/o DFC 1 8 1911 F. H. Seiaen For Every Purpose and n-!*_ l-I~_ I-!«.. /’ll,-*» RR AIAV.M AT>F. HOUSES u OFFICE OF 1 $ 1911 merican Portable House Co. SEATTLE, WASH. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT E take pleasure in announcing that on and after September 1 st, 191 1, a net discount of 5 % will be allowed off the prices published in our catalogue on all Standard Portable buildings. This discount applies to all buildings except the Campers Houses shown and listed on page 37 of catalogue. I AMERICAN PORTABLE HOUSE CO. (.TO BE ATTACHED TO CATALOGUE) I t w v - V rtu pany INDEPENDENT A 2170 SUNSET, MAIN 3858 il l t i l CABLE ADDRESS: APCO, SEATTLE American Portable House Company 329 ARCADE BUILDING SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, U. S. A. PHONES: INDEPENDENT A 2170 SUNSET, MAIN 3858 For Every Purpose and Suitable for Any Climate WEATHER-PROOF CONSTRUCTION PATENTED IN UNITED STATES AND CANADA School Houses Churches Store Buildings Hotels Dwellings Bungalows Cottages Cabins Summer Homes Bunk Houses Auto. Houses Voting Booths Etc. Etc. Testimonials Law Offices FRANK H. GUFFEY, 440 Diamond Street. Pittsburgh, Pa. Alaska Portable House Company, Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 12th, 1902. Seattle, Washington. Gentlemen : I can heartily recommend your portable houses to any one desiring a comfortable, easily-erected building, which will give good satisfaction if desired for a permanent location and at the same time can be easily moved from place to place if necessary at slight trouble and expense. More than two years ago I purchased one of your portable store rooms, to be used by a relative of mine in Alaska. The building has proved absolutely water proof during the violent rains of the open season. And my cousin has lived in it warm and comfortable through two rigorous arctic winters, and expects to remain in it the coming winter. I might add that with the exception of a ceiling on the ceiling joists, which was neglected in our order, no additional lining was placed inside the building. Very respectfully, FRANK H. GUFFEY. “For arrangement for seating, heating, lighting, and so forth, we find these (Portable School Houses) far preferable to the vacant store rooms, halls, etc., that were rented in various portions of the city, and the feature of being portable adds to their adaptability for the constantly increasing school population that calls for more rooms in many more localities than can be promptly furnished with new permanent buildings. Our present rent account is reduced to $50.00 per month while at one time it exceeded $400.00 per month.” Yours very truly, R. W. JONES, Secretary Seattle Board of Education. Extract from letter from Barstow, California: June 22nd, 1910. The house is pleasing me very much and I am sure is going to be very satisfactory. The country folks about are all much in¬ terested in it, as it is so very different from the Portable Houses that have been put up here at Barstow, and I hope it will bring you other purchasers from here. Thanking you for your courtesy, I am, ..... _. . .. . Very truly, (Signed) ABBY L. WATERMAN. American Portable House Company Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Washington, September, 1902 CAPITAL STOCK $100,000, FULLY PAID AND NOX-ASSESSABLE. CHARLES M. HOWE, Secretary, Treasurer and General Manager. Main Office: 329 Arcade Bldg., Seattle, Washington, U. S. A. REFERENCES SEATTLE. GENERAL. Scandinavian American Bank. Northwest Trust & Safe Deposit Co. Dexter Horton & Co., Bankers. Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Washington Rubber Co. Seattle Lumber Co. Nelle & Engelbrecht. W. P. Fuller & Co. Whiton Hardware Co. O. B. Williams, Sash & Doors. L. O. Hathaway, Wholesale Lumber. Superintendent School Board, Seattle. Col. D. B. May, Washington, D. C. J. R. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio. Geo. H. Stout, Nome, Alaska. Frank H. Guffey, 440 Diamond Street, Pittsburg, Pa. Paraffine Paint Co., San Francisco, Cal, & Seattle, Wash. Henry B. Scudder, North Yakima, Wash. Merchants National Bank, Los Angeles, Cal. Superintendent School Boards, Everett, Wash. Superintendent School Boards, New York City. Superintendent School Boards, Rochester, N. Y. W. N. Ashbaugh, Director of Schools, Youngstown, Ohio. 2 AMERICAN PORTABLE HOUSE COMPANY INTRODUCTION While this catalogue shows but a part of the build¬ ings that we manufacture, we are able uot only to fill all orders for our Standard Sizes, as shown in the cuts and tables annexed, but to ship any Special Order on short notice, usually in from three to five days. Careful study, and experience of years in the manufacture of portable and ready-made houses enables us to supply such build¬ ings suitable for any climate. Our houses have been proven in the Arctic winters of Alaska and the tropical climate of Hawaii and South Africa, as well as in the different parts of the United States, and wherever placed they have not been found wanting. Our method saves you money by preparing all material at the factory ready for erection. With each house we furnish everything complete, including all doors, windows, roofing material and hardware of every description required for the erec¬ tion and finishing of the same, even to the mop or brush for spreading the roof cement, and a wrench for tight¬ ening the nuts on the bolts with which the house is put together. To Mining Companies, Townsite Owners, or Pro¬ moters of Colonies, we offer special inducements, as on short notice we can send them any number of buildings complete, so that in a few days they can have their of¬ fices, stores, bunk houses for men, hotels or boarding houses and a dozen or more houses ready for occupancy. In these days of rapid settlement and development “time is money,” and you not only save time in the facility of erection of our houses, but money in the cost, as it is only a fraction of that of an ordinary frame building, and usually less than that' of common board shacks or log houses. We especially recommend our Standard Cottages to the man of moderate means, who prefer to own a cozy and comfortable home of his own instead of paying the price of it every year or two in rent, and have the other fellozv still own the house. The annual overflow of pupils in the Public Schools have secured us numerous contracts for our Special School Buildings, and we have from two to forty of them in nearly every city on the Coast all the way from San Francisco to Everett, and more of them in the in¬ terior scattered as far East as New Jersey, and they have proven a blessing to the pupils and a great saving to the boards of education of these different cities. AMERICAN PORTABLE HOUSE COMPANY 3 To Campers, Settlers and Homesteaders We construct a special house suitable for a summer residence or for a settler's use, of different construction from our Standard House and at a much lower price, but at the same time it is dry and comfortable, being windproof and waterproof and costing but little more than a tent, or if figured on the basis of two or three years’ use being even cheaper than a tent. Four Reasons Why You First—A great saving in cost of transportation and in time and expense in setting them up, they being all framed and fitted at the factory, and plans and full in¬ structions accompanying each building. Second—Important! In case of a desire to move, a short time only is required to take down your building. This is especially important in new towns and mining camps, for if there is a stampede to some new camp it enables you to be among the first to establish business there. Should Use Our Houses Third—More important! One of our three, four or five-room cottages (erected in or near the city) gives all the comfort of an ordinary house, and if you invest the same amount in a house that you would otherwise pay out as rent in the next one or two years, you will own your own home. Fourth—Most important! Our patent construction with double panels, dead-air space, two thicknesses of heavy paper and one of hair enclosed in the walls makes a building that is impervious to heat, cold or moisture, and is therefore absolutely dry and healthy. 4 AMERICAN PORTABLE HOUSE COMPANY Portable School Houses Many rapidly growing cities with restricted school revenues find it difficult to build new school houses fast enough to keep up with the demands made by the increase in population. To the school boards, taxpayers and par¬ ents of such communities, our portable school houses are a veritable God send. By this means a new room can be added to any school on short notice and at the expense of only a few hundred dollars. Many schools have thus added room after room until the means were at hand for the erection of a permanent school building. The port¬ able school houses are then moved to the next point of pressure and thus serve a like purpose over and over again. Like all our portable buildings, the school houses can be quickly moved and without loss of material. We have moved several of the forty school houses in the City of Seattle from two to six times, and they are practically in as good condition today as they were when new. School boards will find it a measure of economy to have constantly on hand for emergency use, a few of these portable houses. The Standard size is 25x31 feet, with 9-foot studding, giving ample room for 45 to 50 pupils. Sixty or more pupils can be accommodated if necessary. The school houses are built after the type of our standard houses, with patent wall construction and patent roofing, being perfectly dry and healthy, cool in summer and warm in winter. The question of warmth in severe weather is a most important one. and upon this point we can meet the most rigid investigation, as our houses have been used for many years in Alaska and the Arctic mining regions with complete satisfaction. For cold climates we furnish a double floor, consisting of an under floor of shiplap, a thickness of hair insulator (same as is used in the walls), and the regular 4-inch tongue and grooved flooring laid on strips above that, at a very slight additional expense. We also furnish portable ceiling if desired. Where the portable school houses are used in connection with permanent buildings having adequate heating plants, they may be warmed by steam or hot water from the central building, but stove heat is customary and satisfactory. For ventilation there are two transoms in each gable. We also provide each house with a cold air duct leading from the outside to the bottom of the heater; this insures a sufficient supply of pure fresh air in cold weather when the house is closed and heating is necessary. To avoid crossing light, which is bad for the eyes of the pupils, all the windows are placed on one side and in front; in all ten windows, four lights in each, 15x28 inches. This makes a light room. At a small additional expense we build a portable school house with vestibule and cloak rooms, and can furnish larger buildings for two schools if desired. AMERICAN PORTABLE HOUSE COMPANY Portable School House James D. Horton, President and Manager, American Portable House Co.: Referring to the portable schools erected by your firm for this district, I beg to state that they have proved entirely satis¬ factory, being comfortable in winter, plenty of light and good ventilation, and if we find it necessary to increase our room, the board will purchase more buildings of you. Very truly yours, CHAS. K. GREENE, Secretary Board of Education. Everett, Wash., Sept. 12, '04. No. 200—School House, 25x31 feet. Weight 12,500 pounds. P.-ice, F. O. R. Seattle, $375. OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF CITY SCHOOLS Oakland, Cal., Sept. 28, 1908. CITY HALL The American Portable House Co.. Seattle, Washington. Gentlemen: The Board of Education of the Citv of Oakland have in use a number of your Portable School Houses, which have given us perfect satisfaction. I take pleasure in recommending these houses for utility and durability, and as completely fulfilling the purpose for which they were purchased. Respectfully, J. W. McDYMONDS, City Superintendent of Schools. 6 AMERICAN PORTABLE HOUSE COMPANY From School Board Journal, May 1, 1907: “Five one-story frame port¬ able schoolhouses, each 25x31, to cost $1,200 apiece, have been purchased by the board of ed¬ ucation of New York City from the American Portable House Company of Seattle, Wash. While in architectural beauty these little schools will stand in striking contrast to the magnificent structures which School Architect Snyder has been erecting throughout the city, nevertheless their pur¬ chase will aid in solving the problem of congestion, inciden¬ tally saving the expense of transportation of pupils. “Certain neighborhoods in the Bronx have grown in pop¬ ulation so rapidly that some of the children have been forced to attend schools in other dis¬ tricts. The expense of carry- No. 200—Interior of a Portable School House. ing them to and from school every day in stages has devolv¬ ed upon the board, which finds no fund for transportation. Consequently the portable schoolhouses have been bought. “School Architect Morgan in discussing the purchase called particular attention to the fact that there is no firm in New \ ork or in the East^ who could supply portable schoolhouses, and that the board had bought them in Seattle, Wash..cheaper than it could erect such buildings itself.’’ From New York World, April 14, 1907: “Portable schools are cheap¬ er than portable scholars. This is the secret of an order which lias recently been placed with a Seattle firm by the Board of Education of New York City for five one-story frame port¬ able schoolhouses.” TToo*. AMERICAN PORTABLE HOUSE COMPANY Portable School House Floor Plan. No. 201. No. 201—School House with Vestibule and Cloak Rooms. 25x31 Price, $430.00 F. O. B. feet; 9-foot ceiling, open. Seattle. Weight, 1&Q00 lbs. \ *8 AMERICAN PORTABLE HOUSE COMPANY As indicating the satisfaction given by these houses in different locations the follozving speak for themselves. COPIES OF ORDERS. Youngstown, Ohio, Sept. 21st, 1909. AMERICAN PORTABLE HOUSE CO.. Seattle, Wash. Gentlemen: Ship one building same as others at once, i W. N. ASHBAUGH, Director of Schools. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education, Alaska Div. Requisition No. 359. Seattle, Wash., May 20, 1910. AMERICAN PORTABLE HOUSE CO.. Seattle, Wash. Sir: Please enter this order, based on your proposal dated May 20, 1910: 1 Special Building. 15 x 27', 8' studs, open to rafters. Duplicate of building furnished for Sitkoh Bay, Alaska. H. C. SINCLAIR, Supply Agent. Gary, Ind., July 24th, 1908. AMERICAN PORTABLE HOUSE CO., 329 Arcade Building, Seattle, Wash. Gentlemen: Send to the School City of Gary, delivering over the Pennsylvania Railway, three portable school house buildings complete like those received from you in our last order at $540.00 each. Respectfully yours, WILLIAM A. WIRT, Supt. of Schools. Gary, Ind., May 25, 1910. AMERICAN PORTABLE HOUSE CO., Seattle, Wash. Gentlemen: Send to my address for the Gary Public Schools, two portable school houses of the same type as last shipment, $540.00 each, f. o. b. Gary Ind. Kindly have these houses come into Gary over the Pennsylvania Railroad, and oblige, Respectfully yours, W. A. WIRT, Supt. of Schools. city of McKeesport school district. AMERICAN PORTABLE HOLISE CO.. Seattle, Washington. . McKeesport, Pa., August 3rd, 1910. Gentlemen:— Please ship us as scon as possible, two portable school houses—one room each—to be exact duplicates of ones which you fur¬ nished the Board of Education of Youngstown, Ohio. Our Board has investigated, as far as is possible, the construction and price of your schools and methods of shipping the same and we are under the impression that the cost of each building is about $450.00 F. O. B. Seattle. What we desire, however, are buildings, exact duplicates of ones furnished to Youngstown and to have them shipped in the most economical and quickest manner. We would like to receive the buildings by not later than August 29th, and will appreciate your best attention to this order. Thanking you for anything you may do toward aiding in a prompt shipment, I beg to remain, Very truly, W. T. NORTON, Secretary. (The above order came to us without any previous correspondence on our part and was shiped on Aug. 1 3th.) AMERICAN PORTABLE HOUSE COMPANY This is what Secretary Lyman Planks, of School District No. 1, Seattle, says: ' JflLSiattia. kxWtfi 14 FRANK B COOPER, ClTy SUPERINTENDENT LYMAN BANKS, Secretary Board of Dirkctors* E c. hughes, President C. V CALHOUN, VICE-PRES'DENT P. H. COE CHARLES l. DENNY CHARLES E PATTERSON Seattle. Washington )M X TO _ _ jO vu"A 7 ^ viiuct 'JV j /,aoL jncituic Jl A czlo . n Uta/Vu ielurtfC t/vt ioi. cLutu/ias Tic (off ackoit ya/i. (o |b ^j)\xb liCWL jvr CTtl c7c CC Cyjn(. yyvv'Ti/WUy'Vv'k £/VW )aiu (lcuU- 4 cc Tia'udfy waicvu/uc, ic'jiula/ 7/ q/vv1 JKMaIv WW/Wuk - ;V kcVVl LIVa. Y h CIaJU AVIS aT wMi. / .YL SAun' 10 AMERICAN PORTABLE HOt'SE COMPANY Portable School Houses EASY TO ENLARGE The accompanying half-tone shows the ease with which port¬ able school houses and portable churches may be enlarged when necessary. The school house here shown has an addition 50 per cent, as large as the original building. This was made by moving the rear wall and insert¬ ing the needed number of port¬ able sections. This process can be repeated whenever desired without in any way impairing the attractiveness or stability of the building. Kindergarten School at North Yakima, Wash. We build these houses of any size, for church purposes, putting a tower 6x6 feet at front corner, making a vestibule instead of a porch. Price according to size of building. AMERICAN PORTABLE HOUSE COMPANY 11 For Churches, Chapels and Sunday Schools Warm in IVintcr Cool in Summer Inexpensive in Cost Specially Designed for Mission and Sunday School Work. Neat in Appearance Healthy and Convenient Quick and Easy to Erect r |'' HE above cut shows one of our buildings arranged for Church purposes. By putting on the bell tower as shown on church building shown on pages 12 and 13 of our catalogue you will obtain a more pretentious appearance, but the above shows the least expensive style, both in the matter of material and construction as well as in cost for trans¬ portation. These buildings are furnished in any dimensions required. The roof is sheathed with dressed lumber and covered with patent roofing, making a roof perfectly water-tight, and guaranteed to withstand the severest weather conditions. There being no overhead ceiling all the rafters, collar beams and braces are made of dressed lumber and are visible. Complete plans and instructions accompany each building. SIZE PRICE F.O.B. SEATTLE 24 x 30 feet 24 x 36 feet Larger sizes in proportion. WEIGHT 15,000 lbs. 17,000 lbs. $430.00 $500.00 12 AMERICAN PORTABLE HOUSE COMPANY Portable Church Building No. 205. Interior. No, 205 Church, 25x40 feet, with vestibule, 6x12 feet. 10-foot studs, ceiled up on rafters 2 feet, giving 12 foot ceiling. Built with or without bell tower. Of all sizes, and interior arranged as desired. Prices on application and according to size. AMERICAN PORTABLE HOUSE COMPANY 13 No. 205. Unless otherwise specified these Buildings are furnished with U/Afoot underpinning and 0-foot studs, Ceiled overhead. We built them with 10 or 12-foot studs at slight additional expense. For Catholic or Episcopal Societies the small room at the right has a door leading to the platform, and for Protestant Societies the small rooms are omitted if not wanted. We furnish Pews, Lecturn, Prayer Desk and Altar with the buildings if required. Prices on application. 14 AMERICAN PORTABLE HOUSE COMPANY Portable Church Buildings The attention of the Home Missionary and Church Extension societies of the several religious denominations is in¬ vited to the availability of our ready-made portable houses for church purposes. By their aid new territory can be pre¬ empted and a complete church equipment placed on the ground at short notice. If the church owns its lot and is not ready to erect a permanent building, or even if only a leased site is available, still a respectable church edifice may be had at once. When a permanent building is desired, the portable church can be taken down and moved for the housing of some new or less prosperous congregation. Each denomination in every large city would find it advantageous to invest in a few of these portable churches for perpetual use in its pioneer work. They can be moved and used in different localities over and over again and would thus prove a most efficient means of church extension work. Like our portable school houses these church buildings are weather proof, cool in summer and warm in winter,, designed to withstand the most severe climate. The accompanying illustrations, No. 205, show the portable church building made by us for St. John’s Episcopal Church of West Seattle, Wash., erected in 1905 and in constant use since that time, and No. 206 shows Presbyterian. Church at South Seattle, erected 1910. Note the following letters: AMERICAN PORTABLE HOUSE CO.: Gentlemen: I wish to thank you in behalf of St. John’s Church, West Seattle, for the conscientious work that you put into the church building you erected for them and which was opened for services Easter Sunday. Not an adverse criticism from any one of the congregation, in fact, all were pleased and agreeably surprised at the neat, attractive and substantial building you have erected. We are all proud of it and shall be glad to show it to any visitors. Yours sincerely, May 3, 1905. REV. HARRY HL'DSON, St. John’s Church, West Seattle, Wash. Wallace H. Lee, Assistant Pastor First Presbyterian Church, Seventh Ave. and Spring St. American Portable House Co. Seattle, Wash., Sept. 28, 1910. Gentlemen : I am pleased to go on record as among those who speak in the highest terms of your portable houses, and the courteous way in which you attend to your business in the erecting of the houses. We bought a little Chapel of you last January, and dedicated it in February, and have been happy in the building ever since. We think we have as nice a little church as can be found in Seattle anywhere. We thank you for your promptness and courtesy, and commend you to all who want a small church, and must have it in the shortest possible time. Yours cordially, WALLACE H. LEE, Acting Pastor South Seattle Presbyterian Church. AMERICAN PORTABLE HOUSE COMPANY 15 Cottages, Bungalows and Houses We manufacture cottages, bungalows and houses of any size and after any design, although our standard buildings will be found suited to all ordinary needs. These buildings have all the comforts of a permanent house. With our patent wall construction, as explained on page 30, they are dryer and healthier than plastered houses. Our patent rub¬ ber roofing is guaranteed perfectly water-tight. We furnish shingle roofing for the same prices if desired. In many places in the West our cottages are in use as permanent homes and when finished and furnished and when given a setting of trees and shrubs, are not noticeably different in external appearance from other houses. The interiors can be decorated in any style desired so that they are not only comfortable but beautiful as well. We have set up ready¬ made houses in some of the most attractive resident districts of Seattle and everywhere they give a high degree of sat¬ isfaction. They afford the easiest possible method for the securing of a home for the family of moderate means, and are especially recommended to newly married couples who desire to start right in the world. The possession of a little land and a four or five-room ready-made house is possible to any able-bodied man, and then when one desires a more elaborate home, the portable house can be put into use elsewhere and made a source of income. No. 114. ONE-ROOM COTTAGES. No. Dimensions 7-Ft. Ceiling. CPEN 8-Ft. Ceiling. CEILED Weight 110 9 x 9 $ 90, 00 $100. 00 2000 112 9x 12 105. 00 110.00 2500 114 12x12 120. 00 125. 00 3000 113 12 x 15 135. 00 140. 00 3500 Two men should be able to set up a cottage 12x12 in a day. 1G AMERICAN PORTABLE HOUSE COMPANY PRICE LIST, F. O. B. SEATTLE, WASH. No, Dimensions Porch Ceiling, 7-Ft. Ceiling. 8-Ft. Weight, Lbs. 120 12x18 $150.00 $160.00 4,000' 122 12x21 162.50 172.50 4,500 124 12x24 175.00 185.00 5,000 125 15x24 230.00 250.00 6.000 123 12x24 4x12 200.00 5.500 130 12x24 5x24 212.50 6.000 Portable Cottage No. 130—Two-room Cot- tag'e, 12x24 feet, 1-foot ceil¬ ing'. Porch, 5x24 ft. Weight, 5300 pounds. When built with 8-ft. ceiling or higher, there is a short panel over each win¬ dow and door, and a neat gable at each end of porch. Two men can set up a cot¬ tage 12x24 feet in 3 days. You can set up the building yourself: each section is num¬ bered with plans and specifica¬ tions. \ MERIC AN PORTABLE HOUSE COMPANY 17 Three - Room Cottages 18 AMERICAN PORTABLE HOUSE COMPANY Three - Room Cottages No. Dimensions Porch 7-Ft. Ceiling 8-Ft.Ceiling Weight 132 9x30 $175. 00 $190.00 5,000 134 12x30 200. 00 215. 00 5,800 136 12x30 4x12 230 00 6.200 138 21x24 6x9 275 00 9,000 139 21x24 6x9 295. 00 9,500 All cottages of 7 feet or less in height are open to the rafters, but all of 8 feet or higher are ceiled overhead. Xcs. 138 and 142 are ceiled with select material and provided with pantry and closets. Turned porch columns are furnished with all houses with porches, whether large or small. AMERICAN PORTABLE HOUSE COMPANY 19 Four - Room Cottages No. 142. Standard size, 22x24 feet; 8-foot ceiling; weight, 12,000 pounds. Price. $345.00, f. o. b. Seattle. All weights given in catalogue are approximate, and as near as can be given, but will vary more or less according to the lumber that is used. These cottages have proved to be a first-class investment for real estate owners. They rent easy and pay Well. We furnish for same price, shingles or rubber roofing. The cottages are of select ma¬ terial, and have careful finish. Interior arrangement of all rooms and partitions changed to suit. If your property increases in value and warrants to put up a larger and permanent building, you can move the cottage without any loss of material. OLIVER C. McGILVRA, Lawyer, 408 Burke Building. Seattle, Washington, March 17, 1904. American Portable House Co., Seattle, Wash. Gentlemen : I am pleased to be able to state that the three portable four-room cottages which you built for my father at Lake Washington in September, 1902, have proven entirely satis¬ factory. Your plan of construction is such that the important item of repairs is reduced to a minimum. I may say that I am now con¬ templating the duplication of the order. Yours truly, OLIVER C. McGILVRA. 20 AMERICAN PORTABLE HOUSE COMPANY No. 142—Four Room Cottage, 22x25 feet; 8-foot Ceiling. 24 Degrees Below in the Snow in the State of Wyoming. For description see page 19 . AMERICAN PORTABLE HOUSE COMPANY 21 Four-Room Cottages CTk>?cr/o C*/Ssn tr/es. r j^crf 7?er* M §| * 4 Jpcyf/e 1 Z*Cf/. Jfoofconj/f*. for* //o/ (*///?? (Y/rS ~j°cy//fcz&S er T^pZ/o/c/o F\x/ £*<*/**/• £ ce/Y/r>^*> ef ^3 cr/S- / 2-4 7z^/y^ ^ * Principles of Construction for Standard Portable Buildings. 40 AMERICAN PORTABLE HOUSE COMPANY How to Apply Our Ready Roofing The roof boards should be closely and evenly laid, well nailed and tightly fitted around smoke stack, chimney or other upright surfaces. Care should be taken to see that no nail heads are left protruding, and that the roof is swept clear of all chips, nails or other litter. If there are any knot holes cover them with pieces of tin or zinc. Unroll the roofing on the roof and let it warm in the sun; this will remove all wrinkles and permit of the roofing being well stretch¬ ed when put in place. Lay the material so that the seams run lengthwise of the roof the same as the sheathing boards, commencing at the ridge and working down to avoid walking on the roofing after it is laid. Lift up the lower edge and tuck the next course up under it two inches before applying the cement paint, which is put on cold. At each end of the building place one of the ^^xU/Umch strips, and nail down with 4d. nails every four inches. This will prevent either wind or water from driving in under the roofing. The inner surface of the roll should be ex¬ posed to the weather, and all seams and also at the eaves fastened with the tin caps and roof nails furnished, driving the nails two inches apart. Full printed directions will be found in each roll of the roofing. Rainwater from a roof covered with out ready roofing is pure and tasteless, and can be used for all domestic pur¬ poses. How to Set Up a Portable Building First, lay the sills on solid blocking or other good, firm foundation. The sills are marked Front, Rear, Right and Left; that marked Right to go to your right as you stand facing the building. Make sure that the sills are prop¬ erly squared, leveled and securely fastened ; then put in the floor joists 24 inches from centers as framed and lay the floor; now put up the 4x4 corner posts, nail them securely to the sills and put the top plate in place and fasten that. Next, put up all the studding, except the stud in either direction nearest to the corner post, and if any space next to corner is to be filled with a door or window, that stud can also be set in place and fastened. Now commence at the corners, put the top of a panel into the mortise of the plate and push it securely into place in the mortise of the corner post, put in the top end of the stud, pull out the lower corner of the panel so that you can put the bottom end of the stud into the mortise in the sill and then spring panel into position. After the corner panels are in place the others go in very readily; simply put the top in the mortised plate, bend it out a little in the center and put the bottom into the rabitt of the sill and spring panel into position between the studs, putting on the battens and bolting them securely as you progress; drive the bolts in through the holes in the battens and put the nuts anc washers on the inside of the studs. The panels are interchangeable and will fit any space. Put in the window sills and door and window caps, and set the short panels before putting on the battens. Ful directions accompany each building, showing the different pieces of detail work used in its construction ,what each is for, and how it is to be placed. You are now ready for the roof; put up the rafters, one over each stud and lay the roofing of shiplap the surfaced side down. Full directions for covering this with the Patent Roofing will be found on another page. Built by American Portable House Company SEATTLE, WASHINGTON CO-OPERATIVE PRINTING CO., SEATTLE