The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-02

Inscription stone of the South Jersey Insti-
tute-A Pleasant Baptist Reunion--Services Of
the Day.
From Our 0i0n Correspondent
BRrDGEToN, N. j., Sept. !, 1862
The city of Bridgeton, the county seat OF
Cumberland county, is well favored in its natu-
raj location, affording beautiful views across
broad meadows and rolling lands. Within the
past ten years, especially since the opening OF
the West Jersey Railroad this city has grown
rapidly, and its manufacturing establishments
have gained proud position in character and
aggregate importance. The Nail Mill employs
400 hands, pays $4,000 weekly for wages, and
has produced 500 kegs of nails in a single day.
The Glass Works employs 225 hands, and turns
out about 1900 pounds of glass daily. The Dia-
mond Packing Company have $50 hands, 175 of
whom are women and children, can weekly
about $4,000 cans of ripe fruits and vegetables,
and do an aggregate business of quarter of
million dollars annually. Other businesses of
minor Importance are carried on briskly.
An interesting celebration was held in this
city this morning to commemorate the laying
of the inscription stone of the South Jersey In
stitute. The conception of founding this insti-
tuition by the efforts of the Baptist denomina-
tion took tangible shape in 1865, and its success
was early insured by the liberal donation of over
ten acres of wood lands as a site for its erection
Liberal subscriptions were promptly made by
other generous friends of the enterprise and
soon an efficient building committee was consti-
tuted consisting of Messrs. Horato j. Milford
President of the Board of Trustees; Isaac w.
Mulford, c. c. Grosscup Revs. S. G. Wright j.
r. Murphy, and j. ID. Reed.
The building is located on an elevated piece
of ground on the west side of Cohansey creek
in a pleasant and delightful grove of oak, pine,
and cedar trees, on part of the estate formerly
owned by DR.. Isaac II. Hampton, deceased, now
owned by II. j. milford u Brother. II is
bounded on the west by Atlantic street: on the
north by Lincoln street; Cohnnsey creek is on
the east. On the west fine view of the country
and both sides of the creek is obtained. 1t con-
tans between ten and eleven acres, and is really
one of the most charming places in the city of
Bridgeton for an institution OF learning. The
building fronts the north and fine view of the
city and surrounding country and Delaware bay
is given from the grounds and building. The
size of the centre building is 41X5S, each wing
56X40, making the extreme length 154 feet and
is of brick. with French roof of slate, tin, etc
There is n sub basement under the centre build
ing, divided into five different rooms, besides Il
large hall. These rooms are designed for coal
wood, vegetables. and are airy, being lighted and
floor above sub-basement in centre building, and
in wings, is divided into halls and dining-room,
kitchen, wash, laundry, janitor servants, pantry,
closet, and store-rooms. First floor above is
divided into spacious halls, school, music, prn-
cipals, reception, drawing office, library, and
four cass-rooms, each ample in size Second
floor contains airy halls, principals room, re-
ception-room, boys and girls sitting room,
bathrooms, water-clOsets, and seventeen rooms
for teachers and students. Third floor con-
tains ample halls, twenty-five rooms
for teachers and students, besides
bathrooms, water closets, and linen closets
The upper floor, which is the French roof
apartments, consists of wide halls, twenty rooms
for teachers and students, lecture-room or for
other purposes, 3619 by 5319 besides rooms in
whicn iron or other tanks will be placed, filed
with water for of the Institute and in case of
fire. On the roof in centre building is to be a
large observatory for light and ventilation, and
a small one on each of the wings The whole
building is designed to be complete in all its
parts, and one that will be an ornament TO the
city, and creditable to the denomination erecting
it, The building will cost $25, 500.
The services yesterday were held in the grove
adjacent to the building, and large gathering
of ladies and gentlemen were present to partci-
pate in the services, among whom were a num-
Der of prominent Baptist clergymen. Horato
j. Mu!ford, ESQ.,, of Bridgeton, presided. The
singing of an opening anthem by the choir, with
an accompaniment upon fine e-toned melodeon,
was followed by an invocation by Rev. N. j.
Hay, Greenwich. Rev. w. r. Mcneil, Bridge
ton, read the 46th Psalm. The hymn, Before
Jehovah's Awful Throne was followed by
historical statement of the first beginnings and
the progress of the institute, read by Rev. T. G.
Wright, Roadstown. "All hail the power of
Jesus name" preceded the reading of the char
ter by Rev. r. T. Young, Haddonfeld.
Rev. H. G. Weston, d. d. President of Gro
| zer Theological Seminary, delivered an excel
| lent address upon the purposes of education,
and the peculiar fitness 3f such an institution as
| the present one. He was glad to have the op-
portunity to express his own individual interest
in the appropriation of wealth to such an object
that of itself dignifed and ennobled the giver.
He congratulated them on the founding of an
institution of learning that would gather and
garner within itself the ripest fruits of past
efforts-treasures of the knowledge of the an
clients, in which men are to pass over the great
harvest fields that have been sown by the dill
gent hands of antiquity, and to reap down the
ripened fruits of judgment and intellect of
knowledge, of artistic taste, and of genius.
This school had a deeper and different interest
being entirely American in its form and origin
In it students were TO live as in their old home
steads; students of both sexes were to be gath
ered and the peculiar class of studies were TO be
zealousy fOstered by his hearers as Baptists and
as Americans. here were urgent reasons why