There is another side than Dr. Aked's side in his resignation from the church where worships Mr. John D. Rockefeller. The church preferred a quiet, old-fashioned congregation. Dr. Aked drew large audiences, but those who came were not regulars. He had certain great schemes, and it would have taken a $2,000,000 church building, we are told, to carry them out. The church trustees looked it all over and decided that it was too much risk; for after they had fixed up the material part of Dr. Aked's plan, he might be sick or die, or leave, and then it might be very difficult to find some man able to fill the place; and if able, would he not want so many changes that his schemes would be as expensive as Dr. Aked's? When so much is based on the material side, it seems like good business sense, doesn't it?
The Pilgrim Monument, on Cape Cod, dedicated by President Taft in August, is 252 feet high, and next to the Washington Monument (555 feet) is the tallest structure of solid masonry on this continent. It is built on a hill of sand, with heavy concrete base, and tho swept by the strongest gales shows no vibration. It weighs 7,250 tons, cost $100,000, and was three years in building. It is 27 feet square at the base, the interior 17 feet square, and may be ascended by steps and inclined planes to the height of 201 feet, where is an observation platform. (Courtesy “Popular Mechanics.”)
