Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-10-06

One Of the finest improvements mi
up on Market street this year is the
new PeninBula Methodist BuildlpR, No,
6O4 M rket street. SomsthinR of ths,
kind has for Q long tine been needed in
Wilmington, and not only the Metho.
oists but all other religious denomtnO.
tons are under obligations to J. Miller
Thomas for his enterprise in providing
place where ministers can meet, COM
pare notes. measure Ideas and talk over
the religious events Of the times. The
building Ia three stories high, the htst
tioor devoted to . book store and edi.
totial rooms, the teooId to q hall for
preaohers' meetings and for other 10.
liRIous purposes, and the rear Is leased
70 w. II. Bnck, agent of the Manhattan
Life Insurance Company, and the third
story lie used for q composition and
preas room for the Peninsula Meshodiat,
OF which Mr.. Thomas IL the proprietor
and Publisher, while his father, Rev. ],
bnowden Thomrs, locke after the edI .
toEIAl details Of the paper.
The store room 10 Bplendidly stocked
VIII religious literature and Sunday
school supplies. What the Methodist
btok concern is 10 New York, and Per-
kenpine y Higgins is to Philadelphia,
the Peninsula Methodist book store Il
to Wilmington and the peninsula be.
tween the two bays. The room IL
splendtdly finished in raw pine, the
front is attractive and the show win.
doWs we'll arranged ~ to light and CON
vsnienoe To the rear of the store are
three very handsomely Cited I'M Off es
all oarpeied. One Of these 10 for the
use Of the ok.keeper and the others are
editorial rooms. The partitions divid-
ina these oftioes are finished with en-
Ameled ground RlAss. In the rear Of
the back Ctfios is FIRE prcO' vault, and
still further TO the rear 10 an elevator
connecting all the stories In the build.
Ing, though 1t is principally TO be used
for freight. 1t Is operated by an cleo
trio motor.
A small box elevator in the side of
the building is used for sendiJR CODY
up and down 70 the composition ons.
Rev. David DCddi an experienced and
practical printsr, manages the compo.
sltion and make up Of the paper. 10
this be is assisted BY four Compositions,
three Of whom are ladies.
The second story, reached by an easy
hight OF stairs, 10 divided into three
rooms, all light, comfortable and airy,
The Wilmington Preacher Association
will occupy one OF those rooms every
Monday forenoon for their regular
weekly meeting. The association of
latter years has been meeting in the leo
ture room Of Asbury M. n. Ohuloh.
The room ct all glmes will be accessible
for ministers. AS has already been
stated . second room IL occupied by
MI. Book, agent Of the Manhattan Life
Insurance Company, and smother room
lie for rent
The motor that runs the elevator was
built BY Isaac b. BettS. Il is 8 ave.
horse power engine and the largest he
ever built Of that kind. The building
throughout 10 heated with steam, and
electricity is used for lighting
purposes ct the present time, the build.
Ing has been piped all through for gas |
whenever change Is desired.
Lewis 7. Grub WAS the contractor |
and was detained in his work for sew
sral weeks by disputed line that had |
% be settled by the tedious process Of
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