01/29/1929 Board of Public Works Minutes

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• • 0 0 • Tuesday, January 29th., 1929. 313 Board ,met in regular session at 9 A. Y. R. It. Ku.ss absent. ; Minutes of meetings held January 22nd. , _ T929, read and appr oved. The Board signed the -contract with the filbert Construction Company for the pavement on Miner Stre.et from L. line Madison Park- iddition. to Harriett street under Improvement Resolution No.2163 in the amount oil 69745.94. The Board also approv- ed t�e construction bond for same for 50% of the contract price signed by _Inland Bond- inc, ompany. The Board signed the contract with the Albert. Construction Company for the pavement on Catalpa Avenue from th south line of St. Joseph, South Bend and Southern R. R. right of way.to Cotter Street under Improvement Resolution No.2I6I in the amount of 6 '734.45.- The Board also approved the construction bond for same for 50% off' the contract price signed by Inland Bonding Companyk The Board approved the renewal certificate for the -excavation _ bond. in favor of Emmett Shaul in the amount of I,000.00 sig-ied by _the Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company of New Fork. The Board approved the rvg3ewal certificate for the Bond of. Grant McCready .signed by the. Hartford Aecident and Indemnity_ Company, The Board approved the renewal certificate for the bond of Philip Cohen in the amount of $1,000.60 signed by the Metropolitan Casualty fnsruance Company of New York. `the Board approved the renewal certificate for the excavation bond of Anthony Kujawski in the amount of $I,000.00 signed by the New Amsterdam Casualty Co* The Board approved the recommendation- of I#Vm. F. dual is for the installation of a 4000 `lumen light, over head service, at the intersection of ding Avenue and Marine Street. No petitions having been filed for a change in the ty e of pavement other than that specified in the preliminary. order for the pavement of ith Street froi Huey Street to Olive. Street under Improvement Resolution No.2167, the Board this 29th.- day of January 1929, hereby makes a final order for sheet asphalt heavy traffics pavemen- as the type 'of pavement with which said street shall be improved and awards the contras' for said improvement to Albert Construction ompany at their low bid of 5,518.90. This .being the 6treet .ate set, bids were Street received opened Ivenue and read for the p#vement of Van Buren from Cushing to Lawndale under Improvement Resolution No.2168. Bids are as follows: Williston Co. Reith Ailey Co. Albert Const. Co. C. H. Eldred concrete walk .25 .20 .20 .20 concrete curb .50 .50 .50 .50 marginal curb .40 .40 .40 no bid grading .90 1.00 .90 .90 sheet asphalt 2.68 2.70 2.64 no bid asp. concrete 2.58 2.59 2.54 no bid concrete 2.43 no bid 2.50 2.50 storm water inlets I2.50 I2.50 I2.50 12.50 3 j4It TY. C. L. S. 26.00 28.00 26.00 26.00 3/4" W. G. S. S. 20.50 22.00 21.00 n 22.00 sewer Conn 1.50 I.50 I.25 I.00 8" pipe 1.00 1.00 I.00 100 I" TY. C. L. S. .30.00 - 30.00 3I.00 34.00 I" W. C. S. S. � 25.00 ..32.00 26.00 30.00 All of the above bids handed to the City Engineer for Aabulation. Upon the recommendation of John J. Kuespert, the Board signed an agreement with. Albert Evans for the purchase of a concrete platform located at _the Municipal Air Port for the sum of $300.00. The Board approved p rolls forthe various departments in the Oi amount of $9,636.I3 and hereby orders ty Controller to pay tame. The Board also approved the Wlaria'W._ of �i. r. Tray, City Engineer and Hazel A. Turner, Clerk, for track elevation work in the amount of 433.33 and the Board hereby orders City Controller to pay same out of track elevation fund. The Board approved claims in the amount of 25I.99 for bills in various demrtments.