The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-10
CITY MISSIONS BUILDING
WORK OF ERECTING IT BEGUN
YESTERDAY

To be Erected on Orange Street Between
Court and Elm Tho Cost to be S45 900
.-contrac is Let and the Work to be
Completed in Eight Months sac, 900
Secured Toward Building Fund.
Although the management Of the City
Missionary association have not recent
ly given out anything for publication
concerning the associations new build
ing, there has been no lack of activity
in preparation for building. Sickness
among the force in Architect Robin
sons office has delayed for several
weeks this and other work in hand, and
it is only quite recently that the plans
for the new mission house to be located
on Orange street (between Elm and
Court streets) have been completed and
submitted through the building COM
| mlttee to the directors Of the City Mis-
| sionary association for final action
AS the work of the sketching of plans
| has progressed during the past few
months there have been number of
meetings of the building fund commit
tee, consisting of Pierce N. WEIGH, A.
e. Rowland, j. M. Peck, John T. Sloan
and Rev. w. D. Mossman. To Rev. Mr..
| Mossman, the general superintendent
and Rev. T. B. Wilson, the financial
secretary of the association. was as
| signed the duty of securing subscrip-
lions for the new building. BEGINNING
with $40, 900, the amount on hand after
final payment for the building LOT itself
the building fund was gradually in
creased to more than $25 600 The
building fund COMMITTEES than made re-
port to the directors of the condition of
the fund and were made a building
committee. with power ia add to their
number if they so desired. r f.
Hartshorn and Rev. r. r. Wilson were
so added. and this building committee
of seven were authorized bv the direc-
tors to prepare plans for building not
to exceed in cost $40 600 when completed
and ready for use
The working ont of tbe details Of the
nlan was committed 70 . suh-comn,it-
tee of the building committee consist
ing of John n. Sloan. Rev. r. r. Will
son and Rev. w. d. Mossman. and out
of number of plans nrepared by
Architect T, w Robinson in advise
mont with tbis COMMITTEES a plan was
finally adonted which. although exceed
ine. tba nroviouslv estimated cost nv |
about Ak ooo win secure to tho civ
r,isa,or nroner arranpenoente FOR doing
its nresent work moro effectivelv and
also nrovide for its future enlarge
,oant
This Man was nrasented with the
rnap,nous annroval of tbe fuu huiId-
,np committee to the hoard of directors
~ y, recapt n,eet;ng and adon+ed as tbe
MAN unoo which to build IF calls for
a buiIdi,g of brick and stone over one
burdred sae+ 1opg sixtv feet wide and
,ho,,t eet,, Foot bieb 70 he nI,cad IN |
The Oranr. stree+ LOT which has n front
of sever+v-three faat and danth of 40
faet The building will he set hac, ff-
+aan feet from the sidewalk. with a
d,;,,ou,,,, ~ +ba vow m tba south side
30 ~ xro,,ieas r. is IA ha tbree s+o-
,.i,., IT, hoioht ava q MORO co,,,nlate ac
oo,,n+ ~ +ha n1a,s Fo, tho different floors
IN ~ x;,,o,, 1o+ar
nh dirac+ors a. +ha,r last n,eating
,,,,;ro ,,,+ho,,1ad +ba orec+iop of +bie
L,,ua;,,a - cost NOT +o exoaad sAE nm
aooteoa+tors, vere ar onoa nrenarad NV
=, ,.a,,i4aot pahirso,, and tho fo,lowing
e. ,,s,,,toa a. offo,, hids viz Ma.
a,,s 49, C.aoro, M Grant comnonv
Ch.,,os n IJinnev n q Carmichael
eron, .. rroot and wharton q Row
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