11/20/1917 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Certified check in the sum of $640.00 despos iced with bid. All of the aforesaid bids were referred to the �Ity Divil, Engineer for tabulation to be reported on at 7: 45 P.M. this 20th. day of November 1917 „ Mr. D. U. Layton, Street Commissioner met with the Board and reported orally about his .trip Of invesgt igat ion. to different cities in regard to piggeries and cities selling garbage. Partial estimate allowed The Williston Construction Company for asphaltic concrete pavement on Howard Street from Niles Avenue to Notre Dame Avenue at.... 99,281.81 The following appeal was received read and placed on file for two weeks. Tn Re An Order by the Building Commissioner of the City of South Bend: A P P E A L. The undersigned represents to your Honorable Body that he is the owner of the followin described real-estate in the City of South Bend to wit:- Lot numbered 397 in the Original Plat of the town , now City.of South Bend, which lot is situate at the Southwest corny of Lafayette and 4efferson Street.. That he occupies the dwelling house on said. lot as his home. That during the uonth of October he repaired said dwelling by removing an old shingle roof and replacing it with an asphalt shingle roof. That on the South and West side of his house are other dwellings with shingle roofs and on the north and east side are streets. That the location is such that in a few 51apre the inevitable must be, and that all of said dwellings will have to be removed and business houses erected in their stead. That the construction of his said dwelling is such that it will. almost, if not wholly destroy his dwelling to place thereon. ae slate or the roof. That the building commissioner if said City on the 15th. day of November 1917 ordered by written notice that the said building within -20 days be made to conform tothe ordinances by placing thereon some incombustible roof. *That the undersigned respectfully appeals from said order to your honorable body and asks that his said order be vacated and made of no affect. BENJ. F. DUNN . BY F. M.:JACKSON, Attorney. The Board instructed the Clerk to notify different printing cocerne by letter of bids to be received up to 10:00 A.K. Tuesday November 27th.,1917 for the ✓ print ing of the annual reports of 1917. Cert if ieates of the type of wooden block, location of plant etc.,, filed by the Jennison -Fright Company old the White Construction Company. Same were read and placed on file. The Board ordered that the matter of 'a frame •shedel at rear of 214 No. Michigan Street put up by V. C. Hastings be deferred until Tuesday December 4th.,1917 mat 10:00 A.M. Guarantee bond for the anunt of One Hundred and fifth (1$ 150.00) signed by H. N. Barnes as principal and Chas. Suabedisen and T. C. Barnes as sureties, for pgvement on Sunnyaide Avenue from La Salle Avenue to McKinley Street, was approved ✓ by the Board. RegardI.ng .the .mortar .or .sand cushion under the brick under the street car tracks on Eddy Street .and Mishawaka .Avenue.. , .The Street car .Company having been notified and hav ing ens idered the matter represented to the Board through their attorney H. A. Wair that their company would not elect to pay the extrs ambt.t for mortar cushion and notified the Board that the sand cushion would be datisfactoryr and #.hat they would raise no question at the assessor nt roll hearing on the question. 8f sand_ i cushion.. being used. The City Attorney 'sass • advised In- the premises and recommended tshe above- solution, The City Engineer is herefore duly authorised and requested to permit the use of sand cushion under the brick under the street car tracks on above mentioned street.and avenue and the Board finds accordingly.