The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-11
CORNER STONE FOR
BARRACKS is LAID
Salvation Army's New Home Ia
First Ward Is Formally
Dedicated

Shrill tones of Salvation Army lasses
| mingled with the deep bass of the SOL
diers Of "the Army" in general thanks
giving yesterday afternoon at the lay
ing Of the corner stone for the new
Salvation Army barracks on Payne
avenue.
1t was notable gathering of the re-
| ligious people of the First. ward,
brought together to witness the cul-
| mination of long years of arduous eff
fort of the Swedish corps of the Army
stationed on Payne avenue. A hand
some new building has been practically
| completed and the corner stone was
laid yesterday afternoon by Robert A.
Smith, mayor of st. Paul. Incidentally,
Mayor Smith paid handsome tribute
| to the good work being done by the
Salvation Army in St. Paul in general
| and made special reference to the sue
cess that has crowned the sixteen
| years work of the Swedish corps in
| the First ward.
The corner stone was laid ia the
presence of fully a thousand people,
| and fully as many more were at the
! building during the afternoon, but, I'M
| able to gain entrance, went away.
The new barracks, located at 1911
Payne avenue, occupies building con-
| Structed along. lines resembling cita-
del. The front elevation is two stories,
| with four rooms for the officers on the
| second floor. The main auditorium of
| the building, which in general dimen-
| slons is so by Sc feet, has a seating ca
pacity Of 400, and is supplied with an
| arched nineteen-foot ceiling. 1t is
| heated by furnace, and has splendid
| acoustic properties. At the rear is a
small room to be used as Kitchen.
Completed, the barracks will cost ap-
| proximately $4,000, and it is expected
to complete it with a debt of less than
| half its cost against it. The collection
taken yesterday was more than 500,
Mayor Smith s. check being the largest
individual gift received.
Corner Stone Laid by Mayor
The ceremony of laying the corner
stone was performed by Mayor Smith
| shortly after 5 o'clock in the presence
| of a great crowd, and was exceedingly
Simple. The mayor was assisted by
| the officers of the Army and-the con-
tractors, Louis Johnson and G. A.
| Bloom.
An inspiring meeting was held in the
new barracks preceding the corner
stone laying ceremonies. Brig. J. Jen-
kins. Of Minneapolis, provincial officer
for the province of the Northwest. &C
companied by his staff, was present,
and, as the head of the Army in Min
neSota, was in charge of the meeting.
Music>Was provided by the band of
Corps No. 2, ST. Paul, and the. band
of Corps No. 1, Minneapolis. and by
| the string band of the Swedish corps
| in charge of the Payne avenue work
Staff Capt. Chris. Christopf1ersen,s eof
| the Scandinavian Army corpS was
| master of ceremonies
Mayor Smith spoke of the Salvation
Army work in St. Paul
You remember, and I remember
| the mayor said, when the Salvation
Army first began it's work INST. Paul.
1t certainly had a hard time, and was
subject to prosecutions until your
members appealed to me for effective
| police protection. I gave you protec-
| ton, but today you need no such thing
as protection. Your conduct and your
work have been such that the people
| of st. Paul, irrespective of creed or
| denomination, give you protection, for
| they know what a noble work you are
doing in uplifting fallen humanity and
making the dark spots in life more
| pleasant
Work of the Army
| Brig. Jenkins spoke at some length
on the general work of the Salvation
| Army throughout the world. and said
| that the Army now owns property VAL
\ ued at $2000.000 in the United States.
| He spoke Of the great international
| congress now in session in London,
and declared that throughout the world
| the Army had gained not only the re-
| spect of many who in its earlier days
| had opposed it. but had in many in
| stances secured the cooperation of
those who had at first failed to esti-
1 mate its benefits.
| Addresses We're given in Scandinavia
| an by Rev. Carl Carlson, pastor of the
Gustayus Adolphus Swedish Lutheran
| church; Rev. o. P. Peterson, pastor of
| the First Swedish Baptist church. and
by Rev. T.. j. Knutesen, pastor of the
| Norwegian Congregational church.
1t is expected to open the barracks
complete on Aug "a, when number of
Salvation Army celebrities will be pres
ent. At that time the present bar
racks, No. 913 Payne avenue, where
1 the Army has been stationed for the
past sixteen years, will be vacated for
the new. The Scandinavian corps has
| at present a membership Of thirty, and
has outgrown its old quarters.