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Show -HUGE FIRES BIT TO thaw it mm OF GROUND The recent snow storm has been ; the means of checking progress In ! outdoor building in all partu of tho citv. The J P. O'Neill construction compan, however, Is striving to complete com-plete the storm drain on Madison uenue from Twenty-fifth to a point nc.ir Twenty-third street Manager O'Neill states that lie ex pecte to complete the job within the next ten flays even though he Is work Ing under disadvantages. The ground is lrozen to a depth of 12 inches and in order to dig the trench, the .ground Is being thawed by huge flreu built along the line Tho fires cost the company 10 cents for every yard of dirt thawed out There aro 20 men at work on the Job at this time at a point near Twenty-fourth street Work on the street paving on Twentjr-flftll street, from Washington to Harrison avenues, has been discontinued discon-tinued for the winter, as there Is no room for the storing of gravel for concrete work on the Job at the corn er of Twenty-fifth street and Qulncy venue Something more than 1.500 loads of gravel have been placed at the concrete mixer plant for early spring work, when n large force of men and teams will be employed. Paving on Twenty fifth street will be en Important feature of outdoor work in Ogden next year, as It Is ex peeled that the street will be paved nom Washington avenue west to Wal), as well as from Washington east to Harrison. oo |