08/04/1914 Board of Public Works Minutes

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421 Board m6tin regular ses.-ion at 10:00 A.M. All members present. A blue was presented to the Board of the proposed bridge across St. Peter ✓Street of the Grand Trunk Ry. No action taken same to be taken up on Tuesday. August llth., 1914. Partial estimate allowed Rankert & Eggleston, Contractors for the pavement on ✓Pennsylvania Avenue for the amount of......................................$152026.43 - SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 340. / Resolved by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, St. Joseph County, . State of Indiana, That it is deemed necessary to improve Donald Street from Michigan Street to Main Street, to —wit: — By grading said Donald Street from property line to property line, and con— stY•ucting cement sidewalk and cement curb on both sides of said street. All as shown on the plans, profiles and detail drawings on file in the office of the Department of Public Works of said City, in accordance with the profile, details, drawings and specifi— cations on file in the office of the Department of the Board of Public Works of said City; and such improvement is now ordered. The cost of said improvement, including the cost of street and alley inter— sections, shall be assessed upon the real estate abutting on said Donald Street, all according to the method :-nd manner provided for in an Act of General Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled "An Act Concerning Muncicipal Corporations," approved March 6, 1905, and in accordance with and pursuant to the provisions of all amendatory and supple— me,ntal acts thereto, passed by the Gener&l Assembly of the State of Indiana, Assessments, if deferred, are to be paid in ten equal annual installmenta, with interest at 4he rate of Six per cent per annum. A bond or bonds, shall be issued to the contractor in pay— ment for such work, unless the 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 bond, bonds, certificate or certi— ficates, 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 work done in the making of said improvement, assessment of property, collection of assessments and issuance of bonds therefor, shall be as provided for in said above en— titled Act and amendments thereto. ,Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 6th., day of August21914 and on the 13th., day of August,1914 , in the South Bend Daily Tribune, This Board will give a hearing on this resolution in its office in the City Hall on the 1st.2 day of September21914 at 7:45 P.M. ADopted this 4th. , day of t?ugust21914. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.