2780 Memorandum, James Lawrence Carney and Town of Lexington, supplementary conditions, September 19, 1902

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a I SPEC IFICAT I O IT S for work to be done on the grounds about the new High School build- ing for and in the Town of Lexington, Mass . , from the plans and t.znder the directions of Coope.- and Bailer , ,Architects . Work to be done in general is as follows : Degrade the grounds; clearing away all rubbish, constructing the drives and gutters, cultivating and seeding the grounday and all other Work that may be directed in connection therewith as shun upon the plans and described in these Specifications and in accordance with such additional directions as 1iay be given by the .Architects . The ground is to be cleared of all trees , if any, not shown on plan as remaining, and rubbish of every kind that comes in i the way of the new construction . The stimps and roots of the trees and bushes are to be thoroughly taken out , and with the brush and ether unsuitable or surplus material removed from the premises . All trees indicated on ,gracing plan and the steno cannon will remain in their present positions . The loam to the full depth to which it exists is to be removed from all areas , and is to be spread or piled, where di- rected. Loam is to be kept free from subsoil and debris , and all roots and stones removed at the first handling. After the loam has been removed the surface of the land is to be brought by excavating and fining, as the case may be, to a sub-grade of at least ten inches below the finished grades , where turf is required, as shoe or directed, eighteen inches below finished grade, where shown by shaded areas on planting plan, and