The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-07-28
THE JESUTTs IN cALIFoRNIA.
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO BE IN
VESTED IN A NEW CHURCH AND COLLEGE.
San Fran cisco Morning Call.

San Fran cisco Morning Call.
The cost of the new Jesuit church and d.
lege buildings, which have been begun on Van
Ness avenue, is esti mated at $o0O, 1000, and will
probably greatly exceed that amount. From
seven tn eight million of bricks will bs re-
quired in its construction. About fi ve hun.
dred men will be employed in the oonstru otto
Of the building. The site fronts 400 feet on
Hayes and Grove streets aud 275 feet on Van
Ness avenue and Franklin street. The struc.
ture will cover the greater part Of this lot,
leaving. strip 110 feet wide along Franklin
street for other buildings, to bs erected for
the original intention to have the church front
on Van Ness avenue, bnt es the wind blows
such clouds of dust down that street, 1t was
thought best to place it on Hayes street, whore
it would be protected from the wind and dirt
Accordingly the handsome structure forming
| the church will stand little to the west or
middle of the Hayes street front. It will be
built of brick, and will have two to wers, each
1875 feet high, at the corners on the front of
the building. These towers will be very orna-
mental. The orders of architecture are the
while in the towers the Corinthian and Com.
posite will be used. There will be Q broad
fight OF stone steps leading up from Hayes
street to the entrance. which will bs broad
and handsome The church will accommodate
the same number as the old one on Market
street. From the floor to the ceiling the dis
tance will be rs feet, making lofty and siry
interior. 1t will be finished with the utmost
care.
Adjoining the church, and extending down
to Van Ness avenue, will be the house for the
Fathers 1t will bs four storiea in height,
bniit after the Doric and Ionic orders of arohi-
lecture, and afording ample and convenient
quarters for its occupants. From the end next
the church, and extending toward Grove
avenue, " ill be n wing devoted to the use of
the Fathers. On the corner of Grove aud Van
Ness avenue, and fronting on the latter thor
ooghfare, will be bnils the new college. 1t
will be about 120 feet on Van Ness avenue, and
will extend back to the church. There are to
bs four. porches, or entrances. on Van Ness
avenue, and the facade of the building will be
very handsome. The two lower stories will bs
devoted to class and lecture rooms, While the
upper stories is thrown into large hall,
capable of seating an audience of 500 people.
The hall will be 100 feet wide by 100 long, and
the stage will be 40x72 feet, furnished with
to bs found in @ well. appointed theatre. The
seats are arranged as segments of o circle, and
the stage es q centre. aud the floor will gradu- |
ally riss rs it recedes from the stage, thus
house.
Between the college building and the house
of the Fathers, on Van Ness avenue, will be |
the garden, which will be an ornament to the |
street. This will give q pleasant prospect |
from the rear windows of the Fathers house. |
The new college will accommodate about ]. 200 |
pupils, and every effort will be made to render |
its laboratories and other facilities for instruc
tiou ss complete as can be furnished When |
the building for juvenile Students is erected |
on Franklin street the capacity of the institu- |
tion will be greatly increased. There will be |
little wood used in the strue- |
ture. it bsipg the design to make it as fire.
proot as possible. Hugh McKeadney, the |
architect, proposes to make the Grove street |
front of the bnildings absolutely fire proof, az
ton. The exterior Of the wall win be covered |
with Portland oAment. thus giving the struc- |
ture the appearance of stone boildings. |