HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/16/1926 Board of Public Works MinutesTuesday, March 16, 1926
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Board met in regular session at 9:15 A.M. All members present.
Minutes of meetings held March 9th and March 10th read and ap-
proved.
Board approved the appointment of Dalton Moomaw as Building Com-
missioner, same effective as of January 4, 1926.
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Report from the Building Department read and approved,
Board approved the bid of $50.00 from Jospeh Paidle for lumber
under Colfax Bridge. Building formerly used by the -Street Department.
Excavation Bond of Thilman Bros. approved.
Board approved the following petitions for lights, recommended
by Wm. F. Qualls, Superirtend6nt of Poles and Wires:
Petition from South Shore R.R. Co. for placing of 2 lights along
the south side of their station at LaSalle Avenue and Michigan Street. Same
to be used without any cost to the City, either for installation of maintenance
Petition for light at corner of Fox and Main Streets, at a cost
of 045.00 per year. Same ordered.
Petition for light at Bergan and Johnson Streets, at a cost of $45
per year. Same ordered.
Re -location and installation of lights in West Section of City at.
an additional cost to the City of $342.00 per year.
City Engineer filed partial estimate #7 for Trunk Sewer Improvement
on Rex Street, Cushing and Van Buren Streets, in accordance with the terms of
the contract between the ity of South Bend, jndiana and A. Spadoni, contractor.
Board signed and approved same in the amount cif $1718.27..
City Engineer filed plans and specifications and Board adopted the
1 following numbered Resolutions:
Pavement on Brookfield Street from Washington Avenue to Lincoln
Way ffest, under Improvement Resolution #1620.
Pavement on Phillippa Street from Division Street to New Jersey
Illinois and Indiana R.R., under Improvement Resolution #1619'.
.Board hereby okders that notices of the above named resolutions be
sent property owners and that same be published in The News Times and Tribune
on the 18th day of March and on the 25th day of March,,and the Board at its
office in the City Hall on April 14, 1926, will hear and receive all persons j
interested in said resolutions or affected by said proceedings. i
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In the matter of the petition for paving Logan Street from St.Jo-
seph River Bridge to Jefferson Road, the Board
finds no objection to paving
same and is willijng to make this improvement in
Mishawaka
a joint resolution with the
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Board of Public Works, provided that
same can be done under the spe-
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cifications adopted by this Board, which do not
include Vibrolithic Concrete,
Claims amounting to 04,694.19 as evidenced
by vouchers #1999 to
#2025 inclusive, approved and signed.
Engineering Department Pay Roll
303.87
Street & Alley Pay Roll
1,611910
Street Repair Dept. Pay Roll
402.50
Garbage Department Pay Roll
1,173.65
Cemetery Department Pay Roll
154.00
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Frederick Post Co.
21.21
City Water Works.
63.60
Geo. W. chock
57.70
Edwards ron Works
88,50
Mirror Press, Inc.
24.00
Geo. A. Fulmer
50.00
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Ellsworth's Store
9.75
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G. E. Meyer & Son
1.04
South Bend Coal & Wood Co.
8.25
Taylor Tire Shop
340.60
South Bend Awning Co.
3.50
Jos. DeWiilde
23.18
Chicago Fire Rose Co.
12.96
4,09
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Jos. DeWilde
OSBrien Varnish Works
9.99
8.11
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.
112.64
Ray Bradburn
46,00
Tuesday, March.16, 1926 .(continued)
Henry Electric Shop 30,00
Holycross & Nye 1.25
Street & Alley Pay Roll 151.20
South Bend Blue Print Supply Co. 8.50
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Continued hearing on the assessment roll for Vacation No.I05 set for
April I3th., I926.
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Tuesday, March 23, 1926
Board met in regular session at'9!15-A.M.' All members present..
Minutes of meeting held March 16, 1926 read and approved.
Board signed contract with Van Trump Testing Laboratory for
testing asphalt mixtures for year 1926.
Upon the recommendation of ','dm. F. Aualls, the Board approved
the following petitions for lights:
Light at the corner of Napoleon Street and St. Louis Blvd., at
a cost of $45.00 per year. Same ordered.
Light in 1300 block on Johnson Street near fire hydrant., Same
ordered, at a cost of 045 per year.
Board approved the petition dated -March 22, 1926 from Indiana
Bell Telephone Co., for placing poles and anchors in certain districts as shown
on accompanying blue print.
Board approved grades for the follwoing Streets:
`Nilson Ave., Washington Ave., North line of Colfax Ave., South
line of hots 65 & 66 in Jefferson Heights Addition., Southeast and southwest cor-
ner McKinley Street.
Engineer signed assessment roll for pipe sewer on Sunnymede
Avenue from 18th Street to Harriet Street under Improvement Resolution J1580.
In the above matter the Board hereby orders that property
owners be advised that said assessemtn roll was filed and final estimate allowed
and that said Board, at its office in the City Hall at 7:15 P.Iv. on April 14th,
1926., will hear all persons affected by said proceedings.
Board approved the plat of dlhitcomb and Keller's Third Sunny-
mede Addition with the following dedication:
DEDICATION
I_ The annexed plat is a plat jof Whitcomb & Keller's Third Sunny-
merle Addition to the.City of South Bend, St. oseph County, Indiana, and is com-
pose& of a tract of land in the Southwest Qyarter of Section 7, Township 37 North,
Range 3 East, which tract is bounded on the Borth by the Grand Trunk Western Rail-
road and on the west.by Eddy Street, on the South by Mishawaka Avenue, and on the
East by Harriet Street; excepting a tract of land sold to the School City of South
Bend, which is recorded in Deed Record 191, page 440; also except Whitcomb & Keller
Second Synnymede, which is recorded in Plat Book 12, page 20; and also except the
proposed right-of-way of the Grnd Trunk 'Western Ra-lroad more fully described in
their action for Appropriation of Land in the St. .oseph County Circuit Court No.2,
i Cause No. 2795.
it The alley between lots 704 and 705 shall be the dividing line
between Wall Street and Emerson Street. The line between Lots 764 and 765 shall be
the dividing line between Wall Street and Chester Street.
Fddyt Street has been widened ten feet on the east side making
its total width 80 feet; Mishawaka Avenue has been widened 20 feet on the north
. side making its total width 90 feet.
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