03/06/1917 Board of Public Works Minutes

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i Board met in regular session at'10:00 A:M. All members present. Mr. J. R. Cole with hair. H. A. Wood appeared before the Board in regard s' t o hav ing a trunk sewer ys�em placed in the Samuel Good Addition. This muter was referred to the City -Engineer for a report by 4: 30 P.M. Saturday March 10th. ,1917. Mr. Horace L. Greene appeared before the Board and requested permission for the Lexingtoft Tea. IZQom proprietors to place a sign on post in front of J. M. S. v Bldg, on sidewalk advertising Tea rooms located on 8th. floor of said building. This matter was referred to the Building Commissioner. PW of Del C._Leerfs 3rd. Addition presented by Del. C. Leer was approved by the Board. Mr. Isaac Van Trump appeared before -the Board, in regard to inspection of Asphalt pavement on Eddy Street and Mishawaka Avenue. The Board informed Mr `Van Trump that bids would be received March 20th. ,1917 at 10: 00 A.M. for inspection of asphalt is pavement in this C ityl this - year. The Board instructed the Clerk to notify different Engineers of the bids to be received March 20th. ,1917 at 10: 00 A.M for inspect ion of a�talt ie pavements min the City this year. - Permission granted to the Central Union:Telephone Company to set poles and anchors in the City on various streets, and alleys.. The Board ordered that the case of S. D. Moran placing a showcase on public property referred to them by the Building Department, be referred to the City attorney for enforcement of the law regarding the same. The following resolution was approved by the Board. and referred to the City Controller. RESOLUTION OF THE B O,,_RD OF PUBLIC WORDS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND IND IIM . WHEREAS, the City of Sonth Bend, Indiana, by and through its Board of Public Works, heretofore, by improvement Resolution No. 415, caused Michigan Street , from the North line of La Salle Avenue to the south line of South Street in the City to be improved by paving the same; And, WHEREAS, the Chicago, South Bend & Northern Indiana Railway Company occupies a portion of sadd street for the operation of its electric railway, and by the t and cond it ions of its franchise is required to pave a portion of said street; And, WHEREAS, Said Railway Company is also -the owner of real estate abutting upon said improvement: And, WHEREAS, the portion of said street required to be paved by said Railway Company was paved by the Western C onstruct ionC ompany, a corporation organized under the State of Indiaaa, as contractor for such work, and same was completed by it as such contractor and accepted by th City of South Bend on the 6th. day of February,1917; And, WHEREAS, on the 3rd. day of March 1917, said Railway Company executed and filed with the said City of South Bend, its stipulation and agreement waiving objections on account of any illegality or irregularity in the proceedings had for such improvement of said street and requested the Gity to issue bonds -to procure. funds with which to pay that portion of the cost of said improvement chargeable against said Railway Company both as n abutting property owner and under its franchise obligations in the manner provided by an °Act ,ent itledv" An Act Concerning kunic ipal Corporations, " approved March 6, 1905, and all amendatory and supplemental acts thereto; And, -WHEREAS.—It-appears that the amount chargeable to and payable by said Railway Company as an abutting property owner by reason of said improvement amounts to the sum of One hundred Twenty-nine and 661100 ($129.66) Dollars, and under the terms of its franchise by oreason of said improvement, the sum of Twenty-seven Thousand Thirty five and 8�J00 (27,035.8) Dollsrs, with interest on each of said sums from the 6th. day of Fbbruary, 1917, to the first day of June ,1917.