Outbuildings, Gateways, Etc. 



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ich gate, suggestive of cooling retreats within. 

 Cost about $300 



not be laid absolutely level, however, but have a slight pitch, in order to shed 

 water. This pitch should be observed on all exposed work where the flat effect is 

 intended. The cap stone is sometimes 

 cut with a pitch both ways, like a low 

 roof. The foregoing treatments look 

 well, but on a low wall the ever-watch- 

 ful public is apt to roost in flocks, if the 

 place be particularly inviting; and it is 

 perhaps better that the wall should be 

 used as a foundation for a wooden or 

 iron fence, a most durable and effective 

 treatment (see Royal House gate). 



The high wall generally takes care 

 of itself, being more or less hard to 

 climb, but it is expensive and beyond 

 the reach of common mortals. Such 

 walls are frequently topped with broken 

 glass bottles set in the cement in such a way as not to show from below, and are 

 ugly customers for the trespasser. The low, rough stone wall is often treated 

 with upright pointed stones as a coping, which effectively discourages the roosting 

 public, although it is readily climbed. 



In the building of the all-wood fence, care should be taken that the bases and 

 all other woodwork other than the rough posts (which must be set in the soil) 

 should set clear of the ground, otherwise they will be sure to decay (see Fig. 54). 

 Wooden posts should have the footing ends either charred or tarred and set upon 

 a bed of small, loose stones. It is better even if they be first charred and then 

 covered with tar to from 2 to 3 inches 

 above the soil. Do not fill in about a 

 post with stone unless you wish to 

 injure your chances of the hereafter, as 

 the removal of such stones is not to be 

 undertaken by church members. Other- 

 wise than this it makes a good job. 

 Cedar, which is lasting, should be used 

 for the ordinary post. Chestnut is per- 

 haps better, its lasting qualities being 

 demonstrated in the old rail fences of 

 familiar acquaintance. In localities 

 where the locust post can be had it 

 should be used; it has no superior. As 

 in the case with stone or brick foun- 

 dations, the fence posts should be set 

 well below the frost. 



The common form of wooden fence 

 has the usual rough post as a support, ? ard f" ga ' e of Royal " ouse ' Medford ' Mas f- * simple 



r r r wood and bnck treatment, having many practical advantages. 



and the top and bottom rails with a Cost about $35 



