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Show I north of the Peery block on Hudson avenue, is being built, the second floor of the structure having been placed. If the weather will permit, the contractors con-tractors say It will not require many days' time to finish the brick work and place a covering upon the structure, struc-ture, after which the inside work may be done regardless of the weather conditions. con-ditions. The J. p. O'Neill Construction company com-pany had a large force of men and teams excavating for the basement of the business block that Is being erected erect-ed bv the Commercial National bank on Grant avenue Immediately north of Twenty-fifth street Mr. O'Neill says that If the rain does not further Interfere for a few days the basement will be ready for the concrete men. The O'Neill company has the contract con-tract for the construction of the basement base-ment of the new W eber club building on Twenty-fourth street between Grant and Washington avenues, and Mr. O'Neill says that his teams and men will be placed at work on that job as soon as nine feet of earth have been taken from the basement of tho Grant avenue building. Extra efforts are being made on other oth-er buildings In course of construction In the city, the purpose being to do as much as possible before freezing weather. it is nearly Christmas time, but the contractors say there has not jet been enough frost to even make it, difficult to break the crust of the" earth In beginning excavation work. This is an unusual condition. BUILDING IS IN FULL SWING 1 n The storm of the past few days having apparently cleared away, there was renewed activity in building circles cir-cles this morning, and the structures in course of erection were busy scenes. A little wet ground in some of the excavations for bnscme-ntsS retarded work sourevxhat and occasioned some pretty hard pulls on the part of the horses engaged iu the operations. Masons were on their Jol3 on tho Hudson avenue 'buildings, and the clink of the trowels Indicated that tho best possible use of good weather weath-er Is being niud Carpenters were also early at work placing Mringers for lloorsj and tho wood work in every direction on the buildings wns commenced with a vim that means splendid results within the next few days. The brick work on the Peery building build-ing on the corner of Hudson avenue and Twenty-fifth street is assuming definite form in the second story, anil bv tomorrow noon will bo completed. complet-ed. The third story of tho Browning Brothers' building, which is to tho |