The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-04-08

ber This was found impracticable,
and so the next great festival of the
church, Easter, was chosen. The cor
ner-stone Of the building was laid on
st. Johns day in 1892.
The great building Is nowhere near
completion. The choir and two of the
seven chapels are finished. But even
as it stands now, the cathedral is
capable of seating about 5000 per-
sons. No other church In the city, |
except ST. Patrick's, has room for SO
many Although the walls OF the |
crossing are regarded as only tenn |
porary. an accurate idea Of how the |
central part of the great structure
will look may be gathered from its
present appearance. The ground plan
Of the cathedral is in the form OF a
cross. Where the arms intersect each
other, Is the part known technically
as the crossing. Over this rises the
great central dome. The total cost of
the cathedral probably will exceed
$20,000,0 00 One-ffth of this sum has
been spent already to bring the cathe-
dral to its present state. When 1t Is
completed 1t will be the largest &C.
clesiastical building in America and
the fourth largest cathedral in the
world. The biggest of all cathedrals
is st. Peters in Rome, which is near
ly twice as large as the one next in
size, that of Seville, in Spain. This is
only little greater In size than the
Cathedral of Milan. The Cathedral of
St. John the Divine will be about
| four-fifths the size of the one in Sc
! Vile. A new cathedral Is being built
In Liverpool which will be almost as
| large as the one here. Only one of
the four arms of the cross which the
cathedral will form, Is complete. The
nave and both the transepts are yet to
be done Four fanking towers will oc-
cupy the angles formed by the tran
septs, the nave and the choir.
Ex-Governor Morton's Gift.
The choir Is the gift of former Gov.
Levi p Morton. The choir stalls are
of carved oak. They are very elab-
crate and are surmounted with charm
ing statues of monks praying, sing
ing, blowing on musical instruments
and going to battle. The bishops
chair is of oak also and is no less
wonderfully carved. The reredos has
many very fine statues. The figure
of Christ has on its right ST. John
ST. James and st. Peter, on the left
Isaiah, Ezekiel and Elijah. A fine
statue of Moses, much like that by
Michael Angelo, Is at the extreme left
corresponding to st. John the Baptist
on the other side. Each figure is beau
tifully done: but for that matter they
, all are everywhere, inside and outside
the building, high up and low down
conspicuous or hidden.
In front of the reredos there is
tiled tablet which came from the orig
NAL Church of ST. John the Divine Il
Ephesus Its inscription states tina
the original church was built by tn
: Emperor Justinian Behind the rert
das altar will be hung the Barberir
: tapestries, five In number, that hav
), been loaned to the Metropolitan MI
scum of Art for-a number of year
a | past. iuSy are SuuJ III paw. hS
were made in 1888 and are unique
They are so large that they will b
. hung Sc feet from the floor and "
!. seem entirely in proportion with the
i, surroundings,
- The choir floor Is of mosaic an
" gives gorgeous touch Of color as or
looks toward the shining altar. Tt
II ceiling of the great dome also is to
w of mosaic. In many of the Europes
70 cathedrals the roofing Is of woo
Al which is very beautiful, but is hard
a. enduring There are few great E
~ ropean churches that have not had
Ia be restored because Of fire. VIII
r. the roof of Canterbury cathedral w
ia burning the priests and choir filed
r as usual and sang evensong, so tn
" the chain of daily service leadi
m back so many centuries should n
n. be broken. There will be no such ds
ger in st. Johns. Nothing but gre
lite, unburnable limestone and mari
enters into its composition. There
M no steel or concrete or anything who
he absolute durability is not beyo
he question. There is hardly tower
1t England that has not had to be
ng stored because Of defective foun