Milford chronicle., 1903-03-06
THREE GREAT cATHEDRALs
Those Building In Paris, London and
New York.

New York.
The three great capitals of the world
are building monster cathedrals. and all
three editices are now well on the road
toward completion. For each one If is
claimed that it will be 'the finest in the
world"
London's new cathedral is to be M
Westminster. For some years now il has
peen IN course Of erection, and the scaf.
4oiaing still surrounds portions OF the
mlshty edihee. The cathedral is some
800 feet long and about 1G0 feet wide
IN other words, as long as Chester catla- F
dral and rather wider than Capter1n,rv
The style of architecture is early Chris
nan Byzantine. similar to that in which
St. Sophia at COnstantinople is built.
Although the shell Of the building will
hrst be completed. it will be some time
oerore the finishing touches to the ediGce
are made. The interior of the cathedral
when complete will deserve the adjective
magnificent" The walls of the nove
will pictorially illustrate the history of
the Roman Catholic church in Britain
from the earliest times down to the end
OF the nineteenth century.
Ihe first site for the cathedral was pur.
chased IN lS6S by the late Cardinal Man !
ming for f36,500, but after a time the site {
was exchanged for that on which the {
present structure stands, although an .
other 100000 had to be raised in addition d
Together when the foundation stone was v
laid in 1895, over E75, 900 had been prom.
ised in subscriptions, but that figure was h
by no means sufficient
II IS estimated that the new cathedral Il
at Paris-the Church of the Sacred Heart tC
70 give the edifce its full title-bv the b
time it is finished will have cost over n "
million pounds. 1t has been so long in
building that it has been possible to raise m
this huge sum gradually, though a large
proportion of it was given when the idea on
y Its erection was first mooted. When m
france was defeated by Germany. there sn
we're many who averred that it was due pu
o the SINS of the nation, and it was sug.
'ested that monster cathedral should he as
lut up as token to succeeding genera WI
ions that the French nation repente,1 m
Is sins. When the project was first men. chi
loned' it made a stir in the world. but Br
here are thousands of people living TO- aw
ay who do not know that the new cathe. Ho
raj of Paris is in reality a gorgeous
-
The cathedral at Paris is trife larger
IAN that at Westminster, and the indi TIL,
ltions are that it will be more beautiful
ut Paris has a start of 20 years. anf p
: that time London may outstrip its ri. 90
u. Many churches in this country have "
'en built on the brick system. Children MI
I'd adults are asked to pay three half lrol
nee or twopence for a brick each wool has
ID by that means large sums have beer 179I
ised. The same plan has been adopted lutte
Farls Tor raising the funds for the ues
luIc" OF the sacred Heart, only, OF cath
lrse, stones were necessary instead O, ord
ckS. Big Subscribers have tbo;r ,,,,,,,. ''''
their initioIs on ~ 1are tne!r names cideC
We subscribed for. sn9u
Jnele Sam is also building a cathedral son,
New York. The Episcopal Cathedral ever.
st. John the Divine is not quite SC revOl
nplete as that Of Paris but it is quit, a la
advanced as that at Westminster was
e Americans believe it will be the fin of +b
in the world, as is only natural. m,
light mammoth monOlithic pillars, the -
sest stones ever quarried. are to sur
nd three sides Of the altar in the ca Wlieh
dral The stones have been tolo+ tions.
n the quarry at Vfnalhaven. EocI Indee
ie is 54 feet inches long, with an becan
rage diameter of 8 feet and a weight again
l9lg tilan lUU TONS The total cost OF cOlore
100000. eIs 't
single stones snrnassiu@, ino W. moaiu con harme
ely reproaching these in Size :" on; ~ of st.
It is the Cathedral of st. Isaac nj ed anC
Petersburg, the facade of which /. march
ported by monoliths Of go feet il and eff
~ anu rect IN diameter Dame
, ,is y tu1 monuments and the win of the
indeed l. In euiLce are TO De very at its
s tbe c9tbedrois 81 n,su IN many re This
, those at paris and vostn,;Irae, m rI,Iu sociate
,e as different from them as II Is nos act dul
to make them. The funds for tbf as well
dral are also coming in well. for ital ev
lcahs are big givers.-LondOn Tele which
Il erection