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opinion was worth as much as that OF
the best expert machanic.
Messrs. Hugh Howard, w. F. Dams
by, S. R. Cochran, D. H. Howard and
Eugene Nance were willing to try the
job, and so they set out to accomplish
and did accomplish, the work in the
most satisfactory manner.
They filled the windows with brick
to within two feet of the ceiling. At
other places holes on both sides of the
building were cut through the brick
walls on the same level with the bricks
in the windows. Through these open
ings timbers by 8 or by were put.
The timbers from the opposite holes
Tapped in the middle of the hall.
They were fastened together with
iron bolts, and rested on high bench,
reaching from one end of the house to
the other. This high bench was made
by the union ofseveral shorter benches,
nailed to the floor, and strongly
braced. On each timber projecting
through the wall 2 by 8 plank was
nailed lengthwise on both sides of the
wall. This braced the walls firmly so
that they could not move. These tim
bers were scattered along the walls, at
suitable distances apart, to the mum.
Der Of twenty-five, reaching from wall
to wall.
On these timbers, blocks or sills
were placed, on the inside of the
building and twelve jackscrews
on each side did the work. When
the length of the jackscrews was reach
ed the roof was propped up by pens
or timbers on the joists and in addi-
ton, the joists of the roof were sup.
ported by blocks on the walls. 1t
was deemed necessary to run the
heavy timbers through the walls on
each side, go as to keep the weight
of the roof on the wall while it was
being raised. If the weight of the
roof had been placed on the floor, and
the walls had not been stayed by the
timbers, the walls when fifteen or
sixteen feet above the floor, would
have been easily thrown down, or put
out of plumb. The timbers reaching
through both side walls served a dou-
BILE purpose in holding up the roof
and in holding the walls safely in
position.
To allow the joists to rise above the
brick wall, four inches of the wall, or
one line of brick, was taken off, when
the ioists were still too long the ends
were cut. The rafters were strongly
braced above the joists, so that the roof
was held off the joists, and rafters were
not allowed to move forward or
backward.
In the face of all the evil that had
been predicted, great care was taken
so as to take no known chances of
accident The pieces of sawed timber
on which the jacks were set were
built, and in the process OF
nails were driven to make
them .doubly secure.
A great quantity of rough lumber
was necessary. The sills by 8 which
were thirteen in number, the pieces
by :, and the 9 by S's were nailed
to make other sills and were
not cut. The only injury being the
holes for the iron rods and the nail
holes, other 2 by SIS and other stuff
were used as a flooring, or as a basis
Of operation. These timbers were not
but the timbers which were
cut to make the pens are useless, except
Tor tirewood.
The roof was successfully raised
four feet and nine inches. In raising
it not leak in the tin or a break in
the plastering was made.
Of course to do the work of raising,