04/02/1919 Board of Public Works Minutes

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59 r Board met in regular session at 7e.00 P.M.. Mr.. .G. A. Elliott absent. :Mr. H. F. Rost iser, Vice President, Acting Pres ident. The; .pole wnd wire inspector, Thos. Beanigg made report on the underground wank in .he lst. alley east" of Car.roli Street from Monroe Stree to South Street and the .lst.. ,alley south of Monroe Street . From Carroll Street to Columbia St., -This alley running east. and -west' between Monroe Street and S Outh ` Streett, 'has - a -telephone cable placed in the ground but nv ,conduit. The cable "is lying in the' dirt. ' The conduit should be placed iii the ground before the' alley isl paved.. This 'is "the " Rome telephone Co. cable. The Indiana ".& Michigan Elec. Cb. has underground- connduit there. The ' north 'and ::south alley has no .underground at prsen The Central Union Co. should `be not if ied about " this. improvement . Clerk instructed to nobiry said company about underground conduit. Permission granted to the Central Union Tel Company to set a guy pole at the Indi*xa & Michigan Elea: Co. and place a pole on corner of alley between La Salle Avenue and -Colfax Avenue on Bridge Street, this is " only temporarily. Hearing 'had on Improvement Resolution No. 637 for pipe sewer on Phillips Street from Division Street to New Jersey IndIana &' Illlnois Railroad Co,, in the City of South Bend, - Indiana. Upon sddd hearing no remonstrators appeared ,and no written remonstrance filed. And the- .Board being fully advised in the premises, decides that the benef its :to property liable to be assessed for said improvements are equal to the estimated cost of the same, as reported by the City Civil Engineer, and thereupon takes final action on said resolution as originally adopted, nd the same is hereby in, all things ratified, confirmed and approved. Resolved furthe, that notices be published on. the 5th. day of April 1919 and on the 12th. , day of April i919 in the South Bend Daily Tribune, stating that this Board will receive bids for the construction of said inlrovements up to 10: 00 A.M. on the 29th. , day of April 1919. The Board reserves. the- r igh to reject any and all bids. _ Hearing had on Improvement Resolution No. 631 for the Pipe Sewer on Pulaski Street °fr•dms Ford Street to a point 110 feet south of the south line of Div is ion Street, in the City of South Bend, Indiana. Upon said hearing no remonstrators appeared and no wr itten remonstrance filed.- Property owner appeared and requested resolution modified so - as to take in his lot or to read .to a point of 70 feet south of the south line of D iv is ion Street. The same was modified: And the Board being "fully advised in the premises, decides that the benefits to property liable to be assessed for said' improvements are equal to the estimated cost of the same, as reported by the City C iv it Engineer, and thereupon takes final act ion on said r.eso . ion as modified; and the sane is hereby - in all things ratified, oonf irmed and approved, as. follows: - Pipe sewer in Pulaski Street from Ford Street to a point; 70 --Peet south,4f ,the , south line of Division Street • Res olved further, that notices be published on the 5th. , day of April 1919 and on the 12th. , -day i of April 1919 in the South Bend Daily Tribune, stating that this Board will receive bids for -the construction of_ said _improvement up to 10: 00 A.M. on the 29th. , day of April 1919. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids.