The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-19


dent favored them. Mr.. Helms lives up
nesr Lake Mohegan north Of the metropolis
One Sunday he went out for "A stroll.
and the frs, thing he knew he was standing
on the brink Of quarry. His curiosity
led him to inspect il and what was his
| surprise to discover hard granite with an
unusual color-golden yellow. He almos,
shouted his 10Y.
The next day he told Mr.. La Fargo that
he had found the exterior stone they were
looking for. and just glimpse al specimen
convinced Mr.. La Fargo that his colleague
was right. =.
This granite. which at close range pre-
SCENTS an appearance like small Particles
Of pure golden butter floating separately
on a surface of milk. at distance gives
the impression that il has caught and TO
fleets the mellow golden glow Of n setting
sun. And until Mr. Helms discovered il
II was being used for dams and similar
work.
A duck shooting trip led 10 The unearth-
ing of the lmest one for the interior
finishing.
Me,srs Helms and La Fargo grow tired
~ ""'king on the cathedral drawings.
10. "lel take a short rest, Mr.. La Fargo
suggested
Mr Heins fell in with the idea. and II
was agreed TO 60 duck hunting along tho
NJ. .sippi River in Minnesota. where Mr.
T.. ''r' had hunted az a hoy. The two
20. .Iad not been in Minnesota many davs
before Mr. la Fargo noticed a peculiar
81 one forma, ION ir,ting ont here and there.
He had the stone examined and he found
that. although il looked somewhat like
limestone. II resisted the ordinary lime
stone tests.
Next Mr.. la Fargo discovered that. whilo
it had the softening effect 81 limestone.
its hardness made it fine stone for carving
purposes.
After few more tests and little further
investgs' ion both he and his partner knew
they had the interior stone a. last Then
they ouie'y vent 10 work and secured
options and finally lease that will insure
the cathedral all the Frontenac limestone
II will need
The stone va. 40 named by Mr. La Fargo
because il was near the town % Frontenac.
Mimi. that he fret noticed the ou,cropping=.
These two architects have been working
with their assistants on the cathedral draw
ings since 1855 ~ course. there have
put Oh the plans, hut on the other band,
there have been long stretches 81 months
when prac ically the whole otftc" force bent
all energies on them.
A. preeent the plans are In such shape
that work on the choir can go right on until
il il completed
The plans for the trarsep's and nave
portions are still - 10 worked on In detail.
r l. a.
only in 40 icy as they have To DO with tha
choir and III. grea' tower 'ta' will SUI
mount IL
How many hundreds Of times tho plans
have been changed hero. there everywhere,
the architects have wear"d ~ counting.
end they will be subject 10 s'ili more hun
drcds of changes in the wears that are %
come
just AZ present tie arohil cot. are not
doing much on the plans Ivy reason vi 'hc
fatality that has pursued tie hiding com
mittee of tie ca'hedral- brard of tfus-
tees. who must pass on 'hc drawings. Dean
Hoffman sss this comn,'tee's chairman.
He IL dead
Only recently Samuel D. Babcock. an
other member, died Tho third and Only
living member J Rooae,el Roosevelt, is
In Europe. A. soon a. lie returns tue
trustees will appoint a new committee.
l. il hoped that this viii not be far in tho
future.
Nor viii T. be SO worry long row before
tn" fir-t - Tho eight great mono!rhs for
the choir viii ha delivered \ Masra-
cl.~att- qiarrynan has been working
three years TO Co. ont these huge etnr,r..,
each weighing $40 tons in the rough and
2oo tons dressed, and he vet hls To- quarry
several
Th"v will he brought hcro nv sea and
On. real fun will begin when they are started
ON their journey through the streets 20
their hnal resting place. The cathedral
an, horitos fully expect 10 have to pay
several thousand dollars damages for
broken manhocs, torn up streets and
what not
And then. when tho monoliths arc finally
at the ca'hcdral grounds. some on" viii
hay. 90 tackle tho c1ceediugv difficult
problem Of setting them. Tie setting Of
the fiftaen-ton monoliths in New York's
now Hall of Records was considered quite
feat, but hare are munollths weighing
more than thir; cen times A. much
Tic dimensions Of The cathedral. in the
creating Of which the architects had no
modern guide. are Interesting As planned
now the external length is $50 feet and the
internal length 20 fee, loss.
The total width through the trnnscpt
Is 2sG feet, of the front 1872 feet, 81 the nave
% iert and OF the choir "a feet Tho width
OF the central aisle Of the uavc * - feet,
aui the aide aSl"s are each 10 feet wide.
The length Of the transept is ~ feet Of
the nave isi feet Of the choir i2O feet, Of
the poriico 30 feet. OF the aEbulutory IL
feot aud of the Belmont Chapel, the cast
crumosi Var,. 30 feet
These lengths added give an external
length of 5n feet The combined seating
CAPACITY of all the different parts viii be
about 100,
The height II the nave Is LOG feet and Of
the choir feet more. The height of the
dome il 30 feet and it, diameter 100 feet
The neigh, az the great tower IL 425 feet
and of the two lesser towers 2ts feet, or
only 80 feet lower than Trinity ChurCh
spirc, which a few years ago was one Of
New York'S highest structures.
The heights in feet Of towers OF famous
Middle Ages cathedrals are a. follows,
Amicns, 422; S,rasburg, 46s; Cologne, $40;
Antwerp. 4O3. ST. Pauls, $685. Salisbury, 4O4;
Tim, $50.
The external lengths, in feet Of several