08/15/1916 Board of Public Works Minutes

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226 Tuesday August 15th.,191(1.)_. Board met in regular session at 7:45 P.M. All members present. Hearing given on roll showing iwards of damages and assessments of benefits th the matter of Vacation Resolution No. 29 for the vacation of four(4) feet of Ginz Avenue from Washington Avenue to Colfax Avenue, In the City of South Bend, Indiana. In the above matter no remonstrators appeared and no written remor'stra- tra.nce was filed' Th a Bord t:{:refore declare the roll filed July 25th. 1916 (benefits and damages being equal) in all things ratified, -confirmed and approved and all action under said resolution is hereby concluded. Councilman Herman H. Lang appeared before the Board and discussed ✓ e the matter of raise in salary for the Cemetery Sexton, No action taken. . The following resolution was adopted and the Clerk instructed to send a copyof same to the South Bend Home Telephone Company. RES0LUT10N. r WHEREAS, the South Bend Home Telephone Company has a line of poles and ✓ Nires on Mishawaka Avenue between Sixth Street and Nineteenth Street and whereas a contract has been let for the paving of said street providing for a combination curb and walk it is necessary that said pole line be moved from their present location. THEREFORE, Be it ordered that said pole line be moved north to thelst. alley and right of way heretofore provided between Sixth Street and Nineteenth Street and that this change be made within Sixty (60) days. Communication received from G. A. Harrop requesting that the City sub -merge the outlet of the sewer under beeper Street Bridge. The Board ordered that the Street Department should do this work. Excavation Bond for One TAousand Dollars signed by Birdsell Mfg. Company was approved bVthe Board, Grade on Wall Street approved by the Board. Bond and contract for pipe sewer on Marine Street from Indiana Avenue to Calvert Street signed by Staples & hckerman was approved by the Board. Bond and contract for clearing and deepening of McCartney Creek from La Salle Lake to 300 feet north of the center of Vassar Avenue signed by H. J. Slot was approved by the Board. Bond and contract for concrete pavement on lst. alley west of Lafayette Street from Marion Street to Navarre Street signed by Hoban & Roach was approved by the Board. Estimated cost ff Lindsey Street pavement from Portage Avenue to Blaine Avenue was filed at ................... ................$ 209500.00 Estimated cost of La Porte Avenue resurfacing pavement from00 Washington Avenue to the north line of Linden Avenue at......... v