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34                                     ^[[horizontally]] from the lower [[strikethrough]] pipes [[/strikethrough]] tie pipes (omitted as mentioned above) All piling shall be reasonably near center of the wall and the piles to be sawed off below low water line and the concrete cast upon and around them so as to have them entirely embedded Upon this cast concrete wall shall be laid a field stone masonry wall, the boulders thereof to be of good size solidly laid up and without veneer to the level of the present existing wall.  (I found afterwards that this height is about 6" higher than the sea walls of my southerly neighbor. For any future construction this lower height would be sufficient. Furthermore Bunnel told me it would have been cheaper to cast the cement wall higher instead of laying a wall in
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masonry. because the low cast wall did not permit him to work at the masonry lower levels except at very low tide.  Hence considerable loss of time in waiting for suitable hours during labor union working hour specifications). The walls to be capped by a 6" slab of poured concrete having 2 reinforcing steel rods 1/2" and neck bolts as directed. the  [[strikethrough]] concrete [[/strikethrough]] mortar to be 1 cement 2 sand and not more than 10% hydrated lime The 6" slab to be one cement to 1 1/2 sand.  
The outlaying wall is to be of same construction as the [[strikethrough]] old wall [[/strikethrough]] foregoing differing only in that it shall conform to the shape of the existing old wall  
The material dredged from basin or surrounding waters shall be placed between