04/1902 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Aor i 1 25. 19 02 ' Water Works clerk requested to advertise for bids for furnishing coal for the City Water. Works from June lst, 1902 to. June 1st 1903, bids to be received up to 6 P• M- on May 21st, 1902- Representatives of local labor unions granted permission to use Howard Park on Saturday evening April 26th for an open air meeting - Engineer requested to prepare drawings and specifications for pipe sewers on E- LaSalleI Avenue to complete the sewer ing of that Avenue; also for the cutting down of the E. LaSalle Avenue hill at the Frances street intersection; also the grading of Notre Dame street from Madison street to the 1st alley south of LaSalle Avenue • Engineer reported drawings and specifications for the improvement of mellows Dayton street, and Harrison Avenue - street, Van Buren street, In regard to the change of specifications for the°Wayne street brick pavement, the board and the city engineer and a number of interested property owners went over the street and. investigated the condition of the foundation- It was decided by the Board not to interfere with the contract and specifications as originally drawn up- The clerk was requested to notify the contractor to proceed with the contract without further delay. IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 63• Resolved by the Board of Public Works of the City Of South Bend, Indiana: That an improvement be made of the kind, size, location and terminal points as follows: The grading of Harrison Avenue and the construction of cement walks and curbs on said avenue from Michigan Avenue to 2uerbringer street • Said improvement shall be known and designat- ed as"Harrison Avenue" and shall be constructed according to the plans and specifications prepared by the City Civil Engineer, filed herewith- Notice of th6s resolution and pro- posals for bids for the execution of the above work shall be published on the 26 day of April and onithe 3 day of May 1902, in the South Bend Daily Trinune and in the South Bend Daily Times- This Board will give a hearing on this resolution at its office in the City Hall on the 13 day of May 1902, at 7:15 P• M- and will receive bids up to 10 A• M- on the 20 day of Vlay 19 02 -