The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-26

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ity, containing an admirable school
room, and culinary department, furnace
chamber and other accessories, all COM
plete in modern convcniences to church
gatherings of a religious and social kind.
The superstructure, with its annex in
the shape of class room and prayer
QUESTION, and what with new floors, ad-
ditional chairs, electric lights and inn
proved ingress the most fastidious ought
to be well satisfied. To visitor, as
in the present case, it presents most
ample and useful convenience to the per-
suance of religious work in general, and
its fresh appearance makes it a thing of
beauty.
| This day is devoted to the solemn ded-
ication of the edifiee to Almighty God
TO this worship, to the salvation of
men, the sanctifcation OF the family, the
promotion of righteousness and brother
ly love in city, state and Union; in
some such way does the conservation act
run in the program of the exercises.
The chief celebrities were the Rev. DIR.
II. a. Bushnell of La Grange, H., and
Rev. DR.. J. r. Merrill of Minneapolis,
who were the chief speakers of the af-
ternon service.
There were also ministers of the sur
rounding Congregational churches and
other denominations amongst them were
noticed the Rev Ed. F. Wheeler of New
Tim, Rev. G. Anderson, Swedish Con-
gregational church of AIankato; Rev.
Charles L.. Hill of Cream, Rev. G. E.
Brown of Belgrade, Rev. Thomas l.. Grit
fifth of Cambria, Rev. F. l.. Van Lubken
of AIapleton, the Rev. DR.. Davis and
Rev. Walter NJ. Swan, both of the
Presbyterian church.
The exercises of the afternoon opened
with song service and devotional ex-
ercises after which NJ. B. Haynes read
j the report of the building committee,
which is as follows:
This statement from the building
committee must be necessarily incom-
plete, as the books are not yet closed.
The completed part of our report we
now present to you, in the stone and
wood and plaster of the new building.
You must judge for yourselves. From
every point of view the remodcled build
| ing is probably as good as if we had
built new, while preserving the associa-
| tions of the old structure No necessary
expense has been spared. We have put
?, in the best of material in every instance,
not necessarily the most expensive but
the best for our purposes. The build
| ing is capable OF enlargement when ne
cessary. by means of a rear gallery, and
probably a north wing and tower. We
have simply done now the things which
were absolutely necessary, leaving new
glass, new seats, gallery, etc., to be add
ed as fast as the money may be raised.
"The cost of the building, as closely
as we can estimate it now 1--WE have
definite bills for all but few items)
is $4,000. You may be interested to
know little how this amount has been
spent. Some OF the work has been done
by contract. some by day labor and buy
ing supplies ourselves. The excavating
, and stone work cost us just under a
| thousand dollars. Our lumber bill was
about $780, and we paid out in carpen-
| ters' wages about $3.50. Our new stained
glass cost us $50, and our rolling parti-
ton 1852, in both cases not including
side plaster work as 1920, exclusive of
lathing, or abont so cents per yard.
For detailed figures, as far as received,
we refer you to the financial statement
appended to this report.
"Up to last evening, when the commit
! tee went over the books, we had $3.477
in pledges which were considered good.
OF this all but about 800 has been al
ready paid in. We have been able to
pay our labor bills each week and other
bills with reasonable promptness as they
have come due. To meet our remaining
obligations about SLIPS is still required
We do not want to run in debt. Any
one interested in the details of the sub
scription list may refer to the treas
urer's book. What is now on the books
represents about eighty individual Civ
ers. We take some pride in the fact
that no general canvass, of hold-up
character, has been made in the city.
The work is being done by the people, in
and out of the church, who are interest
ed in it.
'In conclusion we wish to thank the
many vino have aided us in the enter
prise. First, Mr.. George Pass, whose
bold imagination conceived the idea of
remodeling, and whose patient work and
admirable skill have carried it to this
successful conclusion. Wesowe this beau
tifut building tor Afr.f MSS, and he has
given his services entirely without COM
pensation. We wish to thank the sub.
scribers for their generous response; the