| Show A SMALL HOUSE aft Is X und hod convenient wid will cost lint mt liy by ahnert american n pre Asso An cirl boo luring baring the he spring rammer and early autumn months tile the most popular and healthful arter aaion for both sexes is row ing it does docs not cost much faran and a bout boat is i always ready for use one of the greate st cit drawbacks to boat owning in the vicinity of large cities ts ia the almost total ab absence enco of a decent place to keep a boat when not in use dy going a bhart distance in iii the country it is not dot ditri difficult cult to r V ai AZ OSE ONE STORY stony VIEW secure a good location for a boat boathouse bous select a spot it possible where tile shore is ii gravelly and sauly Ir or very rocky rather than the muck holes which tire arc usually crosien cho b sien having the location for the boathouse the next thing is to construct the building it need not be and often a number of people can combine and the cost so divided will then lie be cy cry light the first step is to procure cedar posts and sharpen the smaller ends and drive them several feet into the ground with a heavy baledge himmer hammer then cut the tops oil off leel and spike a 0 plank uron lirou each side of the vertical timbers timber with the top of the posts sized down to 0 6 inches on oil top of these nail a exio plank all around FLOAT ea R I 1 P ci OE F 0 k N sn tw r i i 1 antem n flak witia dmn bloat to form ft a bill for the building tats method is better than to use solid timber its as it v ill not dot rot so quickly and can be basu fastened ned more securely and at lem leba cost than a solid piece the substructure la is braced bynal by nailing liDga a 2210 plank diagonally acro across s the corners upon the sills place posts about 8 feet apart and toe nail them down m ith wire nails which hold more firmly in the wood than cut nails on top of these posts baiko two planks tor for plates with two xa intermediate horizontal girths births bet bettt een them h e in in a height of 0 9 or 10 feet the w walls ails are arc co coerced com bcd ered with surface lumber put cini ou vertically erti cally and balb cl to 10 each girth with nails thereof the roof Is obeath wand td and cover covered edwith with heavy beavy tarred paper RID R 77 7 7 14 rt R A t VY 11 1 view VIEW OF TWO STORY HOUSE the doors are arc made of the m matei a let till ial As is the sheathing securely braced brace d and d hinged with strong strap hinges the roof lias has a m wide ide projection which is sup p ported by timber brackets brock ets made of 1 stuff and altogether the whole is neat dent mid and picturesque in ill appearance the places where the shore ebore Is rocky or too hurd bard to dine dihe posts the lower rids way may beseemed be seemed by filling lu in loose atones about thern them thia work is termed As to dimensions all will depend upon the number of boats to bo be stored and their size z L the mot most celebrated rowboats which h tell aro considered models of lightness tind lind bleed are the st lawrence saranac arld and italine boats which vary in le length rl gab from rom 14 to 18 feet the building here LJ 11 PLAN PLAK OF SECOND STORY bbown could cabile accommodate from tour four to till six loats thero should bo be a flub but float connected with the lie boathouse by a nife and beaure bridge ai ag in ili the illustrations this building ca cau u bo be erected tor for about 1130 1 and upward this building may lie be modified to accommodate enc Klate a 11 large club wl with ill assembly y rooms and balconies in tile the second altory tile latter building would cost coit in the neighborhood of laoo D 1 IV y kiso |
