The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-06
JUNE GARDEN FETE
St. Patrick's B. G. Church
To Give the First Open
Air Party Of the
Season.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED
Father Carroll Explains the
Plans of the New Parish
Building Among the
Churches.

At all the masses tomorrow morning
the Rev. Father L. C. M. Carroll, Of ST.
Patrick's Catholic Church, will announce
the list of committees who are to take
charge Of the garden party TO be held in
Bramhall Park during the first week in
June. The exact date will possibly be
announced tomorrow. The committees will
be composed of members from the
Catholic Benevolent Legions, st. Patrick's
Club and the ladies of the parish. There
will be about one hundred in all.
This event will be the last of its kind
to be held in Bramhall Park. This piece
of property opposite the church and
bounded by Bramhall and Ocean n
and Clerk street, will soon be used for
the new clubhouse and parish hall. The
funds derived from this enterprise will
go toward the building fund, which is
now reaching large proportions.
The sum required to begin the erection
of this handsome structure is about
$40, 600. Father Carroll is ~reticent about
his future plans, but judging from his
late announcements, work will begin
shortly after the conclusion of the party.
At the installation of the recently elect
ed officers of the club, Father Carroll had
with him a bundle of plans, and he gave
the following description of the building
Il spoke to you not long ago in reference
to our new home. The corner stone will
be laid on the second Sunday in June,
which is the twentieth anniversary of my
ordination. That many years ago my life
work began.
THE plans of the new buildings are
now nearly ready. / ave studied the
matter for some time and I am sure the
building. when completed, will cost but
a reasonable sum-. We have also hit upon
a plan whereby money can be saved and
have more room as a result. We will
have a basement fifteen feet high and
the rest of the rooms will be twelve feet
high. TIL building will be a three-story
one with basement. The plans have been
SO altered that a roof garden can be built.
A time will come when a roof garden
will be necessary. When all the property
in Bramhall Park is taken up there will
be no place for recreation" +.
He explained that at present there was
no sewer on Bramhall avenue, where the
church property was and therefore he
could not tell just how deep the basement
would be.
There is to be a Lyceum front, which
will be on Bramhall avenue. In the base
ment there will be a gymnasium on one
side, billiard and pool tables on the other
and bowling alleys in the centre. There
will also be shower baths, store rooms
for bicycles and a rifle range. On the
next floor there will be the theatre, which
will extend to the roof On each side of
the theatre there will be school rooms,
one side for boys and the other for girls.
There will also be the ladies' parlor and
reading room. On the next floor there
will be the meeting rooms and parish
library. These rooms, the pastor said,
would be used in the day time as class
rooms. The top floor will be used as a
dance hall. The building will have a steel
frame, thus securing rightly and ensuring
safety. The staircases will be fireproof.
There will be separate doors leading to
every room in the building"
The pastor has not the remotest idea
how much the structure will cost. but he
will keep down the expenses as much as
possible. The exterior of the building is
not to be elaborate. as Father Carroll
say that is money thrown away, 1t will
be in keeping with the stately church.
The pastor urged the young men to pull
together and asked every member 10 Sc
cure at least one new member every three
months. In this manner the pastor said
the club would be in excellent shape to
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