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

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it I eight inches below finished ride where drives are to be built . Care is to be taken in grading around trees , to dis- turb the roots as little as possible, trees between the street and sidewalk havinL; h--ir° roots immediately recoovared with fine loam 4.nd banked aro uid, as directed . Wherever the grade is raised more than a Foot about- a tree the trunk shall b,�: protected by a rough stone walling, a.. directed. (Where will be only two trees to be so treated . ) Care is to be taken to grade the sub-graded surfaces to graceful slap �s, in accordance with the indications given by the contours on the pl" and supllamentary directions from the .Archi- tects . it is estimated (but Anot g,ua.ranteed) that there is already on the promises, available for use, sufficient material to sub--grade the lot in acdordanca with the requirements of these speo- ifica,tions . It is to be distinctly understood and agreed however by the contractor that should there be any deficiency in such ma- terial for the sub-grading$ he shall ,4t his own expense furnish and bring from the outside enough to make good the def::Qieiicy , such out- side material , i:' any, to be of good quality and satisfactory to the Architects . Such available sub-grading material is to be under- stood as embracing in addition to the loose dirt lately d=ped upon the premisos, what;evor may be obtained through the cutting down of the lot in front of the building to the grade shown can the plan and also whatever may be 1recured by cutting into the ridge or high ground lying in the rear of the building and near line of Fames F. Russell, the #XtOnt of sueh authorized cutting being indicated by a MGM