09/19/1913 Board of Public Works Minutes

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14 63 idav September IPth. Board met in regular session at 10:00 A.M. All members present. Hearing on Vacation of Kauffman's Alley.under Vacation Resolution No. 21. was deferred until Friday September 26th.,1913 at 10:00 A.M. , Partial estimate alloyed C.L.Headley on grade, curb and walk on. Tmnti Avenue, under Improve- ment Resolution No. 267. for the amount of......................................$1,063e6O /Petition filed with the Board Pop 1� tablishing a grade on Peashway Avenue. The Game was read and referred to the City Engineer. VPermissiox was granted to the Indiana and Michigan Electric Company to set poles and anchors as follows:- To reset 1 - 16' guy stub on, south side of Jefferson just east of Maple. To set 5 - 35' poles on the south side of the alley north of Madison Street from Arthur Street.to a point at the read of Mr. Leyes' residence, 1239 E. Madison Street. Complaint was filed with the Board of a pole at 1226 South Carroll Street. The Board ap- proved of the following. This is an Indiana & Michigan Electric Company pole and should be moved to the north about Ten (10) feet as the owner wants to build a cement driveway to get coal into a new house just built. SOUTH BE"NTD IP IND. Sept. 19th. 5,1913. To the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Ixdiaxa. Gentleme x: - I would ask of you the privilege of sighiL.ng all my rights and interests in High Street paving contract and Dunham Street contract to T.C.Barn,es on account of my health failing and not being able to finish said work. Mr. Barnes will start the worn Monday morning and promises to push it through to completion and get tbe, two contracts finished this fall,hopin.g you will see fa,verable in granting this request, I remain, Respt. yours, C. H. BEFREES, ASSIGNMENT. FOR AND IN CODTSIDERATIO?,T of the things hereinafter mentioxed,I CALVERT H.DEFREES , do hereby assign unto THOMAS C. BARNES two certain contracts for brick pavement known as High Stre Street and Duxha,xt Street Brick Pavements, which sontracts were signed by me and the City of South Bend, Indiana, upon hhe 26th.7 day of June 1913; said THOMAS C. BARNES hereby agreeing to fully and completely carry out and perform all of the terms and conditions of said contracts and specifications in reference to the same mentioned in said contracts which were incumbent upon me to perform, and to save me harmless from all loss, costs and damages of any kind or nature in reference to the same. The said. THOMAS C . BARNES tu.rther agrees to use all of the brick that have been ordered for said jobs and to pay Calvert H. Defrees for the sane, aiad also to pay all freight upon the same, and the labor of unloading and piling the brick upon the street; it being under- stood that the said Thomas C. Barnes is to fully and completely carry out and perform said cox- tracts heretofore mentioned in this assigments of said contracts hereby consented to by the Boa, Board of Public Works upon the 19th. , day. of September 1913. Witness our hands and seals this i9th., day of September,1913. C. H. DEFREES, T. C. BARNES. President.