The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-08-12


feet wide, leading into the main s. 5. room.
and also having a stairway leading to the
upper room stoiy back of the pulpit, and
under the orchestra, to iooms each side Of
The orchestra and pulpit.
And this brings us to description OF
the upper. or main audience room. This
room, besides the back passage way, al.
ready menlioneu, is directly reached by
flight of winding stairs within the tower
from the basement aud by adoor on the
north eide OF the building, near The front
north angle, yet sufficiently far from the
angle to admit of a dormer protector Ia
the root 10 protect the passage from drop
ping caves. This last named entrance Is
designed 10 be approached by carriage
way, commencing trou the n. h corner
of the lots and continued past the door to
stalls IN the rear part OF the LOT provided
for horses and carriages. From both this
north entr-uce and that through the tow
er tn are pas>a- g ways making dOWfe
entrances into the audience room OF the
church and these entrances, from either
side, are symmetercally arranged so as To
form an Interior view exactly corfeSpon-
ding, and each having two interior doors.
Ihe audience room, IN extre.ne length
from the wall OF the end entered, TO ths
wall of the orchestra recess, back of the
pulpit, is TO be seventy y>eIght feet, tho
width forty SIX feet; and the hight twenty.
nine and half ieet AS the spectator
enters the room he would see at the oppo-
site, or west end, the pulpit in front eff
the orch sira ar. a, tl.sated u 30 as to
command view CT the audience; and, on
IA line with the back of the pulpit, the or"
chestra area, with its breast work rising
seven feet above the floor of the speakers
platform, with its width eighteen feet, its
dept eleven feet. and its hight, with an
arvhed ceiling seventeen feet. at the leie
of the pulpit, as the spectator looks ut it,
will be door leading to the pastor study.
a room with high ceiling, and twelve by
te an L feet, and at tie n ". cor
ner another corresponding door, opening
into a corresponding room, both Of which
rooms Communicate with the back stairway,
as does also passage way from the lett
hlnd side of the orchestra The ceiling of
the audience )om is to be elevated with q
m idle h ri D Il, longitudinal surface.
with two planes on each side OF it of dli-
ferent angles of inclination, with angles
ornam 2nted with mouldings, to be crossed
at right angles with similar mouldings pas
sing from the center of each window space
across the ceiling to the corresponding OPP
poslte space, dividing the whole ceiling
into pannel work. The number of pews
will be five hundred and four, of capac-
ity each Of four ad lit slttings, giving ac-
c0mmodation to 10 lr hundred and sixteen
exclusive of pulpit and orchestra. The
present purpose is to finish the tews ETC.;
of the audience room with carefully selected
red oak, perhaps stained to a deeper color
and then oiled The orchestra space will
be fitted to receive an organ and ali essen.
tia to the leading of the praises of the
sanctuary Besides the large front win
dow, there will be on each side of the room
four windows, which it is desirable to have
finished with stained enameled glass and
which it would be economy to have placed,
once, in the order in which they are to re-
main The most careful provision has been
made fer the best ventilation of every de-
partment in the building !, and it is design
ed to give like attention TO guard its heat
ing arrangements against exposure of the
building to fire, while the temperature
shall be a matter OF perfect control. Cheap
az shingles are here, the interior arrange
ments are designed to be so near'y fire
proof, that it will probably prove expedi>
ent TO PIT state o. Upon tn; bulliiag ut
once, giving it as near complete projections
from being burnt, as 1t seems practicabto
for human care to make 1t.
The expense of this structure will be
considerably more than was contemplated
in that crude article printed last winter.
A ID yet the trustees have given every
thing, connected with the work, such care
full attention, that, from the resources at
hand the pledges given the growing
disposition to add an archltecturally fur
nishcd public building as an ornament to-
our village; and the generous interest
manifested by many outside the village to-
aid the enterprise; they expect, next suns
mer to see the whole work approach it's
completion. 1t will need nearly four hun,
dred thousand bricks (of ordinary sizo-
for the brick work. Ii will need some sew
enty cords OF rough stone for foundation
and walls, lumber which abounds in our
county, tlmbers for steeple and other parts
of the structure will be needed Con'rib,
utions ID money, contributions in materials
contributions III labor and contributions
in trade which viii br!ng both labor aud
material ia these times ofcommercial strin ;
gency, all will help, and are what is need.
ed
Additional to assets ON hand and count.
ed upon, 1r0m aUfOa0, the society VIII need
abcut go 600, for its work. To take ad-
vantage of the Idle time of winter, when
labor is cheap, because SO limited in De.
maud, and for other purposes the trustee.
need 20 raise about $1,000 this summer !.
that they may purchase stone for cuttin g
purposes choice lumber for doors, VIM
dows, ca ings, pannel work, aud pews :.
that8they may provide for quarrying an {
drawing In the winter, rough stone; and
| may bring from distance The long aud
neavy timbers, that will be needed, to
prepare the best and most economioa lly
D)s>lb G Tor next summer work 4 sub
| scrip.ion from all, in any amoants au [
| for almost any form Of material or work.
! 1t might he pleasure TO the LIBERAL pub
lie TO know in Shat hands the execution OF
this undertaking is lodged The Board of
trustees consists OF Messrs. G. w. Barker,
| Il. II. Hoes, Lewis sherman. f. b. T,cat.
VIM. Phipps. Fied Borcherdt, Il X.
Rand Chas Luling, and j. ID. Markham.
whose names IN thls eoun.y, are vouchers,
believed TO satisfactory TO sil. The build.
ing committee consists of Messrs Il II.