Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-20

will be enlarged of necessity, and it is con-
iidently anticipated that Rev Father Thos.
Grace will be retained as the parish priest
in charge. That this will be in accord with
the unanimous desire. expressed and unex-
pressed, Of this people, is unquestionabie
Father Grace is
A BRoAD-MINDED THINKER,
A devout mana man who has won the
affection Of his own people and the respect
and esteem of non-contormists. and those
of the Protestant religion. Few men in
the priesthood in California are more
warmly or deseryedly esteemed by the
communities in which they do service.
Father Grace is cultured man and con-
stant student. Though wearing robes that
cut him Oft from active participation in
worldly affairs generally, he yet has views
of the right policy of government, local
and otherwise, and no appeal to him for
an opinion or aid on great moral works
that will elevate the tastes of the commu-
nifty, or better its condition, is ever left I'M
responded to. Whether this public ex-
preston will further the wish of the people
of Sacramento for his retention when the
new adjustment takes place. we do not
know. The high dignitaries of Churches
are given to the exercise of their own judg-
ment in such matters, and transplant their
workers pretty much to suit their own ideas
of the best interests of varying fields of
labor, but we cannot refrain from making
the expression we do, for all that
THE CATHEDRAL
Is to be typical of and modelled after the
celebrated architectural pile in Paris known
as the Church of La Trinite, and which. for
beauty and imposing proportions, is one of
the hnest examples of modernism in arch
itecture extant. We present herewith an
excellent view (made TO the especial
order of the RECORD UNION by G. H.
Holmes, a well-known and compet-
ent engrayer of Sacramento), that will
give the reader a clear idea of the style and
general features of the new cathedral, of
which Byran ]. Clinch, OF San Francisco,
will be supervising architect Its dimen-
sions will be modified from those of its Gel
ebrated model, and il is likely there will be
some notifications made from the design
But these will not be of such nature as to
alter the general features of the admirable
picture we this morning present, and
which, for its excellence of workmanship
and correctness of detail. excites justifable
pride. Whoever, therefore, examines
THE ENGRAVING
viii be enabled to realize fully the i'm
posing character of the new building and
to accurately forecast, in mental vision, its
appearance when its massive walls and
beautiful towers rise to view. The model
of the Sacramento Cathedral, to which we
have referred, is held 10 be one of the best
architectural studies in Paris. The repro
duction of its lines here though somewhat
modified, will therefore give our people
one of the very best examples of modern
architecture; one that must do much in
enlarging the public taste and cultivating
an appreciation for the better forms of that
art
Concerning theinterior, it is not now nee
essary to speak, nor indeed can expression
be made now with accuracy, but it may be
said that the purpose is to have aisles all
| narrow and separated from the nave, as in
the original, by an arcade of arches sup
ported on pillars between piers. Above
the aisles will probably run gallery, with
similar arcade and pierced parapet.
The space above the altar will be mar
rowed as in La Trinite, by the projection
of two arcades, equal in hight to those OF
the aisles, and finished by continuation OF
the parapet. The ceiling will be loftily
arched, with groins above the gallery ar.