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Show BAPTISTS TO DUILy bsfiy&feab .Ground Broken for Modern Edifice on Jefferson and Twenty-fiftli Ground has been broken at z ty-flfth street and Jefferson avenuo for tho new home of the Baptist church, according to an announcement announce-ment made by the Rev. L. A. Garrison. Garri-son. Excavating for tho church will he rushed with the view of completing the concrete work before the coll weather seta In. Present plans call for an expenditure expendi-ture of $100. OOu for the new cliv;h which will be one of the best In the I cUite when completed. Tho present ohurch which Is located locat-ed at 2369 Grant avenue, will bo torn down just as soon as the new chureh is completed, to make way for additional addi-tional facllitlos for the handling of mails by the government. An extension to the present federal building is contemplated. Contracts for the construction work . on Mi eSm church will be awarded within the nvt few days. The new church btfinK is expected expect-ed to be completed and rta'd; fc-y- occupancy oc-cupancy by March 1. |