a continuous vertical hole 32 throughout the vertical wall section 14 in order to connected the masonry wall 12 with the bond beam 11 and the foundation 13 the upper end portion 20 of the elongated member 18 is secured to the bond beam 11 while the lower end portion 19 of the elongated member 18 is attached to the foundation 13 the upper end portion 20 is secured to the bond beam 11 by a fastener or a washer 25 and a nut 26 shown in fig2 an adhesive such as epoxy resin 30 shown in fig2 attaches the lower end portion 19 to the foundation 13 fig2 shows details of the elongated tension member 18 formed principally of wire rope the lower end portion 19 has a lower stud 22 swaged into integral lower bulbous element 23 the lower stud 22 is secured to the foundation bore 16 by an adhesive or an epoxy resin 30 placed inside the bore 16 the lower end portion 19 can also be a threaded stud 33 as shown in fig3 and secured to the foundation bore 16 by means known in the art in fig3 the upper end portion 20 of the elongated tension member 18 includes upper stud portion 21 swaged inside the integral upper bulbous element 24 the upper end portion 20 passes through a sleeve 31.