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Foundation for New Holy Cross Edifice Started by Masons This Morning. STRUCTURE TO COST. $18,000.00 Rev. Pawlowski Says It, Will Be Ready by October.15—Old Church to Be Turned Into a School—Victor Ahjmn Se cures Contract—Lowest Bidder. The mason work on the foundation of the new Holy Cross Polish church was begun yesterday morning, ‘Victor Ahl vin having secured the contract, among the five or six bidders. The edifice, 53x106 feet with a 33-foot high ceiling, will be erected on the southeast corner of Ross and Eliza beth streets, immediately north of the present structure. The design is Romanesque and the building will add greatly to the many had some churches in the city. The foundation is to be built of Joliet limestone and the church proper of pressed brick. There, will be but one floor, with no pillars for support of the roof, steel trusses ‘and beams to’ be used. The roof itself will be of gal vanized iron.’ The cost, entire, will be $18,000. As the contract specifies that the church will be ready for occupancy on or before October 15,1901, the work must be carried on with dispatch. The stone in about a month. The cere monies connected with this will be most elaborate, visiting priests and members of the laity coming from all sections of the country. Rt. Rev. Jaeger, of Chicago, will take charge of the services. Rev. Boleslaw Pawlowski, who has charge of the parish here, is reponsible, in a great measure, for the growth of the congregation *of the Holy Cross church, .He has been indefatigable in his efforts in building up the commun ity, and the new edifice reflects much upon his enterprise and thrift. It is the intention of the priest to re model the present church, as soon as the new structure is completed,and turn it into a school. The building is large enough for this purpose, and will be a new departure for the parish.
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The Joliet Daily Republican
Joliet, Illinois, US
Thu, May 09, 1901
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