04/03/1917 Board of Public Works Minutes

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In regard to complaint received from John"R. H,aughton who owns store .building located at the southeast corner of Division Street and Michigan Street about watchman's house of the Grnad Trunk Western Ry. Company obstructing view of widdnws of said store building on Division Street side. The Board ordered that the Grand Trunk Western Ry. Company be notified to move watchman's house to the east ten (101) feet. . In the:-.md:.ter of advertising for bids for s. gravel pavement on Ewing Avenue from Miami Street to a, point 1320 feet west of. kiiami Street, the Board ordered that the same be held up until after the trunk sewer was constructed on said Avenue. Petition presented by a number of property holders for a pavement on East Calvert Street from Aichigan Street to Rush'Street. The same was read and f placed on file. Petition received for a pavement on East Howard Street from Niles Ave. d to Notre Dame Avenue. The same was read and placed on file. All action on petition for a pavement on St. Louis Street from Jefferson Blvd. to Division Street held up for one week or Tuesday April 10th.,1917. at J 10: 00 A.M. ' ) Plat of H. B. White's Southlawn addition to the City of South Bend, Indiana, presented to the Board. No Action taken on the same. The following petitions were presented to the Board and resolutions were ordered prepared. Pipe sewer on Bowman Street from East line of Southeast Addition to Leer Street, Pipe sewer on Leer Street from Calvert Street to Ewing Avenue, Pipe Jsewer on Fox Street from Miami Street to Leer Street, pipe sewer on Donald Street from Liami Street to Leer Street and vacation of Bowman Street from Leer Street to J1st. alley west of ° Afar ine Street. The Board instructed the City'Engineer to draw a plan of Ewing Avenue from White's Southlawn Addition west to.the corner of Miami Street and Ewing. Avenue and submit same for meeting at 10: 00 A.M. Tuesday April loth. ,1917. All of the following claims presented to the Board. F.-G. Hartwell Co. 256 - Fisk Rubber Company 257 Engineering Dept. 258 Sibley Hdwe. Company 259 C. H. De Frees 260 Geo. E.. Taylor 261 Frank Bower 262 Jaeobsoh Peterson Pelt$ & K. 263 South Bend Foundry Co. 264 ° Sibley Hdwe. Co. 265 Kanouse & Phillips 266 The Royal Typewriter Shop 267 = E. M. Morris 268 The Studebaker Corporation of A 269 Elec. Sdrvice Co; 270 The Ellsworth Store 271 WGlsbach St, Lighting Co. 272 Dick Johnson �73 . City Cemetery 274 Henry A. Pershing. 275 162.05 .15 216.00 8.04 28.62 29.95 37.59 52.50 2.50 .25 101.56 1.00 10.07 2.50 3.00 4.5o 50.67 11.00 72.75 .55 * 743.25 A11 of the above claims were approved by the Board. President.