04/23/1918 Board of Public Works Minutes

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61 Board met in regular session at 10: 00 A.M. All members present. Walter Mussas l appeared before the Board -and asked that Blaine Avenue pavement improvement be stopped .at Vassar Avenue and not to run any further north. This matter taken .under advise-ment by the Board. Petition f filed at are lights -at the corner of Phillips and Dunham Streets and at the corner of Carlisle and Huron Streets. The Board ordered . that thee@ 1 i&hts be installed as per petitions, Pole and Wire Inspector filed complaint relative to Indiana & Michigan Electric Com7-)any stringing electric wires within Oft. of P,*,alarm wires:. Engineer f filed- part.is-1. es:t.imtao -on High Street and Ewing Avenue Trunk sewer improvement, (L. H.. W.ebstar. ,c,ontr&ct r-)for the amount of $1,519.15 and the same was approved by the Board. J. C. Lauber & Company submitted the following bid for Council Chamb'ars heats ing. We purpose $re furnish and install all heating duct and registers for C ounc it Chamber according to plans prepared by Building Department; Duet to be made of �4 guage galvanized Toucan metal, joints seamed and soldered, and duct braced where necessary for the sum of One Hundred and thirty two dollars. Yours truly, J. C. Lauber Co. The above bid referred to the Building Commissioner for report. The following communication received from City Controller road and placed on f ila. ,April 19th. ,1918. Honorable Board of Public Works, South Bend, Indiana. Dear Sir :.. By order of the auditors of the State Board of Accounts no warrants for traveling expenses of members of Boards or City employees will hereafter be drawn by the City Controller unless accompanied by a statement giving date of minutes containing author izat ion for such ind icat ing the purpose of necessity for such trip. Vouchers must- also be accompanied by receipts $rem each item or expenditures incurred, except railroad fare, and no item will be allowed unless accompanied by such receipt. Other kinds of incidentals expenditures such, as for instance, as purchase of street car tickets or any expenses of employees, authorized by Board must be accom- panied by receipts or other definite evidence of the expenditures. department. Please notify all concerned in your J OHN A. SWYQART, City Controller. B. E. Miles submitted proposition of cleaning up debris and lumber in yard at rear of 224 No. Main Street for the amount of Three Dollars. Action on same deferred until later date. By unanimous consent of the Board C. A. Perkins, Commissioner of Buildings in this City was authorized to purchase atreet car ti--kets for inspection work. Order given heretofore for maintenance of automobile is hereby rescinded. Petition filed by the Riverside Roque Club for change in location of certain electric lights and installation of water hydrant at roque grounds on Riverside Drive. This matter deferred indefinitely.