Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-03
THE MODERN WAY OF MOVING.
Some of Its Features as Noted by subur-
banite just Moved Into Town,

Some of Its Features as Noted by a subur.
banite just Moved Into Town.
eve cannot forget" said the man
who moved from the suburbs, "the vans
we moved i'll nor the men who moved
U.S. 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 7 o'clock we saw them coming,
three of them, each drawn by four
horses, and all well closed up decid-
edly orderly and business looking pro-
cession. They swung around through
cross street and down our street and
halted near the house at 7:10 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 it had
rained the night before 7:10 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 i'll 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 a
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 We're ready.
"There were six men altogether, and
they were all powerful, ablebVdied
men. The house was Q % story Queen
Anne. The men stripped it in two hours
and without any fuss or commotion
whatever At 9:20 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
that they walked off with them as
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
"Not 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 r5,o hea i-,le last paddock
snap 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. 1t is some
thing of a job to settle, as those who
have tried it know, but if anything
could make that work seem lighter it |
would be the exhilaration Of moving in |
the modern way. New York Sun.