The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-26
HAPPY INDEED is
BISHOP SCANLAN
Tells Of His Joy Over the
Prospects For Cathedral.
TELLS RECORD OF BUILDING
STILL OPPOSES GOING INTO DEBT
TO FINISH STRUCTURE.

There is no happier man in salt
Lake these days than RI Rev. Bishop
Laurence Seaman as result of the
favorable turn taken I'm the problem
of completing the cathedral The bish-
op rs as found Yesterday afternoon seat
ed on the scaffoldmg OF the growing
building far above the heads of the
passeTsby on the street, watching the
expert mechanics putting iu place the
steel framework for the roof. out be-
fore him stretched the beautiful piano.
rama of the city and the valley with
their background of snOW-capped hills
10 the south and east From where
he sat could be seen the Holy cross
hospital, keaTus St. AIMS OrphGDdge
and ST. Mary's academy-au largely
the fruits OF the bishops inspiration
and labor. Tt is easy to imagine his
memory running back over the thirty
one years of his life i'm salt Lake. and
no one would blame him if me took
pride i'm noting the milestoues that
marked the growth of his little band
of followers from the modest begin
ming down to the elimination of his
last grand work, the building of the
cathedral that is to rival the best IN
the land.
Bishop Talks Of the Cathedral.
81 ann highly gratifed that this mat
ter has been taken up by these good
men without solicitation from me,
Bishop Seaman said, discussing the
movement for the completion of the
cathedral cit viii be a great relief
TO me 10 have the burden divided and
II viii be a joy 10 me to know that
the cathedral is to be completed with
out delay.
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continuously for the past five years.
/ was determined not TO run into debt.
and for that reason the progress has
been slow The mon VINO have done
. the work are poor men and they could
not wait for their money, and I did
not want them 10 wait. So when the
money has run out ] have stopped
work and this I purpOsed to do to
the end
The ground for ST. Larys was
. broken on July 4. 1899. That win soon
/ be hVe years now. I was glad to
1 begin July + because ] considered il
a good day to start q good piece of
4 work. The cornerstone was laid July
-, 1900, and now we expect TO get
1T enclosed and under roof before the
bad weather sets in in the fan"
No Workman Has Been Hurt.
Bishop Seaman takes particular
pleasure from the fact that since the
beginning of work on the cathedral
TO the present not a workman has
been injured, even In the slightest de
gree Every day he watches the work
as lt progresses and in this way he
has accumulated. AN amount of knowI-
edge that surprises the builders.
No one Who has not gone up into
the scauoidlng has any conception Of
the grand proportions of the growing
cathedral. No fair idea of its magni-
tude can be obtained from an inspec-
ton from the streets. Some idea can
be obtained as 10 what the front viii
be when finished from the statement
that the towers as they are today are
not half The height they viii be when
completed. on the interior there viii
be clear sweep of 90 feet TO the
ceiling and the main windows on
either side viii De % feet high The
circular window iu front is - feet in
diameter
Interior TO be Magnificent.
II is the plan of the men who have
taken hold of the matter to appeal to
their fellow members in the church to
decorate and furnish the cathedral in
a style to harmonic with its splendid
exterior proportions. a $4,000 pipe
organ and a $4,000 marble altar are
prominent In the plans. OF course there
VIII be no limit placed on the amount
. TO be expended Tor the interior dec
oratiOns so long as the people are
willing To contribute. Bishop Seaman
himself would iuterpOse no objections.
be says. if S5G0G 600 were expended i'm
this way. Mrs. Mary Judge some time
ago announced to friends that she
would put i'm one of the large stained
glass windows as q memorial % Mr..
Judge, and her lead VIII probably be
followed by others I'm this way it IS
. expected thar some of the haudsomest
windows en- the western half Of the
continent VIII md their way into ST.
1aTy's cathedral.
II was willing. Bishop Seaman said,
referring again to the work Of the re-
Gently appointed committee "tO let the
towers remain as they are. I'm their
present unfinished state until later but
these men would not have II that way
and were determined to finish the
building according To- the original de-
signs. 1t is certainly gratifying 10 me
10 know thar / have men i'm my do
cese actuated by such spirit and I
feel that the completion of the ca
thedral win be a good thing for the
whole. community, as it viii stimulate
other denominations TO build and beau
tifv the city
There were no developments of inn
pOTtance in the labOrs of the commit
tee yesterday. but a successful culmi-
nation of the work 10 be done is looked
for next week. The only real obstacle
ian sight is the firm objection of Bishop
seaman to running i'm debt for the
$40 600 needed ina addition to the S75,-
Geo 10 be subscribed by the fifteen
prominent Catholics Of the city. But
ii is practically settled now that this
point VIII De disposed Of without diff
fculJy at the general meeting next
week.