HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/10/1923 Board of Public Works Minutes63
Board met in regular session at 7:15 P,M. All members present.
Hearing had on Resolution for pipe sewer on Sibley Avenue from
from Brookfield Street to Wilber Street, under Improvement Resolu Lion No.'1058. In
the City of South Bend, Indiana,
Upon said hearing property owners appeared and objected to
water, standing.in the gutters, but; no written remonstrance was filed. The Board
being fully adv,i,sed in the Ipremises, decides that the benefits to porperty liable to
be assessed for said improvement are.equal to the estimated cost of thee same, as
reported by the city Civil Engineer, an thereupon takes final action on said resoltt
tion as originally adopted and the same -is hereby in all things, ra-tified, confirned
and approved.
Resolved further, that notices be published on the
Hearing had on assessment roll and final estimate. for pipe
sewer on Sibley Avenue from Brookfiled Street to Wilber Street, under Improvement,
Resolution No. 1058. In the City of South Bend, Indiana.
In the above matter property owners P P y appeared befitre the Board
and objected to water standing in the gutters, tut aorwritten remonstrance was 'filed
The Board therefore find that the property assessed in zid roll filed December
19th.0 1922 is benefitted in the amount of a nO a$ Shown-1en,;said roll; -and
the Board further find that the assessment roll filed December loth., 1922 and the�,t
final estimateallowed December l9th., 19 22 should be and the same are hereby in
all things ratified, confirmed and approved.
City Engineer requested to notify the Street Commissioner to
open up inLens and catch basins,
Contract of Iaaac Van Trump for asphalt inspection for the
year 1923 was approved by the Board as follows: -
Chicago, Ill. January % 1923,
Hon, Board of Public Works,
City Hallo
South Bend, Indiana.
Gentlemen: -
We hereby offer to test and inspeet,'in the same intelligent and
scientific manner as heretofore, the asphalt paving awarded for construction_ in
your city during the year 1923 on the same basis as last, year, vis: Two and one-
half (2 ) cents per square'yard for axe course asphaltic eonerete'pavement, and thre
three (3) cents per square yard for two course sheet asphalt pavement. The Engineer
final measurements to govern.
The character of —our' service will be similar in every respect to that
rendered in the past. In Addition, should you desire any change or modification
to your present asphalt specifications we will perform that service without addition
al compensation. In fact,., any service we can reader toward the success of your.
1923 improvements will be yours for the asking.
This proposal is merely a renewal of our Qrrmageeient with your City of
Cast year and, imposes no obligation on your city in the event that no asphalt
Paving is awarded during the present year. We trust this will meet with your
early acceptance, in which Vvent your signature on the attached duplicate copy
will. be sufficient.
Very truly yours,
Accepted: Jan, 10,1923. VAN TRU P TESTING LABORATORY
-L. B. SLAUGHTER BY I"SAAC VXN TRUMP
L. P. HARDY
ALBERT F. HONER
Board of Public Works.
Street Messrs. W. D. Cass Jr. and S. S. Butabach of South High
appeared before the Board an filed written remonstrance against Fox Street
Pavement west from the intersection of High Street to Studebaker Park Golf Links.
Same considered and resolution ordered only to High Street,
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Wednesday January loth., 1923. Continued.
r Petition filed for grade, cu and walk on Clyde Street from Indiana
Avenue to Ewing Avenue.Q Resolution ordered:
The City Engineer submitted the list.of.property owners in the matter
of an appropriation of certain property, under Condemnation Resolution No. 67 as shown
on Page.-592 of this record No. 10,-for the.Widening of'Sorin Street at Notre Dame
Avenue, in the City of South Bend Indiana, which list includes the names of.the
owners -and holdera of property and of interests sought to be taken or benficially
or injurious.ly,affected, and the description of the several pieces of property which
is affected by said appropriation proceedings.
Thereupon theBeard proceeded to award the damages sustained and toe
assessed the benefits accruing to each piece of property on said roll.
It was thereupon, moon motion duly made and seconded and unanimously
adopted, resolved that said list, together with the amount of benefits and damages
and the benefice and net damages therein set forth as the several parcels, nt land be
adapted and that the respective amount of benefits contained in said lisp, be and are
hereby -;assessed against the setreral tracts of land as specifically set forth in said
list be and are hereby awarded to the several tracts+of land as specifically set forth
in said list, and that net benefits or net damages, ss the ease may be as to the
respective tracts of land, contained in said list ara hereby awarded or aslsessed, as
the case meal b� as to the said several tracts of land.
The Board hereby further sets off the benefits and damages each against
the ether where both benefits.and damages are assessed, against the same piece -of
property, tracil, or land or inie.rests, and hereby fixes the said respective not
benefits as the amount that khall be paid by the respective owners -as benefits and
further hereby fixes, the respective net damages as to the several tracts as the
amount that shall be paid to the owners of the respective tract as damages.
Thereupon, upon motion duly made and seconded and unanimously adopted t
the 7ch. day of March 1923 at 7:15 P.M. was fixed as the day on which this Bard will
receive or hear remonstrances from persons with regard to the amount of their respec-
tive awards or assessments, and the Clerk of this Board was instructed to proper and
cause to be duly and legally given, notices to the owners of each parcel of property,
showing the amount of the assessment or awards, with a desetition of the property
affected, and the date of said hearing:
The fallowing claims were approved: -
So. Bend Supply Co..84
So. Bend Tribune 91.08
The Herr & Herr Co. 2.60
° Ind. & Mich. Elec. Co, 121.28
Staples & Hildebrand CO. 392.21
So. tend Spring W. & C. Co. 2.40
Avenue Shoeing Shop 42.50
Zeltner Hdwe Co. 8.46
C. A. Thompson w45.00
Dan R. Lents Co. ° -19.90
Elliott & Elliott 25.00
John B. Haberle 1.50
W. R. Hinkle `9.90
National Heating Co: 131.73
C. A. Thompson 24.00
° W. R. Hinkle '20.14
v The Sp.LBend Exchange 22.50
' National Heating Co. 32.52
Clines Blacksmith Shop 28.50
Clines Blacksmith Shop 194.50
Ludwig Auto Supply Co. .75
S. E. Weaver 134.89
F. M. Patity 15.40
Indiana Petroleum Co. .80
F. C. Reimold Co. 25.17
D. C, Layton St. Com. 42.00
J. C. Lauber 12.55
Indiana & Mich. Elec. Co. 3.92
Hagedorn & Webster 2.45
Attested:.
Clerk of the Board.