08/22/1913 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Friday August 22nd.,1913. Board met in regular session at 10:00 A.M. All members present. Bids were received opened and read for. grade, garb and walk improvements on,. the follow- ing Streets. ,/ Grade, curb and walk on Corby Street from East end of Street as platted and laid out in Morey's Addition to Walsh Street, under Improvement Resolution No. 257. Grade, curb and walk on Tenth Street from Wall Street to G.T. Western Ry. Co. right of way,un,der Improvement Resolution No. 257. Grade, curb and walk on Foster Street from Howard Street to St. Vincent Street$ ,under Improvement Resolution No. 271. The same were referred to the Laity Engineer for tabulation to be reported back Tuesday August 26th. 11913. at 10: 00 A.M. Mr. Yeagley Attorney for the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Ry. Company and Mr. E. H. Potter their Agent appeared before the Board in regard to the Vacation of an alley in Kaugfmax's Addition for the Harmon Coal Company. The matter was deferred until Wednesday August 27t h. ,1913 at 10 : 00 A.M. Stewart -Sheets Company appeared before the Board and asked permission to substitute a brick sewer under the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company's right -of --way for the Bowanan Creek sewer within the same. The reason for such substitution being the im- possibility of obtaining the cast iron pipe as specified. Mr. Yeagley, Attorney for the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, Railway Company and Mr. Fenno, Engineer for said company appeared and agreed to substitution of Brick for the cast iron pipe. The -Board. read th:@ agreement presented to the Board and' the acme fts referred to' the CiiYy' Attdrn = for nVestigation. ' to $e reported back to the Board. � The contract for water connections on Marion Street from Leland Avenue to Scott Street was awarded to Thomas Williams. Bonds and contracts for the following improvements Were approved by the Board. Bond and contract signed by Staples and Ackerman as princcpal and the American. Surety Company of New York as surety for pipe sewer on Cleveland Avenue, under Improvement Resolution Pfo. 295. was approved by the Board. ,,-'Bond and contract signed by Staples and Ackerman as principal and American Surety Company of New York as Surety for pipe sewer on. Franklin Street from Indiana Avenue to Calvert Street, under improvement Resolution No. 2E6. was approved by the Board. Bond, and contract signed by Hoban and Roach as principal and American Surety Company of New York as surety for Pavement on Webster Street from Sample Street to South line of Sample Street, under Improvement Resolution No. 273. was approved by the Board. ,--Engineer filed assessment roll and final estimate for water connections on Dunham Street from Harris Street to Arnold Street, under improvement Resolution No. 27E. In the City of South Bend, Indi .na. Resolved, that notices as to the amounts of assessments be published for six consecutive days in the South Bend Daily Times, commencing on the 25th., day of August, stating `that this Board will give a hearing on the amount of such assessments at its office in the City Hall on the 12th., day of September 1913 at 7:45 P.M. Resolved farther, that the entire work under the above contracts be accepted and approved and the final estimate thereon allowed. Notice .of this resolution shall be .published on the 25th., day of August,1913 in the South Bend Daily News - Times, stating that this Board will give a hearing on the acceptance of subh work at its office in the City Hall on the 12th. , day of September,1913 at 7:45 P.M.