05/14/1919 Board of Public Works Minutes

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. 6 f 1 Flees Ing had on improvement Res olut ion No. 660 for the pavement on Lindsey Street frim Ita" Avenue to Blaine Avenue, in the City of South Bend, Ind fans. Upon said hear Jug re coons teat ors appeared but no written remonstrance was f ile3d. And the Board b6ing fully advised in they premises., doe ides that the bene- 'its to property liable to be assessed for said improvements are equal to the est'i- dated cost of the some as reported by the City Civil Engineer, and' thereupon takes f ina 1 act ion on sa id res olut ion as or ig inally adopted, end the same are` hereby in a 11 th ings rat if ied , e anf it t-ed. and approved. Resolved further, that notices be published on the 17t ., day of May 1919 and on the 24th ., day of May 1919 in the South Bend Daily Tribune in said City, stating that this Board will receive bids for the construction of said Improve- ments up to 10: 00 A.M. the 3rd . day of June 1919. The Board reserves the right to reject any and al 1 11 bids. Property owners res id ing on South Michigan Street met with the Board and took up the .matter of improving South Michigan Street with a pavement and sewer, The Beard adv is ed said property owners to meat With them May 28th.. ,1919, at 7:15 - P. M. Petition received for sewer, water and pavement on Division Street, $,&me presented by Councilman Bailey. The Board referred said petition to the City C iv it Engineer to have same verified as to the correctness of the 80% petition. And report the same to the Board. Concerning the improvement of the roadway of South Bend Avenue from Eddy Street to East city Limits, With asphalt, asphaltic concrete, bitulithic, or Bricks in pursuance t:o resolution No 622 the Board on the 13th.9 day of May 1919 publicly opened and read and considered all bids and then c ont inued hhe it meeting , to the 14th. , day of May 1 ` 19 at 7:15 P.M. Now on last named date the Board designated Asphaltic concrete as the kind of pavement With which said street is to be improved and fines the 26th., day of May 1919 at 10: 00 A.M. as the time Who petit ions for changing the kind of pavement must be filed, and the Board hereby continues this matter until the 27th., day of May 1919 at .10: 00 A.M. on the day above named the Board will either pass on petitions let said contract or reject all bids. The following resolutions Were adopted by the Board. LOCAL SEWER IMPROVEIdENT RESOLUTION NO. 673. Resolved by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, County of St. Joseph, State of Indiana, That the construction of a local sewer, in- tended and adapted only for local use by the property holders whose property abuts thereon, and not intended or adapted for receiving sewerage from collateral drains, be and the same is, hereby ordered in and along Corby Street and St. Louis Street from Notre Dame Avenue to Howard Street as follows, towit: - Bag inning at the Inter- section of the center line of Corby Street at a point 5 feet east of the east rail of the center line of Corby Street to the center line of St. Peter Street With an 18 Inch v itr if ied pipe sewer; thence still West along the center line of Coru)r Street to the center of St. Louis Street With a 15 inch vitrified pipe sewer; thence north along the center line of St. Louis Street to a point 66 feet south .of the south line of Howard Street with a 12 inch vitrified pipe sewer; together with the necessary manholes, storm Water inlets, c ondu its, flush tank and house connections to the curb line along the tine of said improvement, all as is more 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. 0