Evening star., 1898-10-19

f. Pellew, John A. Kasson. Charles G.
Glover, George Truesdell, Edward ]. Stell-
Henry e. Davis. Theo. w. Noyes and Levi
r Morton, the latter then the Vice Presi-
dent of the United States.
IN addition to those named above the
Hodges and William Kaiser of MARYLAND
KEY Geo. W. Douglass. Gems. Thomas T,
casey and John M Wilson of the District
w m t. Whitney of New York, Geo. w
Ch,ids OF Pennsylvania. John S. Lindsay
OF massachusetts,, Marshall Field of Illinois
Geo. r. Edmunds of Vermont. Geo w C,ur
ginia. VI VIZ
Title to the Property.
A committee was appointed, consisting of
Messrs. George Truesdell. A. r. Rritton
Charles c. Glover, Theodore w. Moves and
Gen. John G. Parke, to take charge of the
property and the interests of the cornara
tlon with the special purpose of securins
LOT LOT tne corporation title to the propertv
inns important work, involving as II did
much time and careful attention to lagai
aeldiis, was performed and the deeds trans
Ierrlng the various tracts of land to r.
ca,heoral foundation We're placed on rec
oru on the llth of November 1893 In ad
dltlon, the committee had the charge Of tbe
property. - 'ie
IN view of the probability in the near
luture OF the creation of the Washington
Of
tNe diocese, of which the District shall ~
may form a part. should be chairman of
the board OF trustees.
The Hearst school BuiIdinx
IN the spring of 1895 1t was announced
that Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst had gi,a,,
SZoo,ooO for the erection of n bui,dino ~,
the grounds of the cathedral foundation to
pe used as school for girls. Arrange
mehts were at once made to have plans
he.
these We're completed. A committee s't,n nn
building and grounds was Instituted an
{3i1ows; EnI S. hey: ~ DR.; George W. Douglass
Col, now Gen. John M Wilson Il G
A, and Mr.. A. r. Britton. TIE ,, %,
latter now constitute the building cnmn,it' mo
tee, and under their direction arraneemant
are az m now beng perfected for the erection
new site. hs Oh the
me erection of new diocese constituted
ToI,,,,bi I,,,S u 'he parishes in the District of
I,piuhlpid ana the consequent election Of
plshop TO be IN charge of the affairs of tba
new new oiocese led to some delay in the nrose1
S.tioii Stti VI .he active work of the enterprise
Nothlns further was done toward tho nrac
Iioh or the Hearst building while aw,itin
tHe adEeat of the new bishop After RirhnS
hSaoterlee assumed charge of the diocese ba
prise. ia enter
,,ilI' ine ste CHOSEN was found not to he en-
tirely satisfactory for various reasons ans
the bishop began to consider tho feasii;I;.
Of making a change AS the ian5 ~,
held as a site had been largely donated
anu II would probably be necessary to mr.
chase land If another location was selected
the practical difficulties in the ysv nara
by no means slight However tba h;",,
a1ter fun consideration reached the COW
ciusloh that the present site was the more
aoVantageous one, and with the full an
proval of the board of trustees II u,,s d.
clued 10 make the change.
bishop SatterIee's Encrpx
IL would not have been possible to have
undertaken the financial responsibility in
vowed II II mad not been for the energy
displayed by Bishop Satterlee. who suc-
ceeded in raising the large sum of s1OO 600
which was the cash payment made. leav-
ing balance of s145,OOO due on the nron-
eriy The title to the 30 1-2 acres of this
property Was conveyed to the trustees of
the cathedral foundation September 10 last.
me cohtrlbutlons to the cash payment
were obtained from number of people tn
Whch the claims of the ENTERPRISE wera
presented. In addition to previous suh
scfiptons, one-third of the 100000 was
subscribed in this city AS soon as a nian
of the ground has been decided upon a site
for the building for the Hearst School for
Girls VIII he selected, and as the money
Tor that structure is now avaiabl it is OK
pected that actual building operations will
De begun in the near future. The negotia-
tons which resulted in the purchase of
this property have been in progress for
nearly two years, and il is believed that
the site Is in every respect desirable for
the purposes intended.
Sketch of st. Albnn's.
Adjoining the property on the south is
st. Adams Episcopal Church. founded tifty
years ago, and the tract of land was known
as Mount st. Alban.
In the earlier part of the century Mount
ST. Alban was owned by Mr.. Joseph
Nourse, who was appointed by Gen. Wash
ington as the first registrar Of the treasury
Mr.. Nourse was a devout Christian man,
and his grandchildren recall that it was a
constant practice Of his to retire among
the trees, where st. Albans Church now
stands, for prayer and medta ton. He
used also frequently to express the hope
that church might some day be built
there.
1t was there. too, that young and de-
voted Christian woman, Miss Phoebe
Nourse. like her namesake of old "a faith
full servant of the church," gathered a hit
tie Sunday class composed of the members
Of st. Johns School for boys. which stood
on this property, and taught 1t until her
hsalth gradually failed. After her death a