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Board met in special session at 11:00 A.M. All members present.
<br />On June i9th. , 1917 the W. B. Br ady Construction Company appearA
<br />before the Board and requested to be released from its contract fo-e the construction
<br />of the pavement on Eddy Street and Mishiawaka Avenue from Jefferson Blvd. to Nineteenth
<br />Street under Improvement Resolutton No. 411. and "the time for the decision' d,f the
<br />matter was -continued until Thursday June 21st ,1917 at 11:00 A.U. and continued'
<br />from Thursday June 2lst.,.191'7 until this day. There were present all members of the
<br />Board, the City Attorney, Eli. F. Seebirt, City Engineer F. J. Anderson, certain
<br />property owners living on said streets and their9 Attorney F. E. Lambert, F. I. Hardy
<br />Gen'1. Ugr. of the Chicago, South Bend-`& Northern Indiana Railway Company, W. B.' Brady
<br />President of the W. Bi Brady Construction Company and M. M. Townley; Attorney for the
<br />W. .B..Brady Construction Company•
<br />And ;the Board announced and stat*A that they would expect the Brady
<br />Construction Company topprform its contract aid ti dt they would give, & -reasonable
<br />time for the completion of thw work, but that the work should be commenced at once.
<br />And there upon Mr. W. B. Brady and Mr. Townley, President and Attorney
<br />respectively of said Brady Construction Co., stated said company positively would not
<br />perform its said contract and -that the Board was at liberty to let contracts or`contract
<br />for the doing of said work and paving said streets to any other person or persons.
<br />And the Bo:aid thereupon informed said W. B. Brady Construction Company
<br />through and byits said President and Attorney that said Company would be expected
<br />and required to pay the City any additional amount of test for- making said improvement
<br />over and above the amount `'for which .said Co*r.-Pr71 :i �,d, ry }red in its Trit- nr� -oo `rn: ct
<br />to make ,said improvement for. The Board therefore by u- animous consent adopted three .
<br />resolutions -for the pavement of Eddy Street and Mishawaka Avenue.dividing th4 distances
<br />as equally as possible,
<br />STREET 0R ALLEY I14P 0VEMENT RESOLUTION NO.'5�9
<br />Be It Resolved by the .Board of Public Works of the City of South
<br />Bend, St. Joseph. County, Stateof Indiana, that itha it is desired andli deemed necessary
<br />to improve Eddy Street from Jefferson Blvd. to the south line of Mishawaka Avenue as
<br />f ollows, to -wit: - - -
<br />Said Street shall be graded, and the roadway thereof shall be paved_; and
<br />als the roadway of certain portions of the streets and alleys which enter or intersect
<br />said street shall be graded and paved. The paving material to be used in making said
<br />improvement shall b Sheet Asphalt, Bitiltihic, Asphaltic concrete or Brick, -and the
<br />foundation shall be portland cement concrete, five (5) inches thick for the sheet aspitt,
<br />bitulithic, asphaltic concrete and brick or rolled gravel six (6) inches thick for
<br />brick. also cement curb shall be constructed along said street where same is not already
<br />constructed; storm water inlets and conduits shall be constructed where necessary; all
<br />manholes, covers and storm water inlets shall be set to the proper grade and cement
<br />marginal curoshall be constructed at all streets and alleys where necessary; all as is more
<br />particularly -shown, and in accord me with the profiles, plans, detail drawings and speci-
<br />fications n file in the office' of the Department of Public Works of the City of South
<br />Bend, Indiana.
<br />The cost of the improvement herein provided for, except street and
<br />alley intersections shall be paid by special assessments, to be levied upon the property
<br />specially benefitted, to the amounts that the same may be legally assessed therefor
<br />in accordance with an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled
<br />" An Act Concerning Municipal Corporations, " approved March 6,1905, and in accordance
<br />with and pursuant to the provisions of all acts amendatory and supplemental thereto.
<br />The cost of all street and alley intersections, including one-half of the
<br />width of the improvement oposite street and alleys which run into, but do not cross said
<br />roadway herein proposed to be improved and that portion of such street or alley abutting
<br />upon property belonging to the said City, or upon property not subject to such assess-
<br />ment, shall be paid by the City in cash out of its general fund, if able to do so, or from
<br />a fund created by a special assessment to be levied under the provisions of Section 108 of
<br />the above entitled Act.
<br />and more against each lot, are to be paid in t
<br />at the rate of Si per cent per annum. A bond
<br />the amount of such deferred assessments
<br />Assessments of ten dollars
<br />ten equal 'annual installments, with interest
<br />or bonds will be issued to the constructor to
<br />In pro rat& payment for such improvement,
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