Year: 1869

NEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURcH-The
Presbyterian society of Manitowoc will
commence the erection Of a new church
building, the coming summer, if practical
BE, on the ground belonging to them, di-
agonally opposite the Norwegian Luther
an church.


! IF possible, and if the people of NJ nito
voc and those interested in the well being
of society well lend helping hand, the
! building will be erected on the following
plan. which perhaps well be deyiated fom
in some particulars building to be so by
4S feet; basement to be IL feet between
| floor and ceiling and will contain one lecture
loom of 500 sittipgs one large class room
of so adult sittings; one of s6 sittings;
kitchen l2xl2 Sunday School Library
room Xxi ; two rooms in which to store
IL cords of four foot wood to feed two or
three simply arranged hot-air furnaces
and two stairways leading to the audience
room above one up behind the pulpit, ,and
one up to the main entrance through the
tower these lower rooms are to be reached
from State street by two doors on the south
side of the building. The church is to
front on Sth street, and to be entered
through the tower l4xl4, of about 1I0 #.
extreme hight, placed oh the north east
corner of the building. The tower of tb.
north east corner is to be relieved by un
octagon tower on the front near the south
east angle of the church, of about six feet
diameter, which is to answer the double
purpose of tower and chimney aud for
VENT alton Of both stories.


The interior, without gallery, is opened
into from the tower-and will be room Of
almost 46 feet width by 65 feet length, and
capable of seating comfortably 500 adults.
There are to bs three aisles, and six tiers
of pews, of the length of six feet each
pew, and numbering l25. The west end
space of II feet clear, is to be divided by
three, Of which the centre space is for the
pulpit, which extends back feet leaving
behind it space OF four feet for the stair
way from the basement, which stairway
leads to a recess for the minister adjoining
the pulpit in the south west corner and also
to the choir in the northwest corner.


The west end OF the interior will present
from the entrance the appearance OF three
similar arched alcoves in the north one
the organ, in the central one, the pulpit;
and in the south one, a false acove, before
the full enclosed minister's recess. The
room st either hand of the pulp pit will be
l5xl2. The pulpit is to be lighted by q
window in the gable above, and concealed
from the audience room. TIE lamps are
to be arranged so as to illuminate perfectly
the desk and speaker, as well as the choir.
and yet be unseen by the congregation.


The basement viii be ample to work e.s-
ily Sunday School Of four to five huns
dred menbera. The sittings so many and
so distributed into large number of pews
that after renting enough to cover the
current expenses of the congregation, there
will be enough left to rent at nominal
IElCSy aHu ntihOUt HiiC1i ~ 90 w niSSo tAS
wants of all ; and practically debar no one
from the best religious privileges which
that society can sustain.


The building, it is supposed can be built
ready for its sitting and furnishing for 81,
900. They owe $500 on their lots.
The assured resources of the society with
which to commence the enterprise
amounts to 81, 700. The aid FROM abroad
upon which they confidently rely, amounts
to 81 625 more To pay for their lots and
to build 5000 church they need to
! raise from the citizens Of Manitowoc So
ITS. Do property holders, men Of pubs
lie spirit, of large hearted generosity, and
of christian sagacity, wish so much to see
such building placed on such command
ing spot, as to aid them in raising this
moderate sum, is question they expect
sooa to put to its practical test.