The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-09
LATEST BERKELEY ITEMS,
Work to Be at Once Com
menCed on the New Pres
byterian Church.
Berkeley'S Beauty Show, "The
Queen of Fame" Postponed to
September Fl.

BERKELEY, CAL, Sept 8.-An official
announcement was made this morning to
the congregation of the First Presbyterian
Church by ]. NJ. Whitworth, president of
the Board of Trustees, that the contract
for the building of their proposed new
church edifce had at last been awarded,
and tn at the work of construction will be
at once commenced. Arrangements have
been made, however. for the construction
of the main auditorium only, the building
of the Sunday-school apartment having
been left out of the contract on account of
the lack of available funds to complete the
EN- tire work in the manner desired. 1t is
expected, however, that the needed addi-
tons will be put on very soon after the
erection of the main structure, if not i'm
mediately upon its construction.
The new building will be located on the
lot at present occupied by the old one.
The manse will be moved to the lot at the
corner of Atherton and Ellsworth streets,
recently presented to the church by W. E.
Seel, and the old church building placed
on the lot now occupied by the manse,
until the new structure shall have been
finished, when the old one will be dis
posed of.
The main structure will be Gothic in the
style of its architecture and when finished
win have seating capacity of $50. To-
gether with the added Sunday school
rooms, which can be opened to connect
with the main auditorium, 1000 persons
can be easily seated. The plan provides
galleries for both the main auditorium and
the Sunday-school room. There will also
be when the building is wholly completed
commodious parlors and rooms for Bible
and infant classes.
Concrete will be used to great extent in
the construction of the main portion of the
building and the interior will be finished
in plaster and natural woods. 1t will be
lighted throughout by electricity, and
when entirely completed will have about
100 feet frontage with 160 feet depth.
Ground will be broken tomorrow morn
ing and the work of removing the manse
and the old church building commenced at
once.
The part contracted for with Contractor
De Laire will cost in the neighborhood of
Sis, 900, or about three -fourths of what the
entire building will cost when completed
and suitably equipped.
The board of trustees of the church are
J. M. Whitworth, Professor e. J. Wickson
J. K. Stuart and Daniel Fairbanks. The
finance committee in whose charge will be
placed sthe work of collecting the sub
scribed money, are G. G. Wickson, w. e.
Sell, Robert Stuart, and Mr.. Hathaway.
It is expected that the cornerstone will
be laid in about two weeks.
Presbyterian Church Festival POST
poned.
The grand festival to be given by the
ladies of the First Presbyterian Church for
the purpose of increasing the church build
ing fund has been postponed from the
evening of the Goth inst. to the 21st, on
account of another important gathering to
be held on the evening of the Goth.
The entertainment promises to eclipse
anything of the kind that has heretofore
been undertaken in Berkeley, and owing
to the noble cause for which the work has
been undertaken large number of Berke-
ley ladies other than those directly con-
nected with the church have enlisted
themselves in the effort to make the festi-
val decided success.
1t will be in the nature of beauty show
and the name which has been given to it
is 1.-The Queen of Fame" Some of those
who have already been assigned parts in
this phantasma are: Mrs. DR.. I'll. N.
Miner, Goddess of Fame; Miss Edna
Congdon, Queen Elizabeth; Miss May
Morrison, Queen Isabella; Miss Amy
Hamlin, Cleopatra; Miss Marie Walters,
Sappho; Miss Lily Hamlin, Helen of
Troy Miss Mary McCleave, Harriet
Hosmer; Miss Mabel Mccoy, Florence
Nightingale; Mrs. DR.. G. f. Whitworth,
Queen Esther; Miss Edith Russell,