09/21/1915 Board of Public Works Minutes

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766 Tuesday September 21st.91915• Board met in regular session at 7:45 P.M. All members present. Hearing had on improvement Resolution No. 405 for the , grading, paving sidewalk and. curb on Leeper Avenue from notth line.of Angella Avenue to North line of Howard Street, In the. City of South Bend,' Indiana. Upon. said hearing remonstrators appeared but no further remonstrance wP:s filed. And the Board beinn fuliv Ad.visecl in the' premises, decides that the benefits to p^operty liable to be assessed -'or. said impr.o-►-rents are equal to the estinated cost of the same, as reported by the CityCi►il Engineer, .and thereupon ts,kes final action on said resolution` as originally adopted, and the same is hereby in all things ratified, confirmed and approved. Resolved further, that notices be published on the 23rd. day of Septembe r, l9 -_5. and on the 30th. clay of Septembe r,1915. in a newspaper of general circulation in said City, stating that this Board will receive bids for the -con- struction of said' improvement up to 10:00 A.M. on the 12th. day of October,1915. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Mr. Brown of North Lafayette Street appeared before the Board and .,t/ complained about a fence owned by Mrs. Sib&3� of Park Avenue being in part of the alley at rear of his residence. The City Engineer teas instructed to investigate. and report at meting Tuesday September ?_nth. ,191c. st 7:45 P.M. I ry +o referred he? oing on C ondemnation Resoluton No. 37 for the Widening of Webster Street r1c Indiana Avenue. Remonstrators appeared but no further remonstrance was filed. T'rLe Board too', said matter under advisement until Wednesday September 22nd. 1915 at 11:00 A.M. . t Contract for pipe sewer on Golden Avenue from Woddward Avenue to d Portage Avenue was awarded to Hohan and Roach for the ::mount of ....... $236.88 Contract for pipe sewer on Calvert Street from High Street to v-_ Mfm'i Street, was awarded to Staples and Ackerman for the amount of.......$1414.00 Contract for water connections on Indiana Avenue from Franklin .,-Street to Miami Street, was awarded to Staples & Ackerman, for amount of $926.50 The following petition was received and placed on file. To the Honorable Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend. Your attention is respectfully calle d to the fact that on ✓Division Street, et t;ae several crossings between Michigan and Chapin Streets, where this Company has heretofore required to maintain lights over its railroad tracks, the electric lights so maintained have been removed and re -located on the side of the street near the curb. As re -located said lights became and are only street lights, and v+en trains are passing only illuminate one side o�f the cra-'sing made by the tra Ors of this enmi1?any over said streets. Tf s. circuit of incan- descent, lights were placed on said. nJ_vision. Street from Michigan to Laurel Streets two lights enuld bA located at each cro-sing, one or each side thereof, so that both sides of the rQ.ilro?d. crossings would be properly illiuminatec' and. the total cost thereof not increased. Such an arrangementtins already been made at the Lafayette Street erossing Dated: September 16th.1915. Respectfully sub mitted., GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILWAY COMP' Ry W. G. CRABILL, Attorney .