07/06/1954 Board of Public Works Minutes

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0 • • is • 0 the Easterly line of said lot W a distance of 50 feet; thence South 58 degrees West I' along the northerly line of said lot W a distance of 30 feet to the 7asterly line of L.W. E.; thence North 32 degrees West along the Easterly line of said L.W..P. a distance of 63.20 feet to the place of beginning. TRACT NO. 6 Beginning at the Southeast corner of lot 13 Majorts Addition; thence North along the East line of said lot 13 a distance of 245 feet; _ thence North 41 degrees and 4.3 minutes West a distance of 30.10 feet; thence South 34.42 feet; thence East 10 feet; thence South parallel with and 10 feet West of the East line of said lot 13 a distance of 226.73 feet to.the Northerly line of L.W.E.; thence South 71 degrees and 54 minutes East along the Northerly line of L.W.E. a distance of 10.52 feet to the place of beginning. A letter under date of July 21 1954, addressed to the City Engineer, over the signature ,:of Charles G. Brvant, Deputy Treasurer of State of Indiana, was read and the decision !of the Board was to proceed to make payment of the obligation referred to in the Deputy I; Treasurerts letter. A report on the routing of traffic setting up State and U. S. Highway detours, during the repair of the Colfax Avenue bridge, submitted'.by Traffic Engineer, E. H. Miller, was examined and ordered filed. STOP SIGN changes necessitated by the _re-routing of State Highway traffic during the reconstruction of the Colfax Avenue bridge, as covered by report submitted by Traffic Engineer, E. H. Muller, this date, was examined and ordered filed. A letter from Wilmer H. Tolle, Director of the Department of Public Welfare, under date of July 1, 1954, was read by the Board and after some discussion of the problem, the matter was referred to Traffic Engineer, E. H. Miller for his investigation and report. The Trust. Account set up for the purpose of handling plans and specifications deposits:' required of bidders in connection with the ,Sewage Treatment Plant construction, as called, for in the legal advertising, having served -ts -purpose, the Board authorized the ter- mination of the trust and ordered that the remaining balance of these funds be trans- ferred to the General Fund. An Excavation Bond, in the sum of $2,000.00, binding Stanley E. Wesolowski, as principal and National Surety Corporation, New York City as sureties, was examined and approved by the Board. Excavation Bonds, in the sum of 81,000.00 each, were examined and approved by the Board for 0. E. Frame, d%b/a 0. E. Frame & Son, and 1m. S. Lodyga. Contractors Bonds, each in the sum of Q1,000.00, were examined and approved for the following contractors: Black & Anderson Construction Co., Inc., Forest Guise Eugene 71. Lauderback Albin R. Saltzgaber Robert Schumaker The possibility of establishing some form of pension plan for City employees of mapv years service, as they reach the age of -retirement, particularly those in the service '' of the Street Department, was discussed briefly, no definite conclusion being established. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:50 A. M.