06/05/1917 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Cemetery Sexton filed financial report for the month of MRY J917 Same was read and pla;eed 'on file. The following communication was received from the Board of Public Safety with .Chief of Police M. F. Kerr's communication attached, as follows: - June 2nd.1917. HONORABLE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, of the City of South Bend, Indiana. Gentlemen.: - / Attached kindly find recommendation of Chief of Police Milliard F. Kerr !' presented to the Board of Public Safety, at its meeting held Friday morning, June 1st., which at the Instruction of the Board, I- am referring to 'your Honorable Body, with the request that you install a light over the traffic Officers located at the corner of Main and Washington Streets and the porner of Michigan and leff'erson Streets, similiar to the one now in use at the Corner of Washington and Michigan Street, which has provdd out very satisfactory. The Board and Chief-L"Of Police have received complaints from both the Traffic Officers and drivers of vehicles that at night it is very hard for them to see each other signals. Trusting that your Snn.orable Body till act,favora,bley on this recom- mendation at the very early futttrsY I am, To the Honorable Board of Public Safety. Yours very truly, HARRY E. JOSEPH&QN, clerk of the Board of Public Safety. May P191917, of the City of South Bend, Indiana. a Gentlemen: - I beg to call your attint ion against to the matter of placing a light of some kind over the traffic officers at the corner of Main and Washington Streets; and the corner of Michigan and Jefferson Streets, so that the dirvers of vehicles can see the traffic Officers and understand the signals that the traffic Officers give. _ Yours respectfully, kILLIARD F. KERR MFK/CB ° Chief of Police. The Board took up this matter with F. I. Hardy of the Chicago, South' Bend & Northern Indiana Ry. Company, and he reported that he thought this would be O.K. to place another light, but would have his wire men investigate and report same during the day. May 1917. Building Commissioner filed with the Board report for the month of RESOLUTION FOR SERVICE CONNECTIONS WITH MA M. No. 528. WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works of the Ninth day Of May 1917 did / adopt a resolut ion ordering and requiring the permanent improvement of Milton Aienue V from Ma imi Street to High Street, by paving the roadway of the same, and WHEREASIX the City Engineer has prepared and filed in the Office of this Board a report showing the number and location of the service pipes, mains, conduitip laterals, and connectionm which are, or will be necessary to accommodate the abuttig property and the owners thereof with gas, water, sewer, and other conveniences and necessaries; and also sa-id City Civil Engineer has pre -tired and filed in said office specifications showing the material to be used and the manner of laying said ser- vice pipes, mains, conduits, laterals and connections from the mains to the paints inside of the curb lines. °