07/31/1917 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Central Union Tel. Company ordered to remove pole owned by their c ompagy which is in the*way of a garage at' the rear of 111 E. Tutt Street, same to be removed at- onace &nd said company to use Indiana & Michigan E ec. Company pole which a-' stands about fifteen feet north of thier pole. The following bills were approved by the Board. Bill of H. N. Barnes for relaying brick in first alley west of Lafayette Street between South Street and Monroe Street, additional to contract price of said pavement improvement. Bill of H. N. Barnes for relaying brick and 60 ft. of curb returns at 27 cents per foot on William Street alley between Colfax Avenue .to Michigan Avenue additional to contract price. Concerning the improvement of the roadway of Howard Street from Notre Dame Avenue to Niles Avenue in in pursuance to resolution No. 527 the Board finds that no petition has been filed with the said Board by a majority in number of the freeholders residing on said street to be improved requesting that it be improved with a different kind of pavement than the kind heretofore adopted by the Board in its preliminary order; and the City Engineer reports that Williston Construction Company is the lowest and best bidder for, the kind of pavement heretofore adopted by the Board, and the Board finds that said Williston Construction Company is the lowest and best bidder and hereby lets the contract for said improvement to him, and orders that said improvement be made with Asphaltic Concrete and all proceedings heretofore had in this matter are hereby confirmed and ratified. E. M. MORRIS A. H. R ICE Attested:- Board of Public Works Veronica C. Sweeney, of the City of South Bend, Clerk of tha Board. Indiana. Dated this 31st. day of July 1917. Engineer filed assessment roll and final estimate for pipe sewer on Donald Street from Miami Street to Leer Street, under improvement Resolution No. 518 In the City of South Bend., Indiana. Resolved further, that notices as to the assessments as required by statute be published on the 6th. day of August 1917 and on the 13th. day of August 1917 in the South Bend Daily Tribune, stating that: this Board will give a hearing on the amounts of such assessments at its office in the City Hall on the 21st. day of August 1917 at 7:45 P.M. Resoaved furt�ier,'that the entire work under the above contracts be accepted and approved and the final estimate thereon allowed,. Notice of this resolu- tion shall be published on the 6th. day of August 1917 and on the 13th. day -of August 1917 in the South Bend Daily Tribune, stating that this Board will give a hearing on the acceptan e of such work at its office in the Cit�,He.-ll on the 213t. day of August 1917at7:45P.M. Contract for the pipe sewer on Dunn Street from Chapin Street to Scott Street, bids for which were received at 10:00 A.M. this 31st. day of July 1917 was awarded to Staples and Ackerman at .... ....................................... $1,065.50 Contract for pipe sewer on Howard Street from Notre Dame Avenue to St. Louis Blvd. bids for which were received at 10:00 A.M. this 31st. day of July 1917 ,i was awarded to Stanles & Ackerman at.......................................$1,709.80 Contract for grade, cur:amd walk on High Stret from Bowman Street to Eying Avenue, bids .for which ,?!ere received Tuesday July 17th.,1917 was awarded to H. L. Davis at.............................................................$2,374.10 The Board -finds that bids received for pipe sewer on Chestnut Street from Napier Street toL. S. & M. S. Ry. Company above the estimated cost, and resolved further that notices be published on the 1st. day of August 1917 and on the 8th. day of August 1917 in a newspaoer of general circulation in said City, stating that this Board will receive bids for the construction of said improvements up to 10:00 A.M. on the 14th. day of August 1917 at 7:45 P.U. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all -bids.