The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-23
CHURCH BUILDS
 MOMENTS HOTEL Pastor and Congregation Did the Work of
 Construction. ALL SECTS WELCOMED Designed as a Home For Self eIf-Supporting
 Girls.
ALL SECTS WELCOMED

New York, Sept. 22.-A new wom- en's hotel which has accommoda- tions for 100 young women who are suporting themselves on modest wage will be ready for occupancy by the middle of October.
 As it stands almost complete it is a |monument not only to faith but works. It represents love, care and personal sacrifice, and the cardinal principle which governs 1t is that of help. If girl cannot pay for the moment she will not be turned away but be given a chance to work for her board till things look brighter. And while the hotel is the pet enterprise of a church it will be absolutely non-sectarian.
 The new hotel, which is at No. 5S East One Hundred and Second street, was built by the congregation of the Peoples Tabernacle, through the in- spring example Of their working pastor the Rev. H. M. Tyndall with such outside help as came unsolicited begging is against the tenets of the church. The church itself was organ ized in 1894 and incorporated in 1898, when the property now covered by the tabernacle, the parsonage and the women's hotel was acquired This property was heavily encumbered but when the decision was made to build the hotel the indebtedness was lifted by the gift of $75OO from Mrs. M Grace Richardson and her sister, Miss Stevens.
 The building fund grew by small amounts, An Easter offering of sS9 was an item. Another was the result of poor woman's crochet work. A second woman made 200 ironholders and turned in the proceeds. A civil war veteran who earns 12 1-2 cents an hour pressing bricks sent his dona- ton from Topeka, Kan, because he had been New York boy. And as late as yesterday carpenter who Is taking his vacation was giving his services in the building in lieu of money.
 These are indications of the wide spread pride and interest in the hotel. But there was still more practical side to it. The pastor, Mir. Tyndall, turned architect for the occasion, drew the plans and superintended the put ting up of the building. It was he who decided that 1t should be built of, concrete in order that the cheaper and unskilled labor, might be safely used
 With the aid of his brother, Robert Tyndal, church elder the pastor did not disdain to mix mortar in front of the hotel and later the two undertook the laying of tiling on the parlor and dining-room floors.
 The hotel is six stories high, built of concrete, reinforced with steel bars. the only woodwork being the door frames and window easements. The walls have been plastered and painted; | the stairs are of marble in iron frames, In the basement is the laundry and space for bowling alley, when some friend comes forward to equip it. The diningrooms and kitchen on the ground floor are level with the street, and several servants sleeping rooms and a bathroom are also on the l floor
 Above are the big parlor and library and over these four floors of sleeping rooms, each floor being equipped with two baths and perfect sanitary arr ] engagements. The rooms open on the outside and have large wardrohes Single rooms will cost $5 week, n- elusive of board, and double rooms $3 a week
 The furniture of the hotel is yet to come, but neither the pastor nor the members have the least fear that this will not be forthcoming. The church does not run into debt and there is no money to meet the fitting of the rooms but it is convincingly announced that they will be furnished alike at a cost of about $30 each