Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-04-14
MOVING A HOUSE.

Nnen tGe present court mouse WAS
built, almost quarter Of q century
ago, large frame house, was erect
ed on the north east corner of the
court house. square, for county offics
purposas. Prothonotary' Office, Reg
lister and Recorders office, Sheriff g
aud Treasurer's Office When the
court house was completed, the frame
house ON the corner mentioned be
came a dwelling house for the clerk
of The board of County Commission
ers For q period Of twenty years, =
talk Of moving the ex-county Office
house was occasionally indulged in,
but it was not till last winter that
matters OF rem wal We re brought to
a focal point; and the building was
sold to the highest bidder at public
sale. Ex Steriff Loudon bought
the house. He contracted with
Grant Kaufman to move it to lot
on Washington street. Kaufman is
q carpenter, who for his age has had
extensive experience in building
houses and barns, and he set to work
to move the ex-countv house in O
manner that was effective in get
ting it nicely OF its foundation en-
rollers on timbers on Third street.
The first rea! obsticle in the way was
an electric light pole at the east end
of the Jail. The pole wss taken
down and tho house was nicely en-
tered on Washington street and was
being moved satisfactorily, till the
elbow at Squire Weidmau's house
was encountered, then and there
some one remarked ''The house is
wider than the street" Everything
came to halt. Tha. was at noon
on Saturday. Measurements were
speedily taken, and sure enough the
house is wider than the street. When
that fact WIS learned Kaufman with
drew from the work, and of course
The five spectators to every worSmen
at the scenc had nothing more there
to entertain them they too withdrew
All Saturday afternoon, two thou
sand town people talked about the
building and what should be done
with it. Some one said. the Luther
an congregation should buy it and
move il onto their lot back of the
parsonage and finish it for Sunday
school room cr dwelling house 9th
ers said DANES McCauley and Editor
Allison should buy it and put it on
their lot on the north side of the
street where the house was halted on
it's travels. Others said it could be
taken back to Third street, up Third
street, to Cherry street, cut Cherry
street TO East Point to Washington
street, and down Washington street
to the fouudation that had been pre-
pared for it On the south side of
Washington street. Others said,
why not buy the trees that line the
north side of Washington street, cut
them down and lay timbers on the
pavement and then the house can be
moved t. it's intended destination
Others said cut the house in the
middle aud then it can be moved
along the street without disturbing
the trees. The trees were the great
obsticles II the way; if the trees had
been out Of the way the pavements
could have been utilized. and thus
pleI ty room been bad. The subject |
Was threshed over and over on Sun
day. There wasn't phase of it that
was not worn thread bear by Sun
evening, and the village rested quie-
tly on the subject over Sunday night
,s if to prepare itself for new devel-
opements on Monday.
The quietest man on Sunday was
irsnt Kaufman. But when Mon
lay morning came he was there at
he house with foTce Of men and
ike The great General fer whom be
vas named, lie determined 20 move
hat house ton that line, if it takes
ii surnmsr." The roof was speedily
aiken off and the house was sawed
cross the middle, and in two Sec.
ions is being moved to it's desti-
lation on Washington street.