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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/19/1916 Board of Public Works Minutes25L Board net in regular. session at 10:00 A.M. Mr.A. H. Rice absent. ✓ Bids were received, opened and read for Grade, curb walk on Ninth Street from Pleasant Street to the St. Joseh River. Same referred to the City Engineer for -tabulation. 'The Clerk was instructed to refer the matter of moving the turn - table of the Michigan Central Ry. Company on Cedar. St. and also the flooringr of the viaduct over Leeper Avenue to the City Attorney for action. Mr. Vernon C. Hastings appeared before the Board and presented a proposed plat of the Shively estates along Ewing, Avenue and Calvert Street. No action taken. Clerk instructed to write to Mr. C. N. Chubb, Mgr. of the Northern Indiana Gas & Elec. Company and state that the Board expects to pave Eddy Street r/ and Mishawaka Avenue early in the Spring of 1917 and will insist that all under- ground work must be done this Fall, if for any reason that they cannot do this work this Fall to let the Board know at once. Bond and contract for Grade, curb and w&ILk on Washi-Igton Avenue from Sunnyside Avenue to Jacob Street under Improvement Resolution No. 461. signed by Hugh Anderson and approved by the Board.. Bond and contract for pipe.sewer on Push, Milton, Fellows, Columbia, Carroll Street Benton Court a-d St. Joseph Street from Calvert Street to St. Joseph River signed by De Pea--e & Coussens was approved by the Board. Bond and contract for pine sewer on Tecumseh Avenue from Pokagon Street to a point 15 feet north of the south line of lot 375 Hillcrest Addition, signed by De Pea,,e & Coussens, was approved by the Board. Bond and contract for sidewalk on west ide of Kemble Avenue from / 01:iver Street to Ewing Avenue signed by C. L. Headley and approved by the Board. The following communication received by the City Engineer was referred to the Bo: rd. . City Engineer office. Gent 1er_Zen: VII 1•r,,e Warner Bldg. S.E. Cor. Mich. & Wayne St. is supplied with water taps (3) on tdayne St. side and you are now putting in tap on Michigan St. contrary to my talk with water Supt. and all parties connected fiith the office. said tap will not be used and therefore an expense to me for nothing. The sewer you report at #5205 S. Mich. fit. (Lot 23 Martin's) 344.80 I fail to find tenants or neighbory tr°=L s ,�,, r" s•e"'er -.ut, i='.. Is thireanyway that I may know of this se,:-e r My neighbor J.M.. Sa-rtin 71-553 So. Mich. St next door to mine) states th^.t his sewer cost him 130.00 (private contract) to curb & �38.00 to building line. Yours truly, F. B. TARNER vinR?.ER BLDG. The Board o •dered that the above mentioned, taps be left as -.Ut in by the City. President. 253 Board met in regular session at 7:45 P.M. All members present. Hearing had on assessment roll and final estimate for Bituminous and Glutrin Filled Macadam Pavement on Beeper Avenue from Howard Street to Angella Avenue., under Improvement Resolution No. 405. In the City of South Bend, Indiana. In the above.matter remonstrators appeared and written remonstrances were_; .filed. Attorney V. Jon--3 of Howell Tones and Devine appeared ndpresenting property ovr�ers on said Street and objected to defQtve conditions of curb,�.walk and pavement on Leener Avenue from the Mfichigan Central viaduct to Angella Avenue. Mr. Adoph Mattes appeared and remonstrated,: -about defective sidewalk also tar being on sidewalk. Attorney G. A. Farabaugh appeared and remonstrated a,gaifttsaid improvement. The Board after due c ons 'derat ion�decided to c ontinue_:.sa�id hear ing until Tuesday September 26th. ,1915. at 7:45 '.M. They also informed said remonstrators that they would inspect the .said Leeper Avenue improvement before that time. The Board ordered that Mr. D. C. Layton, Street Commissioner be notified to repair intersection at the corner of Leeper Avenue and I?oiard Street, also to remove dirt left on pavement on Leeper Avenue also in gutters. H. N. Barnes, Contractor on Leeper Avenue improvement appeared and explained about pavement. Communications from the darter Realty Company addressed to Mr. Sam. Leeper, was filed with the Board. Telegram from A, J. Hammond remonstrating Against assessment f iled. Haaring had on assessment roll and final estimate for Pipe sewer on Bowman Street from Miami Street to East line of South East Addition, under Improvement Resolution No. 449. In the City of South Bend, Indiana. In the above matter remonstrators appea red but no written remonstrance ryas filed. The Board after due consideration decided to defer said hearing until Tuesday September 26th.91916. at 7:45 P.M. The Board informed the remonstrators that they would inspect said street before Tuesday Set. 26th.,1916. Hearing had on assessment roll and f ina,l estimate for pi-pe sewer on Fo:,: Street from St. Jose -oh Street to Fellows Street, under Improvement Resolution No. In the City of South Bend, Indiana. In the above matter a remonstrator appeared and remonstrated against as.ses3m,ent, but no written remonstrance ;was filed. The Board therefore find that the -property assessed in said rolls filed August 29th. , lc l5. is benef fitted in the amount of assessments as shown on said rolls, and the Board further find that the assessment rolls filed August 29th . ,1916 and the final estimate allowed August 29th. ,1�16 should be and the same is hereby in all things ratified, confirmed and approved. Councilman Seifert appeared before the Board_ in regard to lying a water main on St. Peter Street end so as to relieve the the Condit ion now existing there. The Board by unaimmous cop -sent ordered that the Pittsburgh Testing Comoany be employed to inspect the As' phtalt work on :Michigan Street, this City. City En6ineer instructed to notify the above mentioned company of the same. Petition filed with the Board of an asphalt pavement on East Wenger Street from High Street to Carroll Street The same was read and referred to the City Eng in per for roves t ioa"t ion. Pole and wire ins erector reported on complaint about _pole be my in the .nay ofa window at 519 E. Madison Street, and resorts that the same is a Central Union Te le phones_ Comp^,riy role and should be removed to the northwest corner of the building at above mentioned location. `L54 Erg'ineer filed a,s•se;smsent roll and final stimate for pavement or, alley Morth of La Sa s_le Avenue from Michigan Street to Main. Street nd alley west of Michigan Street from La Salle Avenue to Maidson Street, Under improvement Resolution No. 440 In the City of South Bend, Indiana. Resolved, that notices as to the amounts of assessments be published fmr six consecutive dgys in the South Bend Daily Tribune, commencing on. the 25th. day of September 1916, stating the.t this Board will give a hearing on hhe amount of such assess rents 'at its office in the City Hall on the 3rd:°. day of October 1916 at 71:45 P.V-. Resolved further, that the entire work under the above contract be ac- ce-oted and aproved and the final estimate thereon allowed. Notice of this resolutin shall be published on the 25th. day of September 1916 in the South Bend Daily Tribun stating! that t'.is Board will give a hearing.on the acceptance of,suer work at its office in the City Hall on the 3rd. da�7 of October 1916 at 7:45 P.M. Engineer filed assessment roll and final estimate for pipe sewers on Orchard Street from Scott Street to Kendall Street and Kendall Street from Dunham Street to the alley north of.Orchard Street, under Improvement Resolution No. 451. In the City of South Bead, Indiana. Resolved, that notices as to -the amounts of assessments as -required by statute be published on the 21st. day of September 1916 and on the 29th. day of September 1916, stating that this Board Toill give a. hearing on the amount of such assessments at its office in the City Hall on the 3rd day of October 1916 at 7:45 Resolved further, that the entire work under the abovecantracts be accented and anoroved and the final estimate thereon allowed. _Notice of this resolution hhall be published on hhe 21st. day of September 1916 and on the 28th. day of September 191' n.,th- South-BencL Daily Tribune, stating that this Board will give a hearing on the acce "•-fiance of such work at its office in the Citay Hell oac . the 3rd day of October 1916 at 7:45 P.N. Permission granted the Central Union Telephone Company to set five poles and two anchors on Washington Avnue just east of Sunnyside.Averue and to be. used by the Indiana &Michigan Electric Company jointly. Hearing had on Improvement Resolution No. '71 for sidewalk on Lincoln Way West from -Fremont Street to West line of Kensington Addition, under In -the City of South Bend, Indiana. Upon said hearing no remonstrators appeared and no remLonstr nces were filed. And the Beard bei" fully advised in the premises, decides that the benefits to property liable to be assessed for said imr_rovements are equal to the estimated cost of the same, as reorted by t'!e City Civil Engineer, and thereupon takes final action or, said resolution as originally adopted, and the same is hereby in all - things ratified, confirmed and aproved. Resolved further, that notices be published on the 26th. day of September 1916 and on the 3rd. day of October 1916, in a _ne ,lsn.aper of general circulation in said City, stating that this.Board will receive bids for the con- struction of said improvements up to 10:00 A.M. on the loth. day of October 1916 The Board reserves to right to reject any and all bids. `L55 LJOCAL SEWER IM _-TROVE11ENT RESOLUTION NO.476. v Resolved by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, St. St. County, State of Ind iana . That the construction of a local sewer , intnded amid adapted only for local Rse by the property holders, whose property abuts thereon, and not intended or adapted for receiving sewerage from collateral drains, be and the same is hereby rdered in and along Foster Street from Howard Streetto St. Vincent Street, as follows, to -wit: - Beginning at the intersection of the center line of Howard Street and Foster Street; thence no-,th along the center line of Foster Street to St. Vincent Street --ith a 10 inbh vitrified pipe sewer. Together with the necessary manholes, inlets, conduits and 'house connections to the curb line along the line of said improvement. All as sh�,�n on the -olans- and in accordance with the profiles, detail drawings and specifications on file in the office of the department of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana, a:nd said sewer, with all its appurtenances shall b, constructed inaccocrdance with the profile rind s ec if icat ionsnow on file in the office of the Departme t of Public Works of said City. The cost of said improvement shall be aportioned'against and paid by the property holders whose prop arty abuts thereon, and upon the City of South Bend if the City is benefitted by said improvement, all according to tIL- me°thod and manner provided for in Act of the Gneral Assembly of the State of Indiana,, entitled " An Act Concerning Municipal Corporations," a ^pr oved March 6,1905 . Assessment,:; if deferred are to be paid in ten equal annual inatall- ments, with interest at the rate of Six er cent per annum. A bond or bonds shall be issued to the contractor in payment for such work, unless the property owners pay said assessments before said bond or bonds are issued. Under no ci.rcum;tances shall the City of South Bend be or be held res ons ible for any sum or s -as due f _,om property property o7mer or owners for said work, or for the collection of came, or for the payment ftr of any bond or bonds, c ,rt,ificate a� certificates, issued to said contractor in payment for such work, except for such moneys as shall have been actually received by the City from the assessments for such imj� , cvement, or such moneys, as said City is by said above entitled Act required to pay. All pr ooce,�d in_ s had, and vork done in the making of said im rovement, assessment of pro- ,erty, collections of assessments and issuance of bonds thereofr, shall be as provided for in said above entitled .Act. Notice of this resolutiorshall be published on the 22nd. day of September 1916 �_nd or. the 29th. day of September 1916 in the South Bend Daily Tribune. This Board will give a hearing on this resolution at its office in the City Hall on the 17th dad of October 19105 at 7:45 P.M. Adopted this 19th. day of September 191G. E . M. MORRIS BOARD OF PTJBLIC ;FORKS_ A . H . RICE JOHN B. WEBER Veronica C . Sweeney, Clerk of Bvedcl. 25ti er 1Qth..1916. Continued. ':.,0" �TL SEWER IMPROVET,TI YT RESOLUTION NO. 477. RESOLVED BY 6he Board of Public To•rks of the City of South Bend, County of St. Joseph, State of Indiana. That the construction of a local sewer, intended and adapted only for local use by theproperty holders whose property abuts thereon, and Inot intended or adapted for receiving sewerage from collateral dr� ��OC�efana th the 9&me is , hereby ordered in and along McPherson Street ,from a po r� south of the south line of Thomas Street to a point 100 feet north of the north lire of Division Street as follows, to -wit: -Beginning at the intersection of the center line of Napier Street and McPherson Street; thence north along the center line of McBh�rson Street to a point 100 feet south of the south line of Thomas Street with a 10 inch vitrified pipe sewer. Also, beginning at the intersection of the center line of Napier Street and McPherson Street; thence south along the center line of Mc Pherson Street to a. point 100 feet north of the north line of Division Street with a 10 inch vitr `_'ied -)ipe sewer. Together with the necessary manholes:, inlets conduits and house connections to the curb line along the line of said improvement. A?1 as sho, on the nlAns and in accordance with the profiles, detail drawings and specifications orfile in the office of the Department of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana, and said sewer, with 9,11 its appurtenances shall be constructed in accordance with the profiles ar'd s-:-)ecificaions now on file in the office of the Department of Public Works of said City. The cost of said _ 'improvement shall be apportioned against and paid by the property holders whose pro- perty abuts thereon, a d upon hhe City of South Bend if the City is benefitted by said imp-rovament, all according to the method and manner provided for in Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled ".An Act Concerning Municipal Corporat ions, " approved March 5,1905. Assessrients,if deferred, a:re to inst9llments rith interest a.t the -rate ,:f six per cent be paid in ten equal annual Der =gnnum. A bond or bonds shall be issued to the contractor in pa�,ment for such work, unless the property owners pay said assessments before said bond or bonds are issued. Under no circ�.mstances shall t'!e CitJ' O` S-at,lh B-nd be or be held resuonsib'e for any sum or sums due from said property owner or owners for said Fork or for the colle ction of same, or for the pa�rmer_t of any bond or bonds, certi- ficate or certificates, issued to said contractor in paymant for such work, except for such moneys as shall have been actually received by the City from the assess - merits for such improvement, or such moneks as said City is by said above entitled Act Required to pay. All proceedings had, and ;work done in the making of said improvement, assessment if' property, collect ions of assessments and issuA.:rce of bOrds unere2'Ur, sha.11 ce cis UruviOSO I'vr In sLti(i auuve ent.Itled act. Notlop of t,hlp reSOjUt1,` F3hu..1 De SeLl .ciuuer 11416 eiia on the 2"-)Tn. doi - of aPpteuiuer 4-3 `Prluune. Thls boars t11T111 glve K ne-.`:'_Yi on tl--- the City Mall on the 17th. day o1 Oct<,' er 1916 at Adonted this 19th. da, of September 1915. BOARD OP PTJPLT7 77ORKS. Veronica C. Sweenevr, Clerk of the Board. -uni i.qned ou j.he ?-rjd . aazi ut' in1 111 urjG 4�uuTJh t3E'nn Vuiiy resolution at is office in 7: 45 P M. J OHN B . WEBER A. H. RICE President.