House and Garden 
CAR ROOM OF MR. DANE’S GARAGE 
this room is the small steam heater, which heats the 
building in winter. At the rear of the blacksmith 
shop is the battery room. This room is filled with 
racks for storage batteries, which are charged from 
the dynamo which is located in a corner of the 
workshop. This dynamo is run by a small gasolene 
engine, and from these batteries the electricity is 
supplied for lighting the buildings and driveways of 
the estate. The batteries for the automobile are 
also charged from this dynamo. The floors are all 
concrete and are all pitched to drain so that the 
whole building may be washed out with hose and 
water. I he floor of the carriage room is pitched to 
drains under each car and each car may be washed 
in its own position as room is allowed around each 
so that the others may not be wet. The walls are 
built of wood, plastered on the outside, and sheathed 
on the inside up to the roof. The roof timbers and 
hoarding are exposed on the inside in all the rooms. 
One of the most complete houses that has been 
built in this country, although perhaps not as large 
as some, is one that is shown in the fifth set of plans 
and photographs. It was built for Mr. E. B. Dane 
at Chestnut Hill, a suburb of Boston, and was de¬ 
signed by Andrews, jaques & Rantoul, Architects. 
As an actual working scheme this plan is about as 
well arranged as is possible. The carriage room is 
liberal in size, which allows the cars to be moved 
to and from the wash-stand and workshop with ease 
without taking them out of doors. The wash-stand 
is located opposite the centre door and the car is 
run directly on to it on its return to the house. 
Then if a visit to the workshop happens to be neces¬ 
sary it is run straight into it, and can be taken back 
into the carriage room without the necessity of turn¬ 
ing any corners, which are always difficult when a 
machine is not under power. 
I bis building is situated at the edge of a slope of 
land which brings the back part of the building 
well out of ground, and allows for a blacksmith shop 
in the basement, which can be entered on a level 
grade from the stables which are in the rear of the 
garage. A plan of the basement is shown with the 
heater room, which contains a steam heater for 
heating the building in winter and a small hot water 
boiler for the plumbing. 
The second storey lias two rooms and a bath 
room for the chauffeur and also a large storage loft 
with a trap door from below. 
In connection with this building is a squash court, 
the floor of which is a little above the basement level 
and is entered from a side door down the side of 
the hill. The court being 18 feet high extends 
through two storeys, and has a gallery a little above 
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