Architect and engineer . k andresponsibility in the engineers office wasnot nearly so great. Before making such a reduction itwould be well for the taxpayers to besure that they will not lose many timesthe amount of the salary involved bylosing the services of a man wno isthoroughly familiar v^nth the publicworks program, and is able to carry itout efficiently and economically, whereas another man would be confrontedwith difficulties. In one instance, re-ported recently, the engineer had madeplans for a puislic works program to costnearly half a million dollars. In linewith a policy of retrenc
Architect and engineer . k andresponsibility in the engineers office wasnot nearly so great. Before making such a reduction itwould be well for the taxpayers to besure that they will not lose many timesthe amount of the salary involved bylosing the services of a man wno isthoroughly familiar v^nth the publicworks program, and is able to carry itout efficiently and economically, whereas another man would be confrontedwith difficulties. In one instance, re-ported recently, the engineer had madeplans for a puislic works program to costnearly half a million dollars. In linewith a policy of retrenchment his salarywas reduced. Shortly thereafter he re-ceived from a private firm an offer ofthe original salary to enter their with the alternative of em-ploying another engineer who was notfamiliar with the public works program,and had not followed the developmentof the plans from step to step, theofficials wisely detei-mined to restore theoriginal salary and thereby retain theservices of the HIBETSNIA BANK &Favrot & Livaudis TRUST C. Bossom Architects .Associate Architect tlibernia Bank & Trust Co. New Orleans, La. Equipped with FrinkReflectors including Continuous Bank Screen Reflectors Single and Double Desk Reflectors Polaralite Signs Our Enjrineering^ Department is co-opera-tin j^ with the leading arcliitects in layingout and designing the lighting of promi-nent buildings throughout the country. Wehope we can be of service to you. ^Specify Frink Reflectors SAX FRANCISCO, CAL., 77 OFarrell Street 24th Street and lOth Avenue, Xew York Chicago. III. Seattle, Wash. Monadnock Bldg. 609 Seaboard Bldg. Boston, Mass. Philadelphia, Pa. 161 Summer St. Franklin Trust Bldg. Detroit, Mich. Cincinnati, Ohio 325 State St. 17 Greenwood Bldg. Cleveland, Ohio Louisville, Ky. 336 The Arcade 415 West Main St. CANADAAssociated with Robert Mitchell Co. Belair Avenue. Montreal THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER 119
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