The Greeley tribune., 1908-03-05
A new YACHT
AN ENGINEERS PALACE ON
WHEELS BUILT HERE.
Evolution of the Old Prairie
Schooner Into the Up-to-
Date Page Rocky Noun
tain Yacht.

c. d. Page has started new EN-.
terprise in Greeley that may eventu
ally turn into something big. 1t is
the building of Rocky Mountain
yachts. 1t bears about the same
relation to the old prairie schooner
that modern Pullman parlor coach
does to freight car. The Page
yacht will admit of as many frills
and trimmings as the millionaire's s
steam yacht. The difference is SIM
ply that the Page yacht is intended
for land navigation and the other
for water.
This is the way the thing started:
Mr.. Page, who most people here
know is civil and irrigation en-
gineer for many years has been OBJ.
liged to spend a great deal of his
time in camps. He has discovered
just how disagreeable it can be to
live In tent during blizzard, or
other kind of bad weather, so he
evolved the house on wheels in
which to house himself and his corps
Of assistants. This has now been so
thoroughly tested and found so salts
factory that Mr.. Page will make
more Of them for others Mr.. Page
is an old car designer and as such
has developed the idea of economy. of
space. TLis idea he has carried
out to remarkable degree in his
h0use on wheels.
To look a& thqs little lhenss one
sNdaid dJudxS ist t64a5s absas6 S17z fosx
outside measurement. In reality It
is ex16 feet interior. 1t contains all
the furniture for the comfortable
housing and housekeeping of seven
men, Including sleeping, cooking,
dining room and work room.
OF course all the furniture except
the stove is of the folding. variety.
The sleeping hunks, of which there
are five single and one double, fold
up against the sides of the room and
are out of the way In the day time.
These contain comfortable springs
and bedding enough to keep the oc-
cupants warm. The chairs are of
the ordinary folding kind. that may
be strapped to the wall. Then there
are three small tables that also fold
against the wall, and that can be
used for writing desks. or work of
various kinds. Besides these there
is 4 large table that is used for din
ing or for drafting table. This
has two sets of legs, long ones for use
when the engineers are working on
it, and regulation lengths when 1t
is used for q dining table. Both
sets of legs fold up under the table
and this Is hoisted up under the CELL
ing and fastened when the table is
not in use.
There is also an excellent ventila-
tion system in the house. The walls
and ceilings are of two thicknesses
of boarding, with dead air space
between. A set of ventilating holes
clear around the interior, . few
inches from the floor, draws the air
of the room up through the walls
and roof to the ridge board where it
escapes. This leaves the interior
cool in summer. In the winter time
the ridge board is let down close to
tbo roof apN oErtS ofY tho oocapo ~
air, and helps keep the interior
warm.
While the building already con
structed Is too heavy for tourist or
pleasure business, cars of lighter de-
sign can be made wherein two or
three persons can travel all summer
and be as comfortable as at home.
The car in use Is especially intended
for camp house and has been built
extra heavy and solid. The Frame
work Is all of steel and the bottom
is built as strongly as q railroad
coach, being trussed with steel in
much the same manner.
Besides the houses on wagons, Mr.
Page will also make some portable
metal buildings for housing horses
at grading camps and for sheep OF
hog corrals. The first building of
this kind will be erected on Mr..
Pages lot. corner Of Twelfth avenue
and Eleventh street, and will be
used fo- \ work shop in which to
build more and also to be nsed Is a