The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-18
QUEEN ANNES ON TIE MOVE
FLEETS or COTT1GES ROrING OYER
BRONI BOROUGU.
Surprising and Somewhat Embarrassing
state of Things Caused Up There by
the city improvements difficulties of
Keeping Track of whore One Lives.

state OF Things caused Up There by
the city improvements -Dihculties of
Keeping Track of whore One Lives.
"How arc building operations ur yourw ?"
said the man who lives in the borough 81
Brooklyn to the man who lives in the borough
of the Bronx when they met for luncheon in a
Park Row coffee and sinker foundry.
Say" shouted the Bronxite. you mover
saw anything like IT, Building operations. YOU
ask 7 Well. YOU never saw building operations
on the move ns they arc in III" EronN. Now.
there is my friend Smith. He's been living on
rollers for a week. That's how building opera
tons are moving up my way"
What's that ?" broke in the brooklyn man.
Living Oh rollers? What are you giving me -
Facts-nothing but facts When went TO
work this morning met Smiths house COM
ing I'M Washington avenue. | Jumpcd on his
front stoop ms it was passing along and said:
Hurry NJ, old man. or YOU viii l." late. So
he botcd his breakfast and we came down
town together"
"Oh! conn ulr. :" said tho brooklyn man.
Look here" shouted the Bronx man.
when | speak the truth don't like to have
PEOPLE insnuatr that am liar. | said mot
the house coming ny the avenue when was
going to work. and so | did. Not only that
house. but hundreds Of Others are on the 20 tp
in the Bronx. What troubles smith. though.
is the uncertainty Of whore his house will ho
when h. gets home to- night. ltmay only havc
gone block or so from where II was this
morning, or il may hay" been switched Off in
side street r. make room for Il mansion going
in tho opposite direction. You know th" ruls
Of the road is that III" liGhtcst load las 10 give
way for the heavier loa |. and
Yes. hut don't quite understand how II is
that all these houses are moving about on
rnll tlpv spt q down "A
quiet and respectable. like our Brooklyn
homes2"
"In time they wil--that is, settle down-and
you would understand the Bronx better II you
would not interrupt me. As l WAS saving. it
worries smith to think whore his house may
be this evening. II 1t is not switched of to
side street the man in charge may take it INTO
his head to make a short cut across lots and it
would require some time for Smith to locate
his residence
Pardon me for interruntinG." remarked tho
Brooklynite. but where in thunder is Smiths
house bound for2'
According to the limo Of march which Smith
had prepared. the house is bound from the
eastern part Of fremont to the northern end
OF Fordham. The house has now been three
DAYS on the road. This morning it was block
and "A half ahead 81 schedule time-so it is do
ing very well. Tonight. II it is time, it
should he opposite Cassidy's duck pond pro-
vidcd. as | said. that it * not compelled to
switch OH
But why does the house novels it travel
ling for its health ?"
"Ah. | see YOU do not keep informed on the
affairs Of the great Bronx. If you did you
would know that few DAYS ago the city con-
demnrd several thousand parcels uf real es-
tate. and sold tho houses on the condemned
property at auction. The city IS going to orcn
new strcnts. widen others. extend the grand
Loulcvurds and concourscs. and needs the
property in its business Smiths house stood IN
a condemned lot. So when the auction came
around he hid IN the house for so. II i a
nice frame house. and smith did not want to
lose il smith owns couple of vacant lot up
in TOrdham and 80 he engaged "A man to move
his house there. and that's how 1t comes to he
on. E2Iy'II, so."
"Of course you do. Now. there are hundreds
smith bought in their own houses and are
moving them t. other neigh! OrhOudS. That
is the reason why our streets aud boule-
wards and grand cOncOuIsch and park
ways are full OF chateuus. Queen Anncs.
colonial and modern cottages. moving
about from pace 70 place and itrrinG to keep
out of one another's way. k"erh. house
in moving Queen Anne r1ttPgr is, IF
says hr is getting used to t. the dishes rat
lie around great deal IN the daytime. and the
ineta,Iment rrayon WIN t4s req SIX s4~h
come damaged and thrown from III" easel.
Then 70 have man seated On your ties, easy
ing a vile clay pipe while he drives the horses.
Is not pleasant
You are right 1t is also eXnspcrnting TO
have the Italians who are assisting in the
moving grab your finest Jardlnlere Whenever
the house passes a saloon. and run in and have
il filIed with i'rr. but such Incidents must he
horne, with y patience, Then comes the
trouble with til" children
=" shoull IMAGINE they would like the OK
cittemment.n a..
schools. The schools are crowded You know,
and they only receive pupils from a"crtain dis
trict Before smiths house, started On its
school, This morning Smith lives midway be-
tween fremont and Eordnam. 80 he s"nt one
Of the children to F1riham school Hand the
crossed the line, and so botli children Will have
to be sent to Fordham., This means putting
them in new r,aSs"s, aud is annoying to Mrs,
Smith 1t IS also expensive, as Mrs. smith has
to htre guide g hrins he children home. -,
house reaches the end Of its outing"
He certainly vii! h". 1t j. tad enough in
the DAYTIME, but at night the conditions arc
far worse. You SCI. NJ night all the houses
come 10 anchor in fleets: md II Is hard to dis
tInEulsh one from the other. On dark nights.
I'm Manhattan borough. and j. not exactly sure.
anyway, lust where his house Is. It becomes
dencc. One Of tbs owners Of house that is
moving In the same direction ms the licct
to which smiths house belongs proposed
signal code. SO a man could pick out his own
house at night and not max" rm uarrassinu
mistakes. ~ proposition seemed 10 b"
good one. lie proposed that Smiths house
should hing out green lgh, n night. Jones
should hang out red "n". Robinson should
hang ont a rcd aud green. RYAN two red lights.
Ne. So that nan seeing IN" signals. and
having n copy Of the code. wuuI hay" no
trouble IN locating his own house provided IL
was on schedule t!mc and had met with no
accident"
How did it work ?"
Very we'll for night or two and then thcre
was much trouble that the scheme was
Abandoned. The lrst night Smiths green light
shOne forth all wac well, and no got home all
right. The second night he attended a,smok-
ing concert in Staten Island with some friends
and the smoke was somewhat too strong for
him He became somewhat confused whom no
reached the uelghhorhood Of Whrr" his house
ought to have been; Int prrsrGtly h" saw
n green light shining. hrar"d UP and
walked right INTO the new fremont police sta
ton. II" wanted t. know OF III" man
hohiud tie Il 'sk what h" had STOLEN Ills 'i.ht
for. and Re would hnvr been lnct"d m lit had
not hrcn Tor ruundSman h" knew, who eX-
planned matters aud chased ~ his house lur
him Jones also had trouble on wet night.
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