The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
MOVING AS A FINE ART.
A Truck Driver Disoourses on the Arts
and Mysteries of HIS Craft.

Truck Driver Discourses on the Arts
and Mysteries of His Craft.
Moving is a fine art" said the truck
driver. '"The size Of the load depends
largely upon the time of the year. On
May or it's vicinity would make six
loads of material which in February l
could easily put into three. The Gus
tomary price for removing truck
load of furniture a distance of one
mile is Ave dollars. This requires the
services Of three men. In the course
of my experience have moved sixteen
loads of furniture in ten hours. When
it is considered that the larger portion
of this furniture has to be taken up
two or three flights of stairs, it will
| readily be seen that the work is very
laborious.
Another thing to be taken into con.
sideration is the care required in re-
moving valuable pieces; for this work
! judgment and experience are invalua-
| BILE. For instance, take that pier glass
as an example. The man who knows
nothing about the business would be
at loss as to what position this should
assume in a loaded truck, but you will
observe that place it upon the bottom
of the truck, with the glass turned
outward, both ends resting upon two
! pieces of carpet, which carry for such
| purposes. Now, the miscellaneous and
! unbreakablc pieces of furniture place
against the back Of the pier glass,
! thus preventing 1t from falling over.
You will notice that no portion Of the
| truck comes into contact with the
fragile glass. No matter how rough is
the road, the glass is out of harms way.
| 1--WE will assume that the truck has
been completely filled. The man who
Is unacquainted with the business
would say: Where do you intend to
place that expensive hatrack with the
mirror in it?' 1t is valuable piece Of
furniture You will notice that have
placed rope across the rear of = the
truck. to prevent the furniture from
falling into the street Now, observe
that take the hatrack, place it with
its back to the load, and with its hind
feet resting upon the rope. Another
rope crosses the top of the mirror,
holds it in place and it rides easy there.
There will be just spring enough to
the lower rope to permit the hatrack
to sag gently when the wheels drop
into a rut or pass over stone.
1T is often the case" continued the
truckman, "that certain articles of
furniture, like desks or bookcases, are
too large to be carried up stairway.
1t then becomes necessary to hoist
them, by means OF ropes, up the front
or rear of house. so that they may be
taken in at window. Each we'll
equipped truclsman is supplied with
proper apparatus for this purpose. It
frequently costs one-third the value of
desk to place it in the position re-
quired on the third or fourth story OF
house.
"The affection Of women for worth
less pieces OF bric-a-brac and furniture
comes prominently into view when
they arc changing their places Of resi-.
dehce. Year by year these migratory
houscholdcrs, who move on the slight
sst pretext, will pay oartage ON abso-
lutely useless articles. such Is wooden
6ower-haskets, rusty atovepipes. bot
tomless and broken ohairs, wornouH
saFpets and oilelothA spd eimilay ar1t
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