 At the time , only about $ 15 @,@ 000 from the building fund was still available since money had already been spent on buying the property and materials from the Mellon Mansion . Further fund raising generated 1 @,@ 200 pledges , 95 percent of which were fulfilled : 60 percent of the money came from 10 percent of the parishioners and approximately 10 percent of the people did not contribute at all . During this time , all of the books concerning the finances of the construction of the new church were kept by ladies of the St. Peter 's <unk> . The ladies not only recorded all of the pledges and collections , but they also recorded all notices and minutes from their meetings . While the church was being built , the Campaigners met almost every evening . 
