09/26/1916 Board of Public Works Minutes

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All of the of ore3a id - object ion.: Ve ti ul Jed from time to time as. the .work was progress and the inspector in charge of said work :admitted that said work was not according to plans and sec if scat ions, and promised to make the contractor relay the curb. It was admitted by the contractor in his remarks; to this Honorable Board that the curb was cracked, broken and chunks knocked out of the same nd lamed the blame there- 10or on the ran running the roller to hack the pavement, which is an open admission that the curb is below standard. It was c ondeded before this Honorable Board by the Engineer that the approach at Poka[ on Street was not according to grade. , The c or tractor stated before a.nd to this Honorable Board that this was the best job of n�ivement that he could ?_ay owing to the fact that t--e sand :gas very soft and de and that in driving the small holler over the same the sand cushioned in front thereof, and that ,hen the stone .as 1_9, id on as i4i sand said stone sank into and submerged in the soft, dry sand. Said c ont.ract or f urther adrr itted bef ore the objectors and remonstrators that he had smeared tar or. the s id.;walk and curb; and as each rnd all of said objections were raised the contractor admitted the. truth o ` the sa lie, but gave various excuses in attempt to justify the defects. Said re- ^onstrators farther object to this Honorable Board accepting _;a id con- tracts n nd work for t-he .r eRs on that the %,,dmi:-,s ions of :�a id def ecta appear before and to Honorable :Board and the contractor is asking an acce stance of =>q,id 7To.�k with the promise to rectify all defects in the future, that this Honorable Board has no power to accept a. job or any work or contract and a ^prove the same in the face of 1"mu n defec'&srri that the authority of this Board to accept and approve work of the character aforesaid is based on a strict c omplddrLce on the part of the contractor with the plans, and spec if i:ca -G to s , that the rr operty owners are entitled to have s aA id work meet P 11 requirements of the contract before a lien forttlh.e payment thereof car, att^,ch to their property, Wherefore , 7cur objectors respectfully request this Honorable Boarrd not to accept P, d work nor approve the sane till the defects aforesaid are remedied and cured. Dated this RM, day o" September 1915. Sli ' TjEEPER THE HARTLR REALTY CO BY HOWELL, JONES & DEVME Clerk instructed to notify fir. J. W. F-tes, Deputy Street Commissioner to be present at session Wednesday September 2-7th. 1016. at 11.400 A.M. Hearing had on assessment roll and final estimate for Grade, curb walk and gravel raadway or, Indiana Avenue from Walnut Street to Prairie Avenue, under Improvement Resolution No. 4314. In the City of South Bend, Ind ian�.. i . the above matter Mr. John S:vygart appeared and objected to defective piece o-r' curb but no twr itten remonstrance was f iled. The Board theref o e find that the poperty assessed ' in said. rol,_ filed September 12th. ,1G16 is benef fitted in the amount of assessL_ents :s shown on said rolls f it-d S.nt^mber 12th. , 1.91�5 ^,n(' the Board further f ind tln^,t the arse _:~r!,?^t rolls filed September 12' . ; 1g1S =nd the final estimate PJlowed September 12th. , lglu should be and t -_ s.-m -ne hereby in all 'Ihirg r. at i- f ied , c orf irmed and ar, -(, ovad . The Board ordered tha..t the Street COM iss loner be not if ied to magre the necessary re-c,i rs to curb broken by steam -_-oller on Tndiana Avenue b t n Walnut St. and Pra it ie Avenue. Contract for grade and gravel roadway on Char, in Street -from Calvert St to Rwin�: Avenue and! curb P.rd wplk can west :r oe of said street be awarded to ff. L. Davis. Boa n^_d contract fo1 rb a,zd r2.lk on. iir_�, h Street i; __,d by '_i. L. Davis was appr oved by the Boa d_ . InoL_ra_.ce policy for ba,-n : t rewr of 22/ No. 1fain St^ ;-et owned Ity the City was f ilad ;;Tit r_ the Boarek by Arthur S. Irw,*in. Poly and wire inspector reported or complaint about Pole fir_ from of property at 211 South Frances Street. The Board ordar-id the sam. removed. Partial st mats allowed Henry Slot contractor on clear_irg and deepening My heCartr-ey Creek from La Salle Lake to point 300t no t'ri of Vassar Avg :aa for 0a 66