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Trustees, Oct. 12, '70. Supt's Com^ee to N. J. Bradlee in regard to probable erection of Horse R. R.

(c) A communication addressed by the Superintendent to M^r.
N. J. Bradlee, dated September 29^t, 1870, enclosing the above named
copy of Report and Vote, and stating that the President of the Horse
Railroad Company was of opinion that the proposition would be
met by them "in a liberal spirit." To this Communication were

Approval of 8 Trustees to the Plan to maximum cost of $875.00

appended the signatures of eight Trustees of M^t Auburn Cemetery
in approval of the Superintendent's "notifying the City that the
"Cemetery Corporation will pay one quarter of the expense of paving
"in front of the Gateway [as ² mentioned] [not exceeding $875.] in
the Report of the City Government on September 21^st, 1870."

Supt's Com^ee to N. J. Bradlee,

(d) A communication addressed by the Superintendent to Mr.
N. J. Bradlee dated October 10, 1870, enclosing the papers above
named, and stating that if the Trustees should formally approve
the arrangement at their next Meeting the work could probably
be done this fall.

Formal Approval of the above Plan by Vote.

After full consideration it was

Voted, – that the Secretary be instructed to notify the City of
Cambridge that the Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn
will pay one fourth part of the expense of paving the space op-
posite to the Gateway in the manner set forth in the Superintendent's
Petition to the Honorable the Mayor and Aldermen of July 14;
provided that the said one fourth part of the expense shall not
exceed the sum of eight hundred and seventy-five dollars ($875.00)

Com^ee of Messrs H. W. Dutton & Son Publishers of the Transcript.

The Secretary having read a communication dated
October 12^t, 1870, addressed to the Trustees of Mount Auburn Cemetery
by Messrs Henry W. Dutton and Son, Publishers of the Daily
Evening Transcript, enquiring whether an Order given to them by
a member of this Board for the discontinuance of a certain series