01/25/1935 Board of Public Works Minutes

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i,eetinf- Je_nu�ry 20th, 19 5. re -ul r e Board � 3 ;�� r ` T ar {� meeting of tia�.. o� Public corks was held on onda� J�=tnu��y 28th at 11.15 A. 1. All members were present. Y'r. Buchholz and, other -represente.tives of the .Nrestern eve .n.provement Association presentee. a petition for the i :mediate thmprovez)ent of ,7estern Ave. fToir fi'iichipan it to :dive. The Board inforried there, that there was no appropri- a_.tion to acquire the riCi':t of z£>ay, ane_ the me .beers of the lissociation were asked to cooperate wx'ithi th.e Bon.rd in develorin�� rmeE=ns to secure such an ).ppro-Qria.ti_on. as the 1;oa.rd realized. t"e �.,Ieed of the i-mprove��ent, but eras unrble to teke nny favorable steps at the -present tiMe. • "rttorne r ,=oncappezred before the Bonrc to discus the vaca tior� of Fc^_ `;C rt-y _St , anc the a.1le :T "e st of "Tiles Ave, Prof' X'epar-'-"i St. to the first r?.1ley south., as he proposed. to Chine- an action in. the Girciclt Court for this vac^tion. The Board offered no objection. 'r. Bussard, represanti rI`r. !;ooksie ppe re lei are the Board to see if lobe p:oare� would o_'-fer any ad ustalent oil the claimed. dernFr es to t-e propertt of J`r. gooksie The :Board felt -t'h:� t the pa opert7- eau].c' be restored by labor, but '"r. Bussard stpted- t!7agt r-oulc? not ce sa-t;; sfectory to his client. T'r. :.nderson br our -I t up h. - guest': on of npnraiserr_ent of the lane` to be • secures fro t .e Sin,7er r1o. in connection IlTith the wiI.eni-hp pro ;ect on 'estern I_ve. o action ,as taken. A letter froT< the Burroughs Addinp- Fech. Co. was. read, proposinpi to furnish a new eight column desk model electric machine for °150.00, taking in the old one in use in the Engine eri np, Dept for the J_.^_st 18 gears. ITo action wes taken as there did n=-:t see, to be an-% appropriation to ta'�:e cars- of such an expense. The 7ndiia.na. Eell Telephone 0o. rer._uested nerxaission to remove two poles in Tiles Ave south of St. Vincent St. an(- tvlo poles proposed to be set in St. Vincent St. next to curb. It is also proposed to remove one pole in St. Vincent • ,fit. which is located SoiltIE of the sidewal'L in this street an6 ;Thich the adjoin- inp propert77'owner is ob�jectinF- tc. upon advice of '=r.-.u.alls, who repartee that a reerrancenient of the poles in this district will relieve considerable justifi<^:.b1e comrnl^int, the Telephone Company eras Granted a permit to Bake tie ci_^nfi-es, n.11 in a.cCo d.^nce with sketch submitted t, it1_ the request a,-nc nor on file in the office of the :EEoa.rd of Publ- c 'arks. Dills viere allov-ed in th.- arn-ount of `�,556.21, with instr-actions to the Secretery to turn thee= over with =°11 other bills contracted since t :e first of the year to the„or_ptroiler, to be r +ic at once. T' e reetint- sd iournec_ at l` :50 F. . • ..ttest Clerk L�