Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-29

In any case, II turned out that there did
happen To be couple of old refrigerator cars
that nobody could think UP much use for
Bay and Pete got them for 500 each. deliv-
cred TO grain elevator spur a mile or more
from the four acres of cornfield which they
had bought for $500 in expectation of the
great day.
Next problem: how to get the cars to the
cornfield house mover SURVEYED the dis
lance from the grain elevator to the concrete
foundation, which the newiyweds had installed
talso in expectation of the great day., and
made them an overall price OF $6OO-in other
words, exactly the same as the cars and land
together had cost
Bay turned 1t down cold She wasn't
going to put out any six hundred bucks for a
job like that. She found an amateur with a
tractor. who said he'd do it for two hundred
This was quite an undertaking, even with
the tractor aided and abetted by the rear axle
OF an automobile, stripped down to the hubs.
and couple OF lengths of rail. It looked like
those refrigerator cars just didn't want to
make the trip. They felt at home near the
grain elevator; they didn't want to go wander
ing off around the country.
But they did. Yes, sir, Bay saw to that
She was right there all the time cheering
them on and even pitching in with a little
muscle work when they seemed about to settle
permanently in the mud
Finally they made the grade and Bazv waa
free to turn her indefatigable attention to a
whole new set of problems fireplace furnish
ings, plumbing, electric fixtures She found a
colored contractor, Sam Thomas, newly come
from Alabama, without banjo on his knee
but with wonderful plantation house mantel-
piece, which is going to be awfully surprised
when 1T finds itself decorating a refrigera-
tor car.
Sam allowed as how the job could be fin
ished for $3.50 and Bay snapped him up on IL.
SO while she wendell her way from junkyard
to junkyard, picking up a sink here, a bathtub
there, he spliced the unhappy cars together
Siamese twin style, cut out windows, installed
partitions and laid the flooring
1t won't be long now till the lob Is finished
The living room will be II by 1914 feet. with
one door Of the car facing the road as the
front entrance and the other being replaced
by the stone chimney and fireplace The bed
room also will be large-91 by 1871. Then
there will be kitchen and a bathroom. The
whole house will have floor space of 40 bv
10 feet
Outside it will be painted white with green
shutters at the numerous windows. and the
flat roof will be used as a sun deck and roof
garden. Inside there will be all the modern
electricity, gas oil burner, built
in bookcases and Kitchen cabinets Brightly
painted canvas will transform the bare walls
and the furniture will lean toward the early
American. Should the foundation happen to
'ink, it will just lean
The investment now stands at 81 $50. and
Bays best guess is that another $500 will
10 the trick She is very happy about Il
despite the fact that some of her friends have
tarted calling her "Boxcar Bay"
Just wait till they come out mere to visit
ls," she says. They'll open their eyes"
So. too undoubtedly will that Rockford
reight agent, If he ever gets a look at the
inal result OF his bewdering conversation
With the determined young woman last
August.
II might make a new man out of him will
ne to give sober consideration to almost anv
uggestion regardless Of how cockeyed II
night seem at first glance