10/17/1916 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Board met in regular session at 10:00 A.M. All members present. This being the date set for the adoption of the f inl orders for the elevation of the New York' Central Railroad Company tracks in this City ;under Truck Separation Resolution No. 2. The Board deferred this -matter until Tuesday October 24th.,1916. at 10: 00 A.M*- C. A. Perkins, Building Commissioner appeared before the Board and stated that there were some -extra repairs to be made on hoist in Beeper Park Boat House. The Board ordered the Commissioner to purchase the same. Bid received and opened for typewriter desk and typewriter for the Building Department. The Bard ordered to the Building Commissioner to purchase, typewriter desk from the Typewriter shop at the price quoted in bid. The matter of purchasing type- writer was deferred until Tuesday October 24th. ,1916. at 10: 00 A.M. The Street Commissioner appeared before the Board and the matter of replacing platforms in the Street irAbrsections for the traffic policemen to stand on was discussed. The Board ordered that the same kind of platform as were at the corner of Michigan and Washington Sts. Michigan and Jefferson and Washington and Main be replaced. The Board ordered that the Building Commissioner be Instructed to have the a sign placed outside of Park Board office, Petition received ad read for a pipe sewer on Portage Court from Portage Avenue to 120 feet east e:R Portage Court. The same was referred to the City Engineer. Petition received and read for water main on Portage Court from Portage Aveue to 120 feet east on Portage Court. The same was referred to the Superintendent of Water works for investigation. The following c ommunicat ion was received read and placed on file. Octob-Ir 13,1916. Board of Public Works, South Bend, Indiana. Gentlemen: - In reviewing the service connections on Michigan Street thenother day, I discovered, very much to my surprise, that through some misunderstanding there have been two or three services from steam piping omitted. The same came about through misunder- ,standing on the part of some of our employees, but, of course, was the fault of our Company and I appreciate very mush your having let us dig up the concrete to make services on the east side of the street near the middle of the block. between Hefferson and Wayne Streets. As near as we can deflect, with these services we will be in a position to serve -everyone along the street except about 200 feet immediately south of the Auditorium, and on the same side of the street. We have no contract for this business and it is not probable that we will get one, but I feel that for the ultimate good of the street it would be wise for us to put in this service in at the present time. Mr. Roberts who is looking after the construction work, advises me that he can clean this job up by Sunday morning, In order to do so, however, it will be necessary for him to work at night, which he says he can arrange to do. This would entail Itigging a trench of about 30.feet in length across the exisiting concrete, and it does seem to me that it would be more adv iseable to dig this trench at the present time .that, several years hence. I regret very much thai this ommission was made, b ut it was simply one of those errors that sometimes occur without any particular reason$. Yours truly, ST . JOSEPH Hr AT UG COMPANY BY F. A. BRYAN President. FAB- CS Vole and hire inspector reported on complaint about Home Telephone Company p®le in wady of drive to garage at 928 Niles Avenue, and that hhat the same could be moved to try south to bhe corner of the garage or move the pole to the north about 20 feet. The Board a ppr oved this report.