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Our Architectural Cha.Pteb.
meiiibers of the Masonic club , but where there was a special library subscription , only those subscribing would have access ttf thett 3 Wkroom , biit all ihehibers Would have the use of the liteary aiid the piivilege of taking books out .
In a town with one hundred members ,, five shillings a ye & r wdtild supply the library , but , with a very largehumbfcr of hieihber ^ , si ^ rigle subscription of say ten shillings on inltiktioh , five shilliiigs 6 h beeSthihg Felipe Craft , and five 5 r ten shilling ^ on being raised to M . M ., would afford sufficient funds . One resource would be to i ^ duire
e & en member to give one work , or one set of a newspaper , ^ ach year . Ali arrangement of this nature , having a club , & ifeary aiid newsroom , wodld keep many members as subscribing ihembers , aiid preserve the vitality of the Craft . It would become a gft * at privilege to visiting Brethren , Mid thereby to resident Brethren . " In a large town , two sitting rooms or offices , and a bedroom , should
be provided for a resident secretary , being his sole remuheritiaii ; and qinte sufficient inducement for a young professional niab in most places , as it gives him an excellent residence , rent free , and in & place where he is sure enough of getting business into the Mrgain . An architect , a solicitor , or an accountant , would be glad enough of such a belgiiaiiiiig .
As we have shown before , a veiy little care bestowed by Grand Lodge would endow the Craft with a very large property in Ma ^ phic halls , which would yield a large eventual ihcoiue for theTchMtleS . Many a town would , in the course of time , get together its thre § thousand or five thousand pounds for a Masonic hall , if it could have a temporary loan from Grand Lodge of two or three thousand potiiids at the beginning of the undertaking .
^ Were a thorough plan laid down , many Lodges would begin operations by members taking five or ten pound shares in neighbouring Magsonic halls or Lodges , waiting till a sufficient amount had been got together to begin , then drawing in all their advances , diverting them to their own building , receiving a temporary advance or aid from neighbouring Lodges , and in a few years paying off all theshai-es , and becoming freeholders and landlords of their own halls .
It is not in every number we have to chroiiide the foundation of a new town in England on a set day , though new towns spring up like new streets ; but on the lSth of August Lady Eardley laid tile first stOne of a new town and station , called Beltidere , which is oh the
North Kent railway , between Erith and the HOW tdWn of Abbey Wooti . About fifty villas in this town of Belvidere are beilig btiilt on Sir Culling Eardley ' s property . A heW tbWn starting ill the west is Spring Grove , beyond Brentford and north of TwidcehMm . The
Railways have been great creators of new towns ; and vilkgiea , to such an extent that a new gazetteer is required for them . Many of the omnibuses running through the streets of London WOnld puzzle an old Londoner , as , for anything he knew " , the frames might b & those of settlements in Yan Diemen ' s Land .
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Our Architectural Cha.Pteb.
meiiibers of the Masonic club , but where there was a special library subscription , only those subscribing would have access ttf thett 3 Wkroom , biit all ihehibers Would have the use of the liteary aiid the piivilege of taking books out .
In a town with one hundred members ,, five shillings a ye & r wdtild supply the library , but , with a very largehumbfcr of hieihber ^ , si ^ rigle subscription of say ten shillings on inltiktioh , five shilliiigs 6 h beeSthihg Felipe Craft , and five 5 r ten shilling ^ on being raised to M . M ., would afford sufficient funds . One resource would be to i ^ duire
e & en member to give one work , or one set of a newspaper , ^ ach year . Ali arrangement of this nature , having a club , & ifeary aiid newsroom , wodld keep many members as subscribing ihembers , aiid preserve the vitality of the Craft . It would become a gft * at privilege to visiting Brethren , Mid thereby to resident Brethren . " In a large town , two sitting rooms or offices , and a bedroom , should
be provided for a resident secretary , being his sole remuheritiaii ; and qinte sufficient inducement for a young professional niab in most places , as it gives him an excellent residence , rent free , and in & place where he is sure enough of getting business into the Mrgain . An architect , a solicitor , or an accountant , would be glad enough of such a belgiiaiiiiig .
As we have shown before , a veiy little care bestowed by Grand Lodge would endow the Craft with a very large property in Ma ^ phic halls , which would yield a large eventual ihcoiue for theTchMtleS . Many a town would , in the course of time , get together its thre § thousand or five thousand pounds for a Masonic hall , if it could have a temporary loan from Grand Lodge of two or three thousand potiiids at the beginning of the undertaking .
^ Were a thorough plan laid down , many Lodges would begin operations by members taking five or ten pound shares in neighbouring Magsonic halls or Lodges , waiting till a sufficient amount had been got together to begin , then drawing in all their advances , diverting them to their own building , receiving a temporary advance or aid from neighbouring Lodges , and in a few years paying off all theshai-es , and becoming freeholders and landlords of their own halls .
It is not in every number we have to chroiiide the foundation of a new town in England on a set day , though new towns spring up like new streets ; but on the lSth of August Lady Eardley laid tile first stOne of a new town and station , called Beltidere , which is oh the
North Kent railway , between Erith and the HOW tdWn of Abbey Wooti . About fifty villas in this town of Belvidere are beilig btiilt on Sir Culling Eardley ' s property . A heW tbWn starting ill the west is Spring Grove , beyond Brentford and north of TwidcehMm . The
Railways have been great creators of new towns ; and vilkgiea , to such an extent that a new gazetteer is required for them . Many of the omnibuses running through the streets of London WOnld puzzle an old Londoner , as , for anything he knew " , the frames might b & those of settlements in Yan Diemen ' s Land .