Evening journal., 1913-07-12

Building the new st. PauPs R. c.
Church, under and around the old
church, is the unique feat that John Z.
llealy & Sons contractors for the editce
and j. & NJ Kennedy the architects, are
doing. While the work is going on ser
vices arc being held in the basement of
the church and the Rev Thomas F. Wal
dron, the pastor says that although the
old church is being torn down piece by
piece and a handsome modern structure
is being erected in its place, neither he
nor the congregation is being disturbed
in the least by the work, and that the
services of the church have not been in
terfered with.
When it was decided 20 build a new
church OH the site of the old one, of the
questions that had to be considered was
how services could be conducted in the
old church while the new one was being
erected. For time there seemed to be
no way out of the matter, and il was
thought necessary TO tear down the old
structure and discontinue the services.
This the congregation did not want 20
do. Finally the architects decided TO
build the new church on the site of the
old without disturbing services or put
tiNk tue congregation 10 MhAN liWuniNs
It was planned 10 take out portions of
the brick walls of the church and re-
place them with the handsome Port De
posit granite, with which the new struc-
ture is to be constructed Portion by
portion of the old walls were removed
and the new stone substituted until now
the half of the walls of the church are
new and in reality the old church is
h, har
some granite base of the church is now
almost completed and next week work
will be started on the terra Gotta walls
that will be built over the old brick BY
this plan of not tearing down the old
church the architects have saved the
congregation more than $4,000 The
contract for the church was let to John
J.. Healey & Son for $4,000 As it is
the first time any such n building plan
has been tried in Wilmington, the work
has attracted much attention.
The stone work on the sanctuary,
sacristies and baptistry is almost fin
ished and in a short time work on the
interior viii be started. About so men
are now employed on the work
Yesterday afternoon work was
started on the copper cornices and
the roofs of the sacristy and san
cutary.
The church will be finished by
November l.
To Sell Real Estate.
Much interest centers in the com
ing sale of real estate by the Security
Trust and Safe Deposit Company on
the Court House steps on July IS. The
sale will consist of "a city properties.
Practically all of them are resi-
dences and many are in the business
and residential sections of the city
Some of the houses are large con-
tanning, u rooms, bath, reception hall
and all modern conviences.
Friends Meeting House.
Plans have been prepared for the
Friends new meeting house to be
erected at Tenth and Harrison
streets. II is understood that the
building may not be built until next
spring as Il is getting late in the
summer to start the work. AS plan
ned. 10 will be one story high Of grey
stone The main meeting room will
he 81 by 32 feet It will also con-
tain smaller meeting rooms and a
kitchen. The building will set back
from the street and will be very
handsome
Christopher L. Ward. representing
the New York syndicate that pur-
chased the old Friends Meeting
House at Ninth and Tatnall streets,
has submitted plans for a three story
Office building to be erected on the lot
10 w. D. Haddock and Company S
the plans are only preliminary the
whole style of the building will be
changed, at least some of its details,
as the idea is to get the cost of a
building such as the syndicate is con-
templating building. The building
will contain stores and Offices but
Just what number has not been de-
cided The meeting house will pro-
badly cost about s30.000
J. Jackson Peirce, real estate
broker, has gotten out novel plan
for selling lots at Bellefont, the
beautiful suburb on the Darby line.
Not only are the lots sold on the
installment plan. but the buyer can
make his choice of the house that he
wants to build and the Peirce Com
pany will build the house and allow
the buyer to pay for both house and
lot with rent money in the sum that
such a house would rent for. The
only money deducted from the rent
will be taxes and insurance The
balance will GO toward payment for
the house. In this manner a man who
wants to build a $4,000 residence and
purchase a lot with no capitol may
have the residence built, occupy il
with his family and pay for it at the
same rate as If he were paying rent
for the same house in Wilmington.
The scheme has many advantages. as