| Show OEM RUINS OF ACLE idea of putting on roof and using old tabernacle is discarded as not feasible slowly but steadily the work Is progressing on removing the ruins of the old tabernacle on main blain street row after row the huge cut stones constituting the outer walls are coming down and debris is piling up waiting tor for the teams to haul it away transferring all usable material to tile the lots of west center street where the new tabernacle will go up the strong basement walls are being blasted and in a very few weeks the ground will be cleared and levelled bevelled level led and the eyesore of long standing will be only a memory all day long one can see groups of people standing in the streets nearby watching the progress and commenting on the solid construction which would have held together for decades to come had bad not the foundation given away and made the structure dangerous for the wor shippers assembled therein several P people eople in view of the solid construction work went even so far as to suggest that the foundation be reinforced Info in reed a new roof put on the building and the tabernacle be put to use again this suggestion was offered in fact by so many people thai that presidency and high council deemed it advisable to take it into consideration and discuss it thoroughly after thorough deliberation however a conclusion was reached that reconstructing the old tabernacle would be nearly just as expensive as building a new one and then the stake would have a tabernacle only that would be inadequate to the needs of the church as tell fell as aa community and for or this reason there is only one thing to do remove the ruins and erect a n new ew structure adequate to the apparent needs and a credit to the stake and the city As soon as tile the debris is removed and the ground levelled bevelled level led the valuable grounds will be offered for sale and plans will be laid for the earliest possible construction of a new tabernacle |
