04/14/1914 Board of Public Works Minutes

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315 Tuesday April 14th.,1914. Continued. The:�Clerk was` instructed to prepare a resolution for a sewer on Adams Street from Michigan Ave. to Vassar Avenue and set the same for a hearing. Tie follov.ng report 1was filed by the City Civil Engineer. To the Hon. Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana. Gentlemen: - Regarding the attached petition of Geo. H. Cregier and others for Asphaltic Concrete Pavement on Vassar Ave. from Riverside Drive to Portage Avenue. I remommend that the petition. Be granted. Very respectfully, City Engineer. Cost nf street and. alley will amount to about $goo.00< All action on the above report and petition was deferred until Tuesday June 16t_ri. ,1914 at 10:00 A.M. SIDEWALK I��.PROVEMEIITT RESOLUTION. No. 307. RESOLVED BY TflE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND`: ,3T.* :�JO '3EPH, COUNTY,STATE OF INDIANA, That it is deemed necessary to improve EAST SIDE OF PRAIRIE AVENTjE FROM StiIIPLE STREET TO LST. ALLEY NORTH OF LEON COURT. By grading said street from property line to property line, and con- structing cement sidewalk and cement curb on east side of said Prairie Avenue were not already constructed. All as shown on plans, profiles and detail drawings on file in the office of the Board of Public Works. And such improvement is now ordered, in accordance with the profile, details, drawings and specifications on file in the office oaf the Department of the Board of Public Works of said City; add such i mprovement is now ordered.. The cost of said improvement, including the cast of street and alley inter- sections, shall be assessed upon the real estate abutting on -said East side of Prairie Avenue, 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 Muncipal Corporations," approved March 6,1905, and in accordance with, and pursuant to the provisions of all amendatory and suplle- mental acts thereto, passed by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana. Assessents if deferred, are to be pair, in ten equal annual installments:, with interest at the rate of Six per cent per annum. A bond or bonds shall he issued to the contractor in payment of such work, unless the proprty owners pay said assess tints before said bond or bonds are issued. Under no circumstances shall the City of South Bend, be, or be held responsb ble 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 bond, bonds certificate or certificates, issued to said contractor in payment for such work, except for such moneys as shall have been actually, received by the City from the assessments for such improvement, or such moneys as said City is by said above entitled Act required to pay. All proceedings had, and York done in the makinf-; of said improvement, assessment of property, collection of assessments and issuance ,of bonds therefor, shall be as provided for in said above entitled Act and amendments thereto. Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 16th., day of April.1914 and on the 23rd. day of April,1914 in the South Bend Daily News -Times. This Board will give a hearing on this resolution in its dffice in the City Hall onnthe 12th., day of May,1914 at 7:45 P.M. Adopted this 14t.?1.2 day of Apri1,1914. 61 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.