HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/23/1919 Board of Public Works Minutes32�
Board met in regular sess ion at 10i 00 A.M. All members present.
yor F. R. Cars on and F. J. Anders on C it Engineer, present.
Re prose ntati ivies of the New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois Railroad
Co. ( Mr. Ballard, Mr. Hines, Attorney Jones and Crabill, )represent0ives of the
Studebaker Corporation ( Mr. Sherman, Mr. Cotter, W. Lippincott) and other
Interested parties appeared before the Board and took up with th& Board and d isccused
with them the matter of the proposed Industrial ;Spur, and Switch of the New "Jersey,
Indiana and fIllinmis Railroad to the Studebaker 'Corporation factory. mr. Sherman
of Studebaker 's Corporation explained to the Board the necessity of this industrial
spur and. switch, and it was decided after 'd iseuss ing this matter with different
members of the Railroad Company and the Studebaker Corporation, that a trip be made
by the Beard to investigate the same. The date for making said trip was set for
the afternoon at 1:30 P.M. December 26th.1,1919.
Henewa 1 of exvacat ion bond of L. E. Albright for $1000, 00
Dollars a ppr oved by the Board.
Renewal: of J. H. Hawblitsel excavation bond for the sum of
1, 000. OODollars w,,s approved by the Board. r
Petition filed for a sewer on Wakewa, .Avenue from Lafayette
Street to Iroquois Street. Same read and placed on file.
The following assignment was approved by the Board.
ASSIGNMENT.
This Agreement, made mad by and between the Western Construction
Company "of the City of Mishawaka County of St. Joseph, in the State of Indiana,
party of the first part, and the White Construction Company a corporation organised
and existing under the laws of the State of Wisconsin and located in the City of
Milwaukee, party of the second part:-
WITNESSETH: -
AS , the said party of the first part haft made and entered
into a contract with the City of South Bend, for the improvement of Birner Street,
from Alleg Str*et to Blaine Avenue, under Improiement &solution No. 674. In the
C it y of South Bend, Indiana. j
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WHEREAS, it has been proposed that the said part of the f irst
part assign said contract to said party of the second part, upon re-ce iving consent in
wr it ing of th � ' boa d of Pub 1 ie Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana.
NOW THEREFORE, said part y of the first part does hereby` se11,
assign and -set Over onto the said party of the oeond part, its usceesors and assigrm
thesaid contract, and all rights and interests thereinggivea to or required by the
said party of the first part, together with the right to receipt all paymfnts nd
compensation for work done _ . by said contract, herein provided to be paid, with full
.�avaer and aut4ority to give proper rwceipU and acquittances therefor, either in the
name of the party of the first part or of the party of the second part.
In Cons iderat ion of proULIUM the party of the second part agrees
to perform the work -prov ided to be done by the arty of the f irst. part in said contract
in the way and . manner therein provided, and to - ssuze all the 1 iab it ities and obligations
assumed by or imposed upon the party of the fir t part in said contract, and to relievs
the said party of the first part of all reopens iities therefor.
This agreement is cond tioned and shall become operative
only when the consent in writing to the making b. roof oho l.1 have been given and
ndorsed thereon by the said Board of Public We ke.
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IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the. said Parties of the first part and seebud
parts `' have caused their presents to be signed by S4s President and counterw isned
Vy its Secretary and seeied *ith its corporate seal, at the City of Milwauxoe,
this 23rd. day of December 1919. a
THE WESTERN CONSTRUCTION CO.
Ili PRESENCE OF FRE'D RANKERT .
VeroAiea C. Sere*ne-y, THE WHITE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
A. W. WHITE
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