05/29/1917 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Board met in regular session at 10: 00 A.M. Mr. X. M. Morris absent from session until 11:30 A.M. Mr. A. H. Rice acting oresideat. Permiss ion granted to the Central Union Tel. C ompaxy t o set six thirty f ive foot poles and one a i,ght foot anchor in the alley between Douglas affid Kemble Sts., from the f irst alley north of Blanche St., to Oliver Street. Building Commissioner reported on band stand in City Cemetery as follow:- - Inspected band stand at the city oemetery as to safety and found it, to be ,a safe structure f or the number 'of pers oIns that can be ace ommodated on it. However the stand is a rather antiquated structure and does not present an appearance very creditable to the City, C. A. Perkins, Con. of B ldgs . Same read and Placed on f ile Excavat ion b oad for the sun of One Thousand ($1, 000. 00 )Dollars signed by Joseph ,Luther as pr inc ipal and United States Fidelity and Guraxty Company of Ba It imore , Md . was approved "by the B oard .' Sup6rintendent J. W. Toyxe, appeared before the Board and presented the f ollowing report of water c onneet ions and extens ions on Mishawaka Avenue, as f ollows: - May 28,1917. To the Honorable , The Board of Public Works-, South Bead,, Ind iaxw. Gent lenex: •- Pursuant to your order of the 16th. , instant, we are handing you herewitk report c over ing the present c and it ion of taps on kishawaka Avenue and Eddy Street, set under contract by Charles M. Oberle in, be Company. On Mishawaka avenue between 19th. and 18th. , Streets: Water not on, on second tap west of 19th. street on the north side of Mishawaka Avenue. Between llth. atd 10th. Streets: First tap west of llth. Street south side of Mishawaka .Avenue. rod not connected to service smock; this also applies to the last two (2) taps in the block south side of Mishawaka Avenue. Between loth, acid 9th. Streets: First tap on the alley south side of Mishawaka Ave., no water Is t tap north side of Mishawaka Ave., rod off..from service cock. Between 7th. and 6th. Streets: lat. tap west o ?th. Street , north side of Mishawaka Avenue, no stop box visible. Between 6th. and 5th. Streets, north side of Mishawaka Avenue, 2-taps on the Berner lots, both rods off from service cocks. East of Greenlawn Ave., south side of Mishawaka Avenue; 1st. tad. and 5th. taps, rods are off from service cocks. West of Greexlawn Avenue north side of Mishawaka Avenue, as follows: 15 -services boxes not verteal. 1-tap inoperative. 4-taps shut off. 14-taps with rods off from service cocks. 2-taps too high. 1-tap with no stop box. West of Greexlawn Ave.,, on the South side of Mishawaka Ave., 4abaps with rods off from service cocks. 2- taps shut off. All as toted on plea of Mishawaka Avenue from Eddy Street to 19t1t. Street, ready for paving, print #4507, underdate of November 2xd. ,1915.