08/28/1918 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Board met in regular hearing at 7: 15 P.M. Mr. John F. De Haven absent . Hearing had on assessment roll a3ad of awards of damages and assessments of benefits in the matter of Vacation Resolution No. 44 for the Vacation of 1st. alley mouth of Dyba. it Avenue from. Dale Avenue to 110 feet crest, in the City of South Bend, Indiana. In the above matter no remonstrators appeared and no written reman-- strance was filed, the Board therefor; declare the above roll filed August e-th. ,1918 in all things ratified, confirmed and approved and the proceedings closed. Hearing had on condemnation Resolution No. 52 for the opening of an alley north: of Madison Street from Lafayette Blvd to the 1st. alley west, in the City of South Bend, Indiana. In the: -above matter no remonstrators appeared and no written remonstrances Were filed. ( A number.of interested property owners appeared for said improvement). The Board after due consideration decided to defer ill action on said resolution until Wednesday September 25th.01918 at 7:1� P.M. Contractors bond � f or the amount of One Thousand Dollars signed by Otto Beyer was approved by the Board: The following c ommuni^at ions were received read and placed on file. August 7th.,1918. Board of Public Works, South Bend, Indiana. Gentlemen:- - - —We- have - been -re -quested to install gas mains upon Portage Avenue, in advance of the improvement authorized by you as No. 584, July 2nd.,1918. The United Staters Go vernment has been very urgent that Utilities limit their capital expenditures to as sma CI amount as is possible. -The financial condition of toe county makes it almost impossible to secure capital for investment such as this. The iron and stall market is in such condition as to make it prgatically impossible to secure a pipe. The gas eonsuffiptlon which would accrue from the installation of this main would 'not warrant us in making application for either capital or material. When conditions against return to normal and the property along the line of this improvement developer, f feel quite certain that it will be _the policy of this Company to make every effort to install this main, which installation can be made without d isturb ing the pavement. o Yours very truly, C. A. SCHLEGEL, CAS-H. Manager. August 27th.91918. Board of Public Works, South Bend, Indiana. Gent lemen: I wish to state that we will be able to provide gas connections to such portion of Blaine Avenue recently paved, on which we have no gas mains, by connections through the alleys avoiding the necessity of disturbing this pavement by the installation of gls cma ns. This letter covers the improvement of Blaine Ave. from Lincoln Way test to Portage Avenue, authorized by you on the 13th., day of March 1918. Yours very truly, C. A. SCHLEGEL Manager.