Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-23
MOVABLE IRON HOUSES.
One. for the Queen at Osborne and An.
other for Gladstone.

other for Gladstone.
The Queens pavilion, which formed
an ornamental feature Of the Windsor
show, is to be erected in the grounds al
Osborne. An article in the London
Standard explains that the Queen has
been suffering from rheumatism Of late,
and her summer praotice Of breakfasting
in tent upon the lawn may have done
much TO encourage this painful malady.
The pavilion is 10 be placed upon a basis
OF hard concrete so that her Majesty
may be able TO enjoy her meal almost in
the open air without risk OF damp.
The success OF the pavilion has given
an impetus 10 the trade in iron houses.
Mr.. Gladstone, we arc informed, is
having an iron library erected at
Hawarden. IL is TO contain 10000 vol
umes. He takes the liveliest interest
in the building, and watches every de-
tail OF the erection. The house con-
tains five rooms, the largest one measur-
ing IL feet by II. Cases are being made
TO hold twenty tons of books Mr..
Gladstone intends the library for quiet
study, and therefore proposes to admit
only a few persons at a time. These
houses are put together like child's
puzzle, and can be taken apart, com.
pactly packed, and removed elsewhere.
large number Of iron villas have been
sent from the works at Albert-Gate to
the Riviera and there erected upon plots
OF land purchased or rented for term
OF years. When the 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, are recommendation
which tell in their favor
The possibility Of having a house
built in a month to the buyers own
plan and ready for occupation as soon
as finished seems almost incredible.
The pretty Welcome club at the Italian
and American exhibitions was made OF
iron, and ITS cost-R3O0-wil give some
idea Of the comparative price OF brick
and iron. IL was covered with trellis
work, which impaired picturesque and
rural aspect TO the outside. In its I'M
covered state the corrugated iron can
not be said to be ornamental but the
trellis work embelishes it at small
cost. IL is suggested by the manufact-
prers that thatching the roofs with
heather would add TO the pictorial eff
feet, and also give additional protection
TO the roof. Heather from Bournemouth
thus applied would last for fifteen years
or more. The thatching would aid in
keeping the house cool in summer and
warm in winter, though this double de-
sideratum has already been secured by
the air spaces between the outer iron
walls and the inner ones OF felt and pine
wood.
1t Is now feasible 10 add an additional
room 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 a
case. Stabling and coach houses can, in
the same way, BIO temporarily erected.
As play-room or school-room for chill
dren, detached iron building communi-
eating with the house by covered way
would frequently prove boon 10 the
brain-working father OF the family; and
in times of illness IL would be possible,
by this means, to isolate patient COM
pletely from the other member Of the
family.
There is no damp TO be apprehended
in an iron house. A useful present to
village would be an iron play-room,
which could be built in week. A
building costing goo can be erected in
fortnight. The price OF room meas
uring twenty feet by thirteen feet
would be about ESQ. The cost Of remov-
al is from Is upward. With this novel
architecture IT would be possible 70 re-
side in ones own house at different
seaside resort in England every year by
having an iron house removed in this
way. The brickwork chimney IS pre-
ferred 10 any other by the builders Of
Iron houses, no mode Of heating being 80
wholesome as the open CRATE, with di-
rect ventilation. There are other meth
DDS OF warming rooms, and some OF them
are sufficiently satisfactory when the
ventilation has been properly secured.
The drainage can be worked on the
usual plan, II this be preferred TO the
simpler mode recommended BY the orig
inator Of the iron houses.
Cow-HIde Horseshoes.
In England, and on many parts Of the