07/14/1911 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Board met in regular sesGion at 10 A.M. all members present "Petition received read, and ref ered to Street Commissioner ksking for. more '- lig,lits on Colfsx Bridge. v Petition received ask-infr, for a Street Light placed at the e6rner of East Washington Avenue and. St,Peter Street the salve ordered placed. .Y Petition received from, the Chicago, south Bend and Northern Indiana Railway Co.asking for the erection of two iron poles on the East side of Vistula avenue the Board approves of tie resetincg of these poles inside of tr'.,e curb in the well and the wall should. be reinforced so to substantia,ly Mold the poles. "'Partial Estimate on First Alley South of Division Street from Mic Wigan Street to Main Street allowed Hoban & Roach contractors 8759.21 "�' Partial Estimate allowed on the Fst. Alley West of Michigan St. from Division St. to Monroe St. Hoban & Roach.contractors. 53.13 Resolved by tr.e Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend,Indiana; That a� the Chicgo,Sout i Bend and Morthern Ireliana Railway Company be Find are hereby . granted permission to widen the space between their Street Car tracts a distance of six inches on Michigan Street from Navarre Street to Jefferson Boulevard, said widening shall be roc complished by moving the present tracts three inches each way on the ties, said permission is granted with. the understanding that all pave cent shall be taken up and. repli.,ced u~ider the direction of the City EnEineer and thwt enoug�i pavement shall be token up in the roarjway on eac:i) ice in order to make an easy and. gr&dua,l griade from the new location of the rails to t4.e brick. roa-,dwfty. RESOLUTION Whereas,The Common Council of the City of South Bend,Indiana,did on the 22nd.._ day of May 1911 pass an Ordinance licenSing vehica,ls which use the streets and alleys off said. City: And Wherean.said ordiance provides the money collected for s€zid license shall be applied for the maintakan.ce and repairs of the streets and alleys : Tnerefore be it Resol ved,that the Street Commissioner be -11nd is _ ereby instructed) to get prices on an Asphglt Repairing Outfit, paving brick arld such other material he will need in making suc!z repairs and submit the same to this Board as soon as posiable. The Street Commissioner is further instructed to make all necessary arangements in order to be able to start such rep&irs by August 1st. 1911 'tile date said Vehicle Ordnance becomes effective. 4—Remonstrance received and placed on file remonstra,ncing a einst Walks on. Vest SA Sample St. /,-I Remondtrance on Grade,Curb and walk on Arthur Street received and placed on rile President