05/02/1913 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Soo 2nd.1 Board met in regular session at 10:00 A.M. All members present. ,f A petition of twelve (12) resident property holders on College Street petitioned the Board to improve said street with Trinidad Lake Asphalt Pavement. The same was filed at 9:30 A.M. The ba.me to*be considered on May 3rd. 1913 at 10:00 A.M. Bond anal contract for grade, curb and walk on Olive Street from Ellwood Avenue to Keller Strut, Under improvement Resolution No. 225• was signed by Joseph Szweds- as prinicipal and Fidelity' & Deposit Company of Maryland, as surety, , wa,s approved by the Board. ✓:Contractors bond for One Thousand ($11000.00)Dollars signed by Frank G.. Stanley as prin— cipal and Guy Staples and dater Hildebrand as sureties, was approved by the Board. ,Contractors bond for One Thousand ($1,000.00)Dollars signed by Joseph Zeiger as prini— cipal and Henry C. Eckler and J. E. McEndarfer as sureties, was approved by the Board. f Street Commissioner reported favorahly on-pet`ition for light at Corner of Mishawaka Avenue and. 7th. Street, and the same gas approved by:�the Board and ordered placed* Street Commissioner reported favorably on petition for street light at corner of Sixth Street and Hastings, And the same was approved by the Board and ordered placed, Communication reoeived. from Deahl & Hammerschmidt relative to the Dixon & Locker side— track. The same was read and placed on file. The ✓ Deferred hearing given on Assessment roll and final estimate for Grade, curb and walk on South Elveneth Street from Mishawaka Avenue to Pleasant Street, under Improvement Resolution. No. 170 In the City of South Bend,, Indiana, In the above matter no remonstrators appeared and no remonstrances were filed. The Board therefore find that the property assessed in said roll filed February the 21st.4913 is benefited in the amount of assessments as shown on said rolls, and th=- Board further find that the assessment roll Piled February 21st.,1913 and the final estimate alldwed Pebrruary 21st.,1913 should be and the same are hereby in all things ratified, ® nfirmed and approved. Partial estimate allowed Harry N. Barnes for Grade, curb and walk on Wakewa Avenue, from Lafayette Street to Iroquois Avenue, under Improvement, Resolution No. 164, for the amount of...........................•..................................503.52 / Resolution transferring Board of Public Works' authority over St. Louis Street unto the Board of Park _ Commissioners; Rill control over said Street for boulevard purposes. _- Be It Resolved by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that it is deemed and desired necessary that St. Louis Street, from fast Jefferson Boulevard to its intersection with the South line of East Madison Street in the City of South Bend, Indiana, be under the control and supervision, of the Board of Park Commissioners or said City, and converted by said Board into a pleasure driveway and boulevard and made a part ofthe boulevard system of said City; And Be It Further Resolved that the Board of Public Works donow hereby transfer to said Board of `Park Commissioners full authority, control and super— vision over said street and renounce in favor of said Board of Park Commissioners, all is its power over and to said street for the purposes herein above set out. OTTO C. BASTIAN BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. F. E. LAMBERT CHAS. P. NIEDBALSKI Adopted FridaY May 2nd.1913. President.