03/19/1918 Board of Public Works Minutes

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25 City Engineer reported as follows on Sorin Street pipe sewer 0 Board of Public Works. South Bend, Indiana. ' Gentlemen: At the time of the hearing Jan. 23, s&n the assessment roll of toe Sor in. Street sewer the Board of Public Works ordered the Comptroller to withold $100.00 fromthe amount due Messrs. Hoban & Roach until the street had thawod sufficiently to permit of the back fill being made properly. y The Contractors have taken care of this work, ` nd I therefore recommend that they be allowsd the money . st ill due them. Yours very truly, FREDERICK J. ANDERSON, C ity Ehg sneer. . The above report was approved by the Board and controller requested to release said sum of money. Pole and Wire Inspector reported on complaint, about pole in rear of entrance to lot at rear° of 224 North St. Louis Blvd. and recommended that the South Bend Home Tel. Company be notified to resettt this pole to the south about fifteen. feet as it now stands and interferes with a driveway. Renewal certificate for Thomas Me Grath bond f orthe year" 1918 was approved by the Board. Z/ The following c ommunicat ion was 'received read ands approved, also blue prints fromthe `Indiana & Uichigan Electric Company. Board of Pub l is Works, South Bend, Indiana, Gentlemen: Replying to your. letter of -March llth., with!reference to lighting system on East Jefferson Blvd. we are submitting blue print'D-17-103 showing the arrangement which, we would propose for 5-Might cluster posts. You will noto that after these are putt in that you can displace three are lmmpa. The price for: the 5-Might clusters woul-d`.be the acme that you are now paying for them in the rest of `the downtowndistrict. Will you kindly let us know at your earliest conveneinces whether you will adopt these so that we can get started anthe installation before the pavement is put in. We are also submitting our print D--17-102, showing the points at which the single light posts will be put in on. the La -Salle Avenue race bridge. If these drawings meet with your approval will you kindly show' it and return one copy for our files. Yours very truly, IND IANA & MICHIGAN ELECTRIC CO. , C . S . KENNEDY. _ Gen'1. Supt., The above letter was approved by -the Board.