Mount Auburn Cemetery

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Apr 15 [187]3

S. T. Snow, Esq. Chⁿ. Comm on Lots.

Dear Sirs,

I enclose a letter from Sam^l Elder, (one of our old Teamsters,) who owns a small lot on Strawberry hill, (N.W. of Mt Auburn 1/2 mile,) offering to sell the loam off of lot on wh[ich] he is going to build.

We have been in the habit of buying it from our own men in similar cases, but I do not think we have paid quite so much.

We paid last year .50^cents a load; another party at the

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rate of .75^$ a yard, another part $1.00 a yard.

I should recommend to buy the above loam (to be of good quality,) of S. Elder at $0.50 a load or $0.75 a yard, and we haul it; or add 25 cents a load or .37 1/2 a yard if he hauls it -

Yours Truly C.W. Folsom Supt

P.S. We have to buy more or less loam, & Elder is an old & very deserving employee. C.W.F.

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Jany 26. [187]6

C M^cArthur foreman

Dear Sir

I hand you time book with names of men when time you will keep on & after Feby 1^st. The following are from Roll call.

E. F. Young Gatekeeper East Gate {This gate should be opened at 7 o'clock. {& close when the teamsters get out at {night. Rice Logan & Dorvy teamsters go direct to the barn, & are allowed back wet & dry as they take care of the horses on Sundays by turns. Wet days you must use them as convenient on cleaning up barn or harnesses, turning manure &ctc. Sam. Elder is also excused. Edward Patchett takes care of the offices, prepares files &c. & is to be about the gate to relieve Mr. Barker when called away, after letting Mr. Barker have the necessary men to take care of interments. You will make such progress as you can in repairing carts, wheelbarrows & building the new boats in shop, making [hor?] mats, cutting & digging out Apple trees on Stone Farm & grading on Fountain Ave. S. W. Hutchins may take the gate on Sunday mornings 1/2 a day being allowed therefore.-- G.E.S. Hutchings & Mulley will take their time here on (interment men)

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March 27 [187]6

C. M^cArthur Esq foreman

Dear Sir

On Saturday April 1^st the spring pay will commence. I wish you would see that all whose names are on your book are notified that there will be a reduction from the prices paid in 1875, in April. Any man desiring to know at what rate he will be paid can inquire at the office of M^r Childs with whom I will leave a list.

The teamsters pay will be $1.75 per day, all days to be counted except Sundays, wet or dry, when they are prsent. This is a much smaller reduction than is made for most of the men, but I take into consideration that they have to come early to take care of the horses and that they will be expected to get to work promptly at 7 o'clock and 10 o'clock & not leave until the bell rings. I expect they will be on hand early evenings to give the horses good care, & stay long enough at night. Teamsters, Engineer, S. Elder so expressed concern from overseer. That Engineer, firemen ^^{S.W. Hutchings}, Patchett, Day, Rainey, Elder, J. D. Hawe, [?] will be a [?] for their time in lost wealth when present; the others will be [?] only for each day as present, when everything is such that they can look