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"In consideration only of the completion of the
work hadled under separate contract, in which
the party of 2nd parts indentures to remove 200 cu yds
soil bordering on ice pond and to spread same
and house, this additional contract be here
entered into.
P.S. 2d parties to remove sufficient additional
soil (to produce a lake at the site of the old
ice pond whose sides shall conform with the
natural slope of the former ice pond and its dirt
embankment, if a water depth of one foot below
the level of the present spillway. And join to
present spillway the said side also be packed with
even slopes to conform to that of the said slopes of ice pond.
But adjacent the boundary line of the adjy property,
now the property of C.P.B. Decker the sides shall be
vertical.
And Subject to the completion of the other described
works in a manner satisfactory to the part of 1st party;
the said P.S. shall p.g to 2d parties, the sum
hereby set but this may not become
due until after the p.f.p. shall be approved
the work.