Show Subterranean Streams Undermine Noted Cathedral in i Mexico City MEXICO CO CITY July 20 AP AP- AP Holding of the first religious s services services ser ser- r- r vices vice following settlement of oC the governments government's dispute with wih tho the Roman noman Ro Rb- man man nian Catholic church hurch In tho thin great national cathedral of C Mexico City Cit an event looked forward vard to by millions millions mil mil- ml- ml lons lions or of tho tino devout failed to materialize mate mt of or the dangerous condition con con- Q the thc four century old shrine For years cars It i has Inas been threatened with partial collapse Tho Th- massive cathedral said to tobe tobe tobe be the the largest and oldest on tine the American continent has been closed for or weeks with Wll workmen bus busy in in its repair Jt It I Ukel likely will wi require thoroughly months perhaps a n year car to strengthen It IL I nn and 1 repair tlC the ravages mv- mv ag ages s of oC tUne time and tine the elements on the tine beloved elo cd shrine The suggestion that thal the tine cathedral bo ba thrown open Its Is condition for the tine resumption of ot services was wal given gIen careful consideration but finally vetoed because It was feared this act ct might cause collapse of ot the thc t cathedral en endangering thousands of lives Iv t Announcement 4 has baa been made mado t that at the repairs repairs' m may y cost as much muchas as as- Much of ot this thia mone money will wf bo be spent in damming underground under mailer ground streams whIch have luwe washed a away the thc supports o o th tine the great mM mass mass' of or stone and caused it I tp to to settle setto set set- Lb tle to at at an ayi incongruous angle These streams together with wih a ag g great eat lake of oC mud underlying Mexico Mex Mex- l leo ico o CJ City often wreck the best oest laid ald plans or of builders and architects here sometimes within a few years eal after aCer construction The slight subterranean subterranean sub sub- shocks shock often ofen felt In Mexico Mexico Mex Mex- tex tex- ico leo City CIt usually start anti and then help along the tine si sinking process Beneath the cathedral It Is planned to sink great grat at caissons doLo do don n to Lo the tine Unc underground currents and Into th these se pour tons of cem cement nt for Ion forthe the combined of or damming tho tino destructIve waters vaters and of of sup sup- supports a solid sold base fur for or 5 the cathedral cathedral |