The morning call., 1890-12-23
TO BUY A NEW HOME.
The Salvation Army Negotiating
to That End.
Gaining Finn Footirg on the Pacific Coast.
Now Stat ors Being Established at
Various Places.

Inc PURCHASE Oh valuable piece OF real
estate with three-story brick building, to
be used as general headquarters for the
Pacific Coast Division of the Salvation
Army and for women's training garrison,
is one of the probabilities of the near
future, and negotiations looking to that end
are now under way.
With view to ascertaning something of
their plans in this connection, CALL,
representative paid a visit yesterday after
noon to John Milsaps, editor of the War
Cry, the official organ of the army. In
answer TO number of interrogatories con-
corning the status of the organization in
this city and its prospects for the future, he
said substantially:
GAINING GROUND.
1.-THE Salvation Army has been compelled
to struggle with great persistence in order
to obtain footing on this Coast, but thanks
TO our hard and continued exertions we are
at last established on sound basis, and can
now lay permanent plans for the future.
You see this is the central station for the
entire Pacific Coast Division, which includes
the States of California, Nevada. Oregon,
Washington and Idaho and the Territories
of Arizona and Utah. All our operations
are directed from this city, and the constant
extension OF our organization necessitates
great deal Of routine work. which requires
the services OF a coed many people, who
must be lodged and fed.
BY Christmas we expect to have fifty
stations In operation, aud will Immediately
proceed with tho organization of some ten or
fifteen more. Of course all this will add
greatly 10 the amount of work to be per-
formed at headquarters. and as our accom-
mOdations are already insufficient we have
been compelled to lock about for a new
homo.
WILL BUY HOME.
After carefully considering the matter
we have deemed it best to purchase, instead
Of renting, and we are now negotiating TOR
piece Of property on which is located a
substantial three-story brick building that
Will provide ample room Tor all present
needs. The location of the property do
not feel at liberty TO divulge at present"
Would you mind stating what financial
PROVISIONS have been made for meeting this
eXpenseT was asked.
" Any statement of that nature would, I
fear, tend to vitiate the negotiations, but l
can sa! that we do not, as q rule, seek To
make purchases without being prepared to
meet whatever outlay may be involved. If
we purchase property, as we expect to, we
shall pay for it. The building we have in
mind. however, would answer only tempo
rarlly, and 1t Is our intention TO erect
building of our own within the course Of
few years.
BUILDING IN ENGLAND.
Now In England, for example, the Sal
walton Army is erecting buildings of their
own at the rate OF thirty month, all of
stone and of the most substantial nature
They have in London an architectural de-
partment, which supplies all the plans and
the members of Which superintend the work
OF construction. In this country, however,
and especially on the Pacific Coast, we have
hardly progressed so far, although building
has just been completed in New York City
at cost Of $4,000. to be used as head
quarters for the Eastern division.
ACQUISITIONS MADE.
"On this Coast We have acquired two
pieces of pr0perty-one in Grass Valley and
the other in Oakland-which cost US several
thousand dollars, and which have been fully
paid for. The projected purchase here,
therefore, is not an entirely new idea
I'm this city we have been making rapid
progress of late, and while l am not pre-
pared TO say just low many soldiers we have
here at the present time, l should venture
the opinion that there are In the neighbour
hood Of 125, acting in various capacities.
They are divided among four stations, and
the erection of a new building would have
no bearing upon them, as they would re-
main distributed at present. while only
those conn ected with division work would
be stationed at headquarters.
I'VE have been arranging for some time,
by the way, for the establishment of new
branch of work here, which will be inaugu-
rated in short time. TIE object will be to
rescue fallen women, and to this we will de-
vote great deal of orr hardest exertions.
This we can do more easily since we have
abandoned Stun work in this city. The
latter We found Improbable. after brief
experiment, owing to the fact that there is
no absolute poverty here, as in the larger
cities Of the Eastern States and Europe"