09/10/1918 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Board met in regular session at 10:00 A.M. All members present. :Ur. Staples appeared before the Board and requested a resolution be prepared a a sidewalk on .Brookfield Street from alley north of California Street to California Street on the east side. The Board adopted resolution for Name. Ehe Board ordered lights placed as follows: - Are. lamp at the earner of Huron Street ad Pulaski Street. 80 C. P. Lamp at Cor. of Huron Street and Harris Street. 80 C. P. Lapp at cor . Rapier Street and Maple Street. Are. lamp at first alley east of Jacksn Street at Dunham Street. Are lamp at.Cor. Dunham Street and Warren Street. Are lamp at cor. ofWarrenStreet and Ford Street 80 C. P. Lamp at lat. alley south of Division Street at Warren St.' Arc lamp at Fiseher St. between McPherson Street and Laurel St., so C. P. Lamp at lst. alley of Division Street at Walnut Street. 80 C. P. Lamp at cor of Walnut St. and Huron Street, Clerk instructed to notify janitor to have ekipenter fix up all loose windows in City Hall and keep account of expense. The Board awarded the contract for readiat ion and heating in the City Hall to Wm. H. Burke at prices submitted in bid Of September 4th.,1918. Bid was received, opened and read for pipe sewer can Columbia Street from Indiana Avenue to 75 Feet north of Dubail Avenue, as follows.. Bid of Bruno De Paepe. 10 inch pipe sewer, per lin ft.....................$1.60 8 inch pipe sewer, per tin ft...................... .70 - 6 inch pipe sewer, per lin ft...................... .80 Manholes, per foot in depth ........................6.50 Manholes, curbs and covers, each...................15.00 Storm water inlets, each .......................... 8.00 CePt if ied check of $100. 00 Cemetery Sexton filed financial report for the month of August. same read and placed on file. Board authorized G. A. Elliott to go with the Mayor and City Controller to the Mayor's conference to;be held on the day of September1918 to c ons iderquest ion of taxation affecting C it fries the size of South Bend, and he was ordered to keep an itemized account of expense and the same would be allowed by the Board. Mr. Kelsey appeared before the Board and presented a plat of Replat of lets 17918 and 19 and Subs- Division of Out lot A. in Henak Leer's Sub. of the west part _ of lot No. 4 in the partition of the estate of Samuel Leer. Same referred to the City Engineer for Ink a report. The Board ordered two new locks°plaeed on the doers of the Board's offices, and keys givmn to the foll®wing persons. G. A. Elliott, H. F. Rest iser, John F. De Havel , Veronica C. Sweeney , D. C. Layton, J. W. Fites, F. J. Anderson, Chas. Johnson and Archie Cochran..