07/16/1918 Board of Public Works Minutes

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2'?7 Board met in regular session at .10: 00 A.M. All mmmbers present. Mayor F. R. Carson met with the Board and took up the matter of plating lights on Division Street near the City Limits, also the matter of placing sidewalk on one side of Michigan Street from Donmeye r Avenue out south. The Board agreed to make a trip of invest igat ion Wednesday July 17th. ,1918 at night to investigate the placing of the necessary lights on D iw is ion Street. Mr. J. K. Gray, Superintendent of the Chicago, Lake Share & South Bend Pa ilway Company met with the Board as requested and the muter of repairing the places suggested by the Street Commissioner on La Salle Avenue at intersection of La Porte Avenue, Scott Street, Taylor Street and Lincoln Way West, these places being at their r$ght of way, also the removing of gravel between the rails on _ this company's private property at the corner of L& Salle Avenue ,nd La Porte Avenue and crushed stone to be filled in from. the top of the ties to top of rail, to prevent further washing of sand and gravel into the sewer. • Mr. Gray agreed with the Board to takethis matter up with the Officals of the road at Michigan City and notify the Board by letter their action in regard to same. Mt. E. Miller appeared before the Board in regard to hav ing some cinders placed on Calvdr.rt Street near school house The Board instructed Mr. D. C. Layton, St. Com. to place the necessary amount of cinders on said street: A committee from the River Park C iv is Club met with the Board and"I requested that the Board put in double inverted gas lights or 150 c.. p. gas lights on Mishawaka Avenue. The Board advised said committee that they would make a trip of invest igat ion of the lights now there Wednesday exerting July 17th. ,1918'. The Board unanimously agreed that a notice be sent to Fred Corporaa that he should fix up the c and it ion in the alley east of 11th. , Street and the sidewalk an Eleventh Street as per terms of his contract dated September l7tb ,1917. The same to be fixed within thirty days from date of notice or the City would have same taken care — of at his expense. A bid from the Williston Construction Company for asphalt at_14.9D per ton was opened and read and the same referred to the Street Commissioner. _ It was unanimously dec ided by'the Board that the contract for Trunk 'sewer system in Marquette Park Addition, be awarded to Geogge Harrop at the prices received in bid .filed with the Board -Tuesday July 9th. ,1918 at 10: 00 A.M. 'fhe Board - approved Excavation bond for the sum of One Thousand Dillars of H G. Christman Co.* Communication received from the South Bend News -Times, stating that be more free newspapers would be furnished. Same read and placed on file. Petition received for a water main on South Carroll Street from Mil ton Street to Dayton Street. Same referred to the Water Department. The Street Commissioner recommended to the Board the they purchase . 50 tens of sheet asphalt at $14.50 per ton from the Williston Construction-Ce. The Beard approved of the same, and the Clerk was instructed to notify said company , of the Order. Communication received from J. K. Gray, Supt. of the Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railway Company relative to large pile #f brick out in the street along the tracks of this Company at the oorner of College and Orange Street, stating that there was no brick there. Same referred to the Street Commissioner for investigation.