03/01/1954 Board of Public Works Minutes

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139 • 0 • In the matter of the request of the Sollitt Construction Company, Inc., for use of ji certain property, owned jointly by the Department of Public Parks and the Water Works, j along the N.Y.C.R.R. right-of-way and Angela Boulevard, known as Brownsfield Park, for j the purpose of unloading and storage carload shipments of materials and equipment; the Board wasinformed that no objection is made by either the Water Works or the Park Department, and Sollitt Construction Co., Inc., is to be so advised. The claim of Thos D. Nolan, Contractor, Louisville, Kentucky, in the sum of $16,811.90 was given further consideration and the Clerk was directed to write this contractor, ex'76 plaining basis on which check in final settlement will be rendered. The Board next took the following action: Under Section 48-1233 of Burrnsl Indiana Statutes, the City Engineer is employed in la supervisory capacity in the Bewage Disposal Plant, and is to be paid the additional sum of $1,000.00 per year for such services, subject to approval and appropriation by the Common Council. i j Contract Bond in the sum of $109,305.00, binding H. W. Hunter, 114 E. Garro Street, Plymouth, Indiana, as principal, and the United Pacific Insurance Company of Tacoma, Washington as Surety, was examined and approved by the Board. Contractorls Combination Bid Bond and Bond for Construction in the penal sum of $262,625.00, binding G. W. Falcon, Evanston, Illinois as principal, and Indemnity 31nsurance Company of North America, as surety, was examined and approved by the Board. The report of Traffic Engineer, E. H. Miller, concerning personal call made on the Malleable Steel Range Company, concerning the driving of trucks over the sidewalk on the East Side of Cherry Street, was read and ordered filed. Traffic Engineer, E. H. Miller, reported the installation of "YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY11 signs at the following locations and was approved by the Board: On Bertrand at Bendix Drive On Meade at Frederickson Street On Gladstone at W. Washington On Madison at Greenlawn Avenue On St. Joseph Street for right turn into Farneman St. On Sunnyside at N. Wayne and E. South Wayne Street Oti Nilson Boulevard at Tuxedo Drive. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 12:20 noon. Attest: Clerk