Show machinist builds cozy home of driftwood man borrows rowboat to tow planks ashore new Or orleans learis richard burton sixty year old unemployed machinist has built one of the coziest little homes in new orleans years ago when burton burlon was laid inid off by the machine shop where he be worked because he was too old he found a job as a night watchman on a large idle die steam shovel the job paid s 15 a week 55 5 of which he paid tor for a room A year ago his bis pay check stopped and he faced the prospect of eviction from his home it was then that he decided to build a home he went on the UIs mis sis sippi river in a borrowed row boat and towed planks and timber ashore for his bis home ile he sold enough of the timber to buy food and necessities hoping that some day he be will get paid for his services he be has stuck to his job of Vat watching ching the large rusting steam shovel each night by day he works on his home it Is almost finished and consists of two well built rooms eight feet above the ground he has sold surplus lumber salvaged from the river to buy nails screens and hinges tor for the little house ile he hopes to paint it soon boon everything ENery thing has come from the river that went into the place bur too said cypress for the dounda tion lion oak for the flooring pine for or the walls and strong beams for the framework have been towed to the bank of the river a few feet from his door |