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The, foblowing eommunicat ion received, 'read and placed on f ile, <br />.... > • .South 'Bend, Indiana <br />August 14,'.1920. <br />Mr. G. A. Nlliott,­Prea. <br />Board of Public Works, <br />South Bend, Indiana. <br />Dear. Sir <br />Our Division Engineer Mr. D. T. Conrow has called to my attention <br />that certain corttr'a►ctded Farr 'aiikizig `exeavat ions in grading and , re -grad ing streets <br />damaging our property without notifying us in oreler to give us opportunity <br />to take care. of -our prQpe,rtg •ate -in -lnstalmots has been the cause of our patron's , <br />service being toally interrupt6t., <br />For spottcif instance we would respectfully callyour attention to the <br />grading of Main Street from!" Ewing Avenue south, which we knew nothing of until our <br />subscribers reported. tba.ir• te•laphone• $ervdae was out. Upon invest igat ion we found <br />that the contractor. had• graded• our- pole line on both 'the `north and south curbs of <br />Eckman Street at.,Ma:in. St.r.eet. and, a,11• the. c•irc;aits had been broken and wire removed. <br />This,. you. --an, see. ,is. a ser1ous• matter so far as the Telephone Company <br />is concerned, an& we. are. asking. your. cooperation. in seeing that we are advised when <br />any excavat ion is. to. be. made. and. gdve• as much advance notice as pose ible in order <br />to take care of the,aeckasary work to keep our subscribers in service, <br />In this connections it would also assist usin the consolidation <br />of oar lines and eliminating the duplicate pole lines in the all, allies if we could <br />have advance notice of fillies that are to be paved so that we can make -our cone <br />selidation of these lines before. the paving is done This *will also assist us <br />greatly with your co-operation. <br />We find considerable delay in carrying -.out your instructions where <br />streets are to be widened and our pole line re -located. The delay is experienced <br />when we have to get our loc"at ion ' from the City Engineer and we are wonder ing - if, you <br />_ could give the authority to some one person to issue the City permits for all* <br />` classes of work and these permits to be later approved by the Board and Erg ineer. <br />. As a4 illustration we would quote the following case on East -Calvert <br />Street from Michigan to Fellow the City insisted that we promptly remove the lam <br />from Calvert Street on a count of new pavement, but the Construction Foreman <br />was unable to secure permission for the setting Qf poles within the curb dine `as <br />E. this permission had to be sacured from the -City Engineer an for two days he was <br />unable to locate Mr.. ; Anderson and the Work was finally done without formal; <br />permission. <br />F We would also desire to confirm our _ c onversat, ion with you ; aaZaINg 11 <br />concerning the present system of requests for permits from JFour Honorable ,Beard. <br />At thetDresent time our Construction Department are Writing letters ,describ ing <br />De <br />the work donethat . they: ask- for the permits which results ' in some confusion _ <br />and misunderstanding on the part of the inspector and makes it necessary for hire <br />fi to go ever. the plans in detail with the Engineer ar. Superintendnet of ,Construction - <br />We would .like t o ..request that we, be allowed., to submit prints for such worC . as we are <br />re,quas t ing permits ,showing, every,detail of %the work to be, done and a set of' codes <br />will be furnished so that the Inspector can interpret th- prints. If this is net <br />satisfactigry we would be glad to comply wii�h such set of codes as your Honorable <br />Board may wish As to use. . <br />Trusting that these several matters will receive your favorable <br />consideration, I am,; <br />_ Yours very truly, <br />E. T. BONDS. <br />ETB.S. Manager. <br />r< , <br />