The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-07-10
MOVABLE IRON HOUSES.

Ono for the Queen ut Osborne and A.
other for Gladstone.
The Queens pavilion, which forMcd
an ornamental feature Of the Windsor
show, Is to be erected in the grounds at
Osborne. An article In the London
Standard explains that tho Queen has
BEEN suffering from rheumatism OF late,
and her summer practice OF brcakfasting
in tent upon the lawn may have done
much to encourage this painful malady.
The pavilion is to be placed upon basis
OF hard concrete so that her Majesty
may be able to enjoy her meal almost In
tho open air without risk OF damp.
The success Of the pavilion has given
an impetus to the trade in iron houses.
Mr.. Gladstone, we are informed, Is
having an iron library erected At
Hawarden. It is to contain $1,000 vol
umes. lie takes tho liveliest interest
in the building, and watches every de-
tail OF the erection. The house con.
tains five rooms, the largest one mcasur-
ing Al feet by 81. Cases are being madc
to hold twenty tens of books. Mr..
Gladstone intends the library for quiet
study, and therefore proposes to admit
only few persons at time. These
houses are put together like child's
puzzle, and can DO taken apart, CON-
pactly packed, and removed elsewhere.
A large number of iron villas have been
sent from the works at Albcrt-Gatc to
the Riviera and there erected upon plots
Of land purchased or rented for = term
of years. When tho lease expires the
houses can be packed up and removed.
There is beginning to be demand for
iron bungalows as marine residences in
England. The rapidity with which
they can be built and their small cost,
as compared with the ordinary dwelling
of brick and stone, arc recommendations
which tell in their favor.
The possibility Of having house
plan and ready for occupation as soon
as finished seems almost incredible.
The pretty Welcome club at the Italian
and American exhibitions was made VI
iron, and Its cost-E30O-wil give some
idea of the comparative price Of brick
and iron. 1t was covered with trellis
work, which impaired picturesque and
rural aspect to the outside. In its un-
covered state the corrugated iron can
not be said to be ornamental, but the
trellis work embelishes it at small
cost 1t is suggested by tho manufact-
urers that matching tho roofs with
heather would add to the pictorial ef.
feet, and also give additional protection
to the roof. Heather from Bourncmouth
thus applied would last for fifteen years
or more. The matching would aid in
keeping the house cool in summer and
warm in winter, though this double de-
sideratum has already bcen secured by
the air spaces between tho outer iron
walls and the inner ones Of fclt and Pine
wood.
i It is now feasible to add an additions,
fpom to the ordinary brick dwelling
house, where such an accommodation Is
needed. Being removable, it is the
property of the tenant, so that the OBJ
lection. felt by most people against
building for the ultimate benefit OF ones
landlord does not hold good in such .
case. Stabling and coach houses can, IN
the same way, hn temporarily erected,
A. = play,room or school-room for chill.
dren, q detached iron building commdni.
eating with the house by covered way
would frequently prove boon to tho
brain.working father Of tho family; and
in times OF illness it would be possible,
BY this means, to isolate patient com;
pletely from the othcr members Of the
family.
i There Il no damp to be apprehendcd
In an iron house. A useful present to Z
village would be an iron play-room
which could DO built In week. A
building costing 42OO can be erected in
fortnight. The price of room meas
uring twenty feet by thirteen feel
would he about ESQ The cost Of remov-
il Is from IS upward. With this novel
architecture it would be possible 10 re
! side in ones own house at differcn,
seaside resort in England every year BIZ
having an iron house removed in thi.
way. The brickwork chimney Is pre-
farred TO any other by the builders o.
iron houses, no mode of heating being Sc
wholesome as the open CRATE, with di
rect ventilation. There are other meth
DDS of warming rooms, and some Of then
are sufficiently satisfactory when TIT
ventilation has hccn properly secured
The drainage can b.. worked on tn,
usual plan, ii this be preferred to TIT