Show I BY WATER VATER I In the People department of 0 the February American Magazine ap apPl appears appears ap- ap Pl pears an account of or Edwin F. F Brown a I Chicago banker who has a a. houseboat runby run ruin run runby by automobile power that would make CI Cleopatra's opa glided gilded barge look hook like a a. canal canul boat boal Following Is an extract from the article E Edwin F. F Brown a a. Chicago banker mot motors motor over o the tho city boulevards or tile the scenic rura rural highways in a a. car that thal can make a speed of or a mile u a t minute As soon as tS he lie tires o of riding he runs hits his machine to time the e edge edga tt of tho the nearest river rivert t r lake Here ho he has a houseboat moore moored and ho hI baa lias only onh to guide tiia th automobile lp up tho rr grooved runway of or tho the thoi i gangplank n plank at the stern stem of or his era craft Ct at attach attach at- at tach tacit the tho machinery to the tho paddle wheels Vor and salt ball awn away In a a comfortable floating home homo to spend a a. cool quiet night on till thin w V- V away from the noise and nm nervous away nm nervous l strain t I o of a city I office J Tho Driftwood 00 1 as this unusual ship h is called Is bl not a inure mure plaything for or tha the summer Mummer of or a uch man but bul Is 18 a n. substantial residence for all flea seasons on that t may soon Moon be developed do to relieve e th lIt tit congestion con con- and wretched living conditions of or orrin rin any metropolis lh The houseboat Is seventy seventy- five he feet long lang by sixteen feet teet five inches with and was built buIL to bO as to pass ilS through any tumid or lock In the United States The hull tull is o of Oregon fir und and tank tunk pine which with th the aid of ofa ofa a ventilating system k keep p the Interior dry At l th the bow Is a n spacious veranda b behind which 1 hi a S room live sult l extendIng extending extend extend- ing lag clear cl across cro It the boat fitt fifty f feet cot ct in I length th Tho rho on owner r ar argues that hise his lila e f vessel I el cl im N IN lur large enough to serve as 5 the tile I Innan permanent nt n residence of or an un average e family tic tc tJ believes cs also als that In any an town on a alake alake lake or navigable stream a u line of houseboats house boats holding A pod portion Ion of tin thin poor POOL population could bo ho constructed at small airmaIl expense as ItS has been done dono for or Forno time In tn China and that these would give h our OUI pr tenement dwellers healthier happier IIno c an a automobile one needs v very J ry simple to furnish the thc moth mo mo- th thc o for a boat of ot this type The Time owner runs runt lila car onto the ti stern storn d ck jK jacks up lip the tho T rear ar wheels and b by mean me means nM of sprockets and chains Attaches the tho engine en glue gine nc to the thc paddle wheels In this W way Y tim tho UIO vessel I Is ts propelled at al a 8 speed of or six sixmile Ix mites mile c an h l hir ir ur la le ca exceptionally fast for a a. hn H houseboat l oat t. For Jor apparatus the craft t n hi pro with two t h heavy n rudders six lx ix fe test t Ion long and two and on one one- halt half nu wide si To Ti th these so guilding guild guild- In Ing two ten tenI f feet fott l long lon counteract th the natural tendency I IJ of cit a boat to drift sideways I lit In ease case time the rudders are arc disabled the I I paddle wheels Y themselves herns can elm be adjusted to o steer te ir the boat oat When ho goes s o aboard ship the tho Chicago banker disconnects tI the emergency brake brako from one ono driving and the foot o t brake from th the oth other r. r Th Then b by stopping tho the port paddle wheel whee and ana revolving re its mate for tor Instance ho the boat bost to lo starboard V Thc The Interior furnishings of or Driftwood Driftwood Drift wood make make- It Il undoubtedly tb th the most mot splendid houseboat ever designed In tide HUE country Among the conveniences convenience In stalled In this unique home are arc refrigerator tor lor Or sun un p parlor laundry gas S plant clothes drier niter filter and purifier furnishing ho hut and cold water besides bookcases and au IJ oUter usual articles of t furniture Tit The Driftwood rt rs th h most 1 pleasant lea ant spot on Driftwood roof root gaiden a. a en extending the full length ai at width o of ot the house 3 J Is on the ro ro that limo tho family spend pend spend their dBl dau garden while traveling protected from rom the su sua collapsible awning that thai can bi be a by under to lower lowered d when necessary go bridges 8 |