05/23/1916 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Board met 3n regular session at 10:00 A.M. All members present. Mr. A. H. Rice absent first half -of session Bids were received, opened and read fIr sidewalk, curb grading and gravel pavement on Logan Street from Leland Avenue to Scott Streets Bids were received opened and reach for grade, curb and walk on svth side of Ewing Avenue from Michigan Street to Carrolll Street, All referred to the. -City Civil Engineer for tabulation to be reported back May 23rd.,1.916 at 7:45 P.M. Concerning the improvement of they roadway of Eddy Street -from Je :ferson Blvd. to Mishawaka Avenue and Mishawaka Avenue from Eddy Street to bente.r :of Nineteenth Street with Asphalt, Asphaltic Concrete, Bithulithic, or brick in pursuance to Resoution No. 417, this being the day set for making the preliminary award desi,�;nating kind of pavement, the Board at 10:00 A.M. Tuesday May 16th,,1916 publicly opened read and considered all bids, and then continued their meeting to May 17th.91916 at 10:00 A.M. and then continued their meeting until May 23rd.1916 at 10:00 A.M, .Now on last named date the Board des ignated ' Sheet Asphalt as the kind with which said street is to be improved and fixes the 3rd. day of June 1916 at 10:00 A.M. as the time %ten petitions for changing the kind of pavement must be filed, and the Board hereby coninues this matter until the 3rd. day of June 1916 at 10:00 A.Y. On the day above kamed the Board will either pass on petitions let said contract or reject all bids. E. M. MORRIS A. H. RI CE JOHN B. WEBER Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana. Dated May 23rd.1916. Mr. H. A. Pershing appeared before the Board in' -'regard to petition for grade, curb and walk on Oakland Street from Mishawaka Avenue to Ruskin Street. The same was ordered referred to the City Enginer for a resolution . Contract for grading and gravel pavement on Pokgaon Street from Tecumseh Avenue to Michigan Central Ry. Company right of war awarded to H. L.. Davis: Bids were received opened and read for furnishings of the Park Board office and Bld.;. Department. The same were ordered tabulated and to be taken up Wednesday May Alth,1,1916. at 10:00 A.M. Communication received .;.'ror, the Clerk of the Board of Safety with Letter from Chief- Kerr attached, in regard to repa`.rs for the Leeper Park Boat House. The same was referred to the City Civil Engineer for investigation to be reported on at next Tuesday Or Wednesday morning at 10:00 A.M. May 30th. or 31st.19164 Certificate that Bond of Lut--er and Mcgrath of South Bend, Ind"-&na for One Thousand Dollars is continued, signed by the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. as surety, was riled by the Boara. Coaicerning the improvement of tPe roadway of Indiana Avenue fro: Prairie Avenue to Kemble Avenue in pursuance to re ti olut ion No. the Board find3 that no petition has been filed with said Board by a majority in nu;rber of the freeholders residing on said street to be improved requesting that it be improved with a different kind of pave- ment. +.1.qr t!ie kind heretofore adopted by the Bos.rd in its preliminary order; and the City,Engineer reports that W. B. Brady Const. Company is the lowest and best bidder for the kind of pavement heretofore adopted by the Board, and the Board find t:.hat said W. B. Brady Construction Company is the lowest ai.? best bidder and hereby lets the contract for said improvement to them, and orders that said improvement be made with Trinidad Lake Asphaltic Concrete and all proceedings heretofore had in this matter are hereby confirmed and ratified. BOARD OF PUBLIC _ WORDS. E. M. MORRIS A. H. RI CE Dated May 23rd.1916. JOHN B. WEBER