The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-13

course. without any damage to the
building itself; that the very orna-
mentS on the mantelpieces. the bric-a-
brac in the cabinets VIII in no way be
disturbed, that the window glass Will
not even be cracked, that the home life
of a family occupying the moving
house viii be undisturbed. Such is alb
solutely the fact. 1t is not necessary
for the occupants of the building to
temporarily change their quarters: TO
take the castOrs off the bedsteads, nor
to pack up all the perishable articles
in the house. 1t is on record that an
old tall clock which was in a house that
was moved in Westchester county. n.
Y, never stopped running all during
The progress of removal. On the other
hand, there seems TO be no limit TO the
movers capabilities as far as weight is
concerned. The Brighton Beach hotel
which was placed on $50 fiat cars and
moved 600 feet, weighed 5000 tons. This
building was composed entirely Of
brick and stone and the weight is very
uneGually distributed, lower tower
alone weighing 500 tons. To be frank.
these featS take all the wonderment
out of the raising of the pyramids and
obeliskS. inaSBuch as the most print
tive tools are used by the engineers.
One house mover put the case very
graphically when he said. Il think the
HI
Manhanset was q far more wonderful
feat than the raising or moving of an
obelisk. The obelisk, you know is in
one solid piece and all you have to do
is to keep IL balanced. but the smoke
stack is built of thousands of bricks,
held together by cement, which might
break apart under the least strain. The
difference should be apparent to every
body.
BUILDINGS EASY TO MOVE.
Inasmuch as the house mover is not
COMPOUNDED by size or weight, it is
pity that his services have not been
called into action when many of our
historic structures have been RACED to
make way for the march of modern i'm
provement. Had they been, posterity
would be the Weather for many a
monument of memorable events. the
remembrance of which is after all, the
foundation of national honor and pride
The mechanical end of the business is
governed by curious laws. of which
the mover must take account. For in
stance, a difference in level of one inch
between two sides at the basement of
G. building may mean difference of
one foot at the top. Now, although
his is q fact, and although a moved
building rests on series of plankS
crossing and recrossing one another
yet the Is III no
way secured to the planks, nor are the
pianks even chained together. The
weight of the house, which may seem
like an obstacle. is really in this case
an assistance. inasmuch as il steadies
and presses on the timbers until the
latter are almost held together by the
attraction of cohesion and move with
the building as a unit. The lifting of a
building is really so easy and simple
that a child could perform the feat, if
his efforts were systematically directed
by an experienced man. The jack
screws used by building movers will, as
a rule, lift 10 tons. If the screw turns
hard. heightened lever would put the
feat within the scope of a child's
strength. The moving of a building
after it is on the ways is equally simple
Sometimes a house is drawn by horses,
sometimes by engine power and some
times by hand; that Is, il is lacked
along in exactly the same way in which
it is lacked UP. One farmer took adj
vantage of circumstances and used a
steam thresher as motive power.
GREATEST FEAT ON RECORD.
Undoubtedly The greatest feat of
house moving ever performed was the
moving of Brighton Beach hotel This
huge caravansary. opened at Coney
island in 1878. originally stood 600 feet
back from the water. II cost in the