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Mt Auburn Sept 30 [18]73

John T. Bradlee Esq
Ch. Comm. on Grounds.

Dear Sir

A picket fence 9 ft high
can be erected on the Stone Farm at $1¹⁰ pr running
foot, and a 7 ft high fence for $1⁰⁰ pr foot.

Cedar posts [then?] rails let in & spiked on which
planed & pointed pickets 7/8" thick & 3" wide are nailed
3" apart. Also a base board & strip opposite top rail
outside of pickets to stiffen them. All to be well
fastened & painted two coats.

Gravel
can be bought of Alex. M^cDonald for 20^¢
& perhaps 18^¢ a yard in [bulk?]. We shall want
gravel for finishing Halcyon Lake, on Fountain Ave
in rear of Receiving Tomb, and in the large hollow
opposite Cambridge Cemetery, on both sides of stockade
fence, as well as for ordinary repairs of Avenues
& grading of new lots.

We can [trade?] & deliver this at Halcyon Lake or
the stockade fence for 50^¢ pr yard making a total
cost of 70^¢ pr yard, or 10 cents a yard cheaper than
I can buy it of any one I know of.

Please give this matter your attention, as con-
siderable portions have been sold.

Respectfuly
J.W. Lovering