Movable Houses.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1902, 13 September 1884, Page 6

Movable Houses.

A French architect, M. Poitrineau, has devised a number of useful constructions which are in reality movable houses. They are made in pieces which are easily fitted up anywhere ; and, moreover, the entire building can be shifted about by aid of a low waggon drawn by horses. The waggon is backed under the raised floor of the building, and uxed thero; the legs ot the building are shortened by unscrewing the lower part, and the whole edifice then rests on the waggon and can be removed. For tourists, artists, sportsmen, and others roughing it for a season in country parts, these portable houses may prove of service. They are fitted up inside^ with all the necessaries of civilised life. The boards round the foot hang down when the house is properly placed. A German officer has also invented a portable field tent of felting, which is designed to obviate the bad effects of a camping-out without shelter. The felt is impregnated with incombustible matter, to render it safe against fire. Besides being water-tight, those houses are cool in hot weather and warm in cold. They are packed into transport boxes provided with ventilating hqles, and have been recently introduced into the Danish army.