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Show TO REBUILD SKATING - ' RINK : ter, condition than U was before the place was burned ! When asked whether it would be re-! re-! built as a skating rluk, he said: "Yes, it will, and that, too, as rapidly as material and men can be gotten together for the purpose." So that, even though the flames have devoured the largest and best equipped skating rink of the state, It will be replaced and Ogden will bo none the loser. Mr. O'Mara returned to Salt Lake last evening, boon to return re-turn to begin the reconstruction ot the buildings MANAGER O'MARA VlEWS THE CHARRED REMAINS. rteturns to Salt Lake te Arrange for I Immediate Reconstruction of the Building. j ' Manager Phil O'Mara, of the Auditorium Audi-torium skating rink, which was almost destroyed by Are Sunday night, came up from Salt Lake yesterday to view the ruins. Mr. O'Mara staled that It was quite impossible to state the exact loss in dollars and cents, sus-.'' sus-.'' tained by virtue of the fire, but that according to Investigations made, it would be considerable. The inside of the building, he stat- ed, had been practlcay destroyed, and It would have to be rebuilt throughout. The rink floor, which cost a good deal of money to construct, It being made of maple, he said, had been so damaged by the lire and "the water used in extinguishing the llames that It would have to be replaafd before be-fore the building could be used asain for skating purposes. Mr. O'Mara stated that the reconstruction recon-struction on the building would be commenced Immediately, and that when the work is completed the rink x will be placed In as good, if not bet- |