03/19/1909 Board of Public Works Minutes

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352 The Board met in regular session at 10:00 A. M. All members present. CENTRAL UNION TELEPHONE CO. PETITION. South Bend, Ind., March 19, 1909. i To the Honorable Board of Works, City of South Bend, Ind. Gentlemen: - In connection with the erection of new buildings in your City on North main Street, it has become necessary for this Company to move its Central Office Exchange Quarters across Center Street, namely, from the Oliver. Opera House Block to the St. Joseph County Savings Bank Building and in order not to delay the contemplated im- provements and at the same time, not to -interfere with the furnishing of telephone service to any of its subscribers, it_will be necessary to erect two temporary struct- ures across Center Street; one of these to be a temporary bridge and the other a temporary cable support. The temporary bridge contemplated will extend across Center Street at a point about thirty-two (32) feet east of the curb line of Fain Street. This structure will be in one span ariek will be supported on the window Sills of the third floors of the before mentioned buildings. it will clear Center Street at the lowest point somewhat more than thirty (30) feet. This structure is to be made sufficiently strong to be amply safe for all loads to be put upon it and is required for the transfer of equip- ment from one building to the other. It will have a slope roof, water tight and will be boarded in on both sides to thoroughly guard against any danger either to those crossing the bridge or those passing upon the street. This bridge will be required only during the actual process of moving and reconstruction, at the outside not to exceed three months. The temporary cable support is for carrying the exchange cables which rise on an existing pole set on the curb line of Center Street at a -point about forty-eight (49) feet east of the east curb -line of Alain Street. The cables rising on this pole now are carried upon a bridge like structure to the Oliver Block. What we propose is a bridge.like structure about thirty (30) inches wide, estending from the top of this pole to the top of a third floor window of the Bank Building about fifty-six (56) feet east of the east curb of Main Street. This structure will have a vertical depth of about one foot eight inches in its span. It will be equipped also with an angle brace extending from the pole at a point about ten feet below its top to the span, at a point about ten feet north of the south curb line of Center Street. This angle brace serves as a runway for the cables at the immediate south side of .Center Street, the main span Serving as a roof over the cables to protect: them from debris from the Oliver Block. The whole is shown in the attached sketch which shows an elevation looking East on Center Street, showing the bridge and the cable support behind it. It also shows a plan of the streets with the structures erected and it also shows a section of the bridge proposes and the pole with the cable support mounted thereon. We respectfully petition your Honorable Board to grant us permission to erect these structures immediately in order that the work may be carried on with all speed. Yours respectfully, CENTRAL UNION TELEPHONE COMPANY, E. T. Bonds Encl. Manager. Petition granted, provided however the structures mentioned shall not be main- tained across Center'Street longer than 90 days from date, and provided further that that such construction be made subject to the approval of the City Enginere and entirely at the risk of the Central Union Telephone Co. as to liability for accidents and injuries resulting from the construction or maintainance of said structures.