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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/23/1917 Board of Public Works Minutes3tiU Board met in regular session at 10: 00 A.M* _ All members present, 0 The rpoli®wing con aicat'ion' was" received From the George Cutter Company read and the President of the Board decided to tale this matter up with -,said company Board of Public Works S outh Bend, Indiana. Subject: Our Invoice ,#242&7 GentemEen: - an January 2nd,_ the_o_wr ter met with your Board to explain our charge of $75. 00 covering the Pattsen and samples of ' s ign holders. your chairman agreed to take the matter up with Mr. D . C. Layton, w-itk whom all negot iat io"" had -been cars i :-.d on prior to and during the construction of the necessary patt°o and making of the samples for the signs. Will you please advise m- what you wereAble to learn from Mr-. Layton so that we can bring this matter to a satisfactory conclusion? Yourwery truly, G. T Duskl in, GTD EJ}_:; A -sit Sales. Manager. The following reporte filed by the City Engineer;` same read and placed on file. January- . l9th*,.1917. . The Honorable Board of Public -Works; South Bend , Iid ian.a Gentlemen: - In regard to the attached communication from the E.- L. Cvthrel aeal"ty Co,.,,., I would recommend that the it petition b-e granted providing that they file a schedule of prices for... the work and they prove satisfactory. Yours respectfully PredvTick Jl..: Berson- Cite _BngneQr. The Board ordered that A City inspector be placed on said world January 19th.-,1917- The Honorable Board of Public _Works, South. Bend, Indiana. Gentlemen: - Y, I wish to call your attention ge- the desciription of the.= land to .be, appropriated in the widening of Leer St., The tract described is twenty feet wide, measured at right angles to Leer Str etj but because of the angle at which Lincoln Play East intersects Leer St. the frontage taken on Lincoln Way.East is twenty two and.twenty saves hundr6ths (22.27) feet,, -which on .the basis of $50.00 per front foot estimated as the value of the land appropriated would amount t®1I12.50 Respectfully submitted, Frederick J. Anderson, City Engineer. Communication received -from The Lawyer's Co -Operative Publishing Company of Rochester, w. Y. in regard to volumes of Public Ut it it ies reports. Same read and placed on file* Petition received for an electric light at the first alley on Keesey Street east of Michigan Street. Same -placed on file for investigation. ,ant.inued. January 19th.,1917. The Honorable Board, _of Public Works-, S oath 'Bend, Ind iana. Gentlemen: - I rneommerd that :the attached plat of Harter He ightw 2�d. _ add it ion to S outh Bend be approved ` Respectfully submitted, Frederick 'J. Anderson, C ity Eng ineer. I wish t-o call the Board's attention to the third paragraph of the 2nd. page of the dedication to note whether or' not the c and it ions imposed therein are sat isfactery. 1 very_-respe ct. ully -yours, - - FrederiA Ji Anderson, City Engineer, ,, Reffer ad to the City *ttorney for a report. , City Eleetr ican filed report;_ f or the month of December 1917. Same read and approved. Petition .riled ,with -the, -.,Board ter a sewer :an Ostend Street from Lafayette Street to Iroguo-is Avenue. Same -read and referred to the City Engineer for_ report.. GUARANTEE BOND . KNOWALL "MY"BY THESE PRESENTS, That H. N. BARNES. as pr inc ipal and London & Lancashire Indemnity Company of America by H. J. Lederer attorney in fact as sureties_ are hereby field and bound to the City of South Bend, Indiana, in the sum; of One ; Thousand Four Hundred Ten and 81/100 ($1,410.81) Dollars .for the payment 'of which weil and truly. made-# . they joint,2y and.. severally. bind- themselves., their heirs, executors, ad- ministrators -.and assign, by these presents. The c and it ionof theabove ob l igat ions are such.. that f:e'roas -the above bound H. N. Barnes has` completeii the work under the `montract for °,the paving of Leeper Avenue from north line of Howsrd StretaV .to North line of Ange lla Avenue. In the City of South Bend, Indiana, with Glut r in.; Bound Macadam and Bituminous Bound Macadam under Improvement s Res glut ion -No. 405 adopted by the Department of Public Works _of the City of South Bend on the 24th. day of August 1915. _ Vow -it th& above bound H. N. Barnes shall for a period of 1 year from date maintain such payament:,.- nd .during such time shall- make all repairs which may be necessary from any rotting, crumbling or d is intregat ion of the materials, or which are caused by any imperfection im workmanship, and shall strictly observe and abide by section 41 to 45 inc is ive of the General Spec if icat ions (Form C.) for: street inprovementi, lh�rot'6 -attached adopted by the Department of Public Works of the City of South Bend;'.and'shall.fufull all the c and it ions and s t ipule t ions =-therein. contained, these obligations shall be void;- -otherwise, to remain in full force and affect. Fitness our hands and seals this 23rd. day of January 1917 . • HARRY N. BARNES LONDON & LANCASHIBE INDEANITY COMPANY OF AkERICA. H. J. Lederer. •' - Attorney in fact. Permission granted Centail Union Telephine_Rompany to place three poles in alley between BrookfiNd and College Streets this City. Engineer according to the Board's instructions filed the following assessment I roll for the Widening of Webster Street dnd Indiana Avenue, `The approved by the Board and the amount of seventy five ($75.00)Dol-lare to be paid, Misoellne.ous Fund*' Sapp lemental assessment roll for the Widening of Webster -Street from Prairie. Avenue to Indiana Avenue and widening of Indizab. Avenue from Webster Street to, Prairie Avenue. ''PROPERTY TAKEN FOR STREET PURPOSES.* WEBSTER STREET. 16 feet of the east side of lot 1 in Dantel Gisela Addition. Described as follows to -wit:- Beginning at the northeast corner of lot 1 in Daniel Gise6s Addition to South Bond; thence South on the east side of said lot 1 150 feet tothe south east corner of said- lot .19, thence west '16 feet; the I -nee north parallel to and 16 -feet distant from the east line of said lot 1 to the south line of said` lot 1 to -the south nazi o- line of Indiana Avenue; thenceast 16 feet to the place of beginning: Frank Radickg Will iam. -Brummitt (-Tax Title) Beginning ;at, the south west corner of lot 3 William Noland's Addition to South Band; thence south parallel to the east 1 1 ine of John I A. Swygart'�s Replat of George W. Syygart's Third Addition to the south ifixe of Dubail Aveliue-produced ,-east; thenc�e west two (2) feet; thence south parallel with the east line of John A.. Swy-gart f a -Third Add it ion t o the I northerly line .of Prairie I Avenue; theitce, south westerly along the northerly line of Prairie Avenue to the' east linfe of said John A. Swygart's Roplat; thence north to a point 11 foot west of beginning; thence east to beginning, John & Hattie Carbiex*r-* -INDIANA AVENUE.. Beginning at the intersection of, the westerly line -of Prairie Avenueand the . north line of Indiana Avenue as platted, in Basil'. Ruppolf 'a Addition to S*"h ,a 1,a . 1. in Ba.z il 4 Bond; thence west on the north line of Indiana Avenue to i point Ott west and 25 Rupe feet north of the north west corner of lot A d: d-lt'i-oz; thence north 13.4 feet; thence east parallel to and 13.4'foit distant from the orth line of Indiana Avenue to the westerly line __of Prairie Avenue; thence south westerly on the westerly line of Prairie Avenue to the place of beginning. lioins Oliver estate. The followng, property may be injuriously affected: - Damages' Benef its Net Damages Net Mekeef its All of lot 1 Daniel Gisela Add. - Prank Radick Wi]Llia& Brilmaitt Tax Title 75.00 75.00 City of South Bend, Indiana* - 75.DO 75.-00 $75.00 -$75.00 475i,00 $75-00 The city engineer filed the following report: January 19th-91917- The Henorable Board of PublicWorks ,South Bend, Indianso Gentlemen: - .Attached you will find an assessment roll `for the opening of the north side Boulevard through the Cutter property. As the suggestion of Mr. korrisp President of your 'ward *-: the benefits assessed against the City of South Bend were made $19200.00 instead of $lt9OO-00 as at first intended. Respectfully submitted* Frederic k J. Anderson, City Engineer, I I J 9 Y The City Engineer submitted the list of property owners in the matter of the approprIation of` certain property under .Condemnation Resolution Nel 46, for the opening of a boulevard :along north, side of River from Notre Dame Street to St. Peter Street, in the. C4ty of South Bend, Indiana as per resolution on page 297 this record adapted Aovember 14th.,1916. Which list includes the -names of,the owners and holders of property and of interests therein sought to Abe taken or b_ea of is ially or injuriously affected, and the description of the several pietes of property which is affected by said appr opr iat ion pre a ed ings, Thereupon the Board proceeded: to award the damages sustained and to assess the benefits accruing to eacli- piece- of property`'upon said list. It was thereupon, upon motion duly made and seconded and unanimously adopted,- resolved that said list, together with the amounts, of benefits and damages and net benefits and net damages therein set -forth as to-theseveral parcels of Land he adopted and that the respective amounts of benefits contained in said roll be and are hereby assessed lagainat the several tracts of land as specifically set forth in said list, and that the several tracts of land as specifically, set forth in said.. list, and What the net benefits or net damages, as the case may be as the respective tracts• :of -land,, c onta ined in said list are hereby awarded or assessed, as the case may be as to the . said several tracts of ' land. The Board hereby further sets off the benef its and damages each aga inst the -other where both benefits and damages are assessed, against the same piece of property,_ tract of land or interest, and hereby Fixes, said respectdve 'net�benefits, as the amount that shall be paid by the respective owners as benefits and further hereby fixes the respective net damages as to the sevral tracts as the amount that shall be paid to the owners > of the respective tracts as damages. Thereupon, upon motion duly made and seconded and unanimously adopted, the -6th day of March 1917 at 7: 45 P.U. was fixed as . the day on which this Board will receive or hear remonstrances from persons with regard to the amouzkt, of their respective awards or assessments and the Clerk of this , Board was . intrusted to prepare ,and cause to be duly and legally given, notices to the owners of each parcel of property, showing. the amount of .the assessmentsor award, with ,a description of the properaty affected., and the date of said hear ing. d ed is at icon;. PItat of McHenry -BakerAddit ion' approved by the Board with'following .Beginning at a stake in the Country Road, leading _from , South Bead tin, Mishawaka ( now known as Mishawaka Avenue) at the angle where said road ( or Avenue) strikes the section line d iv id ing sections 7 and 18 Township 37 north -range 3 Fast at a_ point twenty-four and hirty eight hundreths (24.38) chains `west of -the quarter post in said section .line, thence running east four and sixty hundreths (4600 chain s to'a stone in the center of said road (or avenue) thence south twenty three (23) chains to a stake at the St. Joseph River; thence down said River north forty two and one half 44 )degrees west six and eight two hundreths (6.82) chains meandering with the same until it strikes a line running due south from the place of beginning. Thence north seventeen and ninety eight hundreths (17.98) chars to the place of beginning, containing nine. and forty hundreths (9.42) acres more or less. 9 The lots are numbered from one (1) to fifty five (55) inclusive and the d imens ions are shown on the annexed plat in feet and fractions of a foot., The streets and alleys `are of the width marked on the plat in feet.. All streets and alleys hereon shown, not heretofore public highways, are hereby dedicated tothe ,public for use as _public highway. ` WILLIAM R. BAKER W ILL IAM K. MCHEN RY STATE OF INDIANA, . ST. JOSEPH COUNTY SS. Before me, the undersigned a notary public in and for said county, this l5th, day of January 1917, came William K. McHenry and William R. Baker and acknowledged the execution of the foregoing instrument witnesses my hand and official seal. ROY J. MICHAEL Notary Public My Commiss iob.,. • expires Oct: 261,19180 �X-1_�` President. 364 n ti.. Tuesday January 23rd.191'7. Continued. Board met in regular session at 7:45 P.M. Mr. John B. Weber absent. Committee representing River Park Civic Association ( J. B. Witwer, John Taber, ' Edward Moritz and Clarence Knoblock) appeared before the Board and requested that bodlevard lights be placed on Mishawaka.Avenue before pave- ment is laid. The Board took this matter under consideration until Tuesday Fenruary 6th.,1917 at 71 45 P.M. Hearing given on assessment roll and final estimate for pipe sewer on Dale Avenue from Indiana Avenue t� Dubail Avenue under Improvement Resolution No. 472. In the City.of South Bend, Indiana. In the above matter remonstrEators,appeared and no written remen- strane a was filed. Tke Board after due c ons iderat ion . mod if ied said roll as follows:- To add to north 8.0 ft. of lot 26 Oak Park Addition an assessment of $32.60, same belonging to Gordom W, & Anna: A, Long. The Board therefore, find that the property assessed in said roll filed January 9th.,1917 is beret fitted in the amount of assessments as shown on said modified assessment roll and the Bead further find that the assessment roll filed January 9th. , 1917 and the final estim- ate allowed January 9th .1917 should be and the same is hereby ratified, eel- firmed and approved as modified* Hearing had on assessment roll and final estimate for pipe sewer on Miami Street from Fox Street to Ewing Avenue under Improvement Resolution No. 458 In the City of South Bend, Indiana. In -the above matter no remonstrators appeared and no wilitten remon- strance was filed. The Board therefore find that the property assessed in said roll's filed January 9th. ,1917 is ben of itted in the amount of assessments as shown ®g said,rolls, and the Board therefore find that the assessment roll filed' January 9th.,1917 and the final estimate allowed January 9th.,1917 should be and - the same is hereby in all things rati ied, confirmed and approved. Hearing had on assessment roll and final estimate for pipe sewer on Portage Court from Portage Avenue to 1st. alley east, under Improvement Resolu- tion No. 481. In the City of South Bend, Indiana. _ In the above matter no remonstrators appeared and no written remonstrance was filed. The :Board therefore Find that the property assessed in said rolls filed January 9th.,1917 is benefitted in the amount of assessments as shown on said rolls, and the Board further find that the assessment rolls filed January 9th.,,1917 and the final estimate allowed January 9th.,1917 should be and the same ,.arse hereby in all things ratified, confirmed and approved. Hearing on assessment roll and final estimate for sewer con- nections on Eddy Street and Mishaaaka Avenue from Jefferson Blvd. to Nineteenth Street under Improvement Resolution No. 430, the same be deferred until this date. ' The Board ordered the same deferred until Wednesday January 24th. 1917 at 11:00 A*M* The Board ordered that H. E. Harter be kotified to appeare before the Board in regard to dedication of Plat at 11:30 A.M. Wednesday January 24th.,1917. Petition for vacation of four feet of alley south of Jefferson Blvd. presented h. Chas. E. Bucker held for one week. President.