utility first and allowing, with confidence, artistic ability to follow as a matter of course.
Aside from the fundamental question of arriving at an ideal solution of the problem from the standpoint of design, the highly organized business and legal requirements of the client demanded a most efficient standard of organization to cope with the demands of an advisory board of skilled lawyers, expert accountants and keen business men. The assistance of our attorney made the making of the many contracts simple, as they were cleared and passed through his firm to the client s advisory board for approval.
Methods were devised to meet the demands of a budget system controlling expenditures. Definite or approximate estimates of cost applying to whole or segregated units were required as the work was ordered. An accounting of the actual cost was also made for purposes of comparison. In the beginning, many of the budget demands seemed impossible to comply with, but a way was generally found to satisfactorily solve the problem. For instance, orders were given at various times to clear certain parts of the estate of poisonous growth or to prune trees in certain sections. Order numbers were established for each order and an estimate of the cost prepared for budget purposes. In such cases, we
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