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

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eight inches below finished grade where drives are to be built . Care is to be taken in grading around trees, to dis- turb the roots as little as possible, 'gees between the street and sidewalk having their roots L=edia.tely recovered with fine low. and banked around, as directed. Wherever the grade is raised more than a. moot about a tree the trunk shall be protected by a rough stone walling, as directed. (There will be only two trees to be, so treated. Carey is to be tasten to grade the sup: "gra.ded surfaces to graceful, ;slopee$, In accordance with the indications given by the contours on the plan, and supplementary directions from the archi- tects . It is estimated (but not guaranteed) that there is already on the premises, available for use, sufficient material to sub-grade the lot in accordance with the requirments of these spec- ifications . It is to be distinctly understdod and agreed however by the contractor t1hat should there be any def-a.cioney in such ma- terial for the Sub"grading, he shall at his yawn expense furnish and bring from the outside enough to make goad the deficiency, such out- side material, if 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 dumped upon the premises, whatever may be obtained through the cutting down of the legit in front of the building to the grade shown on the plan and also whatever may be procured by cutting into the ridge or high ground lying in the rear of the building and near line of Fames F, Russell., the extent of such authorized cutting being indicated, by a r��