Street-Car Cabins.
Since the introduction of cable and trolley cars the street-car companies have been selling their old horse-cars, in some instances at figures below the cost of the window-glass in them; so cheap, in fact, that poor people buy them to use as woodsheds and chicken-coops.
One of these cars will make an ideal cabin for a house-boat, and can be adapted for that purpose with little or no alterations. All it needs is a good flat-boat to rest in, and you have a palatial house-boat.
CHAPTER XIV.
A BACK-YARD SWITCHBACK.
The back-yard affords an opportunity to build a summer toboggan slide, or its equivalent, commonly known as a