Case Of Two Men In A Boat

Case of Two Men in a Boat

Merch. Goodrich recently received permission from A. P. Ferguson to use a room in his carriage factory in which to construct a boat. In the course of time the water craft was completed, and it was about to be taken out of the building when an unforseen difficulty arose. Neither Mr. Goodrich or Mr. Ferguson could find any method of subtraction or extraction whereby a boat with an 8-foot beam and as great a depth could be taken out of a 6-foot doorway. Either the boat had to be taken apart or the entrance way to the factory remodeled. The doorway was cut larger to accommodate the removal. Mr. Goodrich says however, that he has the satisfaction of not being in "as much of a boat' as Ed. Walker, who once constructed a boat of such dimensions in his cellar that the wall had to be torn out in order to get the boat outside.