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Show 1 f "" '' " ' V CATHEDRAL now a certainty i t Rich Glfls Rocantly I Bestowed on Now York Church of St. John iho L Dlvlno Itjsuro Complollon of Magnificent Edifice. ' Willi the nel Rnnounced glfl ,l( evilov lvl I Morion nnd Col Joil, Jaculi Antnr to ihe t'athei'ral I'hiirilh of HI John the Divine the one l immiHHi ami ihi- other of $100.600 tile plendlil nirur-iiire dreameil of add worked fin In ihe lale Hlibop lloralo INilti-r prei 1 1 "t nd unefe of Irlth-op Irlth-op Henry I' Poller. I iirnetlcallr readmit j Only 3'ini l now needed to exim-ptele exim-ptele the holr. the northern, awith-ern awith-ern and eaiern arcbea, ami the ruffing ruff-ing In of the greet apuesj belweV-u them whlrh la to be known as the rnwuln Mhen Ihi work la doiia New York will Ixmat the iid largeni huiiw of wnrahlp In the woaid. It will Ih' alone viirMeeil In Reaimg raparlly by the haalllca of HI. I'elerVi. The eot of Ihe work I estimated nt SLOMonof) The board of trustee haio iMiihki on hand the donation of Mr. Morton and Cnl Aalor. and Ihe premise prem-ise of $HMI irhi when the other $rOn.i 10 la rained Thin nail) leave only II, J.-Hon J.-Hon larking In round out Ihe rvqul ml sum. Jimt how much II will tnko to i instruct in-struct Ihe entire cathedral as plan ed lower plre tranaepla and nnve-J linrrl to ay It will be Ihe worij of year nnd call ror more million. The i tower and -:ilre alone will cost $t,ltO,- i 000. The roofing In or the ernstW. i which I now In night, will ma a church which will eaally accommodate 6.1HHI iieople, mid Is n goal well worthy any city's striving. It was more than throe decades aria when lllsbop llorallo Potter conceived I tnisteea since Its formntlom, ' th w-theilral w-theilral would havo stood luit noutict Central park, nn tho two MoeW rjossd. "ed by Fifty-Ninth street on ths nerUi, l1tty-Seenth street on tUe saeth, Sixth nvenuo on the east and SUi avonue on tho west. At that time tie blooka In question were thinly setts, and could have been had at a ytaM which would now aeem ridiculous. fk lose of the SSOO.OOO and the dlfscgfcy In securing money following tbs stgUi put n tompomry stop to our labors, "When the oommlttee renewed Its PRINCIPAL DIMENSIONS OF THE CATHEDRAL. Corner ttont laid Dec 27, 1892. Feet. Length east and west 520 Length of transept. 283 Height of western tower 245 Height of central tower 425 Length of nsve, Interior 1B4 Length of tholr 120 Total Interior length 500 Height of choir .... 118 Height of dome 252 Ares of cathedral square feet 99,500 aearrh lor a location It was found that the devi'lopment of the city had made the firt choice impneelhle Where there had leen vacant tola In 1873 erHrmoii bulldinga stood Attention wa then turned to Mnrnlngslde Ileleht" nnd the present location chosen cho-sen At that lime the l-nke nnd Watt Orphan asylum stood iinn the ground, which was purchased for $8im oou. "After the purchase nf Iho site subscriptions sub-scriptions came In mora rapidly. Wo already had $o0 000 from tho Astors, for In addition In the gift of John Jaiob Astor. William Aslor had contributed con-tributed $100 000 Cornelius Vandcr-flllt Vandcr-flllt gave n like sum, nnd In 1833 I), Willis James gave a much. The Trinity Trin-ity church corporation sulwcrlbed $100,000, and In 1S93 J. l'ivrpnnt Mor gan subscribed SSOO.OOO, to bo paid In five yenra. $100 ono n year. Charles 1. Huntington gave SGO.000. "A oolablo fact In regard to tho moneys which havo enmo to tho board Is that tho great itlfts of women havo come In Iho form of legacies, I do not know whether or not this Is duo lo tho fnct that they have never, as a so, educated themselves up to partlnR with their money In their lifetime, or whether they reel that a bequest I tho meet fitting form for n gift to take, but the fact remains that not one of the large sums derived from tho generosity gener-osity of women came In the shnpo of n donation during the life of tho donor. "In 189T wn received $100,000 from Mrs. K. J. Holland's estate, left by her In commemoration of tho llfo nnd services serv-ices or her rather, tho lato Illshop Ilrowncll or Connecticut. Mr, l'.llia-bcth l'.llia-bcth N. Coles bequeathed $300,000 to the endowment fund Hho nlso mad n girt or raro tapestries, somo of which nro now lo bo seen In the cryjt. Mary A. lMson, n parlshlonc c draco church, who took a deep Interest In Mho cathedral, willed $100,000. Mrs. (lenrge K. Morris lett tho cathedral $200,000. Kvcry bequest, by resolution resolu-tion or the board or directors, was ap plied to the upbuilding or tho endow-niont endow-niont fund, It bolng decided that thcro ahould bo an Income to meet the expense ex-pense ot tho cathedral alter It erection. erec-tion. "Tho elft nnd legacies I have mentioned men-tioned Includo only the larger amount received by tho board. Thero aro hundreds hun-dreds and hundred of smaller girts recorded, re-corded, many or tbom havlnr; come trum other than churchmen. I recall a generous donation by a I'reeby-tt'erUn. I'reeby-tt'erUn. who n!d that ho folt the o. thedral a plannod was te bo desired as a tribute to Ihe glory ot Cod. Irr- I pectlve or creed There have been K ft from all manner of church soclctlc-and soclctlc-and Institutions. Little children have l paid Ihelr mite. Subscriptions have come from other landa I 'The P.er Dr. Nevln. who wns Ihe i head of the 1 'pit copal church In Home Interested himself deeply In raising money, and sent over sums aggregat I lug thousand or dollars Churchmen In Kngland nnd France have been ex trotnely generous. "A class or gifts which Is most rf fectlve and thought particularly valu able nre annual subscriptions, paid Irom Ihe donors' Incomes There are n number or men and women who have pledged $500 n year, and meet their psytnenta as regularly as they y their taxes. 01 course, theso gift" do not figure In the list of donations so far as any total figure Is concerned The donors retain the principal. It Is a kind of endowment. "After the work of pulling In the foundation were finished, nnd the western arch wns In place, there came the question nf erecting the eight col limns which stand about the chancel It was originally decided that these should be monolith. Tho contractor went In great expense In procuring Hie necessary machinery, nnd had three ot Iho columns prnctlcall flnlnhed whin they broke ot their own weight, lie linn nskeil to be relieved of tho contract, con-tract, but the board rescinded the mimolUli resolution nnd nuthorlxr-d tho use ol two piece of stone In tho con structlon ot each column. Tho longer tht Idea ot tbo cathedral, and with i tho slnglo-hcartcdncsi or the trni enthusiast en-thusiast set about nwakcnlng Intrrest In It. Upon hi death his nepber assumed as-sumed tbo work, as part ot his tsrlt-age. tsrlt-age. From the beginning the l.Utory or tho undertaking lias been Intlnutely linked with that or Now York, Iho chapter telling of It progre being studded with the name of New Yorker York-er who nre Identified wltb all tint I best In tho city. A stirring story It Is story of struggles and delays, of perslstest labors, la-bors, and finally of success Is tho very beginning there came tho smlc of 1S73 Prior to tho bursting rf Iho financial storm, the cathedral corporation corpora-tion having been chartered In Jsatsry of that year, a committee had beet appointed ap-pointed to obtain subscriptions, ind , three men bad promised $100,000 rich, i Only one of these subscriptions, that I or tho late John Jacob Astor. waierer i paid In. Tho other two subscribers wero among tboto who round them-. them-. selves unable to weather the pinlc. i Tho fund did not receive a cent from Ihctn, "Had nil three subscriptions been reallied iion," say tleorge Msrctil-t Msrctil-t loch Miller, secretary of the board of plcco Is 36 feet In length and weighs ninety tons. To get thorn to tho cathedral ca-thedral alto waa n problem which required re-quired much Ingenuity and time. It wa necessary to bring timber from Oregon, around the Horn, to uo In tho building ol tho derrick. Tho last column col-umn was In placo November last. A the wall or tbo choir could not bo begun be-gun until tbl had been accomplished, this accounts lor another delay. "Within thrco year I bellove that tho 'crossing' will bo roofed In and services held at tho cathedral. Tho noblo gift or Mr. Morton and Col. Astor As-tor have kindled beyond a doubt a spirit nl emulation In tbo hearts or other, oth-er, nnd I do not antlclpato that thero will bo any trouble about tho reit of tho money needed to complete tho grent work." Now York Timet leio SAm! loo oj lfieawns "' s&n t II It makes peoplo think tho eggs are bad. Onco I got a consignment or egg packed In mahogany sawdust. Well, sir, thoso egg tastod llko furniture polish, t lost somo trade through them. "ISggs often get contaminated from being kept too close to strong cheese, or to onions, or to sauerkraut. Alwaya remember. John, that eggshell aro porous; that they acquire tho flavor of coffee or onions or cheese almost as readily as butter docs." |