Trustees Records, Vol. 1, 1835 (page 101)

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Suitable granite foundation can be erected of a suit-
able heighth on the whole length of the Cemetery
fronting on the Cambridge & Watertown public
Highway for an expense not exceeding 17000 $ -

Hedge.

The other three Sides of the Cemetery the
Committee propose should be enlosed by a hedge
fence of Buck Thorn or some other Shrub thickly
planted within & near^^to the present wooden fence
This would in a few years with suitable care consti-
tute ______ a substantial & beautiful enclosure; &
might be done an an expense not exceeding 1000$

Draining

(2) As to draining the grounds & obtaining a Supply
of pure water - the various ponds may be made to com-
municate with each other, & the stagnant water be
drawn off the same by Suitable ditches, so as ultimately
to pass through the low grounds into Charles River -
The ponds can then be excavated & the materials ob-
tained therefrom applied to fertilize the grounds on the
borders of the Cemetery, & good gravel bottoms be sub-
stituted in the ponds, or if deemed necessary or ex-
pedient, the ponds can be partially filled up or
narrowed in their area - The committee estimate
the expense of accomplishing this part of the plan as
not exceeding 3000$

Water

In respect to the conveying of pure water
into the grounds, the committee are aware of some
difficulty - the most probably Source of Supply is from
Fresh Pond by means of an Apparatus to raise the
water above the level of the Ponds in the Cemetery &
then to conduct it through the intermediate lands