The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-06-04
THE moosRN WAY OF MOVING.
Some of It's Features as Noted by a subur
banite just Moved Into Town.

some OF It's Features as Noted by a Subur-
banite just Moved Into Town.
We cannot forget" said the man
who moved from the suburbs, 'sthe vans
we moved in nor the men who moved
as. The whole household was active
early that morning waiting for the vans
The main road by which they would ap-
proach ran parallel to the street in
which we lived and in plain sight. Soon
after z O'Clock we saw them coming.
three of them, each drawn by four
horses, and all well closed up, a decid-
edIy orderly and business looking pro-
cession- They swung around through
cross street and down our street and
halted near the house at ITO. They had
told us at the Office that the vans would
be there at O'Clock. Inasmuch as they
had had IL miles to come and 1T had
rained the night before ITO didn't seem
like half bad bluff at it
"a man came down and located the
house, and then the two head vans came
and backed up TO the walk in front At
one side Of the house there was drive
way which ran back past the rear of the
house, with loop there around little
oval grass plat There was none too
much room in this driveway, which was
not designed for four horse teams, but
when the rear van came down the driver
swung his leaders and came in at it with
the large confidence of man who has
good team and knows how to handle it.
He rounded the oval and halted with
his team headed toward the street and
the rear end of the van on a line with
the rear of the house. When the vans
were all in position, the horses Were
blanketed, and then the men were ready.
There were six men altogether, and
they were all powerful, ablebodied
men. The house was 2 - story Queen
Anne The men stripped it in two hours
and without any fuss or commotion
whatever. AT $50 the last paddock snap
ped on the last van door, and the driv-
ers mounted to their seats and hauled
out into the road again, once more in
line. Then all hands settled down in
their seats, and everything was ready for
the start. The great arks were very
heavy now, and it was no light work to
move them. There was a little pictur-
esque plunging at the start, but they
were good teams, every one, and they
soon had the vans in motion, and after
though they were shoeboxes on wheels.
A few moments later we saw them once
more out ON the main road, moving now
toward the city.
-Four hours later we caught sight of |
them again. We were then on the train |
bound for the city and approaching near |
it. We saw the vans on a road at some |
little distance from the railroad. They |
were as we'll closed up as wagon train |
would be under escort in an enemy's |
country and moving forward.
mot very long afterward we stood |
ON the steps in the land of brick and |
mortar and saw the procession, still well
closed up, appear around the corner. They
came up at trot. 1t took little more
time to unload than to load, but not
much. Soon we heard the last paddock
map again, this time ON the last of the
empty vans. Once more the procession
lined up, moved off and disappeared
"And left us to settle. It is some
hing of job to settle, as those who
nave tried it know, but if anything
could make that work seem lighter it
would be the exhilaration of moving in
he modern way. New York Sun