04/16/1956 Board of Public Works Minutes

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nz A request from Ernest H. Miller that a Four Way Stop sign be installed at Twy ckenham and Colfax. Request granted. Request of Green Arrow Parking Company to operate a parking lot at 117 E. Wash- ington Street was granted by the Board. Said company is ordered to submit to the City of ;'South Bend, Indiana, bond and insurance to cover lot at 117 E. Washington Street. The Clerk of the Board was ordered to advertise for a front-end loader for the' Street Department. The Board commends all Departments at the request of the Mayor in reference toi the dragging of the St. Joseph River in an attempt to recover the body of Mary Martin. All participating volunteers did a most commendable job and was deeply appreciated by Mayor Voorde. Verner L. Lane, Bldg. Commissioner, appeared before the Board with reference to the defective sidewalks at 323, 325, 327 South Michigan Street. The Clerk of the Board was ordered to notify the owners to take immediate action to repair the sidewalks. Hartman Builders having requested the approval of a temporary sewer line from Sheridan Avenue east to the first north and south street in the Brentwood Addition. This! ,sewer temporarily will empty into the 18 inch sewer in Sheridan Avenue in order that Hart- 1 man Builders may construct homes along Ardmore Trail. Subsequgntly, Hartman Buidders will construct a. relief sewer direct along Sheridan Avenue east to the first north and south :Street in the Brentwood Addition at a cost of $27,000. A bond in the sum of $27,000 Per-i 'formance bond to be made to the City of South Bend, Indiana. Contract Supplement Number 28 of the Sollitt Construction Company was accepted by the Board. Supplement ;#2 was approved by the Board. This supplement being a contract for the for the City of South Bend and Rieth-Riley Construction Company dated September 153, 1955 for the improvement of Miami Street. VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2832, 1956 RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA: That; it is desirable to vacate the following: The alley west of Olive Street from Lincolnway West, south to the north line of the alley south of Lincolnway West. The following property may be injuriously or beneficially affected by such va-' cation: Lot numbered 1 in Kale is Lincoln Highway Y g way Addition and all property east of said alley from Lincolnway West to Bonds Avenue owned by Epworth Memorial Methodist Church. Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 20th day of April and on ;the 27th day of April, 1956 in the South Bend Tribune and Record. This Board, at its office in the City Hall on the 7th day of May, 1956 at 10:00 A.M. will hear and receive remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected' by these proceedings. Adopted this 16th day of April, 1956. R. S. Andrysiak Frank J. Bruggner Irving J. Smith VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2833, 1956 RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA: That: ,it is desirable to vacate the following: That it is desirable to vacate the following: alley The ' y running parallelwith Lincolnway East ast from the south line of the alley south of Sample Street, thence southeasterly to the south line of Lot H of Wenger and Kreighbaums Vistula Avenue Addition where said alley abuts the Grand Trunk Western Right of Way. The following property may be injuriously or beneficially affected by such va cation: Lots lettered B-C-D-E-F-G-H and X, Wenger and Kreighbaumis Vistula Avenue Addition and unplatted land owned by the South E. Bond Toy Company. Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 20th day of April and on the 27th day of April, 1956 in the South Bend Daily Tribune and 'Re,cord. • 0 • • •