Trustees Records, Vol. 1, 1835 (page 082)

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with the adjacent Porters Lodges of ham-
mered granite, of substantially the
same form made & dimensions as the
present gate & lodges. That this object can
be accomplished within a reasonable
time without breaking in upon what
they deem a desirable object, the retaining
of a fund in the hands of the corporation
which shall be adequate to all the
expenses of the Corporation. They think that
contracts may be made for the furnishing
the granite & erecting the gate & lodges within
a period of two years from the time the
contracts are made; & that in this manner
the prolonged time will enable the
work to be done in a cheaper & in a
more perfect style. If this course is adop-
ted, the sum of Twenty five thousand
dollars which is the present fund
may be kept whole for the purposes of the
institution & the monies received from the
sales of the lots & interest upon the accummu-
lation & the surplus will be found at
the end of the time two years adequate
to the accomplishment of the object

Iron Fences

Second. The com^ee also suggest that it
will be desireable as soon as the gate
& lodges are completed to begin to erect
an iron fence on the whole front line
of the grounds at Mount Auburn & to