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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/09/1919 Board of Public Works Minutes. Hes.rd inPt in regular' session at 10: 00 9. M. All. members present. Bids were received opened and read on the following improve-- moms. Grade,, curb and walk on Beale.street, Bid of H. N. Barnes. Walk per sq. ft.......... .,. ..... ...�.1.5 curb per lin ft............:........... .33 Grading per cu. yd.......... .....,.. -.95 Grade curb and walk an Humboldt. Street. Bid of H. N. Barnes. Wtclk per sq'. ft.. ....... .145 :. curb per lin ft....................:... .32 . Grading per cu. yd... ............... .. .525 CTrade curb and -�mlk on California ..Avenue. Bid of H. IJ. Barnes. Walk per sq. ft................... . ...$.145 Curb per lin `_'t .. , .... .32 Grading pe.r cu. yd................. .. . .525 Grade curb and walk and pavement On Pianio id Avenue. B i(f of Whitcomb and Keller. .Walk Per sq. ft.........................14 curbing per 1 ir. i't ................ ...... . 32 Grading par cu. yd....... ............. .6* Asphaltic i concrete -pavement using Standard Maxiean per sq. yd............ 2.40 All of the above bids were referred to the City Civil Enginter to be reported or, at 7: 15, P.M. —sonesday September 10th. ,10.19. The City Fnoir.:*r filed the fell®Ring estimated costs of improvements. Grade, curb and walk nn M&in Street from Ewing Avenue to south lie. line of Woodside Street at .............. $18.466,600 Grade, curb and Tmlk on Beal* Street from Portage Av*nua to Kessler Blvd. at........................$2.415.00 . I Pavement on North SUDee Drive from Vichiggn Street to Leeper Avenue at ............. .................$2.240.00 Communication received from Ind. & Mich. Elec. Co. stating number of lights placed in August 1919 read and pl a_ced on 'file. Light ordered pla.cad on Linden Avenue and Birdsall Street as per roc omrn.tndaat ion of Th€os H. B*aring. T. H. Ec- ning -.ola and wire insneeter recommended a light be plac*d in the alley :vest of tha Laurel School to l ; ht the plagroung, also to have the trees trimmed an West Thomas Street from Chapin Str**t *est and let the lights hang low., so to light the streets. The matter of having trees tri.:med was referred to the Street Commissioner, also the minter of cutting down dead tree now at the southeast cornier of Lafayette Blvd. and Bartlett Street. The Board ordered a light placed as recommended. I" 171 t inued. dr. Harry 1. Wood and Mr. C. S. Xenndy Gen.' 1 Wgr. Indiana Miehigan Eleetrice CemDany,met with the Board in regard to. lighting Sys -torn iz 11arqua:tte, Park. The matter of ` lights was discussed bar the Board and with Pair. Kenndy of the ',_71ectr ie Co. and Mr. A. A. Food ,and trct matter'ef'ptying�for said lights mind the kind of light was also d iscussad. The °Board ` aid# ided `tLd±°ti submit a proPos ituen to the Boord 'of the kind and price ci lights widnted: ° _ .. ° . . ° . ° , ° ° , Dr. `V ug'nain °rivet `with thA ` is ord `o,r�d -presented $ plan for the vacating of a. eorndr of Beale St re1.i*jLnC_1'Xea�jlir �lv4a._ *The Board instructed Dr. Vaigham to bet a petition of the property ow ers°zQ°i%l�►ire said°cornar vacationanc3 present sametm the Board and action would then °be tak*n ° to stir° i °vaeat ion Proceedings. Csmunicat ion reef ivied ° frem°Rev. Jahn, Xubacki in regard to defective sidewalk on South Oliva Street, ire the vieinity of best Grace Street, caused by the sewer contractors whoa put sewors in in 1911 send ° 1g12. The Board or this matter referred to the _City Engineer,tp the amount of sidewalk and number of feet and report same to Caneerning- the- improvement. of thr , ondway of Navarre Street from Portage Avenue to Leland Avenue with- asnha1t° ,, asphaltie concrete, Bitulithic, eoncrets or brick,, pursuance to resolution Nm: the. B*4aPd finds that no petition has b,on filed with the .said Board by' & ma jer°ity, in• nui3foer oilthe froolhol,dgrs , ros iding on maid ;t_r et to be inpr®vied° req ae t'in� ` that° Yt` be` improved. with ar different kind of pavement than the kind heretofore ao®pto�l° by the" Bo%ril° 1h its preliminary order and the City Eng ir:eer reports that The Will Iist.an. Conjtruot ion Company is the ' owost and best bidder for the kind of pavement heret of ere iad op' ted by the Board and the Board find that s a id W13l.itton Construetien Cempa:nV' ,is the to ose and° b -st bidder and hereby lets tlZ* can — tree t for said improvement to, him, and orders_ the+�` said improvement be made with Trinidad Natural Lake Asphalt onerote a d all pr©coadings haeraeTefere had in this matter are hereby c onf i.ctr.►ed and as eat if ied . 30A.RD OF PIIi3LIC i OBKS. Attested: - Veronica C. Sweeney, Clerk of the Board. Dated this 10th., day of September 19L9. G. A. ELLIOTT HARVEY F. RO��STTISER 1' JOHN F. DJEHAV N Bill of L. H. Webster for payment for lowering sewer tap in froat of Goo. Tvyman Company stare ordered held up until sewer test is made. The Board ordered than bills of the central Union Telephone Company hald wo, on account of extra, amounts being charged.. This being the date set for rec a iv ing bids on Pipe sewer on Pokagen Street ftnn and alleys in Leeper's Proposed Add it ion from. Tecumseh Avenue to Alley west of Leeper Avenue, there being no bids received, the Board ordered the same advertised on the 20th., day of Se tember 1919 and on the 23rd. day 'of September 1919 in the South Bend Daily Tribune, bids to be received Tuesday October 7th. ,1919 at 10: 00 A.M. - r i 'The following cla.imh w6re'appreved by the. Board:. , Studebaker _ Car-OWaat ion.... .............. ..$25.00 United 'States Blue Print Ce.......... 10.29 Peterson Printing Co ...................... 1i.00 Keuffel.& Esser Ce ............5.94 P. C. Reim®ld &C®.....:...... ..... 3.40 Street and alley Dept. payroll.... ...... 70.65 Street and alley Dept. p&Yr®11... .1,543.00 Garbage Dept. payroll........:.:....:`... 514.05 W H. Staples... ............ ........ 6.00 Isaac s Van Trump ................ 267.46 n Unde wood- Typewr iter Co... :.... . , . , .. 2.00 i-dunic iu_ al Journal ..........:... .... �. 00 Joseph A. Luther ................. ... ... 13.75 Electric Service Co.........:..... Durfee Embalming Company 7.37 Brune De Peave ............................ 7.80 geerge Wyman company......:............... 7.50 Celip Brothers. ........... 21.50 Josenh R. Geed. :.................. ... 790.00 Indiana. Mich. Elec. Ce... ......... ..10.90 Indiana & Mich. Elec. Ce.. ;9 668 Peterson Printing Ce....................:.. 49•20 The Tribune Printing Ce..................... 333.53 Welsbaeh Street Lighting; Ce............. • 78.08 City Cemetery Dept.... .................... 181,20 } Street repair Dept..- :... 245.06 Peterson Printing Co...... .. ........... 22.85 t President. i