On eve of opening of Holy Year announce to Bahá’í communities
of East and West joyful tidings of conclusion of over ten
thousand dollar contract with Utrecht firm for the fabrication of
twelve thousand gilded tiles to cover an area of two hundred and
fifty square meters of dome of Báb’s Sepulcher. Eighteen stained
glass windows of drum and twenty-four windows of octagon delivered
to Mount Carmel. Stones required for construction of drum
and ribs and brim and lantern of dome nearing completion, heralding
the early commencement of the erection of the last remaining
unit of rapidly rising edifice. Eastward extension of terrace adjoining
Sepulcher virtually terminated raising the total length of horizontal
area fronting the Shrine to about six hundred feet, adding
greatly to the beauty and stateliness of the approaches to the magnificent
structure, already enhanced through recent extension of
terraces linking Haifa’s oldest and most imposing avenue with Báb’s
resting place majestically rising in the bosom of Carmel.
[October 14, 1952]
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