06/26/1917 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Board met in regular session at 10:00 A.M. Mr. E. M. Morris absent. Mr. A. H. Rice -act4g President. The Board ordered an extension off of the Home Telephone company now located in the Central Pumping station., into, the City Crematory building. Thee -Clark instructed to notify the South Bend. 'Home Welephone Company of such ekt ens ion, Property orders appeared, before the Board in regard to an extension of Chestnut Street pip6 sower,from Napier Stereet to the New York Central:Ry. Co. right of way. Resolution adopted for same. Mr. G. -R. Summers with Mr. Max Adler appeared before the Board and requested that some lights be placed on E. Washington Avenue from Michigan Street Ao Lincoln Way East. The Board took said matter under advisement. Mr. F. I. Hardy, Mgr. of the Chicago, South Bend & Northern Indiana Ry. Company appeared before the B@ard� in regard to resurfacing of Jefferson Blvd., ✓ bridge. Mr. F.--I. Hasty submitted the following verbal proposition to the Board. That he would agreed to repair with Tarvia that part of Jefferson Blvd. from the east end- of' Bridge to iAters,ection of Lincoln Way East for the sum of / Two hundred ($200,00)Dollare andkeep same in repair. Board took trip of over d streets in Mishawaka and this City with Mr. Hardy to investigate same klnd of work. The following cotnmun.iom-tior wr.g received read and placed on file, and - eomanYcat ion ordered sent to 8'. J. Andersen 'with- instruct ions. June 26#1917. The Honorable Board of Public Works, South Bend, Indiana, tsar Sirs:- Mr. irs:- Mr. Heber Harter in constructing the pavements in Harter Heights is not raising the pavements at the street intersections at the crosswalks, but is running the gutter straight through. This is a type of construction different from that in general use in the City, and I would like to have the opinion of the Board in regard to _the matter If they do not approve of the type of construction being used, it should be changed before the work had gone too far, and so cause a great deal of expense in. making . the necessary changes. Yours very truly, FREDERICK J. ANDERSON, City Engineer. MR. F. J. ANDERSON, City Engineer. Dear Sir: - We find your c ommunicat ion of the 26th. , in regard to pavements in Harter Heights. It is the orders of the Board -of Public Works, that you have this pavement laid the same as in other places in the City, making a raise in the pavements at the street and alley intersections, so that the pavement be on the level with the sidewalks. ' VERY TRULY, BY ORDER OF THE BOARD Mr. Geo. M. Urey, City Cemetery Sexton appeared before the Board and Lookup matter of a raise in price for digging graves. Same was not granted. The City Civil Engineer F. J. Anderson took up the matter with the Beard of whether or not the City should inspect pavement* materials in Harter Heights. The Engineer was instructed to have I. Van Trump inspector on gather asphalt pavements in the City inspect pavement materials in Harter Heights.