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right angles to the long axis of the bearing beams and secured <br /> by toenailing 16 penny nails into the joist and beam on either <br /> of the lateral sides at the proximal and distal ends. The <br /> floor joists were laid on 25" centers with overlapping 61" <br /> butt joints on the center bearing beam. Twist in the floor <br /> joists was straightened by cross and toenailing the overlapping <br /> butt joints along the center bearing beam. Tongue and groove, <br /> Y" by 3" by 11 ' 6" , flooring was then laid north-south at right <br /> angles to the floor joists and secured by toenailing 10 penny, <br /> roundhead, wire nails into the tongue every 25" at intersection <br /> with the floor joists . <br /> The exact floor plan of these structures is uncertain. <br /> However, three types of floor plans for the company built houses <br /> are illustrated in Figure 3 . <br /> Wall construction techniques involved framing the wall by <br /> using 2" by 4" rough cut studs on 16" centers with single plate <br /> on bottom and double plate on top (Plates 1 and 2) . Exterior <br /> siding is Y' by 5;� by 7 ' 8" long tongue in groove clapboard <br /> secured by two 14 penny nails every 16" . Corners were formed <br /> by butt jointing the walls and covering the joint using lap <br /> seam -�" by 3" battens. Windows are generally large, 5 ' 2" and <br /> 28" wide composed of two sections, each with four panes. The <br /> top section is capable of sliding up and down with a spring <br /> loaded stop pin to hold the window in position allowing an <br /> opening of 12" , 16" and 24" . Doors were 32" wide and 6 ' 8" high. <br /> Roof construction on structures 16 through 28 was primarily <br /> a four sided pyramid with a pitch of 40 to 450. <br /> Structures 16-28 , the school, portions of structures 34-38 , <br /> the hotel, depot, and structures 1-15 are illustrated in Figure <br /> 4 . Structures 16-67 are illustrated in Figure 59 . <br /> The structures were numbered for postal delivery, the <br /> first postmaster being Supr. James Stewart, December 14 , 1901. <br /> Later, employees of the Colorado Supply Store: Len Hanawald, <br /> December 15, 1904 ; Robert T. Hind, August 17 , 1905 ; Felix J. <br /> Young, December 6, 1905; and Ernest Nordgren, January 29, 1908 <br /> 9. Both Figure 4 and Figure 5 are taken from "The Crystal <br /> River Pictorial" . <br /> 8 <br />