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Show ---- - i 1 C V1 V-lU "UJ vj ' being pushed as rapidly as possible, and a large force of men la employed clearing clear-ing away the debris tf a-'nutnber Of small houses that have been torn down CD West Temple street to make room for the temporary terminus of the cutoff cut-off line. "The tracklayiiu? gang, is trying to rush the track along as fast as possible. The gang putting up the telegraph line have reached the city, and the line Is about ready for use."- - ' Grading on the Leamington cut-off Is rapidly nearing completion, and there are but a few contracts that will not be finished within the next two weeks. Flick & Johnston, who had the contract con-tract for the big cut at Stockton Bar,' have about completed their work, and it is estimated that the cut at that place has cost the Oregon Short Line Company in the neighborhood of H.000,-000. H.000,-000. The recent warm weather thawed out the ground Along the cut-off and gave the contractors an opportunity to finish up much of the work that they could not touch w bile the ground remained re-mained frozen. ... C. J. Madden, who is superintending the work at Stockton Bar, was at the Windsor. He said today that he would finish work there within two weeks. "Favorable weather conditions during the past week have enabled me to complete com-plete the work sooner than I had expected ex-pected to be able to. "When our work is completed there will remain but little lit-tle grading to be done. A few smaller contractors axe behind with their work, but I have no doubt will be out of the way of the tracklaylng gang. "I have received information of two large contracts lately received by Flick & Johnston that will probably aggregate aggre-gate several millions of dollars. "The largest one calls for the removal of 4.000,000 cubic yards of rock and X,-000.000 X,-000.000 yards of earth on the line of the Rock Inland between Kansas City and Versailles, and the other one calls for the removal of 800.000 cubic yards of earth on the Burlington line between Omaha and Red Oak. "I expect to leave here with, our grading grad-ing outfit in about three weeks, and will take about fifty of the men now employed em-ployed by us with me. "I have heard that the Oregon Short Line has concluded to use the gravel from St:ckton Bar, for ballasting their road south from that point. The gravel Is in a formation similar to cement, and will make the best of ballast. "Work on this end of the cut-off is |