07/28/1911 Board of Public Works Minutes

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194 Board met in regular session at 10 A.M. Mr. NI.edbalski absent. ✓Street Commissioner reported on the following defective walks South west corner of Emeriek Street and Madison street; 915 West Perkins street:North East corner of Fellow and Bronson street. The foregoing walks ordered replaced under Improvement Resolution No. 54.and the Clerk ordered to notify property holders of same. ✓ Street Commissioner reports the following wCk6ks in a dirty condition Lt the Nobth West corner of Niles Avenue and Howard Street also Lot 19 of Stanfields & Fosters Ado on Howard Street. The foregoing walks ordered cleaned and the expense charged to the Property owners . the Clerk ordered to notify property owners by,mail that they would be glowed.tPA.1V days to do the same if not complied with the City would clean and charge to property. ✓ Exc,--.,.vation Bond of the Michigan Electric Company.receivwd and approved. Bond a:idContract given by the Indiana & Michigan Electric Compan.y.as principals, and the Maryland Casualty company as surity,approved by the Board. Resolved.by the Board of Public Work-, of the City of South Bend.Indiana.That permission be hereby granted to the Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. to construct an intake and discharge pipe line in Colfax Avenue from the east Bank of the St,Joseph river to said Company's power house,whieh is located at the north east corner of Bridge street and Colfax aveme.said permission s,-Lall be subject to the following conditions; The loeation of said intake and discharge pipes shall be along lines to be established by the City Civil Engineer. The Indiana & jaichigan Electric Co. small att their expense construct a new c&ncrete wing wall and protect the abuttment at the South east corner of the Colfax Avenue Bridge. The aforesaid company shall construct a ten inch Vitrified pipe sewer from the St,Joseph river to tj-;e west line of lot 6. in MackAs Sub -Division for Viie benefit of the City and abutting property owners. The line and grade to be given by the City Engineer. The afoersaid company shall relay in a satisfactory manner IL11 pavements, cement sidewalks and curbing taken up and shall file a Bond in the sum of $1,000.00 Food for a period of one year from the completion of said work.to guarantee the repaving and repairing of any defective work which may develop Mithin sueh specified time. All of the above work shall be done at the risk of the said Indiana & Michi-;an electric Co. and they shall assume the responsibility and risk of damages to the work or to t.;-.e property on said line of work which s.all result from floods.backwater,caving of the street.settling of foundation of bridge or other causes whatsoever connect6d-with the construction of sa said work. The Board of Publie Works reserves the right to &point an Inspector.)who shall be on the work during the construction of the wing wall and t.'Lie relaying of the pavement )sirlewalk and curbing to see that said walk is constructed in a propermanner The aforesaid Company shall pay to the City of South Bend.the sum of $3.00 per day for each day said Inspectoe is required. Said inspector shall be under the direetiona of the City Engineer,,wtlo shall have power to stop the work if Fame is not being properly done.or if t.rje material being lised is not of aproved quality or for any other good and sufficient cause. The time of completion of said work shall be 60 days from the date of the starting.The time of completion is an essential element and the sum of 050.00 per day s-.-Iall be paid the City of South Bend.for every day over the 60 days that the street is closed to traffie,which supris agreed is the liquidat6dr, damages w ich the said City will sustain each day by reason of such delay. All work of replacing the pavementwalkscurbing and construction of wing wall shall be under the supervision of the City Engineer acting under the direction of the Board of Publd! Works,and all work shall be according to the plans and specifications on file in the office of said Engineer.. The I-ndiana & Michigan Electric company shall pay any and all'judgments.)anOT other liabilites which may be rendered against or suffered by said Cityand shall save the City �iarmless from every cause whatsoeverwhich may come against or upon it by reason of the proposed work of said company hereby permitted whether done or caused to be done by said company's a--ents.officers.Sub-Contractors or employeesor any work connected with or relating thereto and said company s'all, file a satisfactory bond to trie sum of 910,,000.00 conditioned for the faithful preformance of its said work and the saving of said (1iyt harmless from every kind of, liability as above stated, Adopted.