The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-28
WILL BUILD ADDITION
To the Emporia Avenue Meth
odiSt Church.
IMPROVEMENT COST$3,O 900
Money Raised Among Mem
berS by Subscription.

The first Of the next week the board
of trustees VIII commence the erection
Of a large addition to the South Emporia
Methodist church, of which the Rev. w.
V. Burns is pastor The improvements
outlined will consist of an addition on
the north side which will contain two
rooms, a lecture room and a class room.
The lecture room viii be 21x25 feet. Civ
ing two commodious apartments that
have long been needed. The main build
ing, which is the present one, viii be re-
modelled and when the improvements are
completed the edifce viii be one Of the
most finely finished in the city All Of the
improvements are to cost $1,000 and the
beauty of the project is all the entire
amount is forthcoming, much TO the de-
light of Rev Burns, the trustees and the
large membership. The biggest part of
the money is now in the treasury and
Rev. Burns is husting for more. It viii
all be raised by subscription among the
members ana no outside aid win be So
licited.
The plans have already been skilfully
drawn and the contract will be awarded
to Mr. J. N Howard, today. He viii i'm
Znediately put a force of men at work.
Some Of the material is already on the
ground. It is the intention Of the board
Of trustees to have the Improvements
completed by september 1st.
When finished the church viii present
an entirely different appearance. The in
terror of the present building viii be
materially changed. The pulpit viii he
on the south side Of the church and viii
include Z, recess set back from the pres
ent walls. An entrance from the pars-
onage will be made here. Two large
stained glass windows will adorn the east
and west ends Of the auditorium. The
main entrance will be at the north
east corner Of the church It will be
vesti5U,ed and over the vesti5ule viii
be a high tower, in which viii be placed
she bell. Rolling partitions win be be-
tween the auditorium and the lecture and
the class rooms and also between the
lecture and class rooms. Thus on crowd
ed occasions, as frequently has been the
case, the whole interior can be thrown
into one large room. Independent emit
rance is had to the class and lecture
rooms. The interior decorations will 5e
neat The walls win be beaudded and
repapered. The church viii be equipped
with new furniture and finely carpetetd.
Under the new addition there viii ne a
basement. which viii contain a furna &c
for heating purposes. One of the feat
ures of the improvements viii be The ap-
pearance Of the church. At present there
IS but one part with no stee3le. When
completed the tower which VIII join the
two parts win add beauty to the ex-
terror and set T. off to good advantage.
The South Emporia avenue church has
been established about seventeen years.
Its membership is large. It's present pas
tor is Rev. w. V. Burns, who has Off
GATED there for five years. He is an
earnest worker and is accomplishing a
great good. He hopes To complete the
improvement without incumbrance and
for shat reason he and the trustees and
the members at large are working hard
The trustees of the church are:
J. W Green. S. 3. Herman, George NJ.
NIcTaggert, B. d. Allen. J. w. Yungmey-
er, Paul Baughman. and I. N. Hawk.
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