09/18/1917 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Board met in regular session at 10:00 A.M. All members present. The Board ordered that the City Contractor°be notified to place sidewalk extensions at corner of Franklin Street and Dubail Avenue. Pole and wire inspector reported on complaint on pole at west side of ,) live` Street north: of 'Orange Street and also pole on east of Olive Street in alley north of Orange Street as follows: The pole on Olive.Street is a South Bend Home Tel. Company pole and shoudl be moved to the north about four feet. ,he pole in the alley east of Olive Street is a Central Union Telephone Company pole and should'be removed to the north , or removed entirely and use the Indiana & Michigan Elea. Company pole jointly 30 feet south. The above report was approved by the Board. the Central Union Telephone Company was granted the following permit - To build a small manhole in the Isidewalk near the curb at the southeast corner of East La Salle Avenue and Emerick Street, and extend a two multiple lateral from this point outh on the west side of.Emerick Street between the sidewalk and curb to the first alley running west, then west in this alley to a proposed nea ole with a proposed eight foot anchor on the east side of this pole. You are ordered to place the manhole outside of the curb in the street and lay your lateral on an angle t,o the -inside of the curb back to the railroad ground. To build a small manhole in Taylor St., nearthe intersection of the alleys between Colfax Avenue and Washington Avenues, and to extend a two multiple lateral west from this poitit in the alley to the Indiana & Michigan Elea. Company pole and also extend a two,multiple lateral east from this manhole located as above to the second Indiana & Michigan Elea. Company pole. This work is to eliminate aerial wires and poles on Saylor Street at this point. You must place your distributing poles also your under- ground poles on the dividing lines between lots, both poles to be used, jointly by the South Bend Home Telephone Company and the Indiana & Michigan Ejectrip_Company. To install two multiple laterals across Riverside Drive from the alley between Forest Avenue and Park Avenues to the rear of properties on the north side of Riverside Drive. Your Company with the South Bend Home Telephone Coffipany and Indiana & Michigan Electric Company should use the same trench to lay your conduit jointly. The South Bend Home Telephone Company and Indiana & Michigan Electric Compny were ordered to be notified to place their distributing poles and under- ground poles located in the alley north of Washington Avenue between Taylor Street and William Street on the dividing lines between lots and'use same jointly with the Central Union Telephone Company. The following claims were presented to the Board. President.