Otto Klotz Diary - September 08, 1887 (Vol 10)
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Title
Otto Klotz Diary - September 08, 1887 (Vol 10)
Creator
Klotz, Otto, 1852-1923.
Source
Part of R6645-0-4-E (LAC)
Publisher
Stakeholders Project
Date
1887-09-08
Contributor
University of Ottawa Library
Faculty of Arts
Rights
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Format
Diary entry
Type
Text
Identifier
Klotz_Vol10_1887_09_08
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Transcription
pleasant
My timber did not arrive till noon when I immediately commenced work. No [carpu___es] being obtainable either here or in Rat Portage I was left to my own resources of [muscle], to increase the demand upon the latter I was only supplied with an old saw that never knew of the existence of a file, and a hammer. The only available site being on the side of a hill, I had to do considerable digging to get somewhat a level spot. Next I laid the joists and then found to my dismay that the boards had not been cut to the proper length altho’ [ordered] and especially hard for [so drainy] telling the foreman at the sawmill at the line that I had to build myself and [crawled] to lessen labor. There being not a sufficient number of boards long enough for the roof I was obliged to shorten my joists. Night coming and I went to bed tried meditating upon the [repise] of one [sane] at least in purgatory for an indefinite time.
My timber did not arrive till noon when I immediately commenced work. No [carpu___es] being obtainable either here or in Rat Portage I was left to my own resources of [muscle], to increase the demand upon the latter I was only supplied with an old saw that never knew of the existence of a file, and a hammer. The only available site being on the side of a hill, I had to do considerable digging to get somewhat a level spot. Next I laid the joists and then found to my dismay that the boards had not been cut to the proper length altho’ [ordered] and especially hard for [so drainy] telling the foreman at the sawmill at the line that I had to build myself and [crawled] to lessen labor. There being not a sufficient number of boards long enough for the roof I was obliged to shorten my joists. Night coming and I went to bed tried meditating upon the [repise] of one [sane] at least in purgatory for an indefinite time.
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Klotz, Otto, 1852-1923., “Otto Klotz Diary - September 08, 1887 (Vol 10),” stakeholders, accessed September 20, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/stakeholders/items/show/481.