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Show PUNS FOR A GREAT CHUnCH. ' Four Dentin for tho Kploropxl Cathedral In Mew YorU City. Tho Protestant Episcopal church will soon have in Now Yoric city tho finest cathedral on tho western continent one that will embody in delicate tracery but lasting stone the spirit of Anjjlo-Cai.hijJic ' POTTHt A K"Hfc:HTSON'S PKSKIN". ! Christianity, ami will, it is confidently promised, present the best. .results of tho building experience of all tho ages. It is to cost at least $.",ni)0,00(l, to stand upon the historic Washington Heights and to be known as tho Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Di-.hop Henry C. Potter, as tho head of the metropolitan diocese of tho United Unit-ed States, is naturally tho responsible man at present and has been somewhat embarrassed by the fact that tho firm of Potter it Robertson, architects, tho first named of whom is the bishop's brother, has presented one of tho designs. Out of all tho plans offered four have been Belecte4 as the best, and one of these must win. Of the four favored contestants, Mr. William Ilalsey Wood oilers a design thought to be the most showy and orig- A A Silt. W. IT. WOOD'S demon:. Copyright by .lames Gordon Hennett-1 inal. He calls the stylo the "American Gothic." It provides for a main interior 400 feet in length, with uavo and transepts. tran-septs. The nave is 70 feet wido, tho choir lo5 feet long, with places for 150 stalls, the sanctuary proper 00 feet wide, and the bishop's throne is between the sanctuary and the choir. Tho pulpit stands in tho nave, overlooking altar, throne, choir and nave. Messrs. lleins, La Farge & Co. havo submitted a do-sign do-sign of the Romanesque order, modified!))' modi-fied!))' Gothic treatment. Messrs. George Martin Huss and John Henry Buck have presented a design more nearly Gothic, while in Messrs. Potter & Robertson's design Romanesque is tho general stylo followed, with modifications, making a plan which they call tho "Gei'oua,"froui a city iu Spain. ill m mm "lltss r'BfCK'S I'l-'.KION. Copyright by .tamos Crortliin Dennett. Their leading idea is to havo a large central space unobstructed in order to give opportunity for fit presentation of , the ritual and liturgy, allowing the seat- j ing of ",0lK) people within 115 feet of tho ' preacher, and witli such perfect acoustics acous-tics as will insure their hearing every 1 word distinctly. Their interior plan is j very simple a central space 80 feet square, a nave ?;! feet wide, thus having i four lesser spaces at the four faces of tho j central space, the whole interior cruci- form in structure and containing 21,000 square feet of floor space. There will j also be six minor chapels for the various j peoples who hold services iu other languages lan-guages than English, so situated that A m-i? i i a mt il c - ;.: ) tAs ,.u.A'UiL , I' ,o-'-4J..iS''. , ,.i-4 it. ''i f., tfi ., 4 S j- watssrifr. Zk HEINs. I.A FA Rot. & C'U.'S DESK IN. j Copyrli.ir, by .lames t .r.ioll H.-nlu It-1 j service may go on in any of them at tho ! same t imp with service iu the mniu interior. in-terior. Tiie iilr.strations here given are fnr-ni. fnr-ni. bed by courtesy of the Now York ' Hrabl |