Evening journal., 1913-09-20
RUSHING WORK
ON SPLENDID
new CHURCH
St. PauI'S Congregation Hopes
to RedediCate EdifiCe By
Thanksgiving Day
PLANS OUT FOR
DOVER |. Q. 0. F. TEMPLE

Work il being rushed by John F.
Healy & Co. under the direction of J.
& NJ. Kennedy, architects, on the new
St. Pauis r. c. Church. at Fourth and
jackson streets. Practically all Of the
exterior work on the church has been
finished with the exception OF the tower
which win be 1870 feet high, including a
l4-foot copper cross. The work on the
tower will consume several more weeks
time The Rev Thomas F. Waldron,
pastor Of the church. is especially desir-
Gus Of having 1t finished in time for re.
dedication for Thanksgiving Day, and
the contractors are redoublng their ef-
forts on the handsome new edifcc.
\ large force of men is at work on the
interior OF the building putting up the
ornamental plaster work and other fin
ishine pieces. but the real decorative
scheme. which will be Romanesque. will
not be carried out for two years. on ac-
count of the cxtcnsveness OF the deco
ratTrs.
''nrce Italian marble altars, made in
Rome especially for the church. are now
IN Baltimore and in a short time will
be shipped TO Wilmington. They arc
very handsome, and viii be placed in the
church a. soon as possible.
Next week the workmen will work
both day and night in their efforts to
have the church ready for re-dedica-
tion by Thanksgiving Day.
Leon Wilde Crawford has sent out
plans for a new temple for Philodemic
Lodge. No. Z. /. o. o. r., OF Dover.
The building will be very handsome.
II will be three stories high, Of brick
and cut stone.
On the first floor will be a NOV
ing picture theatre and a large and
fine equipped store room. on the sec
ond floor will he a large auditorium
and rest rooms and on the third floor
will be the lodge rooms.
The building will have a large fin-
shed basement in which will be a
large banquet hall and kitchen
and the heating plant The bids on
II are due on September %.
John Healy has asked for bids
IN a new Polish Catholic Church. tc
be erected at Seventh and Locust
streets. The building will he frame
and brick. and will have stone steps
10 will ne only one story high.
J Jackson Peirce has sold the prop.
f'tr at No. 2003 Market street, for
hlth'r s. Dorman, to James r. NIL
lev for $4,000
Sometime ago property holder
along Shipley street. between Eight
and Tenth streets. requested tn
Street and Sewer directors 10 hsv
the street covered with some kind o
waving material that would lessen tn
Soise made by traffic on the street
They were informed that the depart
meni could not do the work al tn
present time because of lack o
funds.
A meeting OF the property owner
was held in the office of W. II. Jone
on Thursday afternoon when IL wa
decided 20 offer to bear part of tn
1ost of putting down the new pavini
Il the department will consent 4
have It laid and bear the other part o
tha expense.
Tho proposition will probably b
made at the next meeting of tn
Street and Sewer Department. II
understood that IL the directors do no
think favorably of the proposition th
property owners will go into the mum
cpal court and attempt TO have tn
street declared a nuisance. A grea
deal Of the hauling to Market stree
houses comes down this street and a
times the noise is very great.