05/01/1917 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Cdntract for ripe: seer on Bowman. Street from South East Addition to Leer Street was awarded to Hoban & Roach for prices received Friday April 27th. 1917. Communication received from Central Union Tel. Company in regard to dismantling pobes on Elwood Avenue for the summer. Same read and placed on file. ,,-dismantling Petition received read and placed on file for a light on Prairie Ave. at Highland Blvd. Contractors .bond .for ,the amount of $1, 000.00 signed by Albert A. Wagner as principal .and .United .States .Didelity & Gunaranty Company of Baltimore was approved -by the -Board. Agreement °sub °mftted •by Heber P. Harter to the Board in regard to payment for street •intersections: , °The •szme °was referred to the City attorney to be reported on at -7:°45 °P.°i . -this ° -1st.- -day 'of May °1917. Pole and wire inspector report on complaint of pole on Angela Avenue near right of way of t;he street car como �pany. That This a an Indiana. & kichigan . . .. a . . . o . Elec . Co. pole No. 10138 B 71 and should be removed to the north about twenty feet. Clerk instructed t°onotify-a-aild °e•ompaW of same. °Indfai a -& 'Michfga;ri 'E1eotfic Company ordered to move pole which is in the way of a sidewalk breing constructed in the alley west of Marine Street from Indiana Avenues souClj, ,to _the north wes•'t corner of the first alley south of Indiana,. Avenue. ° The following waiver submitted by Heber P. Harter was approved by the Board. STATE OF IND IANA ° :) ...... ST. JOSEPH COUNTY To the Honorable Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana: k_,� .,. °� WAIVER OF NOTICE. The undersigned,, being the owner of all of the property in the Sub division known as Harter Heights First and Second Addition to the City of South Bendm fully understanding that 'this Iforiorable Board of Public Works has passed a preliminary resolution for the improving of all streets within said subdivision with pavement made of concrete base and Bitoslag top, according to specifications on file and bid made by Heber P. Harter; and wishing to avoid all unnecessary delay in the starting of said work, h::reby waives all right to receive any and all notices relative to the choice and selection of kinds of pavement to be placed upon the streets within said subdivision, and requests said pavement contract to be let for concrete base and Bitoslag top, and hereby waives any and all notices either required by law or usually given by this Honorable Board after the passing of a resolution to improve and the receiving of bids abd before the letting of a con- tract for the actual paving of a street or streets; and requests this Honorablo Board to let the contract for the paving of said streets at its earliest possible date tb Heber P. Harter as per the terms of his bid oh file.. ° Dated this 1st. day of May 1917. HARTER REALTY COMPANY` ° BY HEBER P. HARTER. In regard to the awarding of contracts for pavements on Fuerbringer Street, Calvert Street and Franklin Street, bids for same being received April 17th., and preliminary order made April 17th.,1917, this being the date set for final -order designating kind of pavement, the Board after due consideration decided .to defer all action on same until 7: 45 P.M. this 1st. day of Uay 1917- Petitions received up to 10:00 A.M. April 28th.,1917 were continued until this time.