08/29/1916 Board of Public Works Minutes

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`LS Board met in regular session at 7:45 P.M. Mr. A. H. Rice absent. Hearing given on Assessment roll and final estimate for As�hatlic Concrete pavement on Indiana Avenue from Leer Street to Kemble Avenue, Under Improvement Resolution No. 416. In the City of South Mend, Indiana. In the above matter a remonstrator appeared but no written remor,_strance was filed. The Board therefore find that the property assessed in said rolls filed August 15th. 1916 is benefitted in the amount of assessments as shown on said rolls, and the Board further find that the assessment roll filed August 15th. ,1916 and the final estimate allowed August 15th. ,1916 should be and the same are hereby in all things ratified, c onf firmed and a. ppr oved , Hearing on assessment roll and final estimate for Asphaltic Concrete pavement on Indiana Avenue from Kemb.le Avenue to Prairie Avenue under Ima_ r ovement Resolution No. 421. In the City of South Bend, Indiana. In the above matter no remonstrators appeared and no remonstrance was filed. The Board therefore find that the property assessed in said rolls filed August 15th. ,1916. is benefitted in the amount -of assessments as shown on said rolls, and the Board further find that the assessment roll filed August 15th.,1916. and the f ina estimate allowed August 15th. ,1916. should be and the same is hereby in all things ratified, confirmed and approved. Hearing given on assessment roll and final estimate for Asphaltic Concrete pavement on Keasey Street fr.om Michigan Street to Carroll Street, under Improvement Resoution No. 407. In the City of South Bend, Indiana. In the above matter a remonstrator appaaed and remonstrated about condition of pavement, but no written remonstrance was filed. The Board deferred said hearing until Tuesday September 5th. ,1916. at 7:45 P.M. Contractor ordered to make the necessary repairs and to report the same to the Board on the above improvement. Mr. H. Harter appeared before the Board and presented a plat of Harter Heights first Addition to the City of South Bend, Ind. The Same was approved by the Board. Invoice of inspection of 38,000 sq. yds. of Asphaltic Concrete pavement on Indiana Avenue Contract with the W. B. Brady Construction Company was fil-?d by the Pittsburg Testin_; Laboratory, of Pittsburg, Pa. for the amount of ........... $5,2.84 Communication received, read and placed on file from Wm. F. Dinnen, attorney for the S ou,h Bend Home Telephone C om:)any in regard to laying of underground work M.r. E. M. M°o-•ris, President of the Board of Works, C ity. Dear Sir : I have had a number of conferences with Mr. Daicey of the home Teleb_hnne Company since the meeting last Tuesday and it seems to me that this trouble is due to a misunderstanding all around. The facts as I recall them I believe -show.. that the Home Telephone Company acted in good faith in putting down the lead conduit which caused this controversy to arise. After the Board had had the evening meeting last summer and it was decided that all the corxaanies having wires should make arrangements to comply with the underground Ordin9.nce the directors f the Home Telephone Company had a meeting and the matter was discussed to place our wires in lead conduits and Mr. Daicey and I were to take the matter up and get the Board's approval of that method of construction. 1.1r. Daicey and I cameto a meting of the Board one morning and we brought -with us s mples of lead conduit that 7ve wanted to use and we told the Board the manner in -which we proposed t.o do work. There was no absolute refusal on the part of the Board to allow us to do the work in that way nor was permission given. As I recall that meeting we discussed whether or not this was good construction and the question came up as to what other_ engineers in the country thought of it and we agreed to take the matter up and get their opinions and submit them to the Board. We did this and submitted the letters received to the Board for their consideration. We also, discussed other phases of the Ordinance at that time and .vere going to avail ourselves of the right given under Ordinance 1044 of making application to the City Council and asking them to approve of the change L1,