09/20/1922 Board of Pbblic Works Minutes

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The following communication was received read and placed on file. Chicago, Ill. September 16,1922 Honorable Board -of Public Works, City of South Bends Indiana. Mishawaka Avenue, Gentlemen:- 4 .'Co4firming the opinion we rendered to your Mayor and City Engineer at a reeest, conference, we believe the faulty condition of the present _asphalt pavement on Mishawaka Avenue, your City, is due to, inferior workmanship on the part of the Contractor's street gang eoupleq with inolement weather at the time t,ha pavement was.originally laid and also,when.repales were made last year. During both of then occasions,,the rolling was i.nsuffient to thoroughly compact the wearifg surface Moreover, when repairs were made last fall, the new wearing surface' as not laid sufficiently neon after theold surface mixture was removed to properly unite with the old material, resulting -in the present rutted and shoved condition of the pave - meat, especially during the recent hetweather Indidently ,.we know of numerous other bituminous pavements that have developed a wavy surface during the past three, weeks, so the faulty condition of your pavement is not confirned entirely to Mishawaka Avenue. To place Mishawaka Avenue in serviceable condition we do not believe I it will be necessary to remove and replace the entire pavement at;,the points where` the new ruts have developed. Where single ruts have occured we suggest that the rutted . portion of the pavement be cut out, including the binder mixture beneath, and fresh binder and surface mixture be used to replace same. In removing this rutted pavement it probably will be necessary to cut out a strip 12 t,o 14 inches in width for the entire kength of each rut.. The fresh binder used in these strips can be best rdlled by laying boards or planks, the approximate width of the strip and two inches in thickness, on the freshly raked binder mixture and the mixture com- pressed by running the roller on top of these planks. Greater comptession can thus be secured than merely by means of hand tamping. Subsequently, fresh top mixture cm can be raked into these strips and tamped and rolled in the usual manner. We sug-: est that the thickness of the binder be increased and the thickness of the top mixfurs be correspondingly reduced in these strips, thus reducing to some extent the possiblity of the pavement again rutting in these strips.. In that portion of the pavement where several ruts have 4evelope4,,we,9944ier it advisable to.remove entis ly the present, rutted pavement from car -track to curb and same replaced over the entire .area C the roadway with fresh binder and surface mixture, properly raked and rolled. If you so desire the writer Wi11'be'glad t@'came t,9 south Bend at a time coventdn.t to both the Board and the Contractor and assist your Engineer in selecting the places in the present, pavement where repairw are rwquired.' Very truly yours, {FILED • I_SAAC VAN -,TRUMP. Sep. 2011922. - BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. BY Le B. SLAUGHTER President, f The following'communication reoeived 'from Building Commissioner and permission refused. Sept. 18,1922. Board of Public Works, South Bend, Ind. Gentlemen:.. Special written permission is asked for to erect an electric sign and combination marquise at the Golden Eagle Inn on South Michigan St,• This sign is almost a duplicate of the sigh & marquise now on the South Bend Inn in the 100 block on the East side of Main St. Side signs'to be'10'-'4" X 4'--0" Front " 51- 5" X 4'-0" Filed Sept. 2091922. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS i BY L. B. SLAUGHTER President Permission refused. r., Respectfully , GEO. A. DAVIS COMMISSIONER OF BUILDINGS.