The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-14
REMOVAL OF BROAD
STREET CHURCH UP
CONGREGATION TO VOTE ON CUES
TIoN NEXT WEDNESDAY
NIGHT
OFFICERS FAVOR 1T
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE uNANi-
NOUS rou SALE of THE PROP
ERTN AND REMOVAL TO
FAN WEST END,
OFFICERS FAVOR 1T

The question II MOVING to the West
End. which has aEitated the Ccngre-
gatlun Of Broad street NJ. z. church
for twelve months, Will he settled
Wednesday right for which time a
meeting OF ,he church conference has
been called "a vote on the ratification
OF the action ot the quarterly confer
ence which recommended the removal
las: Monday night.
W. I. Richardson. Jr, John II.
johnson and j. A. ellis, comprising
The committee. have issued q call for
the church conference TO take place
WcdncsdaY July 18th. nj S;l6 o'clock,
''Y'he object ot this conference says
the call. zig 80 consider the advisable
nv of dtsposing II our church prop
erty with view to moving to the
West End and to approve or disap-
prove the action Of the last quarterly
conference to that end
Unanimous for Removal.
Thr quarterly conference Of the
church. which met on July Ith
adopted resolutions. without dis
seutiug voice. recommending the sale
Of the property of the church on
Broad and Tenth streets and Of the
parsonage on Marshall street near
Eleventh street and the removal of
the church to some place in the far
conference is composed IF the pastor,
stewards and other officials of the
church and is the governing body un-
der the laws Of the Methodist dcnom-
nation. but the civil law Will confirm
no sale Of church property unless that
sale has been authorized by the vote
Of the congregation AS a whole. Con
seuueutly il is necessary To secure a
vote of approval from the Broad
street church conference before the
sale can be made and special meet
ing has been called for Wednesday for
that purpose.
The question of moving west has
been discussed informally by the
church for some months, Recently
Centenary Methodist Episcopal church
proposed a consolidation Of the tive
churches, but this did not meet with
the approval OF the Broad Street
church members, especially as they
were assured that Centenary church
would soon he in a position to take
/ care of the downtown work.
To DO institutional Work.
Centenary church has purchased, a;
published some time ago, the prop
! crty on Grace street adjoining the
present church building and 1t IS ex
pected that arrangements VIII hi
/ made TO do institutional work. Room!
Will be fitted up for reading, meet
| ines and so forth Assured that th'
downtown work woud be taken care
of TN this manner the BroadStree
! chutch meurhers began to atiass;stsss
/ more seriously the question of movinG
to the West End and last Monday th'
I officers of the church recommended
that move.
No site has been selected. hut
committee appointed for that worl
by the quarterly conference Will heCtl
work as soon as the congregation ap
proves the action of the quarterly con
( ference, If 1t should approve. 1t i
proposed however, that the new sit
shall be In the far West End beyonc
/ Robinson street. Removal to such !
distance. it is pointed our ny those II
favor, viii not mean the loss of man.
members OF the congregation, as
large proportion Of the church mem
bers already live in that section of tn
town and many between Robinson
street and the present location of tn
church building.
Property Is Valuable.
The new structure, should remova
he decided upon, will be built wit
funds acquired by the sale Of tn
church property supplemented, If ne
tcessary by subscriptions, The prop
erty at the corner of Broad and Tent
streets ia exceedingly valuable. tn
real estate alone being estimated a
worth a hundred thousand dollars
|, The parsonage on Marshall street
also valuable offers Of ten thousan
dollars and more already having bee
received from real estate agents. TIL
valuations Of West End property he
ing much smaller than that on Broa
street it is believed that there will h
no difficulty in securing site an
erecting thereon handsome struc
ture.
At the meeting Wednesday nigh
every member, male and female. Wi
have a vote.