09/26/1916 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Concerning the improvement of the roadway of Euclid Avenue from La Porte Avenue to Walnut Street with; asnhalt, Asphaltic concrete, Bithul%hic or brick in pursuance to resolution No. 468 this being the day for receiving and opening bids, the Board at 10:00 A M. publicly opened, read and considered all _ bids. And thereupon , the Board designated Asphaltic Concrete as the kind of pava ent with which said street is to be improved with and fixes the 6th. day of October 1916 at 10:00 A.V4 as the time when petitions must be° f ilpd, U d the Board hereby continues this matter until the 6th. day of October 1916 at 10:00 A.M. as the .time when n6t it ions must be filed, and the Board hereby c ont inues this matter until the loth.day of October 1916 at 10:00 A.M. and all bids mere referred to the City Engineer for tabulation and he has reported the lowest and best bid. On the day above n<Pmed the Board will either pass on petitions let said contract, or reject all bids. E. M. M6RRIS BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. Approved 26th. day of September 1916. A. H. RICE JOHN B . WEBER Estimated cost of Dale Avenue pipe sewer improvement from Dubail Avenue& d to Indiana Avenue at ..... $630.00 The Board instructed the City Engineer to take the matter of of moving the gas post, owned by the Welsbach Street Lighting Company of America for gas lights on Mishawaka Avenue River Park up with theNorthern Indiann Cas`& Elec. Comygny and see that the same were all moved back to the new curb line this Fall. Communication received by the Board from F. A Miller, President of South Bend 's Indiana Centennial Association, asking to have Main Street from. South line of Washington Avenue to North line of Jefferson Boulevard also Hibberd Court from the west line of Polk Street to the east line of Main Street closed between the hours of 3:00 P.Y. to 6:00 P.M. on October 3rd,4th. and 5th. 1916. The Board ordered the same closed at places designated between boors of 3: G0 P.M. and 6: 00 P.M. on the above mentioned dates to all vehicles.: traffic, except Street car traffic. Clerk instructed to notify F. A. Miller and Chief of Police of the same. RELEASE AND SATISFACTION OF CLAIM FOR DAMAGES. South Bend, Indiana. Sept. 20,1916. Whereas, I, John Konzen, on the da:y of August ,1916, the exclusive owner -of one bay horse, and that on said day in said month of August, 1916, 1 was using the sane on Prairie Avenue, in the City of South Bend, ; Indiana, and that in driving said horse along said street, he stepped on a manhole leading into a sewer, and that the top or cover of the same titled and allowed and caused said horae s foot to go into said manhole, thereby causing an injury to the kneecap, which injury was permanent, and it was necessary for said horse to be killed. That T hiL7e this day received from the City c:f South Bend, Indiana, the sum. of Fifty Q50! 00! Dollars, which is in full payment, release and satisfaction of all claim for damages which I nay have against said City by reason of said injury. And in consideration of the payment of this sum, I hereby release all persons: what- soever from any liability for any negligence in the constreting or maintenance or cover thereon. Konzen. - JOHN J. KONZEN. Clerk instructed to make voucher covering said amount for John J. President.