01/29/1918 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Board met in regular session at 10:00 A. M. Mr. H. F. Rost iser absent. The Board ordered the following supplies from the Vest Disenfeeting Co. of Chicago, Ill., 1/2 drum of disenfectant _@ $1.63 per gal. l onds of soap at $.13 per pund aid one gal. quick metal polish at $1.35 per gal. Mr. Samuel Robinson appesred.bei'ore the Board in regard to petitions filed January 22nd . ,1918 for pipe ° sewerand grade on Div is ion Street from Olive Street to Kentucky Street. The L Board ordered said petit lone set for a hearing on February 6th.,1918 at 7:15 P.M. ° Dr. E. G. Freyermuth met with the Board and requested thatthehouse owned by the City at 224 North lain Street be turned over to his department- for tigious hospital. No action taken on same. v. The following order was approved of by the Board and. a copy ordered sent, to each office in the City Hall. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:- .I-- Various departments Will in the future confine their expenditures to supplies and incidentals used in the customary transaction of business and will not con- tract to repairs or to the purchase of furniture, fixtures, or appurtenances pertaining to the ind iv idual departments. Contracts calling for expenditures of money for the up- keep of the departments will be made or authorized by the Board of Public Works, �- Mr. Geo. Harrop of the National Company contractors on the Portage Avenue Trunk sewer appeared before the Board and requested an extension of time in which to complete Portage Avenue Trunk Sewer contract. The Board granted the' said National Company until June lst.,1918 in which to complete said contract. By unanimous consent of the Board the salary of L. G. Couter, Assistant City Engineer,, was increased to a rate of $1600.00 per yea, same to be effective from February 1st. ,1918. As per c ommunicat ion received Jdniaary 22nd.91918. Pole and Wire inspector reported on complaint about pole at rear of 432 Cottage Grove Avenue as follows:-- This is a Home Telephone Cols Pole and the pole should be reset to the north about fifteen feet to the property line,as it now stands - in the driveway to a new garage. Said reportapproved by the Board. The following clai4s were presented to the Board. 12 Salary Dept., No. 69 Eng ine er ing Dept . , " " 70 77 Stre t & Alley Dept., 72 Street & A ley Dept., " '73 Garbage Dept., ` " 74 Miscellaneous Dept., 75 The Typewriter Shop " 76 The Western Union Tel. Co., " 77 City Hall Dept., " 78 Joe Luther " ` 79 Standard oil Co., so. The Typewriter Shop » 81 R. C. Rupe 82 News -Times Printing Co., 83 Street Light ing Deft.,, " 84 Indiana & Mich. Elec. Co., " 885 Cemetery Dept., ` The McDermott Stne Co., 8 Building Dept., ` 98 The Typewriter Shop a 89 1, 4 $335.54 120.00 576.66 372.00 876.28 344.60 12.50 6.60 1.82 75 00 685 17.48 44.50 <1'. 50 50 50 00 59693 100.00 1%. 74 433.33 , 151.63 ALl of the above claims were approved by the Board. President.