09/13/1918 Board of Public Works Special Meeting Minutes

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. ) 0 / Board met in special session at 10: 00 A.M. All members -present. The following resolutions were approved by the Board. R E S O L U T I O N. WHEREAS, the' Board of '-Public ;forks have under consideration the. letting of a contract for the improvement of Portage Avenue by pavement from galley north. of Kinyon.Street t0 North City Limits,. under Improvement Resolution No. 579, and the legal time: for the letting of the contract expires on Saturday September loth.,, 1918, and w1hereas it is the desire of the' Board to take advantage of the present bids in the event the Government acts favorable on material in favor,of the City of South Bend, Indiana, And Whereasip the City of South Beni is in receipt of a letter from the White -Construct icon Company, under date of September llth. ,1918 which letter reads. as f ollows : - . Board of Public darks, South Bend, Indiana. Gentlemen: -- ATTENTION: MR. ELLIOTT Sept., 11th.,1918. We understand that the last dayo . A� Fjiipji,,'the contract for the Improve- ment of Portage Avenue from., Kin.yon. Street. to. the. Ctty Limits; -can be awarded is Friday Sept., 13th.91918. We wish, to advise, that, if. this contract is. awarded to us, that we will be very glad to cancel. the. contract and release. the. City of South Bend in the, event that the Federal Government does not permit us to proceed with the work. Very truly yours, THE WHITE CONSTRUCT ION C 01V[PANY H . B . D IE TWE ILER See' y. ?iBD-GV',V. THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Public Works, that the contract for the improvement of Portage Avenue from alley north oi Kinyan Street to north City Limits, under Improvement Resolution No. 579 is hereby awarded to the White Construction Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as per the form of resolution this day signed and approved and subject to the condition named in their letter of" above date, R E S 0 L U T I 0 N. Concerning the improvement of the roadway of Portage Avenue from alley north -of Kinyon Street to north City limits in pursuance to Resolution No. 5799 the Board finds that no petition has been filed with said Board by a. majerity in number of the freeholders residing on said street to be improved requesting that it be improved with a different kind of pavement than the kind heretofore adopted by the Board in its preliminary order; 4nd the City Engineer reports that The White Construction Company is the lowest and best bidder for the kind of pavement heretofore adopted by the Board, and the Board find that said Wh.e White Construction Company is the lowea.t and beat bidder and hereby let€ the contract for said improvement to him, and carders that said improvement be made with Trinidad Natural Lake Sheet Asphalt and all proceedings heretofore had din this matter are hereby confirmed and ratified. G ILBERT A. ELL IO TT H. F. ROSTISER JOHN F. DEHAVEN Attested.. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF Veronica C . Sweeney, THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, IND. Clerk of the Board. Dated this 13th., day of September 1918. �..