10/18/1917 Board of Public Works Special Meeting Minutes

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11 Thursday October 18th.,1917. Board met in spec iai session at 5: 00 P.M. Mr., A. H. Rice absent. Mayor F. W. Keller and Mr. ` F. J'. Anderson City Engineer present. A conference was held with Mr. T. G. Grover, Vice Pres. & Gen.11. Mgr. of the Chicago, South Bend & Northern Indiana. Railway Company, Attorney H. A. Wair, Counsel for said Company -and Mr. Southworth of said company, also fir. J. Doyle of the White Construction Company, contractors for pavement improvement on Eddy Street and Mishawaka Avenue, and the matter of hurrying the work on Eddy`Street. and'Mishawaka Avenue was - discussed,, and the Street.Car Company representatives agreed -to co-operate with the White Construction Company repreentative and keep their work ahead of paving gang. Petition received read and placed on file for a pipe sewer on Edst Madison Street from Eddy Street to east and of Madison Street. ;he Board ordered a resolution prepared on same. The following communication received read and placed on file. October 17th.91917. Board of Public Works City of South Bend, Fred F. Anderson Gentlemen: - We have this day received instructions from the City Engineer to lay all brick pavement contemplated under the Improvement Itesolution governing the paving of Eddy Street and Mishawaka Avenue from Jefferson Boulevard to 19th., Street, on a cement grout cushion instead of a sand cushion, which we were preparing to use in the completion of that work. Our intention at the time of filing our bid in the above matter, and our interpretation of our contract in view of our bid and the specifications governing the contract, permitted us to lay the brick in question on sand cushion. We are, however, proceeding to obey the instructions of the City Engineer and hereby desire to notify you that we are doing the same under protest, with the expectation that we will be re- imbursed for the additional cost of the grout cushion. WHITE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, BY A. W. WHITE The City Civil Engineer filed following communication, same read and placed on file. October 18th.,1917. Board of Public Works, City ffSouth Bend, Indiana. Gentlemen: - In accordance with _inbtructidna-3 given to me by the Board of Public Works ✓ I have instructed the White Construction Company to lay all of the brick pavement to be used on Eddy Street and Iiishawaka Avenue on a, cement grout cushion. The White Construction Company have filed with meths attached protest to the Board of Public Works' interpretation of their bid. I herewith submit their notice of protest for yourconsideration, but shall continue to carry out your original instructions unless I receive other instructions :from you. Yours very truly, FREDERICK J. ANDERSON, City Engineer. Communication received from Central Union Telephone Company in regard to poles in the alley on the south side of Riverside Drive between Forest and Park Aves, stating that same had been referred to the Indianapolis office, and would receive pro mpt attention.