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Masonic Chit-Chat.
MASONIC CHIT-CHAT .
MASONIC CLUB . —( Circular ' ) . —It is proposed to hire or purchase a house in the City , capable of accommodating at least four or five Lodges each night ; a Masonic reading ancl club-room , sleeping apartments , & c . for a Steward ; gootl kitchens , cellars , & c . & c . & c ; which house shall be appropriated exclusively to Masonic purposes . That a Steward shall be appointed , who shall engage to furnish banquets for the different Lodges at certain fixed pricesand also wines in
, the same manner . That the Steward shall have no salary , but be allowed a moderate profit on banquets , wines and refreshments supplied to Lodges and Members . That any subscribing Lodge may , however , keep its own wines , if preferred , on paying an agreed amount of rent for cellarage , and also a fine to the Steward of per cork drawn .
That the reading-room be furnished with newspapers and periodicals , and open to subscribing Members between the hours of ancl every day , Sundays excepted , for the purposes of reading , dining , refreshment , & c . & c , but that no Member shall be allowed to introduce a visitor who is not a subscribing Member to some Lodge . The whole to be under the superintendence and direction of a Committee elected annually by and from the Members of all subscribing Lodges .
It is proposed that the expenses be defrayed in the following manner , viz . — 1 st . By a yearly subscription from each Lodge meeting at the house . 2 nd . By a yearly subscription of individual Members of the Craft to the reading and club-room . 3 rd . By a subscription from country Brethren wishing to use the reading-room by the clay , week , or month . 4 th . By letting rooms not occupied by the regular subscribing
Lodges , for incidental Masonic purposes . As a considerable sum of money will be required to carry out the project , it is proposed to raise a fund for that purpose by shares of pounds each , to be vested in certain trustees elected from and by the shareholders . [[ There is much good sense expressed in this circular , and some such plan would meet the necessity of the case . At the latter end of 1841 *
a project was suggested , and some meetings were held ; but the objections taken at the time equally to the proposed location , were to tbe probable interference with certain interests ; however , the required necessity of such a fraternity as that of Freemasons should , after all , be the paramount consideration . If the project be seriously entertained , and followed out , a similar club-house will probably be suggested at the west end of the metropolis . We , however , must be on the look-out
not to endanger the interests of our excellent tenants , who not only pay a fair rental for our Hall ancl premises , but who , having embarked a large capital in that undertaking , are entitled to full protection — P D . F . Q . R . I
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Masonic Chit-Chat.
MASONIC CHIT-CHAT .
MASONIC CLUB . —( Circular ' ) . —It is proposed to hire or purchase a house in the City , capable of accommodating at least four or five Lodges each night ; a Masonic reading ancl club-room , sleeping apartments , & c . for a Steward ; gootl kitchens , cellars , & c . & c . & c ; which house shall be appropriated exclusively to Masonic purposes . That a Steward shall be appointed , who shall engage to furnish banquets for the different Lodges at certain fixed pricesand also wines in
, the same manner . That the Steward shall have no salary , but be allowed a moderate profit on banquets , wines and refreshments supplied to Lodges and Members . That any subscribing Lodge may , however , keep its own wines , if preferred , on paying an agreed amount of rent for cellarage , and also a fine to the Steward of per cork drawn .
That the reading-room be furnished with newspapers and periodicals , and open to subscribing Members between the hours of ancl every day , Sundays excepted , for the purposes of reading , dining , refreshment , & c . & c , but that no Member shall be allowed to introduce a visitor who is not a subscribing Member to some Lodge . The whole to be under the superintendence and direction of a Committee elected annually by and from the Members of all subscribing Lodges .
It is proposed that the expenses be defrayed in the following manner , viz . — 1 st . By a yearly subscription from each Lodge meeting at the house . 2 nd . By a yearly subscription of individual Members of the Craft to the reading and club-room . 3 rd . By a subscription from country Brethren wishing to use the reading-room by the clay , week , or month . 4 th . By letting rooms not occupied by the regular subscribing
Lodges , for incidental Masonic purposes . As a considerable sum of money will be required to carry out the project , it is proposed to raise a fund for that purpose by shares of pounds each , to be vested in certain trustees elected from and by the shareholders . [[ There is much good sense expressed in this circular , and some such plan would meet the necessity of the case . At the latter end of 1841 *
a project was suggested , and some meetings were held ; but the objections taken at the time equally to the proposed location , were to tbe probable interference with certain interests ; however , the required necessity of such a fraternity as that of Freemasons should , after all , be the paramount consideration . If the project be seriously entertained , and followed out , a similar club-house will probably be suggested at the west end of the metropolis . We , however , must be on the look-out
not to endanger the interests of our excellent tenants , who not only pay a fair rental for our Hall ancl premises , but who , having embarked a large capital in that undertaking , are entitled to full protection — P D . F . Q . R . I