Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-05-09
COLONEL A. DERROM'S
American 0nim
PATENT, PORTABLE, SECTIONAL
COTTAGES, HUTS, ETC.
aIMPLE. NEAT AND SUBSTANTIAL.

SIMPLE, NEAT AND SUBSTANTIAL
THIS system of building is the most simrle in
Il construction, variety Of erecting yentilating,
Gle ins.ng, moving, &c, as well as the cheapest
mode of Ouse building yet r)duced II is ar
ticuarly applicable Tor temporary residences,
buildings for railroads or similar purposes for
emigrants 10 new countries, Offices seaside or
country summer cottages, bathing boxes agr.cui-
tural eXhbtie1 building, warehouses, 81 ,s,pho
I q aphic, school hou-e, green house, South Ame-
rican Buildings, &c, &c.
In comparison with the huts ordinarily erected,
these buildings have the following advantages
LIST. Greater portability, beng lighter Tor less
weighty.)
ID. Simplicity and method in the construction,
the parts being similar in each building Of the
same r.. II any parts should be lost or mayed,
nArts OF other buildings or duplicates will fit the
part so lost or injured or one or more buildings
can be arranged from tie paris forthcoming
Also any person Of ordinary inelt isnce can erect
or take down remove and Te-erect them in few
minutes without the use Of hammer, nails or
other requisites.
50. Greater use or utility. As, after being used
in one locality, they can be taken down, moved
and regretted in 0.her places without loss or dam.
age OF material, and IN very short time.
4th. Greater diversity OF arrangement. They
can be connected simply so as to make large
room or q series of rooms
9th. Greater advantage in cleaning and purify
ing. They can be partially OF wholly taken apart,
and after being ir ely aired (Which 10 one of the
hest purifying processes or IL necessary the Sc
veral pa Is washed and cleansed OF impufisstre-
erected in a very short time thus giyiOg Il clean
and sweet abode very cOngelial TO the health aud
comfort of the occupants.
9th. Greater advantage in making the exterior
double for either inter or summer use, by putting
AN INSIDE lining, the same IS the outside and ar.
ranging the ceiling in the same manner, or in for
ming pavilion by throwing open any section or
sect Ons, or by glazed se,t ons forming a conser-
yatory grapery or forcing house.
7th. reater beauty and neatness of appear
ance for as little if not less cost and variety of
changes in removing the doors and windows.
Sth. They can be made of any size, f. ON sen.
try box" To s "shiL house" or of any usual form
and style fon a railroad shanty to an Italian vii.
Ia or of neavy or hight ma er al or of wood,
metal &c. They can also be c nructei wholly
with boards by forming scanning, with strips OF
boards nailed togeih,r when scantling cannot be
obtained.
In fine, the advantages and combinations of
the invent on are numberess.
The cost and transpOl tation of the rough lum-
be to localities where such buildings are required,
NAV be more than for the manufactured hut or
cottage. Also, the difficulties OF btanint SUIT
able mechanics, &C., might be greater than if hey
were made where mechanics materials cOu
De obtained cheaply and pentifully.
These huts are comforta bic in all weathers,
and being neat in appearance, they have the ten
dency to encourage neatness in the occupant
Any information can be obtsined ana orders
attended to, either for the manufacture and sale
of Cottages HITS. &c, or for patent rights ut
i''si" 1'-'''' y ANDREW DERR0M,
West Street Carpentry, Patterson, Nj.
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