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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/05/1922 Board of Public Works Special Meeting MinutesWednesday April 5th., 1922, Board met in special sewsion at 9:00 A.M. All members present. City Civil Engineer filed all tabulation of bids received for improvements Tuesday April.4th.9 1922 and the Board awarded the contracts as follows:- Grade, curb and walk on Bowman Street from C151de Street to Kline Street awarded to H. N. Barnes at0......00..43,336.98 Grade, curb and walk on Brookfield Street from Werwinski Street to - Lincoln Way West awarded to H. N. Barnes at ... .$ 1,955.10 a Grade, curb and walk on Donald.Street from Leer Street to E. Line of Kline Street awarded to H.,L. Davis at.........03.532.95 Grade) curb and walk.on Donald Street from E. Line of Kline Street to Sappson Street awarded to H. N. Barnes at ..... S 3,321.90 Pipe sewer on Dubail Avenue From Leer Street to lst, alley East of Clyde Street awarded to Gee. A. Harrop at ........ $ 2,152.15 The following notice was approved b the Board and the Clerk instructd to send same to the Wel.sbach Street Lighting Company of Chicago, Illinois by mail. South Bend, Ind. April 5,1922 Welsbaeh Street Lighting Company of America. Pe®paes Gas Lighting Blsg. Chicago, Illinois. Gentlemen: - You are' hereby notified :that your contract with the tit'y of South Bend Indiana, executed by its Board of Works April 23'rd. 1917 will terminate April 30,1923, at midnight, and that said contract will•not be renewed nor said services continued after that date, L. B. SLAUGHTER L. P. HARDY v ALBERT F. HONER • BOard of Public Works of the City of u South Bend, The following agreement signed by R. R. Smith of the Chicago, South Bend $c Northern Indiana Railway �ompany for -Michigan Street pavement was approved by the Board. • South Bend, Indiana. • 'Tuesday April 4th. 1922. Board_ of Public Works, City of South Bend,, South Bend, Indiana. ' Dear Sirs: - This letter wi11 confirm the verbal understanding between the Board of Public Works and the Chicago, South Bend & Northern Indiana Railway Company in regard to the paving of South M#chigan Street from a point 40 feet north of Fairview Street to Donmeyer Avenue. on account of the new condition created by the surrender of the Railway Company's franchises, whereby the railway Company is relieved of the necessity of paying for that portion of the pavement between its rails, and for one foot outside ofits rails, the Railway Company has.agreed titb the Board of Public Works as follows: First; The Railway Company at its expense, will lay a new track in the center of the street from a ill also 40 thefeet curveofrom the eenter ofof Fairview reet to Michiganakaide StreetSleading The Railway Company y into Oakside, Street. Second: The abutting property ewners will pay for the cost of the pavement exactly tly the same basis as if there were no track in the street. i Third: Any additional cost of.the pavement Which is caused by the location of the railway track in the street, over and above what the cost would be 3f there were no tract in the street, is to be btrme by the Railway Company . the last paragraph In explanation of it is understood that if any additiond concrete is needed to suppport the track of the Railway Company, that ext a concrete is to be paid for by the Railway Company. Also if a brick pavement t laid 4k pave the rails and for one foot on the outside of the rails, and pro�-ide this brick pavement rose more per square yard than the pavement on the balance of the street costs per square the yard, then the difference between the cost ofst a bar34ckanrthe pavement onnetKerbalance ve ent on he balance of t e street p Q tie street, per square yarg is to be paiyh�a�lwayCompany.�, the street Fourth: An re airs to the pavement in the portlen occupied by the track of he �ailway Company, caused by yy the improper installation ®f the track, or by the working of the rai s is sto bedpaid by ,the Rh lwayrequostythat the We are forwarding this letterP Board of Public Works approved one copy and return the same to us for our files. Yours very truly, APPROVED 92222 CHICAGO, SOUTH BEND & NORTHT`RN INDIANA ��3ARD 8' PIIBLI G WORKS, RAILWAY COMPANY L, BY R. R. SMITH 2neAVirPres. & I Wednesday April 5th., 1922. Continued. 47 City -Engineer filed estimated costs as follows. - Grade, crb and walk on Wilber St from Longley Avenue to Linden Avenue at ............. 49,036.00 Grade, curb and walk on Catalpa Avenue from Bruce Street to Calvert Street.at............$ 1,103,00 The following resAutions were adopted': STREET OR ALLEY IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NC. 961. Be It Res©lved by the Board of Public Werks of the City of South Bend, St. Joseph County, State of Indiana, that it is desired and deemed necessary to improve Michigan Street from Donmeyer Avenue to the south City Limits as follows, to -wit: - The street shall be graded and a strip twenty-four (24) feet wide in the ,center of -,the street shall be paved, also the roadways of certain portions of the streets and alleys which enter or intersect said street shall be graded and paved. The paving material to be used in making said improvement shall be Portland cement concrete nine (9) inches thick in the center and seven (7) inches thick at the sides, Sheet Asphalt, Bitulithie Asphaltic concrete or brick, and the foundation.shall be-portland cement concrete six (61 inches t c for the Sheet Asphalt, bitulithic, aspphaltic concrete and brick,: or rolled gravel si: J6) inches thick for the brick; storm wafer inlets and conduits shall be constructed where necessary; all manhole tops and storm water inlets shall be set to the proper grade; marginal curb shall be constructed on each side of -the twenty four (24) feet -,strip and at all street and alley intersections where necessary, all as is more particularly shown and all in accordance with the plans, profiles, detail drawings and specifications on file in the.dffice of the Department of Public Works of'the City of South Bend, Indiana, The cost of the improvement heroin provided .ftr; 1:cr�%: atreet and alit int�s�q�y �itlt be A y� special assessment to be levied upon the property specially DerAed;: to ;the amount th t t� atame may ally assessed therefor, in accordance wtfh an Act of ihe Qener,�1 AsselVy of, the staid. o#--- jndlana4 Wid" "An Act Concerning Municipal Corporations," 'approved March $ ItOk `and S# #000rdia" #h Ud 1 t%4 Provisions of all actsamendatory anal.supple:aental thereto., The cost of all street and al%7 itltersgetfons, 1pelndfng one-half of the width of the tmprovemmt s'pvon s is street and alleys which run into, bzct do not press said roadway herein proposed to.;be` improved &Mthat pa:+aon of such street or alley abutting u?oca property belonging to said City, or upon property not vajaot to oue'i se_ €sment, shall be paid by the City in cash out of its general fund, if able to do so,or from a fund cro- ated by a s acid as=ess=ent to be Levied under the p a -iricnfa of Section IO8 of the above entitled Act As-^ s eats of ten dollars and more ag2ir_st' e ch lot, if deferred; `are to be. paid in ten equal annual in- stallments, wY.h interest at the rate of Sig per coat per anaum. A. lioild or bonds will be issued to the c:oa- t-n=�ctor'to the amount of such deferred ass zsats in pro rata, payriept for such imprcrement. Under no ci sung n es sh .li t' e city of South B-n. d b,% or be head- respannible for any eu-at or sums due from said property owner or o­: �­�s for said work; or for the collection of the same, -'or for the payment of any Dond, bonds, certificzte or ea is .sCates, 'ued to said c, -tractor in payment `or siaci� work except for such mca,ys as shall have actually been received by the City from the a,._-;, s_nents for such improvement, or such Lnc_aya as said City is by :aid entitled Act and-rd­ient and 'suppiements thereto` required to pay: All prcc,�cdings had, and work dcaa in the malbag of said i -. �D_overaent aszc=nent of property, collection of A.s- e__ acnts and issuance of bonds th^_refor, shall be as p.oYidcd for in said above e-titled Act, and Acts adead-' t' of?y t:zorcof and sup lc ^ Ztal tl'taroto. 1.. t I� R-THMR RESOLVED, That � of P2N:� WGPALs r t e.....�s........... , dAy Ct . Ayr : ►, e n t s .... at tt a hour of T: 5 P. My at ttto a of t1ke rat of .' b111t W-k Rt Ods ty, @4 #\11 a tt ^n Ind plate for the,9ublic ec- ''n :tion of'sAid pro,_,Cd imp, .O t at said rigid U F'bii® Wafts will 4 r ali,pz: n^s ihtcr a ed, or whc e property is jj�abjo to be rl for t_-=ei } aFgve _at, Ord will, decido whether the bcnefits to the property 11116 to be os ci sod for said x .�Eu,.: _.,Ytt Pliq 1T i� fl ' '. n4t3LVEM, T#.�t notice of the time and plgee of s-ych public co fag ation ;� b- 1 96 1? � 1 d e lR .. •s• Pm my Doti oft ..�o t'ion s-h—ni1 be pubLmliiad oa the.. th day of.. pri .. 142 d tn...TV i. in the South Bend D& eat imes & Tribune. Adopted a ..s..5#,h............ y d......... 1922......... �D.a BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. L. B. SLAUGHTER L. P. HARDY Attested:- ALBERT F. HONER. V;renica C. Sweeney Clerk of the Board. 's ril 5th.. 1922. Continued. LOCAL SEWER IMPROVEWEN'T RESOLUTION NO. 962. Resolved by the Beard of Public Works of the City of South Bend, County of St. Josoph, State of Indiana, That the construction of a local. sexor... intended and adapted onlX for local use by the property holders whose property abuts thereon and not intended or adapted for receiving sewerage from collateral drains, be and tie same is hereby ordered JnL and along Rush Street from -the First. Ali.ey south of Haney Avenue to a point 62 feet south of the center of the alley south of Haney Avenue as fellows, towit:.. Beginning at the intersection of the center line of Rush. Street with the center line of the first alley south of Haney Avenue; thence south along the center line of Rush Street to a point 62 feet south of the center of the First Ailey South of Haney Avenue with a ten (10) inch vitrified pipe sewer, togethr with the necessary manholes storm water inlets, conduits and house connections to the curb line along the line of said improvement, all as is more particularly shown and all in accordance with the plans" profiles, detail drawing, and specifications on file in the Office cif the Department of Publle Werks of the City of South Bend, Indiana.. =ted ff_-61 Ajwq' With all its appartaua>1cC4 81411 be Constructed in aceo-three with 04°`proi4lo_: and apeeift"tions Bow 02 $lgiyilg the ®�� a aA the 73Mpt Mee t ai Prh2ic wor s of id City. The' eCCst c? r aid !to*ez&ex`t sbr.0 1r A®rt�4pe� main t a-p'd paid by tho, P.o erty holders wbn,e orope- attitttss ihtfrecoa and. upon the City of #hp City is bene ted by e .� rovoment, all ; .,cordi g to Lo zne'-brR was manner proviAad for t $1 Act oS ilp';401beral Assembly of t,o S.: �Q of Indiana e ti_ d `An Act Coat : "-. g Ixtu �?1 Corporations," sA.ptdt d 'llt rGh 6,' 1005, As,es;;._ents. if d,3ferteo. _ F, t� be pK.d 'n tea eor..�l �aa1 .s� RllmenBa, with in- t r3i® ©L Sic pFr cesxt rer a.unvn a' . A- l:ond or bn :ds Shall be i 3 a 1 to the contractor in payment fP3' Bttgh work, t;nlsss the P` ono *y cam : yes ,,:; y said r r,u cs �g :re OWhazd or bonds are issued. Under no a rouLmotiincei iiiall the laity of south Bard be or irr .; is responsible for any" sum or. sums due from said prop- ortj"0W lef -4r 'o7,me s for .,,d wopk or fo teat. c ileetlon of sa-^e. Cr f(lr VIA- navment of anv bond or bonds, eertiflea'o (il` restifCates, lssl'zed to 4:!d cortAac°or in P=,v„(-trt for snrn w0rir e5c,e1)t for such moneys as sball have •bBeP aetiaally rece'.ved by the CJlty f­)m t§e asse- :n_ mts for such improve,jauat, or such moneys as sald city is by se,s� Bove ei i+l,d Act renuir- d to pay. All nroceedings kad, and w6rk done in the making of said xn l prp ogzl+, ac�s�r_ ant of orm)erty, collections of ass:ssxnents and issuance of bonds therefor, shall be as provm fnx° lw yid a'bo e 'tl � a ct. of this resole *: n i' a;I�1 d on t4e__ - ,y of -------- _____A zril_._19 d as e 3 t.- y of. ......- .3i' ............... !--------- iu tl2e South Bend Da, a will gibe a ,�`�� bearlas Pt, this, r�x ego at its oco in the City F3:3.11 on tlsc3..___..G�_�i.a_.. 16......::..; rat-'7:15a F. M. 492, this _._......�th�... .day at............A�3�-ja,...��'�.- ...»....., 19.... Attested:- Veroni-ca Clerk BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. I.L. B. SLAUGHTER L. P. HARDY ALBERT F. HONER C. Sweeney. of the Board. MWMIMA 5WO R Clerk of the"Boar / r , �►' .r-