The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-07
HANDSOME BDlPICE.
Ground to Be Broken for a
New st. Joseph's R. c.
Church in Hoboken.
WHAT THE PLANS CALL FOR
all the Necessary Funds Have
Been Procured By Father
McEyoy.

On thursday afternoon the contract for
the new St. Joseph's Church in Hoboken
was signed and the final arrangements
made with Contractor Thomas Brennan
Of New York and Architect Herman
Kreitler of Newark for the building of
the new ediice. The plans and specif-
cations are all in the hands of the rector,
the Rev. Father McEvoy. Or Monday
the ground for the new church Will be
broken. There viii be no ceremonies com
nected with the event.
The site of the new church is on Monroe
street between Ferry and First streets.
This site was originally occupied by the
old church, which was moved around on
Ferry street about two years ago, when
the Rev. Joseph Frevein was the rector.
The old church has been put in excellent
repair and is now occupied as a tenn
porary place of worship and a young
mems lyceum.
The new church will occupy a space Of
ground rs feet in width and 125 feet in
depth. 1t will have a facade of Indiana
limestone with three broad entrances ornaz
mented with pillars and carved decora-
tons. A tower on the right will rise far
above the building o The roof viii
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on the top win be a bronze cross. Stone
steps will support broad porches leading
to the three entrances. AT each entrance
there will be an iron-bound, carved oak
door. Each window will be a memorial
and will come from Munich. Over the
central entrance there will be a semi
circular window with three panels about
eight feet high. A circular rose window
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cathedral glass. There have been no
subjects as yet selected for the windows,
but later on Father McEvoy will make
a decision.
Within the main entrance will be a vesti-
bule s. feet in width and u feet in depth.
This will be tiled in marble and finished
in ash, except the doors, which will be of
oak.
The nave, 116 feet in depth, will have
transepts on either side. Large iron and
marble columns will suppor the roof on
either side and give space for side aisles
six feet in width. The main aisle will
be two feet wider. All the wood work
viii be of polished ash except the floor,
which will be of Georgia pine. The chan
eel will be 70 feet in width and will be
enclosed by a communion rail of carved
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furnishings have not been made as yet.
There will be two sacristies, one on each
side of the chancel. The well, sixteen feet
square, viii be finished and ceiIed in hard
wood.
Over the main entrance. at the ex-
treme end of the nave, will be "a gallery
16 feet wide, finished in oak, for the
organ and choir.
The pews will. be plain and substantial
and viii correspond with the other ash
.finishings. The seating capacity of the
church will be 725. In the basement Of
the church will be nicely furnished rooms
with concrete floors. These will be used
by the different church societies. The
building VIII be heated by hot water sys-
tenn and lighted by electric fights. Cham
deliers with opal globes viii ornament
the nave Of the church. When the church
is completed 1t will stand foremost among
the handsome buildings of Hoboken. The
church will cost between forty and fifty
thousand dollars.
Father McEvoy, who viii superintend
the erection of the building, has been
working hard for the last half year to
raise the necessary money to uild the
church, and his efforts at last have been
crowned with cIIappcS