chamber of Commerce and trade organizations of the city were present. Arthur D. Bacon was the first one to open the subject after a lengthy statement from the Municipal League had been read reviewing the high school question from the time the loan was decided on. Questions and Answers Mr. Bacon first read the six ques tions presented two weeks ago by Dr. C. E. L. Keene and gave the answers of the special committee on the selec tion of an architect. Dr. Keene raised objections to an swers to some of the questions claim ing they were unsatisfactory. The answers objected to were the ones in which the special committee stated its only function was to select and recommend an architect, not to act on the acceptance or rejection of plans. Following a short discussion, Mr. Bacon read the report of the special committee, recommending Mr. Ittner for the entire planning work, with a five per cent commission. Before the vote was taken Directors Keene, Bretz, Bacon, Enders, Yates, and President Stamm had a lengthy discussion about the work which Mr. Ittner did in Washington. Directors 8011, Boyer and Werner did not enter into this talk. While the debate was on H. M. Brooks, of the Central Labor Union and Union Trades Council, of the city, asked to be heart', and was given the the floor. He declared the union men of the city were not against Mr. Ittner, but wanted the contracts to be let in Harrisburg so that local workmen would be given a chance to get some of the work. President Stamm explained the architect would have nothing what ever to do with awarding of contracts. The vote was then taken on Mr. Itt ner's employment. The vote was 5 to 4 against this. The five voting against the committee's recommenda tion were Keene, Bretz, 8011, Boyer and Werner. Mr. Bretz then moved Mr. Lloyd's employment for all designing except the Camp Curtin remodeling, which he gave to Mr. Kain. Mr. Werner in seconding the motion said: "Who should control this school board? The members, the Chamber of Commerce, the Municipal League, the special committee or the taxpay ers? There lvis been much talk about "isms" in connection with this archi tect question. I hate one of those "isms" and at one time I voted against Mr. Lloyd as architect for the Steele building. 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Lorah Mauger, No. 23 North 6th Street, Reading, Pa., Bell Phone 2906. t ' Also Bosch Magneto Service Repaired—Recharged FRONT-MARKET MOTOR SUPPLY CO. Harrisliurg, Pa. SAIUKDAY EVENING/, the question was called Tor and asked the board to retire with him in execu tive session. This session lasted for half an hour. Minor business was disposed of when the board met again In open session, including the setting of dates for school inspections In the city. These trips will be made next Tues day and Wednesday. Behind Closed Doors A half hour wait followed, then Mr. Mcllhenny, President Boyd and Mr. Ittner met with the board. President Stamm opened this part of the meet ing with the following explanation to the visitors: "I had some Information for v the board members which I thought they ought to have. 1 read to them in executive session a statement made to me by Mr. Ittner. A few days ago it came to my ears that some opposition to Mr. Ittner had been raised on the ground that he had conferred with George W. Mcllhenny. I know of no reason why they should not confer. I wired Mr. Ittner about the matter and he wired back he would be here on Thursday. i "His statement was put in writing and I presented that statement to the board before the members voted on Mr. Lloyd. Mr. Ittner. Mr. Mcllhenny and two others know what it con tains." Ittner on tile Floor Mr. Ittner at once took the floor. "When I made a frank statement I had no idea it had become public. Before it is read I want to say this. I came to this city in good faith. Be fore I left it was told me this board was dominated by Mr. Mcllhenny and that Air. Mcllhenny was an tygent of the American Seating Company. Knowing this company as I do, through, personal friendship for its president. I felt I would not tolerate this condition. When I learned that there was capital being made of my meeting Mr. Mcllhenny I there fore made this statement. I prefer to withdraw rather than have the statement made public. "I made a clean fight and saw no members excepting the president. I only saw Mr. Mcllhenny on the re quest of my friend, the president of! the American Seating Company. Though we are very friendly we never | mix business with friendship. I ven ture my friendship with Mr. Boyd has cost him some business, for I know the last two schools I have built were equipped with seats made by competitors." Mr. Ittner again said he would rather withdraw than have the state ment be made public. "1 should be pleased to come into Harrisburg and build schools, but the price 'is too dear, if I must purchase it through the publication of that document," Mr. Ittner went on. I suggest you men go back into execu tive session and arrange this. On that condition I will not withdraw. President Boyd explained his only reason for arranging the meeting was because of his friendship for Mr. Itt ner and to defend him from unjust accusation. J. Horace McFarland, of the Mu nicipal League, took the floor and de clared he would not promise to keep quiet anything in Mr. Ittner's state ment which might relate to the fu ture of Harrisburg. Mr. Mcllhenny's request that Mr. Lloyd be called for the executive ses sion was agreed to, and a few min utes later the second meeting behind closed doors began. # Then the final session was resumed. Time and again the five building op erations which are ter be done, were rearranged, giving the work to Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Ittner, but no one made a satisfactory arrangement. Motion after motion was defeated, all but one of these on a 5 to 4 vote or there were no seconds. During the discussions the special committee was voted discharged. Three motions Ito .adjourn were defeated, and the I deadlock stood. A half hour recess was taken al though not declared by action. Once again the nine directors took their seats. Dr. Keene moved Mr. Ittner be given the designing of the girls' high school and remodeling of the Camp Curtin building and Mr. Lloyd the Junior high school and remodel ing Central. There was no second. Mr. Bacon's motion to adjourn was defeated. Dr. Keene and Mr. Wer ner declaring they would stay until Doom's Day unless the question was settled. Mr. Enders made a motion to table the selection of an architect. This was lost. Dr. Yates moved Mr. Itt ner's employment for the Junior high school and Camp Curtin work only. Mr. Bacon seconded. Messrs. Keene, Bretz, 8011, Boyer and Werner voted against it. Bock to the Beginning After fifteen minutes more of simi lar motions without seconds, because no suitable arrangement was made, President Stamm's suggestion to sub mit the whole question to the board and Advisory Committee, prevailed. Mr. Enders made the motion. Dr. Tates seconded, and it carried. Dr. Keene balloting with Messrs. Enders, Bacon, Yates and Stamm. At the joint meeting to be called next week, all briefs submitted by city and out-of-town architects will be gone over and an effort will be made, it was said, to make a unani mous choice. On the Advisory Com mittee are William Jennings, George A. Shreiner, D. E. Tracy, William M. Donaldson and Francis J. Hall. In the report the special committee stated it could not suggest any Harris-* burg architect as an alternative, as requested by the School Board when Mr. Ittner was originally suggested two months ago. His appointment was recommended to be made unanimous. The complete report follows: * "Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 15, 1917. "To the Harrisburg School Board: "Gentlemen At a meeting of the joint committee consisting of the School Board and the Citizens' Advis ory Committee held the afternoon of the 13th Instant, we presented a re port recommending the. employment of William B. Ittner, of St. Louis, as the architect of the School Board in its proposed building construction. This report and recommendation was ap proved by your joint committee, but the School Board in regular session de clined to adopt the report of the joint committee. Instead, the Board referred the matter back to this committee with the request that it recommend not only Mr. Ittner, but also a Harrisburg archi tect for this employment. We respect fully beg leave to report to the School Board as follows: "In the selection of Mr. Ittner we took Into account and carefully consid ered the merits of all of the architects that appeared before the Joint commit tee, Including all the Harrisburg archi tects. and without rfiinimizlng in the slightest degree the architectural abil ity of any of them, we were brought to the conclusion that Mr. Ittner should be recommended because of our con viction that his greatly superior train ing and experience practically put him in a class by himself. The taxpayers, In our Judgment, are entitled to the most and the best their money can buy. We cannot, in good conscience, suggest any Harrisburg architect as an alter native. We. therefore, find ourselves unable to comply with your request, and we renew in the language of our former specific recommendation, which we hereby adopt for the purposes of this report, our recommendation that Mr. Ittner be selected, in the hope that further consideration of the whole question on the part of the members of the Board may result In all of them taking this point of view and In mak ing Mr. Ittner's selection unanimous." Questions Answered At the meeting of the School Board on April 6, Dr. C. E. L. Keene pre sented six questions to be answered. He qtated then If the answers were satisfactory he would change his vote and ballot for Mr. Ittner. These questions have been unswered by the special con nlttee and were presented also yesterday afternoon. The reply follows: "Harrisburg, Pa., April 19. "To.the Board of School Directors, "Harrisburg, Pa. "Gentlemen: At a meeting of the Board held Friday. April H, 1917, there were referred to thiseommlttee for consideration and report six ques tion to which we beg leave to make reply as follows, viz.: "Question 1: Did the committee inquire if it were possible for Mr. Ittner to complete the enterprise for the money which the Jooard asked the people to vote for last November, 1916? "Answer: The committee did not make .such inquiry of Mr. Ittner. The committee has had no communication with Mr. Ittner other than that had by all the members of the board and the members of the Citizens' committee at the public hearing. The committee did convince itself that Mr. Ittner could design school buildings as eco nomically as any architect which seems to be borne out by the fact that according to information received from the architect of the District of Columbia, Mr. Ittner's million and a quarter-dollar school building recent ly built there was built for ,16-2 c per oubic foot while our Steele Building completed about a year ago cost 19c per cubic foot, according to a state ment made by the architect to the chairman of your committee. "Question 2: Will Mr. Ittner have supervision of the buildings during their construction? "Answer: Mr. Ittner stated to the board when he appeared before it that he would supervise the building during their construction, and In the judgment of this committee he should be given the work of supervision as well as the work of designing. "Question: 3: Will Mr. Ittner sub mit plans complete with equipment and without equipment?" "Answer: We have no doubt Mr. Ittner will submit plans both ways If it is the desire of the board, and any contract entered into with him shall so provide. It is easily possible, how ever, that the board may find that there is no need in the interest o£ economy and proper efficiency lot specially designed equipment. "Question 4: Will the committee re ject all plans which go beyond the money available and not touch our present borrowing capacity? "Answer: Your committee under stands that its sole function is to rec ommend an architect to the board and that it has nothing to do with the ac ceptance or rejection of plans under any circumstances. It would seem as though that was for the board of directors, with the aid and advice of "Question 5: In case the plans go the citiezns' committee, beyond the money voted for by the people and the board rejects the plans and bids for work, will the committee stand with the board in their re jection of said plans and bids? "Answer: The same answer as to question 4 would seem proper. This committee, as we understand it, will necessarily go out of existence as soon as an architect is chosen. "Question 6. If Mr. Ittner received contract to make plans, specifications and supervising architect for the dis trict of Harrlsburg, will he give bond for their completion within the money available or withdraw without cost to the district? "Answer: We have not asked Mr. Ittner whether he would give such a bond. We hardly think any architect of reputation would be willing to do so under any circumstances. To ask it would seem like asking a doctor or a lawyer to give bond to secure the re sult desired by his client. In our judg ment an architect should always be se selected for his professional ability and personal integrity and then be given the absolute confidence of his client. 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Signed HARRISBURG BAKING COMPANY Every Lot Is a Plot A Real Garden Plot The smallest lot in Bellevue Park contains 5,000 square feet, while many of them have more than 25,000 square feet. Mr. J. Horace McFarland, in "Facts and Figures," says: "For about the same price that a man would have to pay for an ordinary 20 or 25-foot front lot, with a trifling little yard shaded by gloomy board fences. , it is possible to obtain at Bellevue Park a lot large enough to grow a great part of the vegetables re quired by an ordinary family." "In these days of dwarf trees it is entirely pos sible for the ordinary sized lot in Bellevue Park to carry the whole of the fifmily fruit supply'as well as the whole of the family vegetable supply." For Prices and Locations See MILLER BROTHERS & CO. & Member Harrlsburg Real Estate Board 2312 to 2322 PENN ST. These Houses Will Be Sold at a Price That Is Less Than Present Day Cost of Construction Located in one of the best residential sections of the city you are offered an unexcelled opportunity to buy a real home —not "just a house"—at a very reasonalde price. They are brick houses, well constructed, with all the latest improvements, electricity, gas range in kitchen, steam heat, etc. A very roomy and comfortable home—just the kind you would build if you designed it yourself. Take time and look them over. For Prices and Terms call or phone W. F. BUSHNELL GENERAL INSURANCE A REAL ESTATE 1000 NORTH THIRD STREET IIIAL 45,-, o'clock, meridian, Tuesday, the eighth day of May, A. D. 1917, at which tima proposals will be opened and publish ed in the Reception Room of the Ex ecutive Department, Harrisburg, and contract awarded as soon thereafter as practicable. Blank boilds and schedules contain ing all necessary information may be obtained by 'communicating with tha Department of Publio Grounds and Buildings, Harrisburg, Pa. By order of the Board, JAMES C. PATTERSON, Deputy Superintendent. L W. MITCHELL, ' Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY Bureau of Water and Light Bids will be received at the Offlca of tile Superintendent of Public Safety, Room 10, Court Mouse, to 3 o'clock P. M., ■ April 30, 1917, for furrjishins %-inch, %-inch, 1-lnch, IH-ineh and 2-inch water meters (all bronze, cast iron top, or cast iron bottom) for year ending May 1, 1918. The right to re ject any or all bids is reserved. W. H. LYNCH. Acting Sup't Public Safety. SEALED PROPOSALS will bo re ceived by the undersigned, at Ills of fice, fourth floor, Calder Building, Harrisburg, Pa., until 2 o'clock P. M., Friday, April 27, 1917, to furnish tha City of Harrisburg with fire hose at a cost not exceeding six thousand dol lars. 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