05/09/1922 Board of Public Works Minutes

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6. We agree to assist your Engineer in the preparation or modification of your asphalt specifications, if he so desires. 7, We will analyse daily samples of the asphalt cement and finished paving mixtures for every day the asphalt plant is in operation on your work, sending duplicate copies of all analyzees simultaneously to your Engineer and to our plant inspector for their mutual quidance and to complete your records in case of some future criticism of the work. 8. We agree to assist your Engineer in every possible way toward the success of thr work, offering such personal advice as he may desire with reference to -the proper laying of the mixtures,�etc., Our experienced plant i spector will also be instructed to assist the Engineer whenever so requested , with.the street end of the work so long as same does not inter ere with his proper functioning ab the plant. 99 We a ree to furnish our inspector at the paving plant with all the necessary testingapparatus for the proper control of the ingredien s; radin s consis- tencies, temperatures, etc., No will also be provided with printed se of the street, upon which he will report each day the exact location of the work laid that day together with the number of square yards constructed, the number of loads of material sent to the street and the wdight of same, thus keeping a close check on the thickness of the pavement, etc., 10. In fact we will do all in our power to insure your City obtainin pavements that are correct from a chemical, physical and constructional viewpoint. Ull.be our earnest endeavor to assist you win huilding monuments to everyone concerned with e improvements, ToT the above service complete we quote you Two and one half' 2 ) cents per squa a yard of one -course Asphaltic concrete pa ement and three (r3) cents per square and of Sheet Asphalt pavement laid in two courses our invoices to be rendered each month for the pavement laid the preceding month. For your 'information we wish to state that we have had over twenty three years experience; with all kinds of bituminous pavements in this and foreign . countries and our labo�tatary °is; we belteve , the best °equippped ,for the. accurate testing of asphaltic amnx products in the middlo west. Our service is unexcelled, frequently . making many personal visits to the work than our contract calls for, thus you are dealing directly with the prin'icipal of our organization and not merely with the inspectors alone. We trust this will meet with yogr early acceptance, in which event your signatureon the attached duplicate copy will be sufficient.. Respectfully submitted, Accepted May 9,1902. ISAAC VAN TRUMP ASPHALT LABORATORIES. L. B. SLAUGHTER BY ISAAC VAN TRUMP L. P. HARDY ALBERT F. HONER. r For the City of South Bend, Indiana. C. N. Wilcozen, President the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Railway Company appeared before the -Beard with Mr. T. Gray Prin. Engineer, and stated to the Board. that upon investigation found that their company had surrendered their feanchise and that same was pending when he was up to meeting before and requested hhe City Engineer to Bend him of the various types of pavements and he would take up the matter of pay iaa for part of the improvement between their tracks on La Salle Avenue between Michigan Street and Main Street with the Directors of his Company and advise the Board a ter as to their decsion, also about removing the additional side track now on La Salle Avenue-. + MF. Chas. Cole appeared before_ithe Board and representing -the Citizens Homes Company and presented the following petiti.ons with blue prints -attached, which were read and placed on file. To vacate west 23 ft . of Chapin Street from north line of Calvert St, to north line of Bruce Street. Alley between lots # 1-9-9 and #2-7-10 in Kemble's Addn. XXM]Mruce Street from E. Line of Chapin Street to E, line of Lot #1 Kemble's Addn.'East 29.6 ft. of Catalpa from the N. line of Calvert St. to the S. I ine of Bruce Street, signed The Citizens Homes Co..By. A. B. Thieleins, To improve Kendall Street from the south line of Calvert Street from the south line of Calvert Street to the north line of Sherrill Street by the construction of a grade, walk and murb improvement along the west side of Kendall St. To vacate the alley between Lots Nos. 63 and 94 revised Plat of South —Bend and Gary Company. To open 10 ft. off of the E, side of Lots #3-6-11 Kemble's Addn. for the straightening of the W. line of Catalpa Ave., to conform to conform to Catalpa Ave. in Raff's 4th. Addn, Chapin.Stpeet from S.•line of Bruce Street to N. line of Calvert Street thru lots # 1-85.9 Kemble's Addition to conform to Chapin Street as plat-ted and laid out in Raff's 4th. Addn. Above described petitions were filed and referred to the Planning and Zoning Commission.