New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-09
A CATHEDRAL CONSECRATED.
| AN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY AT HARTFORD.
MANY PRELATEs OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
rREsENT-TUE BEAUTIFUL INTERIOR
OF ST. IosErH's CATHEDRAL.

MANY PRELATEs OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
rREsENT-TuE BEAUTIFUL INTERIOR
OF ST IosErHs CATHEDRAL
Hartford. Nav Specialist. Joseph's Cathedral
was consecated today with ritual solemn and i'm
pressve. The New York Cathedral is larger and its
exterior more striking. and other wellknown churches
IN Mexico and the United states have cost more but
for the variety. magnicence ana taste OF It's interior
decoration the Hartford Cathedral is not surpassed
the American continent. Three thousand people as
sembed in the new cathedral at 10 80 to wit
ness the last OF eight services which had been held
this morning in the edince. Before church can be
consecracd il must be entirely free from debt, and
the true property Of those who ask to have it con
secrated the parish must be In sound financial con
dion 50 as 70 prevent its sale at any time for debt
and it must be constructed OF such materials and with
such sod,tv as to warrant long and honorable
vice TO God This new cathedral answers all these
conditions The side altars with the main altar, num-
Der SIX and these were all consecracd at the same
moment this morning by six pfeates, the first ccebr
ton of this kind in America. This ceremony lasted
two hours Bishop Mcmahon consccrated the church
and the main altar: Archbishop Fabrc, Of Montreal,
and the Bishops OF Providence Syracuse. Brooklyn, and
Three Rivers Canada. consecrated the Others. These
ceremonies were all ended at early hour and left
a clear field for the solemn high which closed
the services of the morning.
At 10 80 O'Clock the procession of priests and
bishops entered the sanctuary. Among the
clerrymen were Monsgnor Farley Of New
York. De Regge, OF Rochester and Ougley, of
Charleston: Fathers Doughcrty. OKeefe, and Talbot
Smith OF New York: Fathers Byrne and Naglc. Of
BOSTON: the venerable NcarG General Lynch. OF Bur
lington and 400 others from the dioceses of New
England In addition to the bishops mentioned above
there we're also present the Assistant Bishop of
Boston, the lately consecratcd Bishop OF Ogdensburg
and the Bishops OF Portland. Manchester, Burlington.
p;@,e
bishop OF Boston celebrated tho assistant priest
was VicarGeneral Hughes. of Hartford the deacon
and sub-dcacon were the Rev. Thomas Frederick OF
Hartford, and DR.. Shahan OF the Washington I'M
versity Preceded by the long procession OF priests
and prelaes the officers of the mass entered the
sanctuary to the solemn music Of organ and orchestra
Mr. Klein. OF New-lork, played the organ. Tie
choir was composed Of quartet and chorus chosen
from the various churches of the city. liNdh
Second Mass was given with fac effect. Among
| those present In the body OF the church were u"
MAYORS OF Hartford and Mcridcn, and George Parsons
iathrOp, OF New-L0ndOn.
| Tho exterior OF the building l. Of Portland rough
brownstone with custOne commentator. Inc ca'"e-
dral is cruciOrm in shape. In design carry "o'''
o63 feet LONG, with frontage OF 1913 Feet ana U"'
sent Of IFS feet The facade is pleasing ana Is nanKed
by two square towers $50 feet high When the spires
Ar. added they will be 100 feet higher Inc olui'h
stands back from the street in prominent ana bcauu
fu position near the Capitol, and pleasant WALKS i"u
UP to its three grand entrances. 1t is not on the cN
terror however that the greatest care has been spent
Architect and decorator artist and sculptor nave loed
| forces TO produce an interior which Is beautiful
| The ceiling is the most striking feature. IL Is con
struced Of different cOored woods divided INTO sec
tions OF oblong panels The sections are separated
| from one another by beams, ribs and arches Inc
panels arc stained and vanished in light olive me
ribs in dark olive. and there is variety of dccIdon
| i'm ebony. African wood and gold. and IN OAK ana
| mahogany The ceiling Of the sanctuary has me
| effect i'm mosaic gold Twenty-ix pillars, OF
| Tennessee marble support the galleries and arches:
The capitals OF these pillars are interesting WORKS Of
art i'm the best plaster OF Paris. The foliage repre-
| scented includes eighteen forms peculiar to America
the flowers number eight from the rose 10 the thistle
the fruits number thirty Of the famous fruits On s
| land; the statutory groups number over loo ana
represent the creation and fall OF man, his various
Civilized occupations and his religious rites the al
mlnstTation OF the sacraments and various HISTORICAL
scenes from the Bible. The sanctuary and lhe
| transnpts are crowded with statuary one OF IN"
clOres Of the cathedral is IFS windows. Of which there
are thrtytwo in all having elghtvtwo life size fgnre
and thirty two angels. The architect Is Mr. Kelley:
| ~ BROOKLYN, who designed also the CathcdraiS Of
| Boston, Providence and Chicago lie hopes to close
| his life work with the final plans OF the BROOKLYN
| Cathedral -, !, -,
| New-York visitors. Archbishop Coriig1n onciaicd
Blslop Iesly Of Portland, preached the sermon The
| sermon in the morning WAS preached by Bishop Hen
| messy, Of Dubuque.