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Show HAILItOAD DEItltiqK VHKl XG f ! MOVE IIOUHES. ' ft! In removing houses that ota&Tietf , j raj ed Its right of way, a wosterw iafr- i Ml road recently tackled tho Job t-i'tla ' r J a largo derrick part or Its wrecking , I M caulpment nnd saved much rfnnr : M thoroby. Tho method Lncludnf tie!" I M passing of four chains around Aw i !jH houno to bo moved, connecting' tttcrui j aU to steol rails on either side hotmttii- ' 'J?m tho building, on which the yreifin. i fJT rested, nnd then lifting tho wtt&kz Rjl bodily Into tho air by means or tbti ' ja9 derrick to a now position hctltXo (1x3 ' ajy right of way. Tho houses befriff ft- , i 9 uatcd closo to the track ma do ffta t uso of tho derrick feasible, and ff,t If' M removal wan accomplished wUlioat. (' M disturbing tho residents or damaRfo;; M tho buildings, except whore tho iooTjsi I M overhung, From the April Vapular , Mechanics Magazine. , H |