The Private Garage 
motor room, over which a car 
could be run to be repaired. 
But now it is found to be 
much more convenient to ar¬ 
range a chain tackle in the 
workroom by means of which 
the forward end of the car 
can be lifted to get at the 
under side when necessary. 
The pit was always an incon¬ 
venient place to work, and 
was usually cold and unsatis¬ 
factory, and it was almost 
impossible to get light enough 
under the car to see to work. 
The best arrangement for a 
tackle, is a triple chain tackier 
which is geared so that a man 
can easily lift the heaviest car. 
It will be found convenient 
if the building has a second 
storey to have a big trap door 
over the motor room through which can be hoisted 
the tops of cars which are not in use. 
In any building it is necessary to have as much 
light and air as possible, and especially in the work¬ 
room. I he artificial lighting, of course, should all 
be by electricity on account of the danger from gaso¬ 
lene. 
The most convenient arrangement for moving 
cars in a limited space is the small, low, four wheeled 
trucks, one of which is placed under each front 
wheel of the car and with this it is possible to turn a 
car around in its own 
length. They are arranged 
with a little sloping shoe 
so that the wheel of the 
car is easily rolled up on 
the truck. 
MR. DENEGRE S GARAGE, MANCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS 
A brief description of the houses shown in the il¬ 
lustrations will probably be of interest. The first 
one is a small house which was built in Framing- 
ham, Mass., which was designed by Charles M. 
Baker. It is a simple little building, but he has ar¬ 
ranged the planting about it so attractively that its 
effect is most charming. It is built on piers, and 
has a wood floor and the framing and hoarding of 
the walls and roof show from the inside. The ex¬ 
terior is shingled. The total cost complete was 
about $250. 
The second one was designed by Andrews, Jaques 
& Rantoul, Architects, and built at Cohasset, Mass., 
and cost about $1200. This little building is 
very cleverly planned to guard against the possibili¬ 
ty of fire. The walls of the auto room are of brick 
8 inches thick, and as will be seen from the sketch, 
the wall between the workshop and the auto room 
is carried up above the roof which completely cuts 
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