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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/25/1923 Board of Public Works MinutesJuly 25t1a. 1923..Continued. Mr. C. Lentz appeared before the Board in regard to notiee seen for moving of gasoline pump off Of City property at 602 South Michigan Street, The Bee,rd ,granted thirty. day extension: Representativw of the Standard Oil Company appeared befee the B9a4rd and requested. permisslomlwto ehange19ea ton of the sidewalk so as a driveway could be made possible at their service station at the corner of 7th._Street and Mishawaka Avenue, The Board granted permission and request°# that the Standard Oil Company give a deed to the City for a ten foot strip of their property on Mishawaka Avenue for the widening of said Mishawaka Avenue, Same agreed to, Board approved of the Williston Censtruetion Company putting in the intersection of Van Buren Street and Harrison. Avenue by resufacing sass with the Harrison Avenue pavement improvement at the rate of $1.60 per sq. yd Same to bepaid out of Street intersections. Partial estimate allowed Hoban & Reach on the Miner Street pavement improvement from St, Peter Street,toNetre Dame Avenue,at. 2,229.34 Partial estimate No 1 allowed Hoban &Roach for the pipe sewer on Crescent Avenue from Hill Street to St, Louis Blvd, at ... $627.48 / Partial estimate No, 2 for the pipe sewer on Bertrand Street r/ from Olive Street to H•hnsoh Street allowed Gust F. Santry Company at $1548.4 / Partial estimate No, lforothe pavement on Ee'kman Street from V Michigan Street to Fellows Street allowed to H. N. Barnes at....$20,777.34 a Partial estimate allowed H. N. Barnes for grade, curb and walk on Colfax Avenue from Sunnyside Avenue is West line of Sunnyside Manor at.,.......�6es.41 Partial estimate allowed H. N. Barnes for grade, curb and walk on. Colfax Avenue from E. Line of Sunnyside Manor to west line of Sunnyside Manor at,,.....$6,093.31 Partial estimate approved for H. N. Barnes for grade, curb and V walk'on Jace b Street from Washington Avenue to McKinlly Avenue at.$ 59438.30 Partial estimate No. for grade, curb and walk on Harriet Street from Jefferson Blvd. to McKinley Avenue allowed H. N. Barnes at .............$ 5,526.70 Partial estimate s ed Sheets and Canfield for Trunk sewer on Lafayette Street from La Salle Avenue tiv Division Street at..$3,491.15- Board ordered the Contractors the Indiana Construction Company to round off the corner of the southwest -corner of Horatio Court and Lafayette Blvd. also southeast corner of Horatio Court and Park Avenue, and Northwest corner of La Monte Terrace and Park Avenue. Same to be paid by the City. Plat of Walnut Addition approved -by the City Blanning Board on the 19th. day of July 1923 Was approved this 25th. day of July 1923 by the Board with the fallowing dedications WALNUT SECOND ADDITION. The annexed plat is a plat of Walnut Second Addition to the City of South Bend, St. Joseph.County, Indiana, and comprises the following' described treat of land, topwit:- A tract of land twenty-eight and one half (2e6,15) reds in width from east to west taken off of and from the east side of the east one-half (j) of the southeast one -quarter (A) of seebton fifteen (15) Township thirty-seven (37) north of Range two (2) east, that lies south of Indiana Avenue and north of Prairie Avenue in the City of South Bend, and being that part of lot No. Two (2) lying south of Indiana Avenue as shown on the plat of the partition of said land between the heirs of Emily Perkins deceased, made by order of the St. Joseph Circuit Court at its May term 1889, a transcripts of said order of partition and a copy of said.plat were recorded in the Recorder's office of -said County June llth,, 18899, in Partition" Deed Record Vol . 1 at page 134, to which xk1 reference is here- by made for greater certainty of description, excepting and reserving therefrom one (1) sere more or less in the southw st corner thereof at the point of intersection of the east pine of Section fifteen (15) with the north of Prairie Avenue; thence north on said east line of section twenty (20) rods; thence west, eight (8) reds; thence south on a line parallel with said east line of said section until it strikes said Prairie°Avennue; thence northeasterly with the line of said read to the place of beginning. The plat contains eighty-three (83) lots -numbered -from sixty-one is one.hundred forty --throe (61-to 143) inclusive. The size of the lots and the width of streets and alleys are marked on the plat in feet and decimals thereof. The streets and alleys are hereby dedicated to the public for use as public highways, 'In Witness Whereof, the said James Oliver, Second, Gertrude Oliver Cunningham, Joseph D, Oliver, Jr., and Susan Catherine Oliver; Trusteet under a deed of trust from Joseph D. Oliver, have caused their named to bee hereuntosubscribed by -the hand of Joseph D. Oliver Attorney in fact for said Trustees, on this 24th, day of July., 1923, y JAS. OLIVER, TRUSTEE G. 0. CUNNINGHAM SUSAN CATHERINE OLIVER BY JOS. OLIVER# . . Atty, in fast# STATE OF INDIANA. ) COUNTY OF ST. JOSEPH ) SS Personally appeared before me a Notary Public in and for said County and State Joseph D. Oliver, attorney-in-faet for the Trustees under a Deed of Trust from Joseph D, Oliver and ono behalf of said Trustees acknowledged the executiob of the forgoing plat, Witness my hand and Notarial seal this 24th. day of July 19230 My Commission expires Notary Public APPROVED July 25,1923. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS BY L. B.- SLAUGHTER 'President;, Contracts were awarded as follows: - Grade, curb and walk on Kessler Blvd,-- from Marquette Blvd, to North line of Portage Heights Addition to the Highways Improvement Company at..900,0$976.42 Grade, curb and walk on Medora Street from Keller Street to south line of Morris Park Addition to the Indiana Construction Co.....3847,50 Grade, curb and walk on Vassar Avenue from Brookfield Street to College Street to H. N, Barnes at ......... $1,054.98 • _ Grade, curb and walk on Vassar Avenue from College Street to Adams Street anlatd rejected above the estimate. Grade, curb and walk on South side of Kellen Street from W. Line of Morris Park to Indiana Construction Company_ at,..:,.,$55495 Sewer on Walnut Street from Indiana Avenue to Prairie Avenue to I, W. Staples at ..... ,..=.$3,742,90 Sewers on North Shore Drive, Marquette Avenue, Parkovash Avenue from Iroquois Street toParkevash Avenue from Iroquois Street to Parkovash Avenue and Parkovash Avenue from Iroquois Street; to Marquette Avenue to Gust F. Santry Co, at.... , ...06,23600 Sealer on Vassar Avenue from Diamond Avenue to-1 4 feet west of*the west line of Cleveland Avenue to Gust.F. Santry Co at,.,.,,A75,35 -43 inch water connections on Yukon Avenue from Portage Avenue to Riverside Drive awarded to Joe A. Luther at,,........l11.78 inch water eenneot.ions on Wayne Street from Eddy Street •ter St. Louis Blv , to Joe A. Luther at., ,,$317,00 inch water connections on Jackson Street from *Division Street to New Jersey Indiana & Illinois Ry. Xo. to Joe'A. Luther at....,$249.15 inch water connections on Corby Street from St. Louis Blvd. to South Bend Avenue to Nm. H. Burke a ;......$6144.75 2 _ Engineer filed assessment soli and final.estimato for pipe sewer on Califernia Avenue from Lawndale Avenue to Sansone Avenue under Improvement Resolution# Ito. 1150. -In. the City of South Bend, Indiama. Resolved that notices as to the assessments be published on the day of July,1923 and on the day of August 1923 stating that this Board will give a hearing on the amounts o% such assessments at its offiee in the City Hall on the day Of August 1923 at 7:15 P.M. Resolved further that the entire work under the above -contract be accepted and approved and the final estimate thereon allowed. 4 Engineer filed assessment roll and final estimate for pipe sewer on California Avenue from Diamond Avenue to Cleveland Avenue, under ;improvement Resolution No. 1181. IN the City of South Bend, Indiana. Resolved that notices as to the assessments be published on the day of July 1923 and on the daY of August 1923 in the South Bend Tribune and News Times, in said City, stating that this Board will ,give `a hearing on the amounts of sueh assessments at its office in 'the City Hall on the dq of August, 1923 at 7:15 P.M. Resolved further, that'the entire work under the above contract be accepted and approved and the final estimate thereon allowed. Engineer -filed ecali ;of, +awards !_okf.da ges and assessments of benefits under vacation Resolutian No. 75 for the Vacation of Donald Srreet from Fellows Street to Rush Street and the alley east of Fellows Street and Rush Street from Donald Street to the first alley north of Donald Street, in the City of South Bend, Indiana. The Board has ordered that notices of such awards of damages and assessments of benefits be served according to law, and that a hearing be had on the 17th. day of October. 1923 at 7:15 P.M. for the purpose of hearing and receiving objections of any persons interested in said matter. 10 This being the date set fv the deterred hearing on the Condemnation Resolution NO. 73 for the appropriation of a strip of land Sax four W) feet wide for an easement of Trunk sewer across Studebaker Tract . In this matter hearing deferred until Wednesday August 8th., 1923— at 7:15 P. M. The following communication received from A. D. Lewis Division Superintendent of, the. Indiana Bell Telephone Company as follows, which was approved: - South Bend, Indiana. July 23rd.11923. Board of Public Works, South Bend, Indiana. Dear Sir We have your letter of the 21st. inst., relative to dangerous condition at corner of Monroe Street and Felllows Street. We are arranging to guy this line temporarily to an electric company pe,Ze, and ,remove present anchor. This will take care of the dangerous condition temporarily which we are now guarading with a red ligkt lantern at night according to verbal in- Ri.ruetions from your Mr. Beaning, APPROVED JUL. 25,1923. BOARD •OF .PUBLIC WORKS BY L. B. SLAUGHTER President. Yours truly, INDIANA BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY A. D. LEWIS Division Superintendent. communication, received from A. D. Lewis of Indiana Bell Tel. Co. .stating that pole at .firs-4 .e,lioy ,g4gt of Lincoln Way East on South side of Bronson Street had been removed. Wednesday July 25th.,, 1923. Contitk4* Claims were approved as follows: - The Now edd Cranfill "Co. $.64 TAggart Preight & Transfer Co. 102.15 Frank Eash 2.05 Postmoste'r Hunter 4.00 La Sh11e Stag Bank 8.66 Frederiek Schafer Co. 8.25 A T. B. Duteh6r 34.50 y Attested:- ' Clerk of the Board,.