Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-22
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
Charleston. w. Va. November d
The Building Committee Of Dickinson
church lutheran Methodist have
adopted plans for tae construction Of a
new church edtGce to take The place Of
The present building on the corner of
Wasl inuon and Dickinson streets. The
structure Is to be q large one, and Of
modern design. There VIII be a main
auditorium with o seating capacity Of
from 200 to 500. a lecture room, with
sliding doors. which can be opened into
the main auditorium, giving room sufi-
c,snt to sea, 1000 people. The pulp,
VIII be On the eastern side Of the church,
and The seats are 10 ne arranged in am
Dri-1ater style. On the side toward
he street VIII be consruc.sd the pas
TORS residence. under the same Roof, two
series. with ten or twelve rooms, in
Guiding q large reception parlor, open
ing cut into .ne lecture room. There
VIII be three entrance to the church
from the street. The suucture VIII cost
FROM $4,000 TO $4,000. most OF which
has already been raised. The conTac,
VII be let some time during the Wn-
-er but -he work Of dcn0lis.ng the Old
br1dtrg and erecting the new VIII not
ba-tn before the list of April next
Colonel and Mrs. r. S. Carr, who un-
de--o9k the work some months ago Of
raising money and erecting a Methodist
church near their residence at Fern
B7als on the hill overlooking the city
from south SIDE of KaaaWha, have now
get their building under way, and eX-
peas 20 have IL completed within sAor3
.me. Tt Is q stone structure. OF modern
,.vle Of architecture, and viii be
handsome building. Tt Immediately adj
fctns the properly recently purchased by
Governor NacC0rEle, upon which he viii
erect O. costly residence Tor himself.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
held a meeting at the residence Of Col.
Isaac a. Johnson yesterday afternoon,
and completed arrangements for hoi:-
lazy bazaar. which they viii hold in
silks hal early i'm December. The
bazaar is for the purpose Of raising
money to- establish a house for disabled
eud iaGrm ex-CoGfederace soldiers. Wl-h
money already raised by the Daughters
the COME 1eracy, the Stonewau jack
1n Camp and other organizations, the
.-ul now amounts TO about $500. Other
Confederate organizations .n other parts
IF the state have raised an almost equal
mount IL IS proposed by certain
members Of the organizations Of the
c2fe lcra.e veterans TO- purchase the
l1gawh4 Falls Hotel property, which
S. offered for $1,000. This Is considered
lirt cheap. The building contains about
forty rooms and IS fitted up I'm modern
-tvle Tho IIanaWAa Falls Hotel build
.lg rs said 20 have COS. $4,000. Il was
once o. popular summer resort and al
eating station on the c.. & o. Railroad,
but the schedule OF trains has been so
changed os to abolish hanawha rails
.s al oa.irg station, rs patronage mas
greatly Ia..en on. This explains JAe
reason why such splendid property Is
offered for so little money. The es'ab-
isAment of the soldiers home at this
p-.u- is opposed Dy ether eS-Confedar-
ates for the reason that it IS though.
% be too close to The Sholrerins Arms
Hospital a- Paint Creek, some eighteen
u.il7s west OF kanavha. which was es-
rnhl1ed by Bishop PeTkin several
ysrs ago. and is maintained by the
Episcopal church. There Is yet another
party or eN-ConIeJeretss who oppose
the establishing of a Confederate home
l West Virginia, and wish TO devote
the money which they have raised to