11/15/1912 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Board met in regular session at 10:00 A.M. Mr: Niedbalski absent. The following guarantee bonds signed by C. H.. DEFREES and the Ameil can Surety Company on the following improvements in the City of South Bend, Ind. we're approved by the Board T/ Brick pavement on No. Scott Street from Michigan Avenue to Portage Avenue, under Improvement Resolution No. 127. Approved-. Bri ck pavement on Walnut St reet , from Colfax Avenue t o La Porte Avenue, under Improvement Resolution No. 112. Approved. Brick pavement on lst'. alley E. of Emerick' Street, under Improvemetaet Resoluti n No. ' 117.. Approved Brick;pavement on a ley south of Monroe St. under Improvemeit ' Res. No. 118. 1 " " on 1st. -alley South of Washington ,Under Improvement Res. #120. on 1st. alley So. of L.S.& M.S. R.B. , under Improvement Res.#124- v " " on alley W. of Lafayette St .under Impm vement Resolution No.175. The following guarantee bonds signed by M . J. Roach and Maurice Hoban and the American Surety Company of New York, on the following improvements in the City of South Bend, Indiana. were approved by the Board. Brisk pavement on Division Street from Michigan Street to Chapin Street, under Improvement Resolution No. 90, Approved. Brick pavement on 1- st . alley West of 'Franklin Street ,under Impm vement Res. 109 on 1st. alley So. of Jefferson Blvd. Under Impm ve®ent Res. #122 on 2nd. alley So -of Wayne St. Under Improvement Resolution #125. on 1st. alley No -of North Shore Drive under Improvement Res.#191 Communication received from Cry.--ca-go, South Bend & Northern Indiana Ry. Company, regarding the "y" .T-rAck, on 0b3umb a' Bt.reet. The same was read atidplaced on file. In the matter of the wwarding of bids on Pipe Sewer on St. Louis Street from South Bend Avenue to Corby Street, under Improvement Resolution No. 209 was deferred until November Tuesday 19th. 1912 at 10:00 A.M. . AGREEMENT PRESENTED TO THE BOARD BY DIXON & LOCKER, THE SAME WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND REFERRED TO THE -COMMON COUNCIL FOR RATIFICATION. TO THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEES D, INDI ANA: - Gentlemen: The undersigned Samuel H. Dixon and Archibald F. Locker, partners, doing business under the firm name and style of.Dixon & Locker and maintaining and operat- ing a coal and wood yard on Mishawaka Avenue between Smith and Eighth Streets in the City of South Bend, petition your honorable body to grant the Chicago, South Bend & Northern Indiana Railway Company the rights and authority set forth in the at- tached form of contract for the purpose and to the end that the undersigned may advantageously carry on and operate its said business. DIXON & LOCKER, Dated this Eth. day of November,1912. TO THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEiT D,INDI ANA. Gentlemen:.. - The undersigned, the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana, begs leave to submit herewith to your Honorable Body a' contract duly ex- ecuted by said Board on behalf of the said City of South Bend, and the Chicago,South Bend & Northern Indiana Railway Company, relating to the construction of a sidetrack on Mishawaka Avenue from the main line of said Railway Company on said avenue to the premsises of Dixon & Locker located on the north side of said avenue between Smith and Eighth Streets in said City, aid prroviding for the transportion of cars and mat- e ri.al over said siding and the lines of said Railway Company. The undersir�ied also submits herewith an ordinance confirming and approve- i ng the a xe cuti on of said contract by the Board of Public Works and the grant of the right and authority therein set (forth. CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDI ANA, BY BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.