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périment will increase, the value of the property and prove an excellent business investment.
The demand for timber of all kinds in Northeastern Pennsylvania is far in excess of the local supply. This is especially true of the better classes of material. The coal mining companies require enormous quantities of timber annually and to obtain the amount needed they are forced to accept woods which are of small value. In many cases, however, the use of strong, durable timber is imperative, and to supply this demand large quantities must be imported, principally from the Southern States.
The second-growth hardwood forests which in many places have replaced the original stands are an illustration of what would have been general had the cutover lands been protected from fire. The absence of protection, however, has resulted in large areas of brush land, absolutely worthless in its present condition. This waste land if forested is capable of fully supplying the local market, and there is no doubt that large areas will be planted to forests in the near future.—N,ew York Tribune.
Kilkenny Cathedral.—Although small in actual size, and particularly wanting in height if measured by the English standard, St. Canice is not merely a cathedral in its character, but one of considerable originality,of design and of no little gracefulness in mass and in detail. The plan comprehends a choir, with aisles stopping short of the sanctuary; a central lantern, low tower, transepts with gabled chapels eastwards—that to the south the longest— ranging with the choir aisles ; a nave of five bays, with aisles and large south porch. There is, moreover, so close to the end of the south transept as almost to deserve to be reckoned as an integral portion of the structure, a round tower. The style throughout, excepting in the side windows of the sanctuary, which form on each side an equal Romanesque triplet, is First- Pointed, presenting some interesting pecul
iarities. The east window is a Pointed triplet of equal lights. The treatment of the south transept is peculiarly elegant, two lancets placed wide apart, and above a singularly pretty sexfoil, the whole spaced so as to combine unity of design with division of parts. The same artistic hand may be traced in the nave clerestory, consisting of rounded quatrefoils set lozengewise, of a large dimension and bold treatment, internally set in an ample rear-vault, externally, of course, flush with the wall. The form and size of the windows, which are very considerable compared with the entire height of the church, give to them a striking aspect and tend to create the cathedral character. Their effect is, fot example, totally different from the small quatrefoil or round clerestories which are sometimes found in English parish churches The aisle windows exhibit rudimental tracery in the form of lancets placed rather close together, with quatrefoils in the head, a close approximation to the two-light windows of Early Middle-Pointed. The pillars are rather short and thick, of a quatrefoil section, and made of the black marble of the country, bearing moulded arches. There is not even the rudiments of a triforium. The lantern is vaulted. The battlements, both of the church and of the tower, are bold and stepped, with a single grade in each. The whole building manifests unity of design, and yet the architecture of the Romanesque windows of the sanctuary on the one hand, and of the incipient two-light windows on the other in the nave, tell of a long interval of years. The historian of the cathedral will doubtless clear up the fact. It is certainly notice able in a church exhibiting so much unity and simplicity of conception. Kilkenny Cathedral was of old famous for the beauty of its painted glass, so much so that Rinuccini, the nuncio who came over to Ireland during the civil wars of Charles , I., was anxious to have purchased it, an offer which the patriotism of the citizens of Kilkenny refused to entertain, and so it has perished altogether.—The Architect.
He Was a Bishop, Too.—A bishop employed an architect to build a fine house for him, but was staggered when the final bill was presented.
“My dear sir,” he said to the architect, “don’t you think your fee is excessively high? The salary of all my curates does not amount to as much.”
“Very likely not,” replied the architect, “but I am a bishop among architects.” —Exchange.
BUILDING NEWS.
(The editors greatly desire to receive information from the smaller and outlying towns as well as from the larger cities.)
Aitkin, Minn.—Sealed proposals for the erection of a Catholic church will be received by Rev. Jos. Wurm, pastor, until 3.30 p. m., April 2, 1906. Bids to be in accordance with plans by architects Thori, Alban & Fischer, St. Paul, Minn.
Albuquerque,, N. M.—New buildings for the Albuquérqde Indian-School are to be commenced within a few weeks. Improvements will cost $60,000.
Allegheny, Pa.—Architect R. Maurice Trimble, Ferguson building, Pittsburgh, is taking bids on the addition to St. John’s Hôpital, in Allegheny. Cost, $30,000. Address Dr. W. J. Langfitt, care of hospital
L.
Plarry Davis, Grand Opera House, Pittsburgh, will remodel the Kenyon building, Federal and Erie Sts., for an amusement arcade. He will also erect in the rear a four-story brick and steel building, 120x100 feet, for a theatre. Cost, $200,000. No architect announced.
L.
Ames, Ia.—It is reported that all bids received for the construction of the agricultural-hall for the Iowa State College, to cost about $300,000, have been rejected, being in excess of the appropriation. Proud
Our New System of Hollow Tile Construction Eliminates the Vse of Steel
Write for Catalogue «howlng the Johnson System of Fireproofing suitable for Residences and Offices as well as the largest Warehouse Buildings.
NATIONAL FIREPROOFING CO., Bessemer Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa.. New York Boston Philadelphia Chicago Baltimore Cleveland Canton Minneapolis
We Design and Build all Types of GREENHOUSES
LORD & BURNHAM CO.,
Broadway and 26tK St., NEW YORK
périment will increase, the value of the property and prove an excellent business investment.
The demand for timber of all kinds in Northeastern Pennsylvania is far in excess of the local supply. This is especially true of the better classes of material. The coal mining companies require enormous quantities of timber annually and to obtain the amount needed they are forced to accept woods which are of small value. In many cases, however, the use of strong, durable timber is imperative, and to supply this demand large quantities must be imported, principally from the Southern States.
The second-growth hardwood forests which in many places have replaced the original stands are an illustration of what would have been general had the cutover lands been protected from fire. The absence of protection, however, has resulted in large areas of brush land, absolutely worthless in its present condition. This waste land if forested is capable of fully supplying the local market, and there is no doubt that large areas will be planted to forests in the near future.—N,ew York Tribune.
Kilkenny Cathedral.—Although small in actual size, and particularly wanting in height if measured by the English standard, St. Canice is not merely a cathedral in its character, but one of considerable originality,of design and of no little gracefulness in mass and in detail. The plan comprehends a choir, with aisles stopping short of the sanctuary; a central lantern, low tower, transepts with gabled chapels eastwards—that to the south the longest— ranging with the choir aisles ; a nave of five bays, with aisles and large south porch. There is, moreover, so close to the end of the south transept as almost to deserve to be reckoned as an integral portion of the structure, a round tower. The style throughout, excepting in the side windows of the sanctuary, which form on each side an equal Romanesque triplet, is First- Pointed, presenting some interesting pecul
iarities. The east window is a Pointed triplet of equal lights. The treatment of the south transept is peculiarly elegant, two lancets placed wide apart, and above a singularly pretty sexfoil, the whole spaced so as to combine unity of design with division of parts. The same artistic hand may be traced in the nave clerestory, consisting of rounded quatrefoils set lozengewise, of a large dimension and bold treatment, internally set in an ample rear-vault, externally, of course, flush with the wall. The form and size of the windows, which are very considerable compared with the entire height of the church, give to them a striking aspect and tend to create the cathedral character. Their effect is, fot example, totally different from the small quatrefoil or round clerestories which are sometimes found in English parish churches The aisle windows exhibit rudimental tracery in the form of lancets placed rather close together, with quatrefoils in the head, a close approximation to the two-light windows of Early Middle-Pointed. The pillars are rather short and thick, of a quatrefoil section, and made of the black marble of the country, bearing moulded arches. There is not even the rudiments of a triforium. The lantern is vaulted. The battlements, both of the church and of the tower, are bold and stepped, with a single grade in each. The whole building manifests unity of design, and yet the architecture of the Romanesque windows of the sanctuary on the one hand, and of the incipient two-light windows on the other in the nave, tell of a long interval of years. The historian of the cathedral will doubtless clear up the fact. It is certainly notice able in a church exhibiting so much unity and simplicity of conception. Kilkenny Cathedral was of old famous for the beauty of its painted glass, so much so that Rinuccini, the nuncio who came over to Ireland during the civil wars of Charles , I., was anxious to have purchased it, an offer which the patriotism of the citizens of Kilkenny refused to entertain, and so it has perished altogether.—The Architect.
He Was a Bishop, Too.—A bishop employed an architect to build a fine house for him, but was staggered when the final bill was presented.
“My dear sir,” he said to the architect, “don’t you think your fee is excessively high? The salary of all my curates does not amount to as much.”
“Very likely not,” replied the architect, “but I am a bishop among architects.” —Exchange.
BUILDING NEWS.
(The editors greatly desire to receive information from the smaller and outlying towns as well as from the larger cities.)
Aitkin, Minn.—Sealed proposals for the erection of a Catholic church will be received by Rev. Jos. Wurm, pastor, until 3.30 p. m., April 2, 1906. Bids to be in accordance with plans by architects Thori, Alban & Fischer, St. Paul, Minn.
Albuquerque,, N. M.—New buildings for the Albuquérqde Indian-School are to be commenced within a few weeks. Improvements will cost $60,000.
Allegheny, Pa.—Architect R. Maurice Trimble, Ferguson building, Pittsburgh, is taking bids on the addition to St. John’s Hôpital, in Allegheny. Cost, $30,000. Address Dr. W. J. Langfitt, care of hospital
L.
Plarry Davis, Grand Opera House, Pittsburgh, will remodel the Kenyon building, Federal and Erie Sts., for an amusement arcade. He will also erect in the rear a four-story brick and steel building, 120x100 feet, for a theatre. Cost, $200,000. No architect announced.
L.
Ames, Ia.—It is reported that all bids received for the construction of the agricultural-hall for the Iowa State College, to cost about $300,000, have been rejected, being in excess of the appropriation. Proud