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Sheet #5 I the most water,when excavated the bottom was so mushy,ans seemed so poor a foundation fo r the regu lar con crete se o tio n ,th a t I in stru cted my Foreman, to use g ra v e l u n til a s a tis fa c to r y base was secured* In th is manner I used over 100 cu.yds o f ex tra gravel# As th is was done without in s tr u c t tio n a from y o u ,I am making no charge fo r it,b u t every yard used cost me *80 fo r hauling and something fo r p lacin g,an d perhaps you w i l l agree w ith me that I should get the actual c o s t. Very tr u ly yours ?
