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The boulders that were encountered were broken up and used for the telford, and 

 the cracked stone was shipped in on the railroad. 

 The question of water was handled as follows: 



A 50,000-gaIIon cypress tank was located upon the hill in the woods. Cost of tank. . $800 00 



Cost of foundations 200 00 



Water was pumped into this tank by two Rife rams which cost, set up 500 00 



A windmill to pump the water which escaped from the rams, and used as an 



auxiliary joo 00 



Preparation of spring 200 00 



Pipe from rams and windmill to tanks, and from tank to buildings 1,000 00 



Water-works complete $3,200 00 



for supplying an average of 2,500 gallons of water per day. 



The sewage from the house was taken care of by a septic tank discharging inter- 

 mittently into a system of sub-surface irrigation pipes at a cost of $1,000. 



As httle lawn space was desired, there was little grading. The cultivation and prepa- 

 ration of the lawns immediately about the house was done at a cost of $300. 



A formal terrace garden was constructed, the walls being built of dry masonry with 

 the exception of a small portion which carried a balustrade. In the garden there were 



1,000 cubic yards of dry masonry, costing $2,000 00 



300 cubic yards of wet masonry 1,800 00 



300 lineal feet of balustrade 2,000 00 



4 sets of steps (cut granite) 1,200 00 



2 fountains 2,000 00 



Plumbing , 500 00 



Drainage 200 00 



One-third of an acre developed for planting, top-soil being put in to a depth of 2 feet. 1,000 00 



Paths of common brick 1,000 00 



Plants, trees and planting 1,200 00 



4 marble benches 600 00 



4 marble figures 800 00 



Marble sundial. 200 00 



Making a total for the garden of $14,500 00 



A tennis-court was constructed at a cost of $250 (earth surface, drained with stone 

 laid similar to the foundation of a telford road, with cinder and earth covering) . A swimming- 

 pool, 25 by 50 feet, lined with white enamel brick and coped with marble, with marble 

 steps and a house for shower baths, including heating and filtering apparatuses, were 

 constructed at a cost of $6,000; a bowHng-green was made at a cost of $200. 



General plantations were made in which 500 trees were used, at a cost of $1,500, 

 and 2,000 shrubs, costing $500, with 3,000 feet of hemlock hedge, were planted at a cost 

 of $1,200. Construction of a vegetable-garden amounted to $500, and 2,500 feet of stone 

 walls, as fences, were built at a cost of $2,500. Three entrance gateways were built at an 

 aggregate cost of $3,000. 



Fifteen acres were planted in permanent pasture, the ground being plowed and 

 fertilized, at a cost of $1,000. Five acres were planted in fruit-orchard, there being about 

 two hundred trees, at a total cost of $300. A dam in the large stream was constructed 

 and a lake formed, at a cost of $1,000. 



