08/15/1922 Board of Public Works Minutes

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5th., 1922. Continued. Concerning the imp rgvement of the roadway of Madison Street fro* Eddy Street to E. Line of Judie s Addition with asphalt, asphaltic concrete, bitulithic, concrete or brick, in pursuance to Resolution No. 1001 this Board finds that no petition has been filed with said Board by a majority in number of the freeholders residing on said street to be improved, requesting that it be improved with a different kind of pavement than the kind heretofore adopted by the Board in its preliminary order; and the City Engineer reports that the Williston Construetion Co. is the lowest and best bidder for the kind of -pavement heretofore adopted by the Board, and the Board find that the Williston Construction Ci is th the lowest and best bidder and hereby lets the contract for said improvement to them and orders that said improvement be made with Asphaltic concrete using Mexieu Asphalt and all proceedings heretofore had in this matter are hereby confirmed and ratified. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. L. P. HARDY Vice President. Albert F. Honer. Attested: - Veronica C. Sweeney Clerk of the Board. Dated this 15th. day of August 1922 Concerning the improvement of the roadway of Alley between River Side Drive and Wodward Avenue from Golden Avenue to Vassar Avenue with asphalt, asphaltic concrete, bitulithic, concrete or brick in pursuance to Resolu- tion No. 998 the Board finds that no petition has been filed with said Board by a majority in number f the freeholders residing on said street to be -improved, re- questing that it be improved with a different kind of pavement than the kind heretofore adopted by the Board in its preliminary order; and the City Engineer that the Hoban & Roach is the lovast and best bidder for the kind of pavement heretofore adoptedby the Board, and the Board find that the Hoban & Roach is the lowest and best bi der and hereby lets to contract for said improvement to them and orders that said improvement be made with concrete and all proceedings hereto- fore had in this matter are hereby confirmed and ratified. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS L. P. HARDY, Vice Pros, ALBERT F. HONER Attested: - Veronica C. Sweeney Clerk of the Board. Dated this 15th. day Vf August 1922 ' The following communication received, read and placed on file. south Bend, Indiana. -Wednesday August 9th.,1922 Board of Public Works, City of South Bead, Indiana. ' Dear Sirs: - With reference to the request of your board that this Company under take the improvement of that portion of the steet occupied by its track on East Madison Street, from Eddy Street to Judie's Addition and of La Salle Avenue from the Bridge over the St. Joseph River, to Michigan Street, under the same terms and nditions as governed,-the.•improvement of South Michigan Street,.from a poijjt forty--(40) feet north of Fairview Street to Donmoyer Avenue, we beg to advbse as follows The Chicago,. South Bend 8e Northern Indiana Railway Company will under- take both of.the above improvements am the same basis of agreement as that stipulated for the improvement of South Michigan Street from a point forty (40) feet nort of Fairview Stsest.-to.Donmoyer Avenue. This agreement was covered by ore our letter dated Tuesday m April 4th., 1922. s On account of certain new conditions that have arisen since our agreement of April 4th.9 above mentioned, and with which your Board is familiar this Company desires to state that in extending the terms of the above agreement to cover the improvement of East Madison Street and La Salle Avenue, it is under- stood that its action in so doing shall not bind or prejudice this Company in any nay in regard to the improvement of any other -streets on which it may have tracks, and which may be now or in the future ordered improved by your Board. Yours very truly, CHICAGO$ SOUTH BEND & NORTHEgN INDIANA RAILWAY COMPANY BY R. R. SMITH RP.S WS. AY &K - FILED 2nd. Vice Pres. & Gen. Mgr. AUG. 51,1922. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS BY L. P. HARDY Vice President.