Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-10
GARAGE FOR THE CAR OWNER
Private House for the Machine that
Comes Knocked Down"
LATEST THING IS CONVENIENCE
Portable Garage of Fireproof Material
that Affords Means for Housing
ana Cleaning Cars is Now
Offered.

Offered.
with approximately 10000 automobiles in |
use in the United States the question OF |
housing them has become serious prob
lem. In fact, IT has rather overshadoweo
the repeated Interrogation Of What be-
comes OF the thousands Of old and worn |
out cars?" The latter question was an !
svered simply. There are no old and worn !
out cars, while the former Is ever present |
and insistently growing
When there is a demand there lie I'M |
doubtedly a supply, and it remained for a
firm Of ST. Paul manufacturers to meet
that demand in what is known as the
'Pruden" system of metal, portable. fire
proof automobile garages One Of the struc-
lures has Just been erected at Twenty !
first and Farnam by the Kirkland Hicken |
company, and daily attracts hundreds OF
people on account OF its design and con-
structon-
Advantage of a Home.
with the increasing use Of the automobile
n n becoming more and more the custom
TO house the machine on the premises OF
the owner, particularly in rural and subur-
ban places, where the owner finds it more
convenient and economical to keep the car
on storage and cleaning, knows the car
will not be taken out without his permits
sion for 10y riding" and has 1t always
handy for use and inspection, this proxim-
ity to the house being an especially desir-
able condition at the end of long ride
when one wants to get warmed up, washed
and into dry, clean clothes with the least
possible delay.
The practice Of keeping the car at home
is more practical and satisfactory now
than in former years, since automobiles
have been brought to a degree of relia-
bility and durability that makes frequent
and extensive repairing unnecessary. The
average owner of a runabout or small
touring car finds it no very troublesome
task TO clean and adjust his car as use
and circumstances demand; or, II his
premises are large enough to warrant en-
ploying a man for general work the clean
ing of the car at least can be delegated to
him safely If he possesses ordinary in
teligence.
AccOmm oda lions Adjusted.
Usually. in suburban places OF the out
lying residential parts Of cities. the dis
lance to a public garage is not great and
for that reason there is no need to pro-
vide extensive repair facilities in the prt-
vate garage. They can be of the simplest
nature, inexpensive and occupy very little
room; in fact, can be disposed on an ordi-
nary workbench and in a small wall cabi-
net Consequently. the structure for hous-
ing the automobile does not need to be
any larger than will afford protection to
the machine and freedom Of action for
cleaning, oiling and adjusting It.
There are often numerous objections TO
building a permanent private garage. The
1I.NN .erI.k ~ r4rn4
construction might take too long and the
noise and debris of building would be
Objectionable More important than these
conditions however, may be the fact that
the possessor or intending purchaser of
the automobile Is only tenant and does
not care to spend several hundred dollars
on the construction of a special garage
that must be left behind and become
total loss to him in event Of a change of
residence.
Portable Garage Solves Problem.
This situation is very nicely met by the
portable or knockdown garage, construc-
ton that has come into widespread and
common use among motorists. The ad-
vantage Of the portable garage are so
generally recognized that at least one
manufacturing concern is devoting its en-
tire plant to this business
for housing one and sometimes two cars
but 1t can be bought in a variety of styles
and sizes and is, in fact, usually OF such
construction that the dimensions can be in
creased indefinitely at least in one direc-
Iion, by adding units to the walls and roof
They are so simple to put together, and
such explicit directions for erecting are
sent to the purchaser when shipping the
sections, that expert carpenters do nor
need to be hired. but when carpenters are
hired they can erect the garage in q day.
Cost IL slight.
Added to the advantages already pointed
out is the fact that the cost OF one OF
these garages, erected and ready for use, is
usually considerably less than the cost Of
building permanent garage Of equal size,
serviceability and appearance Knockdown
or sectional garages can be bought at prices
ranging from SIPS for one lOSl2 feet outside
measurements, with gable roof. double
hinged doors and two windows, to 1857 for
a double or two-car garage of the same
construction measuring 2Ox24 feet fitted
with two sets of glass-paneled doors. Prob
ably the most inexpensive garage is one
costing SIPS which has dimensions of 10x12
feet. gable roof. two windows, double en-
trance doors. and a side door, a two-foot-
wide work bench about ten feet long. and
q ftve-shelf cupboard with hinged doors.
This garage has one coat of printing paint
and needs only one finishing coat of the
color desired fter 1t has been erected. Fire
proof, mt a. ages, 10Sl4 feet with gable
roof. or, 90 of doors one window but no
floor be bought for $40, one l4x2(
feet for about $500 The material is galvan-
tied steel, which does not need to be
painted unless desired. and the roof panels
are fluted and the wall panels embossed.