The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-11-18
Location an Excellent One.

building, which viii, il is hoped, be one
OF the most imposingsin the northwest
IS the block bounded by Ninth and
Tenth avenues. Warren and Ewing
streets. 1t is one of the most slightly
in the city. convenient of access for
both east and west side residents, and
close to the center OF population.
All the property in the block has been
purchased. Those who have sold are
Mr. and Mrs. W. NJ Biggs, Mr. and
Mrs. r. A. Fraser, Mr.. and Mrs. David
z. Wallace, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick c.
Ashall and the heirs of the Allen es-
tate. The price pail for all the prop
sIry was $4,000 and for that amount
Mr.. Cruise turned his check over to
Bishop Carroll yesterday.
The donation by Nj. Cruise is believed
TO De the largest ever. made by an in
dividual in Montana for religions
purpose The $4,000 received by Bish-
op Carroll for the school is the gift Of
a gentleman not a resident of the state.
All the buildings except that occupied
now by Mr. Fraser will be removed
me Fraser house will be remodeled
and used FOR the residence of the bish-
on.
The cathedral is not the only build
ing that viii occupy the block. Rishon
Carroll said last evening that part of
1t would be used for the erection of q
day grammar and high schol for bows
and girls, ST. Nincent,s academy being
used for a boarding school. For the
school Bishop Carroll has received a
donation Of $4,000 and work on the
new building will be started as soon as
possible
People Have Been Generous.
81 cannot tell" said Bishop Carroll
what the plan of the cathedral will be
or its cost. Through the generosity of
Mr.. Cruise we have secured the ground
and thus made it possible to open q
cathedral fund. 7 think we should
have in Helena as magnificent a struc-
ture as any other diocese in this eccles.
iastical province. The people in Hele-
ma have been most generous to me
since | have been here. and / believe
they will continue to be so. I do not
think we will have to go outside of
Helena to raise the money with which
to build the cathedral. What ever it's
style and cost may be, it will be within
our means"
Asked when the idea of first building
a cathedral in Helena occurred to him,
Bishop Carroll said the first day he
came to Helena and entered the pres
ent cathedral He saw it was too small
and that evening some of the visiting
bishops and others in hispresence dis
cussed the subject. In the party was
Mr.. Cruise, and he conceded with the
idea that Helena should have "a new
cathedral
Later Bishop Carroll looked over the
city with view to selecting a site. He
talked about it with Mr.. Cruise. and The
latter said he thought the cathedral
ought TO be located somewhere near
the center of the city. Finally Bishop
Carroll decided on the block that was
purchased, and to those who have
known of the negotiations the selec-
ton appealed as an admirable one.
No Cathedral in Diocese.
It is peculiar, but a fact nevertheless.
that in the whole ecclesiastical prov
ince OF which the Helena diocese is a
part there is not 9, cathedral, though
in each of the dioceses there is one UNI
der construction. Bishop Lenihan of
the Great Falls diocese is working on
a cathedral to cost 100000: Bishop
Glorieux of Boise on one to cost $780,