03/06/1939 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REDISTRIBUTION OF THE T ABOVE ASSESSMENT Lot 186 Ridgedale 5th Add. Twyckenham Land & Investment Co. e�,283.27 if 187 tr it It if it if it it 283.27 if 188 If if It if it It if It 283.27 rr 197 it It it it It tt it tr 283.27 tr 215 it ti. it it it It it it 283.27 rr 216 it it it It It it if n 283.27 Principal- - - - - - fi1,699.62 Interest- - - - - - - 306.04 Total- - - - --2,005.66 Respectfully submitted, Clyde E. Villicsnns, City Civil Engineer. The Board approved and established grades as recommended by the City Civil En- gineer on Wilson Street from. 24th to 26th Street; and can 26th Street from Jefferson Blvd. to Nashington Street. rContinuation certificate of Street Excavation bend of Charles R. Loran with the Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation, Limited of London, England, was approved. Contractor's bond of Thomas L. Hickey, Inc. in the amount of '1000 with the Sea- board Surety Company of "New York was approved.. ./The Board approved the plan for the parking area at 115 N. South Street as sub- ruitted by I-'irs. A.Verstraete. The Engineer was authorized to notify Ivirs. Verstraete of the necessity of havin~ tl�e work Lone bar a bonded contractor Tlio has posted an ex- cavation bond with the Board or tiorks and also of the necessity of filing a plan of th proposed improvement with th-e Clerk of the Loard. i ` The Board approved the -:-)lan _proposing constructicn of a parlfway on East-,olfax Avenue fr CM Sycamore Street east along the Indiana & T,11ichigan ElectricryCo« Company propert�� The Engineer was instructed to inform the Indiana w �,ichigan Electric company of this approval and also to inf orm them of the necessity of obtainin- a per_r_lt for construc- tion work on public thoroughfares. it ✓The Board received a petition from the Board of Park Commissioners requesting the establishment of either• a watchman or a flasher at t1Ze intersection of Greenlawn Avenue and the Grand Trunk Western Railroad company and the Board also received in- II formation from the Grand Trunk offic=als that a flasher will be installed at this crossing before the mark season opens. A petition signed by twent�_�-five tax -payers and property ovrners asking for a �I street liM_ht at the intersection of Olive and Lon -ley Avenue was received and was re- ferred to lilr. Qualls of the Electric Department. /mr. Qualls submitted a report upon the need for street lights at the intersection of Indiana and Iiagnolia Streets and at Lubail and Nash Streets, as requested by a petition dated Februe.r-�T 1. final action of the oard was postponed until a later date Mr. Qualls submitted a report of investigE-lion for the need of a street light along the 100 block of East South Street in which the need for a light was considered non -essential. The Board followed the recoY ,,endation of Irir. Qualls and refused the request. Representatives of the Northern Indiana Railway_ Company were requested to attend a meeting of the Board and discuss a petition received by the Board for a bus on West Washington Street between Birdsell and Olive Streets. The street car company official were given until the 27th of I,=arch, 1939, to stud7T the matter and report back to the Board. 11 19r. Zmuc dzinski, Street o-imissioner, was present and matters pertaining to his de partment were discussed. The Board approved the _rurc ase of Parts in the amount of 250.00 necessary for the repair of t he lgin sweeper and authorized the Street Com- missioner toget these parts and ,lace the sweeper in shape for service. /The Street Commissioner was authorized to purchase two push carts. /14r. J. T. I,IcLonough, a representative of the Crown. Rock Sales Company appeared before the Board and proposed a shipment of t=,ro tons of the material for demonstrating purposes in repairing depressiens in city streets. He stated the_t this Proposal would be verified by a letter and also suggested that a representative wo.ld be sent here to assist the city employees in the construction work. TheBoard took the matter under consideration. !Meeting ad ourned at 12:00 noon. v ATTAST. 61 CLERK 0 • 0 •