HomeMy WebLinkAbout897.25 Letter, Letter, Office of Massachusetts Highway Commission to Lexington Selectmen concerning the height of a wall, July 31, 1896Commissioners:
THOMAS C. MENDENHALL.
NATHANIEL S. SHALER.
WILLIAM E. McCLINTOCK.
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CHARLES MILLS, Chief Engineer.
AUSTIN B. FLETCHER, Clerk.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Office of Massachusetts Highway Commission,
4 Mt. Vernon Street, Boston.
July 31, 1896
Mr. G.E. Muzzey,
Chairman of Selectmen,
Lexington, Mass.
Dear Sir:-
Replying to your telephone message of last evening would say
that we have no regulations in regard to the height of wall. I do not
myself think that a wall looks well over three feet in height unless it
is necessary to have it higher in order to secure any earth that may be
behind it. I was at Lexington on the work on Tuesday last, and I remarked
to some of the men that I thought the wall was being built unnecessarily
high.
The price of fencing last year included the cost of painting,
as it does this year; the specifications in both contracts are practically
the same.
Yours truly,
Chas. Mills
Chief Engineer.
Dictated.