The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-11-25
MARKET STREET MISSION
Opening Of the New
Building Monday Night.

Crowd in Attendance Large That Many
Did Not Get Inside-One of Morristown's
Finest Structures An Institution Whose
value to a Municipality Cannot be Esti-
mated-A Description of the Interior.
The formal opening of the Market
Street Missions new building occurred
on Monday evening and proved an aus
picious occasion. Every seat in the
main audience room was occupied early
in the evening and not only were many
Obliged to stand but number could not
gain an entrance. Superintendent Iron
side presided and on the platform were
a number of persons who are interested
in mission work. Addresses were made
by Judge yreeland of the Mission Com
mittee, Rev. DIR. Erdman, Rev. S. 2.
Batten, Superintendent Hadley of the
Water Street Mission New York, and
Superintendent Simmons of the Newark
Rescue Mission.
Letters of regret because of inability
to attend were received from Mayor
Quayle, George w. Wheeler of Central
Union Mission, Washington, D. c.; DR..
S E. Fury, New York Rescue Band;
Frank r. johnson of New York. and
Lewis N. Bean, President of the Phila-
delphia Sabbath Breakfast Association.
The new building is of gray and mot
tied brick and has Ohio limestone trim
ming. It is the finest structure on Mar
ket street and one of the handsomest in
the city. William 9. Van Doren was
the architect and he has done everything
in his power to make the building not
only credit to the supporters OF the
mission but to Morristown as well.
At the left of the entrance, outside is
an ice water tank cut in the stone and a
metal transparency is to be erected in
front.
On the first floor of the building, at
the left of the entrance, is located the
Superintendent office, and the rest Of
the floor is occupied by an audience and
reading room with a seating capacity for
225 persons. Steam radiators OF a late
design extend entirely around the room
and combination gas and electric light
fixtures are artistically arranged on cell.
ing and walls. A handsome upright
piano helps to adorn the platform pulpit,
at the same time serving as an instru-
ment of utility. At the center
of the ceiling is a ventilator Shaft 6x10
feet that extends to the roof. The ven
tilating method and effect are therefore
perfect.
The front room of the second floor
will be open nights as girls reading
room and may be used at other times for
women's meetings. Adjoining is room
where the babies may be cared for
while the mothers attend meetings.
Then there is a room for clothing,
another for storage purposes, and toilet
and bath rooms On this floor are two
bed rooms nicely fitted up and calcu-
lated to accommodate unfortunate men
who do not belong to the tramp class.
A dormitory accommodating ten per-
sons is pleasantly arranged on the third
floor. At the back of the building on
this floor is kitchen, dining room and
pantry. There is also bath room, with
fumigator overhead Three rooms in
front are for the use of the janitor A
dumb waiter runs from the kitchen to
each floor in the building On the roof
is platform for drying clothes.
The whole interior is of cypress trim,
and all the furniture and appointments
will be attractive as well as comfortable.
Among the other things yet to be put in
place are four handsome chandeliers for
the first or main floor. They are the
gift Of a lady interested in the mission.
In the basement will be found the In
dustrial Department. Here, have been
fitted up wood bins and racks and the
cement floor has solid places to receive
the chopping blocks. Men in town may
saw wood for share of the product or
for money, and tramps or other home
less persons may work for their board
and lodging as transients. The wood
will be sold tothe public. II is expected
to have this department in operation
within a few weeks. In front of the
building are two elevators for lowering
and raising the wood to the street. A
Thatcher steam heater keeps the build
ing warm throughout.
The mason work on the new building
was done by Sturges Brothers; the car
penter work by Charles R, Lindsey and
the plumbing by Tompkins & Welsh.
John r. Thatcher donated the paint,
and John Donaldson with other painters
did this branch of the work nights
gratuitously. The hardware was given
By George E. Voorhees, and Che project