HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/27/1929 Board of Public Works MinutesTuesday, ngust 27th._, 1929.
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Board met in regular session at 9 A. Y* All members present. Minutes of
meetings held-ugus t 20th. , 21st. , and 22nd. , 1929, read and approved.
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City ;Igineer, H. G. dray, submitted the following tabulations of,. -bids
.for improvements
Tabulation of bids for the se,,ver in Nancy Street under Improvement Resoluti
No.2284:
Rocco Simeri I. W. Staples
I0.900.00 II'190.00
j Tabula.tions of bids for the sewer in ',Vestmoor Street under Improvement
1; Resolution i1o.2285:
Rocco Simeri
I2,653.40
Stapl es
I2.745.00
Tabulation of bids for the sewer and pavement in Nancy, Frederickson, Prast
Hartzer, Bonds & Greene Streets under Improvement Resolution Xo.2286:
Williston Construction Co. Albert Const. Co.
Sheet asphalt 87'15I.56 9I,II2.04
Tabulation of bids for the sew?r and pavement improvement on "Vestmoor Street
under Improvement Resolution No.2287:
Sheet asphalt
Williston Cons t. Co.
72,960.25
Albert Construction Co,
779460.80
Bids having been received for the -sewer in Nancy street under Improvement
Resolution No.2284, the Board this 27th., day of -"inst I929, awards the contract for
said improvement to Rocco Simeri at his low bid of I0,900.00.
Bids having been received for the sewer in `flestmoor 6treet under Improvement
Resolution No.2285, the Board this 27th., day of August 1929, hereby awards the contract
for said improvement to Rocco Simeri at his low bid of $I2,653.40.
Bids having been receiv2d for the sewer and pavement improvement on Nancy
Frederickson, Prast Blvd., Hartzer treet, Bonds -A ,enue and Greene Street, under Improve
ment Resolution No.2286, the Board this 27tY ., day of August I929, hereby, awards the
contract for said improvement to 041liston onstruction %mpany at their low b-id of
)87,I3I.56, for sheet asbhalt heavy traffic -pavement.
Bids having been received for the sewer and pavement improvement on Westmoor
Street under Improvement Resolution No.2287, the Board this 27th., day of A1a.gust, I929,
hereby,' awards the contract for said improvement to Milliston Construction Company at
their low bid of $72,960.25 for sheet asphalt heavy traffic pavement.
This being the date set, bids were received, opened and _read for the pavement
:,:of the Ist. , alley north of Colfax avenue from Esther 6treet to Greenlawn Avenue under
;;Improvement Resolution No.2258. Bids are as follows:
H. N. Barnes Hoban & Roach 7, . T. Tranbe rg
grading .45 .65 .70
c6nerete pavement I.85 1.85 I.90
All of the above bids handed to City Engineer for tabulation.
This being the date set, hearings were had on the following Vacation Resolu
tions:
Vacation Resolution No.2277 for the Vacation of the alley south of Pleasant
Street from 26th. , Street to the east line of t'Ze alley west of 26th., Street.
Vacation Resolution No.2276 for the Vacation of the alley eawt of Sunnyside
Avenue from Sorin 6treet to the north line of alley south of Corin Street.
In both of the above named vacation resolutions, no remostrators :appeared
and no written remonstrance was filed and the Board, .therefore, decides to take final
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Final action on said vacation resoletions, and declares same _in all things ratified,
confirmed and approved. The Board now orders that lists or rolls be prepared of all
oirners and holders of property and of valuable interests therein sought to be taken
which list or roll shall also describe the property benefinially affected by such
vacations.
City Migineer, R. G. Wray, filed the following primary assessment rolls:
Assessment roll for the pavement of the alley east of Tincoln `Jay Last
from Yonroe Street to Arch Street under..Improvement Resolution No.2236.
Assessment roll for the pavement of Chapin Street from the north line of
-Ford Street to the north curb line of Prairie Avenue under Improvement Resolution No.
2192.
Assessment roll f-or the pavement of 35th. , Street from Kishawaka Avenue to
G. T. 7. R. R. Co., under Improvement Resolution No.2I95.
In all of the above named assessment rolls, the Board, hereby orders that
on the 4th. , daTr of September 1929, this Board will meet in their office in the City
Hall at 7-I5 P. Y., to hear and receive remonstrances from all persons whose property
has been assessed for said improvements and will decide whether the several lots and
parcels of land have been benef ited in the amounts named on said assessment rolls or
in a greater or less sum than that named on said rolls. The Board further orders that
notices of said hearings shall be published on the 30th., day of August and on the 31st.
day of August I929, in the South Bend News Times and Tribune according to law.
The Board approved the Guarantee Bond of Edward Di Julio for the sewer
improvement on Fremont Street from Elwood Avenue to Keller Street under Improvement
;l _R'e;solution No.2I8I in the amount of 281.14 signed by Standard Accident Insurance Co.
in The Board approved the continuance bond of Harry D. Perkins Company
for ,Excavation in the amount �I,000.00 signed by United States Fidelity PC Guaranty Co.
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The Board signed the contract with Rieth Riley Construction Company for
the pavement of Fox Street from the west line of Sampson atree t to the west line of
Ironwood Drive under Improvement Resolution No.2278 in the amount of IN 084.95. The
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Board also approved the construction bond of same in the amount of 50,E of the contract
11. 'price signed by Southern Surety Company.
City J gineer, H. G. Wray, filed plans, specifications and estimate and
the Board adopted Improvement Resolution 'No.2288 for the grading of the alley South
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of Victoria Street from all east of Miami Street to Clyde Street. alley y (See fills for
copy of resolut ion-. )
In the above named improvement Resolution, the Board, hereby, orders that.
on the I7th. , day of September I929-; this Board will meet in their office in the City
Hall at I0:00 A. M. to hear and receive remonstrances from all persons whose property
may be assessed for said improvement and will decide whether the benefits to the several;
?i lots and parcels of land liable to be assessed for said improvement will be equal to
ii the estimated_ cost of same as reported by the City Engineer. The Board further oftders
' that notices of said hearing shall be 0th. da published on the 3 , y of August I929 and
on the 6th. , day of September I929, in the South Bend News Times and Tribune according
to law.
This being the date set., continued hearing was had on the Assessment
{+ 'roll. for the vacation of a part of 22nd. , Street from Jefferson 'Blvd.. to Sunnymecle
Avenue under Improvement Resolution No.22I7.
In the ab07e named assessment roll, the propQrty owners, '�nma E. Goetz
and Geo. vv. Freyermuth and r". Vernon Brauer, for the Sunnyside band Company, filed the
j following easement which was approved by the Board:
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This indenture made in the City of South Bend, Bounty of St. Joseph and
State of Indiana,
41ITTNESSETH That
Fniereas, the City of South Bend has heretofore construct&d a sewer in
I what is known as Twenty Second Street from Jefferson Boulevard Southerly; and
is Whereas, the said City has heretofore and after the construction of said
sewer varies the course of said Twenty-second between the ^rand Trunk 1.7estern Railroad
right of way and the said Jefferson Boulevard by veering the same to the west of its
original location; and
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71hereas, the said City has vacated the portion of said Twenty -Second
Street, which l&es between the Southerly line of said Jefferson Boulevard and the
j point of connection between said original Twenty-second Street and its present location
as changed and by such vacation the said portion of said Twenty-second Street reverts
It to the abutting property owners.
NOW THIS 7 ITTNESSETH: That for dnd in consideration of the premises
d for other good and valuable consideration, Mnma. E. Goetz, 1,7idow, owner of all of iI
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�I the abutting property on the Easterly side -of said vacated portion of said street and
�I the Sunnyside Land Company, a Corporation, owning all of the land on the westerly
side of said vac-ed portion of Twenty-second Street, do hereby grant and convey to
;:said .City an easement, in and over the following described portion of said vacated
'1 street : A strip of land twenty (20 t) feet wide, ten (TO') feet on each side of the
center line of the above named vacated street, for the said sexier and do further grant
unto said City the right and permission, at all times, to enter upon said premises
for the purpose of maintaining, repairing and looking after the said portion of said
sewer so situate in the said vacated portion of said Twenty Second Street, together
with the right to do all things necessary and proper for the maintenance of said sewer,
In Witness Whereof, the mrties do hereunto set their hands and seals and
cause the seal of said "Corporaation to be affixed her -,to by two constituted officers
this 20th. , day of Yay, 1929.
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State of Indiana
County of St. Joseph
Mnma E. Goetz
Sunnys ide Land Company, a Corporation
By Geo W. Freyermuth, President
E. ?Terbon Yauer, '`ecretary.
Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said Co,inty, personally
;appeared Emma E. Goetz, a widow, and the &'�unnyside Land Company, by Geo. V1. Freyermuth
its President and R. Vernon Mauer, its Secretary, and said Goetz in her individual
capacity and said officers in their official capacity do hereby acknowledge the
execution of the above and foregoing instrument.
,Vitness my hand and Notorial Sewl this Mth. , day of May 1929.
Edwin H. Sommerer, Notary Public
i'E`y cor,.�iission expires August 8th. , 1932."
1 In the above named assessment roll, the Board finds that the s everal lots
!,and parcels of land have been benefited and damaged in the amounts named on -said roll
hand therefore the Board decides to take final adtiori on said assessment roll and
'declar-es same in all things ratified, confirmed and approved without modification,
'sub jedt the above easement, and the proceedings closed and the street vacated.
-City Engineer, ?I. G. Vfray, submitted the following Partial Estimate No.I
for the pavement of Fox Street, in accordance with the terms of the contract between
the City and Rieth Riley construction Company, Contractors, under Improvement Resolu-
tion 7o.2224. The Board signed and approved same in the amount of 4I4,446.09.
The Board pay roll claims far various Departments in the amount of tT5,015.58.
The Board approved the p r roll claim for Traci,. Elevation (fork in the amount
';of 433.33 and hereby orders the ity "ontroller to pV same out of Track Elevation
Fund.
The Board approved a claim of the Rieth Riley Construction Company for
'extra work performed regarding Improvement Resolution 1,To.2I25 in the amount of
12,572.45 and hereby orders the City Oontroller to pay same out of Track Elevation
'I fund .
The Board, hereby, orders that sealed proposals vlill be received for the
collection and disposal and the collection only of Garbage in the City of South Bend
up to I0:00 A. V., of the IOth., day of September I929. The Board.further orders
that notices of said proposals shall be published in the South Bend News Times and
Tribune on the 30th., day of August and on the 6th., day of September 1929, according
to law.
This being the date set, bids were received, opened and read for the
lighting of certain street, boulevards and public places in the City of South Bend
in accordance with the plans and specifications thereof heretofore adopted by the
:the Board of Public Works. Bids are as follows:
PROPOSALS
!iTO TTTV, BOARD OF PIT9LI C 03TCS
'':TRE. CITY OF SOUTH BT7_TD' INDIANA
j The undersigned hereby proposes to furnish electric service for lighting
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certain street, boulevards and public places in the City of South Bend in accordance
11 v;ith plans and specifications therefor heretofore adopted by. the Board of Public Works
1,at the price per annum for each lamp lighted as follows:
For furnishing lighting and maintaining the following underground street
'lighting units:
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Miami Street between Ewing .Avenue and Oakside Street
I3 - I2 foot Sheridan Hollow.spub concrete li'g-hting standards
with Octagonal Junior Lighting Units with Spurs and Yedium Vultiple
Sockets, each equipped with I- 1000 lumen street lighting lamp or
equivalent lamp. 32.50 per unit per annum
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Ecckman-Strect between Fellow Street and High Street and on Erskine
Boulevard from Eckman Street to Oakside Street:
TO - IO foot Sheridan Hollow spun concrete lighting standards with
Octagonal Junior Tops with Spurs and medium multiple Soctets,each
equipped with I - I000 lumen street lighting lamp or equivalent
lamp. $30.00 ^er unit per annum
j 1�iami Street at railway Llevati on Underpass:
2 I2 foot 6heridan hollow spub concrete lighting standards complete
j with Octagonal Junior Lighting Tops with Spikes and Y'edium Yoo l
Ii-altiple Sockets, each equi ped with I- 2500 lumen street lighting
lamp or equivalent lamp. 37.50 per unit per annum.
Chapin Street from Vonroe Street to Ford 'Itreet :
I5 - I3 foot riverside Boulevard Lighting Standards with ,Vptian 6enior !
Tops and T ongul Dockets, each equipped with I - 5000 lumen street
lighting lamp or equivalent lamp. 52.50 per unit per annum.
Chapin Street from Ford .Street to Prairie Avenue:
I I7 - I3 foot riverside Boulevard Lighting -Standards with Egyptian Senior
Tops and 'Vogul Sockets, each equipped wi h I - 5000 lumen street
lighting lamp or equivalent lamp. 52.50 per unit per annum.
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Beyer Avenue between r-ishawaka Avenue and Eddy Street.
IT - 12 foot Sheridan hollow .6puh concrete lighting standards frith
Octagonal Junior Lighting Tops and Tedium Vogul ]MnMiple Sockets
Bach equipped with I - I000.lumen street lighting lamp or equivalent.
lamp. 33.00 per unit per annum.
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Bridge Lighting:
Ernsuerger Street Bridge:
I2 - Concrete standards with Octagonal Junior Lighting Tops with Sp urs
and medium Yultiple Sockets with Refractors, each equipped with
I-2500 lumen street lighting lamp or equivalent lamp. 137.50 p6r ! •
unit per annum.
Kline �treee Bridge:
20 - # cluster on Cast Bronze Band to fit precast copum on bridge, com-
plete with Octagonal Junior Top Lighting Units and mogul Multiple
sockets, each cluster equipped with 4-2500 lumen street lighting
lamps or equivalent lamps. 183.50 per unit per annum.
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Railway Elevation Underpass Lighting:
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2 - TO foot Sheridan hollow spun concrete lighting standards with
Octagonal Junior Tops with Spurs and with refractors, each equipped
with I - I000 lumen street lighting lamp or equivalent lamps.
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$33.00 per unit per annum.
i` 69 - TO foot Sheridan hollow spun concrete lighting standards with
Octagonal Junior Tops with Spurs and with refractors, each e Sipped
with I-2500 lumen street lighting lamp or equivalent lamp 42.40
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per unit per annum.
The undersigned agrees to execute the contract in the form heretofore ado'
adopted by said.. Board •of Public Works within ten (IO) days frin the date of the awarding 'of •
of the contract to it.
j The Bidder; Affidavit of Non -Collusion is attached hereto.
'dated at 6outh Bend, Indiana, this 27th. , day of August, I929.
INDIANA AND YI Cft_T GAN M70TRIC . COYPANY _
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BY T?IOS. F. ZGLISH GEN,,MAL TV"ANA xER. 1'
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In the matter of the grade, curb -and walk --improvement on Parneman Street from
Ylichigan Street to 1Tain Street under Improvement Resolution 171ro.2177, the Board, hereby
orders that sealed proposals for said improvement will be received, opened and read on
the 10th., day of September 1929, up to IA:00 A M. The Board further orders that
notices of said proposals shall be published on the 30th. , day of `August and on the
6th. , `.day of September I929, in the South Bend News Times and Tribune according to
law.
Yeeting adjourned at II-30 A. P.R.
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SDAY EVMR ING AUGUST 28th. , I929.
Board met in regular session at 7-I5 P. IT. All members present.
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The Board signed the contract with'7illiston Construction Company for the.sewer
land pavement improvement on TT&ncy and other streets under Improvement Resolution No.
1�2286 in the amount of 187,15I.56. The Board also approved the construction bond of same
;for 50% of the contract price signed by Inland Bonding Company.
The Board signed the contract with Williston Construction Commny for the sewer
and pavement improvement on Westmoor Street under Improvement Resolution No.2287 in the
amount of 78,960.25. The Board also approved the construction bond of same for 50� of
:the contract price signed by Inland Bonding Company.
City Engineer, H. G. "Jrav, filed the tabulation of bids for the pavement of the
Ist., alley north -of Col:"ax Avenue from Esther Street to Greenlawn Avenue under Improve
ment Resolution No.2258 as follows:
Hoban & Roach 7. H. Barnes T. T. Tranberg
concrete pavement 1,462.00 1,385.30 I915I4.00
Bids having been received for the pavement of the Ist., alley north of Colfax Avenu
from Esther Street to Greenlawn Avenue under Improvement Resolution No.2258, the Board
this 28th., day of August I929, hereby awards the contract for said improvement to H. N.
Barnes at his low bid of $1,385.00 for concrete pavement light traffic.
City 1+!igineer, H. G. Wray, submitted the Final Estimate for the heavy traffic
concrete pavement on Sample Street from west line of Olive Street to west line of N. J.
I. & R. R. in accordance with the terms of the contractbetween the City and The Albert
Construction Company, contractors under Improvement Resolution No.2144. The Board signed
and approved same in the amount of $7,57I.28.
City Engineer, H. G. Wray, submitted Partial estima`-e No.I for the pavement of the
alley south of Division Street from Scott Street to Chapin Street, in accordance with the
terms of the contract between the City and H. N. Barnes Comtractor, under Improvement
tesoltion No.2257.. The Board signed and approved same in the amount of 11,442.62.
The Board approved the Guarantee Bond of the Albert Construction Companyy-for the
avement resurface on Van Buren Street from Cushing Street to Portage Avenue under
mprovement Resolution No.2175 in the amount of $I84.96 signed by Inland Bonding Company.
This being the date set, hearings were had on the following primary assessment roll
Assessment roll for the grade, curb and walk improvement on Bu ,lag8tb-eet __1from Porta
.venue to Medora Street under Improvement Resolution No.2208.
Assessment roll for the pipe sewer improvement on Fremont Street from Elwood Avenu
o Keller Street under Improvement Resolution _No.2I8I.