The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17

S. Johns cathedral, being erected
By the Episcopalians at New York. has
been considered the most magnificent
attempt at church architecture In
America, but Within the next six years
ihe Catholic cathedral, now building
It st. Louis, bids fair to rival In
grandeur and. beauty even that tenn
ple The construction of this new
Catholic cathedral is being watched
with eyer-increasing interest. The
laying of the cornerstone a short
time ago was the occasion of the most
splendid ceremonies in which distin-
uIshed visitors from afar, a special
representative of the pope, and 10000
Catholics took part.
According to Archbishop Glennon,
the Cathedral will be completed with
in six years The cost of the exterior
will be s1,500.000, and of the interior,
when completed another million. The
cost Of the site at Lindell boulevard
and Newstead avenue was 100000.
The structure will be larger than
several of the famous old world ca
thedrals. Modelled after st. Sophia's
At Constantinople, 1t will overtop the
after so feet in height, and will be
i'll feet longer. II will be two feet
higher than Notre Dame at Paris. and
i6 feet wider. 1t win surpass in both
height and width Westminster abbey
London.
The st. Louis cathedral will be $50
FEET In length, ZIG feet In width and
.25 feet in altitude at the dome. It's
seating capacity will be $500, of whom
1900 can sit In unobstructed view of
he altar and 5000 in full view OF the
officiating priest. The floors OF the
auditorium, aisles and perambulatories
Will be paved with marble mosaic in
harmony with the general color
scheme Of the interior
There will be four separate chapels,
each as large as the ordinary church
n st. Louis, and costing 100000 each.
A perambulatory. supported by great
columns, will surround the entire audi
.orium.
The Byzantine style of architecture
was adopted because of its superior
economy over the ornate and elabo-
ate Gothic II is declared that Gothic
buildings cost three times as much as
hose in the Byzantine style.
This Byzantine warmth and variety
Of color will mark the interior of the
st. Louis cathedral, with its countless
columns In rare and beautifully col
bred marble. its spandrels, band
courses, architraves and balustrades
Of rich mosaic. and its splendid mura
decorations on canvas. Indeed, II Il
the purpose of the designers to make
the interior a veritable palace of re
ligious art The historian In his com
nents on St Sophia goes on TO sa,
that the memory of past calamities in
spired Justinian with wise resolution
that no wood, except for doors. be adj
I77i7'TtrGd rU- rrv- III i4e<>-- 1l-ha III ctur,
was Iof brick. faced with marble, an,
the linishings of the interior were o
marble, tile and mosaic. The st. Loui
cathedral will be even more nearl,
iireproof, bronze taking the place o
wood for the doors and solid stone 70
the walls, with massive foundation
OF concrete. The splendid dome will
be covered with green mission til
and the heating, ventilation and art
fetal cooling of the sanctuary an
chapels during the summer will be 4
accordance with the most moderi
methods. Everything for beauty, con
fort and safety has been provided
making the building perfect in all II
details. The marbles for the interio