Movable Houses.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 270, 11 October 1884, Page 5 (Supplement)

Movable Houses.

A FnuNCH architect, M. Poitrineau, has devised a number of useful constructions whioh are m reality movable houses. They are made m 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 fixed there; the legs of 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 m 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, these houses are cool m hot weather and warm m cold. They are packed into transport boxes provided with ventilating holes, and have been recently introduced into the Danish army.