09/16/1913 Board of Public Works Minutes

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14 SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 291. RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF TBE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,ST. JOSEPH OUNTY,STATE OF INDIANA, That it is deemed necessary to improve LINCOLN STREET FROM SAMPLE STREET TO THE GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILWAY, as follows,to-wit:- By grading said street from property line to property line, and. constructing cement sidewalk and cement curbs ^n both sides of said Street where not already coxstru cted All as shown on the plans, profiles and detail drawings on file in the office of the Depart- ment of Public Works. And such improvement is now ordered in accordance with the profile, details drawings and specifications on file in the office of the -Department of the Board. of Public Works of said City and such i provematt if' now ordered. Tie cost of said improvement, including the colt oftistreet and alley inter- sections, shall be assessed upon the real estate abutting on said LINCOLN STREET all according to the method and manner provided for in an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled "An. Act Concerning Municipal Corporations," approved. March 691905, and in accordance with and pursuant to the provisions of all amendatory and supl.lemental acts thereto passed. by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana. Asse�srienta, if deferred, are to be paid in ten equal annual installments, with inter st at the rate of Six per cent per annuls A bond or bonds shall be issued to �t contractor n payment of such work, unless he property owners pay said assessment before said bond or bonds are issued. Under no circumstances shall ,the City of South Bend, be, or be held responsible for any sum or sums, due from said property owner or owners, for said work or for the collection of the same, or for the payment of any bondq bonds,°certificate or certificates, issued to said contractor in payment for much work except for such moneys as shall have been actually received by the City from the assessments fo for -such improvement, or such moneys as said City is by said above entitled Act required..,to pay. All proceedings bad, and work done in the making of said improvement, assessment of property, collection of assessments and issuance of bonds therefor, shall be as provided fo•r in said above entitled Act and amendments thereto. Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 17th., day of Sept- ember 1913 and on the 24th. , day of September 19139 in the: South Bend Daily News -Times. This Board will give a hearing on this resolution in its office in the City Hall on the loth. , dey of October 1913 at 7:45 P.M. Adopted this 3-6th. , day of September 1913. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. Complaint made by Mr: Rive on a defective walk on Fellows Street on Lot #26 Dubailts First Addition. The same was approved and ordered replaced. )Mr. C. H. Defrees eppeared before the Board in regard to the changing of the kind of ,brick pavement on Dunham Street. The matter was ,referred to the City Attorney. /In the matter on grade on First alley North of Madison. Street, there being no bids received. the same was deferred until Wednesday Sept. 17,1913. President. M