02/04/1919 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Remonstrance received, read -and placed ,on file-,.ggainst-pavement on and sewer can High Street. Same read and placed on file. Finanic ial report of the City Cemetery Sexton filed with the Board. Dr. C`. H. Meyers and Attorney Sehellinger-appeared-before the Board and regp.ested that the Board take up. -the proceedings started sometime ago for the opening of a _highway from Sample Stk6et -to ' Ew.ing Av6' nue in this City, in the southwest part of City. The Board agreed to.set this resolution for an Informal hearing.for-Saturday February 15th.,1919 at 10:00 A:M. The 'Clerk of the Beard was instructed to send out notices to propetty owners -interested in this -opening af- s-a 1-d- meet-ing. Bruno De Peape appeared before the Board in regard to the payment for rebuilding sewer on East La Salle Avenue. The Board instructed the City Controller to pay the check due Bruno De Peape in :the sum of $1,999.30 for the rebuilding of East La Salle Avenue sewer, and the Board ordered that Bruno De Peape is to pay the Street Department the sum of One Hundred ($100.00)Dollars for services rendered in cleaning out new sewer, and that Bruno De Peape is to deposit with the City Controller payable to his order his certified check in the sure of` One Hundred ($100.00) for a period of ninety (90) days from date, this is to cover any cleaning out of the sewer by the Street Department within the period of ninety (90) •days. These checks to be deposit before the voucher is paid out. Bruno De Peape agreed to deposit said checks before receiving voucher. Geo. M. Urey, Sexton of the City Cemetery met with the Board and discussed the matter of the Ctetery associations wanting to have no fuaerels on Sunday in this City. The Board advised Mr. _Urey that they would take no action in regard to this matter at the present time, but if agreeable to other Cemeteries in the City, that the City would agreed to it also. The following resolution was adopted by the Board. STREET OR ALLEY IMPROVEMENT RESOJJUTION N0. 612. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, ST. JOSEHH COUNTY, STATE OF INDIANA, that it is desired and deemed necessary ` to improve She first alley east of St. Louis Boulevard from La Salle Avenue to 'Madison ` Street as follows, to -wit: - Said alley shall be graded and the roadway there of shall be paved; and also the roadway of certain portions of the streets and alleys which enter or intersect said_ street shall be graded and paved. The paving material to be used in making said improvement shall be Sheet Asphalt, Bitulithic Asphaltic concrete or Brick; and the foundation shall be portland cement concrete five (5) inches thick for. the Sheet .Asphalt, bitulithieVi asphaltic concrete and brick or rolled gravel six (6) inches thick for the Brick; or construct ing ' a Portland cement Cnncrete pavement at least seven (7) inches thick; storm.water .inlets and conduits shall be constructed where'neeessary; all manhole tops and storm water inlets shall be set to the proper grade; cement marginal curb shall be constructed at all streets aiid alleys where necessary, all as is more r particularly shown and all in accordance with the Plans, profiles, detail drawings and specifications on file in, the office of the Department of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana. The coat of the Improvement herein provided for, ezoent street and Ailey intersections, shall be paid by 1pdab.t assessment to be levied upon the property specially bene$tted, to the amount that the same may be leg- any assessed therefor, in accordance with an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled "An Act Concerning 1:11�n cipal Corporations," approved March 6, 1906, and In accordance with and pursuant to the provisions of all acts amendatory and supplemEatal thereto.