The evening world., 1891-05-16
new ST. J0SEPA'S SEMINARY.
lis Cornerstone viii Be Laid by
Archbishop COrrisan Tomorrow.

There will be witnessed tomorrow the lay
ing Of The cornerstone OF st. Josephb SENT
nary OF the City OF New York and the mark
inv OF an epoch In Arohbishop Corrigan's ad-
ministration.
The new seminary will take the place Of the
St. Joserh's Seminary at Troy, which has been
provincial In Its scope, receiving young men
who were destined for priesuy work from all
the other dioceses OF the ecclesiastical prov
ince.
The ceremony will be one OF imposing
solemnity. II will be witnessed BY more than
ave hundred priests and representatives OF
Catholic societies, and 1t is anticipated that
30, 900 people will attend. Special trains on
the New York Central and Harlem railroads,
and the fleet OF iron steamboats, will be
brought into service to convey this vast throng
Of people to the site, which is about Two miles
from the northern border OF this city.
Archbishop CorriRan viii lay the corner
stono and Archbishop Ryan, OF Philadelphia,
will deliver tho address,. Among the dign.-
taries who win participate in the ceremony
are: Bishops wigger. of Newark; Moouade,
of Rochester; Keane, of the Catholic Univer
sity OF Washington; Conroy, and the superioss
OF the Troy Seminary, st. Johns Seminary Al
Brighton, Mass,, and ~. Joseph's Seminary
at Baltimore.
The new seminary win be worthy OF the iarg-
est and most important Catholic see In the
United States. 1t Is the result Of plan con-
ceived by Archbishop Corrigan three years ago.
for q seminary nearer and more convenient
than that at Troy, where candidates Tor the
priesthood will be properly trained for their
chosen noble vocation.
The Archbishop appointed . committee OF
priests and laymen to choose site, and they
have performed their work with admirable
wisdom. The site on which the new seminary
will stand at South Yonkers is ou historic
Salentine's Hill, where Washington made his
heauquarters In the old Valentine mansion
In October, 1T6
Tue campus is the old parade ground OF the
Revolutionary patriots 10 'he valley towards
acres and cost $50, 500 The seminary viii
rest on the summit oil the NIL. 82e ieet above
tue water. and will overlook the Hudson. with
the PALISADES beyond In the west, and on the
| east may be had view OF Noun: Vernon, New
Rocneiie, the sparkling Sound and the wooded
shores OF Long Island. -
Mount Vernon, Woodlswn and Van Corilandi
PARK are within easv walking distance. rne
seminary will DO q noble structure nve stories
viii be OF light gray granite, with . frontage
OF 35t feet and wings extending eighty-nVe
feet on either side, forming sn open court
facing southeast
Ita total depth viii be 800 feet, and the chapel.
the gift of Archbishop Corriesn, will exteud
from that leo feet more. II Will be an imposing
structure. surm 'unted by high root ami dome.
There will De accommodations Tor 100 students
and IL professors
Pariors and study halls will be on the nrst
door. A large refeetoty 70 planned for the east
wing, and In lie rear viii 10 the Kitchen, In 0
buildinR by itself.
students and professors viii live on the Sec
ond, third and fourth noorA, and one of the
best theological libraries in the land will DO
located In the third story.
The arrangements for to.morroW's eere-
MONIES are In charge of Q committee composed
of Mgr. Johu N. Farley; Very Rev. william
N. Penny, Of Newbura; Very Rev. Edward
McKenna, Of Westchester; Rev. Charles X
Corley. of Yonkers, and Reyk- John +. Kear-
ney. Nicholas J. Hughes, James W. Power,
James J. Flood, Andrew Ziegler and Michael
j. Lavelle, of akis city.
The cornerstone win he laid at 8 O'Clock.