10/05/1915 Board of Public Works Minutes

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77 4 Board met in regular session at 10:00 A.M. All members present. Atty. Martin appeared before the Board representing Mrs. Emma W. Harlin, and objected to water and. gas connections vihich had been ordered placed on Lot 23 Keasey Street. The Board informed Mr. Martin that these connections had to be made previous to a pavement being laid. The Board approved of the following resolution. R E S 0 L U T I0 1 Resolved by the Board of Public Works of this City, that the Birdsell Mfg. ✓ gompany be ordered to disconnect their sewer connection with the Columbia Street sewer at the south end of Columbia Street, and suggest that they connect with the Fellows Street sewer which is larger to take care of the sewerage. The.Clerk was instructed to notify Birdsell Mfg. Co. by letter. Mr. tit• Sommerer appeared before the Board and requested permission to out into Cedar Street Pavement to connect sewer and Water , which were -not put in preivous to pavement vbicn was ordered in in 1914. The -Board instructed the Engineer to grant permit, with understanding that Mr. Sommerer was to pay for repaving. The Board instructed the Clerk to notify Chas. Jordon Company c ntractors on the .Crockett Bldg. on Lafayette street to clean up building material viz lch has been ✓ obstructing the street immediately. Also to notify Jos. A. Weraal nski, owner_ of apart— ment building on South Scott Street to clean up building material obstructing said street. The time for obstructing the above streets for building ppurposes has expired Complaint having been received by the Board in regard to lights not being utrned on earlier, the Clerk was instructed to notify said Indiana & Michigan Bl.ectria Company to turn same on earlier. Permission granted the Central Union Telephone Company to open alley North of Washington Street from the alley intersection west of Main Street and Forth df Washington Street to the rear of the Crockett Bldg., a distance of about 100 Peet The trench to be opened will be 200 wide and about 40" deep. This work is necessary In order to burnish Telephone -service for the Crockett Bldg., Petition fl led for a pavement on Liston Street from Birdsell Street to Adams Street. Same referred to the City Engineer for investigation. Gopy of communication sent to the Grand Trunk Western Ry. Company by the City Atotnrye Eli F. Seebirt, was filed with the Board. The following report was received from the City Engineer. To the Hon. Board of Public Works, of the City of South Bend, Indiana, Gentlemen: I have made an investigation of the Columba Street sewer as regjested ,,//by your Board. This sewer from the alley south of South Street to the south end of Columbia Street is only an eight (S) inch sewer and was constructed in 1894 and assessed against the abutting property. Birdsellts dod not pay any part of the cost. The sheds in Birdsellts lumber yard are all connected with down spouts and these in turn I believe are connected with the Columbia Street -sewer. I hap a talk with Mr. Byron Birdsell in regard to this matter and he stated that nearly all of these down spiuts and sewers were clogged at the present time and that the roof water runs over the ground surface and out to Fellows Street. Ve ry t ruly,, FREDERICK J. ANDERSON2 City Engineer.