The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-02-11
A TRIP TO NEW YORK CITY
A Garrett COuntian's Impression of
the Nations Greatest City.
FIFTH LETTER.


dreds of them, costing from a few
thousand dollars to hundreds OF thou
sands of dollars each. Some of them
are splendid specimens of architecture.
In them are sermons preached in many
languages, ministers of almost all
nationalities minister to their own PEG
pie, looking after their temporal as well
as their spiritual wants.
Some of these churches have large
choirs, others congregational singing.
Choirs of boys, as in old Trinity. one of
the early and marks of New York
Christianity.
remember Sabbath day spent in
this metropolis of the nation. | at
tended service in the morning in the old
historic Methodist church-John street.
A class meeting at 1000 a. M, where
there assembled Methodists from all
parts of the Nation AT IL O'Clock l
heard good, practical, uplifting ser
mon. At p. m. I attended a service
in kit Burns old rat den," once one
of the degraded places of the city, but
then a refuge to the homeless and for
saken ones. It was an impressive ser
vice. At night | was taken to a Sea-
mems Bethel and was greatly interest
ed in the service, The first part of
which was devoted to an experience
meeting. Sailors from almost every
where gave in their testimony in favor
of religious life. 1t was my privilege
to speak IN the two latter meetings.
During my recent visit it was my
privilege to attend a service in one of
the German Reformed churches of
Staten Island. l noticed generally
when a member OF the congregation
took his or her place in the pew, the
head was bent for silent prayer. The
singing was good. led by small choir.
The sermon was interesting and profit
able.
We hear and read much OF the wicked
ness of the great cities, and doubtless
there is much wickedness, but then
there are many thousands of genuine
Christians, real worshipers of the true
and living God, who are earnestly sery-
ing their master. There are hundreds
of thousands of Sunday school officers,
teachers and scholars studying the
Word of God. There are hosts Of men
and women lifting up, helping and
Keeping the poor, weary strugglers
through life. There are Young Men
and Young Women's Christian Associ
atoms, Salvation lassies and lads dong
good. The church is not dead or dying
by any means. The wlckedness we
read about is the result of the multi
piled thousands Of people living therein
people of all nations and climes. We
believe in proportion to the population
New York City has no greater
amount Of 'wickedness" than the rural
towns. The Christian people of New
York City are doing splendid work for
the master. They might do more. so
might we of the smaller towns.
A palace in pink. This is the de-
scription applied to the new post office
IN New York, which has just been COM
pleted at cost of $4,000, 200. 1t is
claimed for this post office, which is
built mainly of pink granite, that it is
the finest and most perfectly equipped
building Of its kind in the world.
Before the entrance to the building,
which is five stories high, is a colonnade
of twenty giant pillars of pink granite,
80 feet high and feet thick, the whole
surmounted with the motto, Neither
snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of
night stays these couriers from the
swift completion of their appointed
rounds. -
Some 165, 900 cubic feet of granite.
$4,000 tons of steel, 100000 bricks,
and 200, 600 square feet of glass have
been used in the construction of this
building. A remarkable feature OF the
building is that it has no foundation.
but rests on steel beams held up over
the railway tracts by pillars. The |
SSouio dAC aOOuL Il lSGt u66p ana |
feet across, and enclosed in concrete. |
1t is claimed for the building that 1t is
the lightest in the city, there being
windows everywhere.
At the back of the public entrance is
the expansive workroom, said to be the
largest IN the country, 226 feet long and
$50 feet wide, with not column to
break the space except around the
edge. Three spans, each comprising
two open girders, inclosed in plaster,
cross the room from north to south.
These spans' however, are far more
than they appear 10 the naked eve. For
years the government has found i
necessary to have an inspc,.,on $50
to safeguard its business agar. H.
honest employees. The wide s.
that arch over the big workroom were
designed to contain galleries large
enough to permit inspectors to move
about in them comfortable.
Through shutters in the side of each
span which look like vents, and through
peepholes in the floor of the galleries.