Katonah has a railroad depot, and a post-office, and thinks a good deal of
itself.
When the Water-Shed Commission said that it must move or be destroyed,
Katonah gathered its residents together, and decided that rather than be
wiped off the face of the map, it would pick up its houses and move
itself.
So a new Katonah was established, about a quarter of a mile away from the
old one, and just outside the Water-Shed on which it was forbidden to
build, for fear of spoiling the water for New York.
For several months past there has been a procession of houses moving from
old Katonah to new.
[Illustration: HOUSE MOVING]
_The Sun_ gave an amusing account of seeing a barber's shop leading the
parade; this was closely followed by a large yellow cottage, with a cat,
who had refused to leave her home, still seated on the front door-step.
The way that houses are moved is very simple.
You of course understand that only frame or wooden houses can be moved any
distance. Houses of stone or brick would be likely to fall to pieces, and
being so heavy, the difficulty of moving them is greatly increased.
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