Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-11-19

] have an unusually short time in which {,
/ du the work. and it presents some new
problems. among them being that oi
handling the unusually heavy ronst rue.
} ton. II was thought. when the tempt,
was erected. that 1t would stand for a
century. ana not only were the uutsid,
/ stone blocks very large hut the wood,
+ work was of massive character. BY
putting 80 or co men at work he contract
. DrS expect To have the ground cleared
by the first Of January of next year al
| though the building of the temple occu-
, pied some three years. The building is
on one of the most crowded corners i'm
B the city, and while there is some space
ON the fremont street side which can he
utilized, it was necessary TO build pas
/ sageway on the Boylston street side
I walk This passageway is rooted with
( four thickn-sses of boards and planks.
laid on cross girderS eight inches square.
7 and placed about l. inches apart. These
ar" supported by posts - inches square.
The object uf such heavy construction
is not only to conserve the safety of
travellers in case anything should fall
| from the building. but it will he of mate
lidl a. llftt ms N WI
the building is torn down to that height.
The same contractors tore down the
Stcincrt building on the opposite corner.
where the Hotel Touraine now stands.
lnd although that was a solid stone
building, il is estimated that the Ma
sonic Temple would weigh four times as
much as that structure. Even with the
improved methods of construction at the
present time such building could not
hu put up in less than a year hut it is to
br torn down in less than two months.
Another difficulty of the work is that
certain symbolic stones i'm the temple are
to DE preserved for use in the new tenn
pie, which is to br erected on the same
site. and these must be removed with
more care than would ordinarily be re
quired The contractors. who hav" been
In this business for many years. and who
have torn down more big buildings than
any other contractors in this part of the
country think that from 60 to 20 per
cent of the material in the temple can
be used again for building purposes.
Performing marriage ceremony in
line with the religious sentiment of the
Methodist Episcopal ministers Of Boston
ur of the faculty of the Boston Tniyer-
sity theological school. Anyhow. the
action of Rev. George A. Reader VIII
ofhCiated at the Zoo wedding last week
has called down upon him the prompt
condemnation of his superiors in the uni
Nersity Mr. Reader has been student
Ill the theological school Of the Boston
university for the past two years. He Is
ais" an ordained pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal church. ana as such is quail
fled by law to perform the marriage Cere-
mony. As a student, however the fac
uIty of Boston university feel that they
have a perfect right to discipline him
for acting contrary to the advice of the
dean OF the theological school in this
particular case. And So. at "A meeting
of the faculty. held ON the day following
the marriage, and called to consider the
matter. it was decided that the theologi-
cal student OF this school. Rev. George
y. Reader, who. drSpit" rrmunStrgnceS
ANA warning given him by the faculty
It the school of theology, yielded to
p'Cuniary temptation and utIiCiated at the
wedding held in a lions cage. has been
required by Il unanimous vote of the
faculty 10 separate himself from the
school, This adds another dramatic
feature to the sensational wedding at
tn" BOO, and raises a rather nice point
Of etiquette as to the proprirty of
couples getting married i'm a den of
lions, or perhaps more especially as to
the propriety of a minister performing
the ceremony.
Work on the new southern station is
progressing rapidly, and has so in
creased that Superintendent Clark now
makes his rounds in a two-wheel road
cart. Every part of the grounds is alive
with workers. Recently the first of the
heavy iron beams which will support
the weight Of the office floors above the
waiting rooms was put in place There
are six of these beams or girders. G5 feet
from pillar to pillar, each weighing from
% to 50 tons. The iron work of the head