03/21/1916 Board of Public Works Minutes

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rol Tuesday March 2101916. Board met in regular session at 10:00 A.M. All members present. Mr. C. M. Wenger appeared before the Board requesting that Broadway be ✓ paved from Miami Street to High Street. The Board informed Mr. Wenger that this could not be paved until a sewer was placed in this block. The following cmmmunication was received and placed on file. To the Hon. Board of Public Works, of the City of South Bend, Indiana. Dear Sirs: - The City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, through Mr. William S. Moore has offered me a position in their engineering department with a salary to start with of 1,350.00 per year, with the promise of an increase in a short time to $1,500.00 per year. As the minimum amount offered me is considerably more that I am receiving at present from the City of South Bendq I feel that I ought to accept this offer unless your Board would consider giving me an increase in salary. Trusting you y411 let me know your attitude in this matter within a reson- able time, I am, Very , re sp a ct Pu l ly yours,, J. T. NEENAN, . RESOLVED9 By the Board that Mr. J. T. Neenan, Clerk of the Engineering Department salary be increased from $1,250.00 per year to $1,300.00 per year,, txP_ same �/ to begin April lst.-,1916. Communication received from the State Board of accounts, in regard to fo ms of proposal sheets to be used on bidding on City Contracts. The Clerk was in- structed to write to the State Board of accounts and send then a copy of the Forms now used by the City on the above work. Communication received and placed on rile from Mr,, C. D. Emmons, Mgr-. of the Chicago, South Bend & Northern Indiana Ry. Company in regard to the placing of span wire attachments to buildings in downtown districts. The Clerk instructed to call this communication up on Tuesday March 28'th.21916 at 10:00 A.M. for consideration. Communication received read and placed on file from the Tribune Printing Company, giving permission to attach trolly span wires to their building,by the Chicago South Bend & Northern Indiana Ry. Company providing no damage is done to the building and the attachment is in a neat and thoroughly workmanlike manner. The Following communication was received and placed on file. Board of Public Works. We completed the work on Vistula Avenue, Tuesday March 7,1916. We. would like you to inspect it and if found satisfactory pass the ordinance which we requested to comply with the work done. We went as far as the Orphans Home and have made a nice looking street out of Vistula . Respectfully yours, THE SOUTH BEND HOME TELEPHNNE CO EI,MER E. DAI CEY, President. The City Rngineer filed report that the cost of Pokagon Street grading,and gravel roadway improvement from Tecumseh Ave. to the Michigan Central ✓ Railroad is #3,200.00 and the assessed valuation of the lots abutting on said street is $9200.00