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Home My WebLink About11/15/1943 Board of Public Works Minutes128 MEETING - NOVEMBER 8, 1943 The City Hall will be closed November 11, 1943, Armistice Day. CEMETARY DEPARTMENT: Mr. Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters pertain- ing to his department were discussed. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjnurn at 10:30 A.1A. MEETING - NOVEMBER 15, 1943 A regular meeting of the Board of Public +fforks was held on Monday, November 15, 1943 at 9:00 A.M, All members were present. Minutes of the last meeting were read CD and approved. Salary claims in the amount of $7,547.32 were approved and ordered paid. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $745.71 were approved and ordered paid: The Gibson Company 9.70 National Brake Service $ 35.51 The Gibson Company 125.78 E. R. Newland Company 113,15 Kaylor-1folman Co. 57.75 J. A. Orr Co. .60 Kaylor-Holman Co. 4.00 S,chillingts Inc. 2,41 Korte, Bros. 47.68 St. Jos. Heating Co. 231.49 Mirror Press 13,39 Travelers Insurance 'Co. 5.00 Mishawaka Equipment do. 1-.85 Sullivan Machinery `Co. 83,90 C . F. , Balka (Trans.) 12.50 The following claims were paid -out of the Special "VV.P.A. Fund or,the Interceptor' Sewer -Fund: Edgar�Anderson (Salary) 62.50, Northern Indiana Transit Co. 25.00 ENGINEERING DEPART1,1ENT: This being the date set�for opening bids -received for the construction of an access road, the Chippewa Avenue Pavement Project; Indiana 12 -137, and it now being 10:00 A.M., and only one bid having been received, said bid was opened and read by Mr. Clyde E. Williams, -Chairman of the Board,of Public Works. Mr. John H. Collins, of the Federal 11orks Agency, was present when the bid was opened. Bid was from the Reith-Riley Construction Company of Goshen, Indl_ana and was accompanied by a bid bond check for 010000.00 and a non -collusion affidavit and was as follows: 5450 cu. yds Excavation .90 cu. yd. $4,905.00 80 lin. ft. 12" concreto,pipe 2.00 lin. ft. 160.00 2 Earth diteh.type catch basins 150.00 each 300.00 8560 sq. ft. concrete sidewalk .20 sq. ft. 1,712.00 2.6 Acres fertilized seeding 80.00 acre 208.00 3990 3090 Eq. yds. Compacted aggregate base 1.00 sq. yd. 3,990.00 Sq. yds. Bituminous concrete surface 1.00 sq. yd 3,990.00 585 Gals. Primo (Tar) .30 gal. 175,50 Total $15,440.50 Alternate bid item 3990 Sq. Yds. Soil cement base .95 sq. yd. o,0G Upon motion duly madeXand,, unanimously,. Carr -Ted,, a' tentative. award was made to the Keith-Riley-Constf�nction C-ompany of Goshen', `Indiana, sub jeot to• the appf-oral 'of the Fed erral Works Project, this being a reasonable bid, and the Board is of'the opinion that the City would not benefit by re -advertising for bids. COUDE41NATION RESOLUTION NO. 2525 T RESGLVED BY TiIE BOARD OF PUBLIC INGRI KS AND SAFETY O-F THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, II�DIANA: That the following described properties be appropriated for the use of said city: A part of a right -of :Jay Eighty (80), feet wide described as follows,* Beginning on the Easterly line of Michigan Street at the intersection of the North line of Section Twenty-five (25), Township Thirty-seven (37) North, Range Two (2) East; thence South Five Degrees, Fifty-eight Minutes (5° 58t) Nest along the said Easter- ly line of Michigan Street a distance of Forty and Twenty-one Hundredths (40.21) feet � thence East parallel with and Forty (40) feet South of the North line of said Section Twenty-five (25) a distance of Three Hundred Twenty-two and Eight hundredths (322.8) feet more or less to the East line of Lot A. Chippewa Heights 2nd Addition; thence North along the East line of .said Lot A a distance of Forty (40) feet to the North line of said Secti�n Twenty-five (25); thence ffest along the North line of said Section Twenty-five (25) • • • • • • U 129 a distance of Three Hundred Seventeen and Eighty-eight hundredths ((317,88) feet, more less to the place of beginning. Excepting therefrom a strip of land Eleven (11) feet width already dedicated for street purposes and excepting alley along the North side of Lot A, which has already been dedicated as a public alley. A party of a right-of-way Eighty (80) feet wide described as follows: itBeginning on the Easterly line of T;lichigan Street at the intersection of the North line of Section Twenty-five (25), Township Thirty-seven (37) North, Range Two (2) i East, thence North Five Degrees and Fifty-eight Minutes (50 501) East along the Easter- • ly line of said I.Tichigan Street a distance of Forty and Twenty-one hundredths (40.21) I. feet; thence East parallel with and Forty (40) feet North of the North line of said Section Twenty-five (25) a distance of Three Hundred Twelve and Forty-four hundredths (312.44) feet, more or less, to the :'East line of Lot 27, Chippewa Heights Addition; �! thence South along the East line of said East line of Lot 27 a distance of Forty (40) feet to the North line of said Section Twenty-five (25); thence 'Jest along the North line of said Section Twenty-five (25) a distance of Three Hundred Sixteen and Sixty- four hundredths (316.64) feet to the place of beginning. Excepting there -from a strip of land Twenty-five (25) feet in width taken off the South side of said Lot for street purposes and excepting alley along the South side of said Lot 27 which has already �I been dedicated as a public alley. • f A right-of-way Eighty (80 ) feet wide, Forty ( 40 ) feet each side of the II following described center liner Ii Beginning at the Northwest corner of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of Section Twenty-five (25), Township Thirty-seven (37) North, Range Two (2) East, said point being the intersection of the East line of a Fourteen (14) foot alley as shown on the recorded plat of Chippewa Heights 2nd Addiation, with I the North line of said Section Twenty-five (25); thence East along the North line of I! said section Twenty-five (25) a distance of Six (6) feet to a point of curvature of a 7.6137 Degree curve to the right, having a deflection angle of Forty-three Degrees, Twenty-eight Minutes (430 28t) to the right from a point of intersection on the North I line of said Section Twenty-five (25), a tangent length of Three Hundred (300) feet • along the North line of said Section.Twenty-five (25) and a radius of Seven Hundred Fift !j two and Six tenths (752.6) feet; thence along said curve to the right a distance of five Hundred Seventy and Nine tenths (570.9) feet to a point of tangency; thence along the i tangent to said curve a distance of Three Hundred Ninety-five and Nine tenths (395.9) !! feet to the point of curvature of an 8.8204 Degree curve to the left, having a deflec- tion angle of Forty-three Degrees, Thirty-seven IN'linutes, Thirty Seconds (430 371 30" ) to the left, a tangent length of Two Hundred Sixty (260 ) feet, and a radius of Six. Hundred Forty-nine and Six tenths (649.6) feet; thence along said curve to the left a distance of Four Hundred Ninety-four and Six tenths (494.6) feet to a point of tangency; j' said point of tangency being on the center line of said Section Twenty-five (25) a distance of Six Hundred Fifty-seven and Forty-eight hundredths (657.48) feet South of the North line of said Section Twenty-five (25), and also the Southeast corner of the • I Northeast Quarter (1/4) of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) I� of said Section Twenty-five (25), Township Thirty-seven (37) North, Range Two (2) East, 11 except the following described tract: Beginning at a point on the North and South center line of Section Twenty- five (25), Township Thirty-seven (37) North, Range Two (2) East, a distance of Six Hundred Fifty-eight and Seven tenths (658.7) feet South of the North line of said Section, said point being One and Twenty-two hundredths (1.22) feet South of the South- east corner of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of the Northwe t Quarter (1/4) of said Section Twenty-five (25); thence West along a line six Hundred Fifty-eight and Seven tenths (658.7) feet South of and parallel to the rNorth line of said Section Twenty-five (25) to a point on a curve Forty (40) feet South of and par- • allel to an 8.8204 Degree curve to the right, said curve having a deflection angle of �Forty-three Degrees, Thirty-seven ITinutes, Thirty Seconds (430 37t 3011) to the right � a tangent length of Two Hundred Sixty (260) feet along the South line of the Northeast Quarter (1,�4 ) of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of the Northwest QUarter (1/4) of said I' Section Twenty-five ( 25 ) and a radius of Six Hundred Forty-nine Six tenths (649.6) I I, feet;: thence East along said curve Forty (40) feet South of said 8.8204 Degree curve CD to the North and South center line of said Section Twenty-five (25); thence North along the North and South center line of said Section Twenty-five (25) a distance of Thirty-eight and Seventy-eight hundredths (38.78) feet to the point of beginning. Right-of-way description as follows: I Be inning at the Northeast corner of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 'guest � � Twenty-five (25 ), Tokninship Thirty-seven (37 ) North, Range Two ..(2 ) East; thence along the North line of said Section Twenty-five (25) a distance of Eighty (80) feet; thence South along a line Eighty (80) feet; Nest of and parallel to the North and South center line of said Section Twenty-five (25) a distance of rive Hundred Thirty- six and 'Eight tenths (536.8) feet to the point of curvature of a curve to the right, having a radius of Six"y-five (65) feet at right angle to the North and South center line of said Section; thence along said curve to the right a distance of One Hundred Sixteen and Nine tenths (116.9) feet to the point of intersection with a curve Forty (40) feet North of and parallel to an 8.8204 Degree curve to the right, having a ;I deflection angle of Forty-three Degrees, Thirty-seven Minutes and Thirty Seconds • (430 371 30") to the right, a tangent length of Two Hundred Sixty (260) feet along the 1_ 3 a South line of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of the North- west Quarter (1/4) of said Section Twenty-five (25), and a radius of Six Hundred Forty- nine and Six tenths (649.6) feet; thence Easterly along said curve Forty (40) feet North of and parallel to said 8.8204 Degree curve a distance of One Hundred Sixty-one (161) feet to a point on the North and. South center line of said Section Twenty-five (25) Forty (40) feet North of the point of tangency of said 8.8204 Degree curve; thence North along the said North and .South center line of said Section 'Twenty-five (25) a dis tance of Six Hundred :Seventeen and Forty-eight hundredths (617.48) feet to the point of beginning. A part of a right-of-way Eighty (80) feet wide described as follows: Beginning at a point on the North and South center line of Section Twenty- j five (25), Township Thirty-seven (37) North, Range Two (2) East, a distance of Six Hundred Fifty% -eight and Seven tenths (658.7) feet South of the North line of said , Section, said point being one and Twenty-two hundredths (1.22) feet South of the South- east corner of the Northeast quarter (1/4) of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of the North' west Quarter (1/4) of said Section Twenty-five (25); thence Nest along a line Six Hundred Fifty-eight and Seven tenths (658.7) feet South o- and parallel to the forth line of said Section Twenty-five (25) to a point on a curve,line of said Section Twenty- five (25) to a point on a curve�Forty (40) feet South of and parallel to an 8.8204 Degr e curve to the right, said curve having a deflection angle of Forty-tlh�ree Degrees, Thirty seven Minutes and Thirty Seconds (430 371 30`r) to the right a tangent length of Two Hundred Sixty (260) feet along the South line of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of said Section Twenty-five (25) and a radius of Six Hundred Forty-nine and Six tenths (649.6) feet; thence East along said curve Forty (40) feet .South of said 8.8204 Degree curve to the North and South center line of said Section Twenty-five (25); thence North along the North and South � center line of Said Section Twenty-five (25) a distance of Thirty-eight and Seventy- eight hundredths (38.78) feet to the point of beginning. The following described properties may be injuriously or beneficially affected by such appropriation: Lot A, Chippewa Heights 2nd Addition; Lot 27, Chippewa Heights Addition; South 200 feet of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of the Southwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 24, Township 37, North, Range 2 East, and the North 860 feet of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of Section'25, Township 37 north, Range 2 East. The purpose of such appropriation is for opening and paving of Chippewa Avenue from the East line of Michigan Street to'the North and South center line of Section 25, Township 37 North; Range 2 East, and the opening and paving of Fellows Street from the North line of Section 25, Township 37 North, Range 2 East, South a distance of 658.7 feet. Notice of this resolution shall be published on the loth day of November, and the 26th day of November, 1943, in the South Bend Tribune and the ,eekly Idlirror for public hearing on the 6th day of December, 1943. The Board of Public Works and Safety, at its office in the City Hall, on the eth day of December, 1943 at 10:00 A.Y. (C."ff.T.) will hear and receive remonstrance from all persons interested in or affected by these proceedings. Adopted by the board of Public Works and Safety of the City a:f ut4,. bend, Indiana, November 15, 1943. ATTEST: James P. Conboy, Clerk Clyde 'E. ''!illiams, Nathan Levy Ralph H. Longf i e ld Board of Public Works TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: Mr. Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, presented to the Board, a carbon copy of a letter written by him to Lot. Col. Fred J. Mechlin relative to re- serving parking space in front of the Associates Building forArmy cars. Mr. Miller declined the request. CEMETERY DEPARTMENT: Mr. Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters per- taining to his department were discussed. There being no further business to come before the Board the meeting was adjourn at 10:30 A.M. , 12 Board of Pu c Works • • • • • 0