03/08/1932 Board of Public Works Minutes

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32 Tuesday, March 8th. , 1932. Board rret in regular session at 10:00 A. 11. All members present. I,"inut es of ire eti ng held Tuesday, March is t. , 1932, read and approved. The Board approved the renewal certificate of the South Side Plumbing and Heating Company cf TJfishawaka, signed by the Aet.1.a Casualty and Suety Company. The Board approved the renewal certificate of the excavation bond of Samuel Slutskv," signed by the Ohio Qw8ualty Insurance Company. Upon the recommendation of Vim. F. Quells, the Board approved the j • petition of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company for certain underttmund and aerial i construction work in Sample Street, east of hichipan Street, and in Mishawaka Avenue, east of Eddy Street, as outlined in their petition dated December 15th., 1931. T=Tr. Qual is * re commendat ion is as f oll cap s : I� March Oth . , 1932. i To The Honorable Board of Public Works, Ge nt le men u I have personally inspected all th-e locations shown on attached blue prints, referring to proposed work to be done by the Indiana Bell Telephone Company. Blue print No.l," proposes to install underground conduit on the north s id,e of Mishawaka Avenue from the alley east of Eddy Street to the alley West of Emerson Street. The north side of 1,is'.awaim Avenue is not paved, is. the reason for placing this conduit there. However, it will be recessary to break the existing pave- ment on hlishawa1m at both erd s of this construction to carry the conduits from the , existing Prnhole near Eddy Street on the south side of Mishawake. Avenue to the north side and again tt the alley west of Emerson Street to carry the conduits back to the south sib e cf.' Tv ishawaka Avenue and into the alley south of Mishawaka Avenue. The locations where the pavement will be broken are indicated in red. Blue print N0.2, shows the location of rra. nholes and details of construction on Mishawaka Avenue. Blue Print No.3, calls for the installation of` underground cable in existing conduit on Sample Street from Michigan Street to Linc^ln Way East and the removal of aerial cable and pole. line construction on the north side of Sample Street. This is being proposed in anticipation of the widening of Sample Street. Blue print No.4, indicates changes to be made in existing underground cable on West Monroe Street. Blue print No,5 , shows proposed aerial cable construction and poles to be set in the alley south of Mishawaka Avenue to tie in Stith the proposed under- ground construction shown on Blue -print No.l, and the .removal of present 'aerial con- struction from Reis hawak2 Avenue. Blue print No.6, shows splicing details and dispostiion of present pole, line construction on 1,11ishawaka: Avenue. Blue Print TNo.7, shows short sections of aerial cable and poles to i be installed on private right of way between Sample Street and Tutt Street,and. on Carroll Street between Sample- Street and Tutt_Street, to feet service in the section � between Michigan Street and Carroll Street after the underground cable is installed on Sample Street acid the present aerial construction is removed. i • As all of the work be re proposed is f or the ult imp to good of the service to bur citizens and advantage to the City in making improvements now under cons i_derttinn., by clearing existing aerial c onstr :c tion from streets to be widened and. improved, I recommend that lmrmission be granted to the Indiana Bell Telephone Company to proceed -pith the work as outlined. Respectfully submitted, i +m. F. Qualls, Supt. electrical Departrmnt. The following letter was received from the New York Central Railroad u Company in connection with the . extension of track elevation at Western Avenue and Walnut Street and ordered placed on file: h1preh 3rd. , 1932. Board of Public Works Mr. 11- Edward Doran, 'resident, South Bend, Indiana. Gent le teen : At our last conference at South Bend , I advised your Committee, on Is behalf of the New York Central, that it would be impossible for this Company to go ahead at this time with the extension of the proposed. grade separation involving the New York Central at South Bend. At our conference I stanted to you that on account