AMERICAN ENTERPRISE
W^nderftil: s§)rie3 of the manner m whicif Americans f arejsometimes m the habit of. H^OTingjhouseaJi^vf reached : ibJG3:iJH>pi\tr^ .fi^m^ime, to time. $ The Boston Transcript has Just! recorded, boTfeyeij,, a still more remarkable example of the same inetlio4 of dealing with house property, b^iiidin^ m this case was actually removed from one quarter of the city around by sea to anqthfep,' hddse J dri whioh this operation' Was' : p'erforinjßd: w|a^ 3 30 ft wide, : 40ft deep, anif iyb atid a-half o|oreys high t wijh five heavy' chiraneyß •extending 1 0£t; above the roofj the weight of -the : whole being 260 tons. Situated on the corner of Q and Fourth streets, it /was placed on . three deck* scows, and iii one hour it was towed round* the point jacinth stnst ! : " The movement of'i this building," says the Transcript, was a novel sigh^r with ladies on the piSzza evidently enjoying : the trip; i--u-^>li _■■;
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 82, 5 March 1884, Page 2
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151AMERICAN ENTERPRISE Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 82, 5 March 1884, Page 2
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