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<br />By unanimous consent of the Board a preliminary award was made of the pavement
<br />.on Sherman Avenue from Michigan Avenue to South end og said street to H. N. Barnes,
<br />Contractorwith Brick, for the amount of $2,956.56. The expiration of 'said award
<br />September 5th.,1914 at 10:00 A.M.
<br />Communication received from Southern Ohio Vault Company= in regard to
<br />prices on stone burial vaults. The same was read and placed on file.
<br />STREET OR ALLEY IMPROVEMENT RESO-LtTTION NO. 354.
<br />Be It Resolved by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend,
<br />Indiana, St. Joseph County, that it is desired and deemed necessary to improve Cottage
<br />Grove Aveme from Grand View Avenue to Oak Street as follows, to@wwit:—
<br />Bit gradmgg and paving the roadway, also grading and paving the roadway of all
<br />intersecting and entering street and alleys, lying within said portion of said Cottage
<br />Grove Avenue not included in the roadway to be improved withASPHALT,ASPHALTIC CONCRETE,
<br />BITULITHIC,CREOSOTED.WOODEN BLOCKS OR BRICK laid on a five (5) inch Portland Cement Gravel
<br />Concrete Foundation. Or with BRICK laid on a six (6) inch Rolled Gravel Foundation. On
<br />a CONCRETE PAVEMENt seven (7) inche's in depth. Placing the necessary marginal cement curb,
<br />curbing the roadway with cement curb where same is not already constructed. Also the con-,
<br />struct°ion of the necessary stormiwater inlets and conduits. -All as shown on the plans,
<br />and in accordance with the profiles, detail drawings and specifications on file in the
<br />Office of the Department of Public Works of said City.
<br />The cost of the improvement herein provided for except street and alley in—
<br />tersections, shall be paid by special assessment to be levied upon the property -sepcially
<br />benefitted, to the amount thate the same may be legally assessed therefor, in accordance
<br />with an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled " An Act Concerning
<br />Municipal Corporations, approved March 6,1905, and in accordance with and pursuant to the
<br />provisions of all acts amendatory and supplemental thereto.
<br />The cost of all street and alley intersections, including one—half of the
<br />width olf the improvementd opposite street and alleys which run into, but do not cross
<br />said -roadway herein proposed to -be improved and that portion of such street or alley
<br />abutting upon property belonging to said City, or upon property not subject to such
<br />assessment, shall be paid by the City in cash out of its general fund, if able to do so,
<br />or from a fund created by a special assessment to be levied under the provisions of Section
<br />109 of the above entitled Act.
<br />Assessments of ten dollars and moee against each lot, if deferred, are to
<br />be paid in ten equal annual installments, with interest at the rate of Smx per cent per
<br />annum. A bond or bonds will be issued to the contractor to the amount of such deferred
<br />assessments in pro rata payment for such imprvvement.
<br />Under no'circuxstances shall the City of South Bend be, or be held, responsibl
<br />for any sum or sums due from said property owner or owners for said work, or -for the
<br />collection of the same, or for the payment of any bond, bonds, certificate or certificates
<br />issued to said contractor in payment for such work, except for such moneys as shall have
<br />been received by the City from the assessments for such improvement, or such moneys as
<br />said City is by said entitled Act and amenderrints and supplements thereto required to pay.
<br />all proceedings had, and work done in the making of said improvement, assessment of weo—
<br />perty, collection of assessments and issuance of bonds therefor , shall be provided for in
<br />said above entitled Act. and Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto.
<br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED. That the Board of Public Works fix the 22nd. day of
<br />September A. D. 1914 at the hour of 7:45_P.M. at the offf ce of the Board of Public
<br />W,)rks, of this City. as the time and place for the public consideration of said proposed
<br />improvement, at vdiich said Board of Public Works, will hear all persons interested, or
<br />wiose property is liable to be assessed for said improvement, and will decide whether
<br />the benefits to the property liable to be assessed for said improvement will equal the
<br />estimated cost thereof.
<br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED. That notice of the time and place of such public
<br />consideration be published and mailed in the manner provided by law. Notice`of this '
<br />resolution shall be published on the 27th., day of.Auust 1914 and on the 1st. day of -
<br />September 1914 in the South Bend Daily Tribune,
<br />Adopted this 25th. , day of August 1914.
<br />BOARD OF PUBLIC
<br />WORKS.'
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