Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-02-02
\ Home that LabOrcr Made Comfort.
able at Small Cost.

In the little dock ut the foot of one of
the streets leading to the East River lies
an old canal boat. 1t was tOwed there
some time ago, and was hauled stern
first ont of the water ut some very high
tide, and there let to rot away lis
bow, which projected into the water ::
>ho t distance at high tide. has been
broken away by the ice, leaving about
twofhir,ls OF the old hulk intact Its
old flo RS and walls are wcathcr-bcaten
and black with the deposits OF the ris-
inc and falling water. a heavy timber
stanchion has been placed on the Old
floor near the broken end of the deck
rs support to keep that part OF the
deck from SaggnT. Above, and Just at
the forward end OF the old cabin, a new
house has been built. aud it is now oc-
cupieu by the buildcr as Il home. The
outside measurements of the house are
about 1.X2 feet on the deck, by j feet
h"h ut one end and g. ut the other.
The highest end is toward the shore
At the side is an ordinary glass-toppcd
door. There is n window nj each end
ono on thsS side opposite the door,
and another further along toward the
water on the same side of the house. y
bit of stOvc-pfpc runs through the tin
roof. Inside partition divides the
house into two rooms, one OF which l.
the living room and the other bed
room. The larger room Is about twelve
feet square.
..If YOU won't print my name. nor
tell them just where l live, I'll tell you
all about it, said the proprietor.
Young Irish laborcr. Il had been llv-
| ing in rear tenement down town,
where / had two rooms, and paid eight
dollars 4 month in advance for them.
One Sunday | was up here to see a
friend of mine, who lives in small
house on the rock beyond Third avenue
and we came down this way for a bit of
a walk When | saw the old boat here
| said to yself, and then to my friend
What y fine place to build a house.
sure My friend was bit of a car
penter, for he has been tending mason
this ten years, and SO have l. for the
matter of that. So we got man who
was good at figures to tell us just how
much lumber we wanted and what kind
to get. Then L took his bill to a sec
ond-hand lumber-yard over in Seven
teenth street, and this is what | got:
Siding. 4so feet; roof-boards. 80; ceiling aud
the partit on, go; six twelve-foot and eiEht
by three inches iarre for frame. in all $40 20
One nees OUTSIDE Tl sii nnd one M inside door COM
pete with locks, hinges and scress-- -
Old tin-roofing ------' = ~
The stanchions to hold up the deck. 20
Toto, ss 50
"The lumber-yard delivered the stuff
on the pier there. | hired my friend
the carpenter to help me lay out the
work, and in week we had it done,
working nights on it after we'd done
our regular days work. He charged
mo 81 ,D So Won see nv house cost
me S3S. 80. The deck makes the floor.
The old woman has put rag-carpet
over the whole of it. The windows
hang on hinges, too, now. have since
put a new floor in the old cabin. raising
it up SO that it is above high tide, and
so have a good store room. l have
lived here now seven months. 1 have
had healthier and more comfortable
home. and the rent 1 have saved has
paid all the expenses of the house.
What we get out of it hereafter is clear
cain, and we are for putting it in the
savings bank with bit we've saved b"-
foreA-N. Y. Sun. sI