52 CONSTRUCTION. 



a detailed statement in regard to the points to 

 consider in this type of house: 



Length, one hundred feet, with one foot fall to carry off 



water. 



Inside width, twelve feet. 

 Height to ridge from bottom of walk, seven feet. 

 Height of side from top of plate to bottom of gutter, twenty 



inches (see figure 24). 

 Walls below plates to be boarded up with rough lumber 



first, then covered with rustic siding (see figure 24). 

 Number of walks, one in each house, placed in the center. 

 Width of walk, fourteen inches. 

 Depth of walk, twelve inches. 

 Number of beds, two. 

 Width of each bed, five feet five inches. 

 Depth of beds, twelve inches. 

 Posts in outside walls, four by four inches sawed cedar, 



chestnut, or locust, set four feet apart center to 



center, and two and one-half feet in the ground. 

 Posts in inside walls, four by four inches, set eight feet 



apart center to center, and two and one-half feet in 



the ground. 

 Gutters, three piece, six inches in the clear, made of two 



inch clear cypress (see figure 18). 

 Wall plates, two by eight inch clear cypress, to be notched 



around posts. 

 Gable plates for end of each house, two by eight inch 



clear cypress. 



Gable rafters, one and three-quarters by two and one- 

 quarter inch clear cypress. 

 Sash bars clear cypress, one and one-quarter by two 



and one-half inches, with drip groove, all bars to ex- 

 tend from gutter to ridge. 

 Rafters, two by four inch, clear cypress, to be set every 



sixteen feet. Rafters to take place of sash bar. 

 Ridge (with ridge cap), two by six inches. 

 Top ventilators, two by four feet, or made to cover three 



rows of glass set fifteen inches, including sash bars. 



One row of glass to be left between the ventilators. 



