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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/20/1917 Board of Public Works MinutesM Board met in regular session at 10:00 A.M. Mr. A. H. Rice absent. Bids were reeeived, opened and read on Pavement Improvement on Jefferson Boulevard from Michigan Street to West line of Bridge .deer Rthe St.,, Joseph River. Bid of the Western Construction Company. walk per sq. ft.........................!.$.12 Curb per l in. ft ...........................,.24 Grading, ,per cu. yd....................... .67 3j inch asphalt , Trinidad Lake Asphalt, .per sq. yd. $2.17 Resurfacing on old concrete and brick foundation Trinidad hake Asphalt. -per sq. yd................ $1.43 Brick pavement complete, No. 1. Standard ►ire Cut Block in car tracks, per sq. yd..... ..... $2.37 Resurfacing ,car track -old foundation No. 1. Wire Cut'Block per sq. yd.°..... .............. ° For extra concrete percub is yard ............... 1.6°7 6.00 ° Extra for mortar oushion for all brick pavement ° persq. yd.... .° ........................:...... For granite stretcher per lin. ft.............. •17 .40 For concrete stretcher •15 For extra binder per ton. 8.00 For 8" conduit per lin Pt. •73 For Storm water inlets. 7.50 Marginal curb per lin f t_...... .25 Resetting inlets, each. 1.50 Resetting manhole covers 1.50 Check of$640.00 filed with bid.' Bid of the 'White Construetion . Company, Cement curb, per lin ft............................0 ,Grading per sq. yd.....................:........... ,3® Q65 Trinidad Natural Lake Asphalt per sq. gd. 2.08 R*surfac roadway. �. .:. ! .. r = w..per sq. .... 1.40 brick pavement, Veedersburg (sand. cushion) per sq: yd. $2.75 Extra Concrete per cu. yd, in track zone per cu. yd. 5.00 Creosoted Wooden Block, er sq yd....... .......... ( Jennison Wright Block) 3.75 Concrete stretcher per lin ft........................ .15 Granite Block per lin f............................. Mortar cushion for brick pavement , per sq. yd....... .50 as conduit ripe , per lln ft......................•.. .2o .80 Marginal curb, per lin ft..;......................... .30 Storm water inlets, coaplets;........................ -8.00 Resetting inlets ..... *gala ............................. Resetting manholes, and covers, each ................. 1.50 1.50 ° Certified check for the amount ° of 40 04 deposited with bid. ` B is of the Williston Construction Co.,,'. Cement curb, per tin ft........;.................... .30 Grade, per cu. yd................................... .95 3� inch asphalt roadway pavement complete, using Asphalt Per sq. yd............................ For 3jinch asPhe,ft 46surfac ing on old 2.39 concrete base, per sq. yd..................,............•.... 1.67 Brick roadway pavement complete in street car tracks using Standard Wire CutyLug per sq. yd...... 2.60 For Brick resurfacing on old concrete base, per sgyd. 2.00 For Mortar cushion for brick pavement add per sq. yd .15 For Concrete stretcher per lin ft.................... .20 ° For granite stretcher, per lin ft...............•.• .50 For Wood Block pavement on 6" concrete base per sq. yd.......................................... 3.88 For Wood Block Resurfacing on old 6" concrete base per sq. yd.......................................... For extra concrete under ties per cu. yd ............. 3.25 5.00 8" conduit per lin ft .............................., .75 Storm water inlets complete ........ .•.............. 10.00 Marginal curb, per lin ft.• ...... .....,... ,..... .25 --- _ Resettingislet .Bch ............................ 2.00 Resettingt, e,.,.................... 2.00 Certified check in the sum of $640.00 despos iced with bid. All of the aforesaid bids were referred to the �Ity Divil, Engineer for tabulation to be reported on at 7: 45 P.M. this 20th. day of November 1917 „ Mr. D. U. Layton, Street Commissioner met with the Board and reported orally about his .trip Of invesgt igat ion. to different cities in regard to piggeries and cities selling garbage. Partial estimate allowed The Williston Construction Company for asphaltic concrete pavement on Howard Street from Niles Avenue to Notre Dame Avenue at.... 99,281.81 The following appeal was received read and placed on file for two weeks. Tn Re An Order by the Building Commissioner of the City of South Bend: A P P E A L. The undersigned represents to your Honorable Body that he is the owner of the followin described real-estate in the City of South Bend to wit:- Lot numbered 397 in the Original Plat of the town , now City.of South Bend, which lot is situate at the Southwest corny of Lafayette and 4efferson Street.. That he occupies the dwelling house on said. lot as his home. That during the uonth of October he repaired said dwelling by removing an old shingle roof and replacing it with an asphalt shingle roof. That on the South and West side of his house are other dwellings with shingle roofs and on the north and east side are streets. That the location is such that in a few 51apre the inevitable must be, and that all of said dwellings will have to be removed and business houses erected in their stead. That the construction of his said dwelling is such that it will. almost, if not wholly destroy his dwelling to place thereon. ae slate or the roof. That the building commissioner if said City on the 15th. day of November 1917 ordered by written notice that the said building within -20 days be made to conform tothe ordinances by placing thereon some incombustible roof. *That the undersigned respectfully appeals from said order to your honorable body and asks that his said order be vacated and made of no affect. BENJ. F. DUNN . BY F. M.:JACKSON, Attorney. The Board instructed the Clerk to notify different printing cocerne by letter of bids to be received up to 10:00 A.K. Tuesday November 27th.,1917 for the ✓ print ing of the annual reports of 1917. Cert if ieates of the type of wooden block, location of plant etc.,, filed by the Jennison -Fright Company old the White Construction Company. Same were read and placed on file. The Board ordered that the matter of 'a frame •shedel at rear of 214 No. Michigan Street put up by V. C. Hastings be deferred until Tuesday December 4th.,1917 mat 10:00 A.M. Guarantee bond for the anunt of One Hundred and fifth (1$ 150.00) signed by H. N. Barnes as principal and Chas. Suabedisen and T. C. Barnes as sureties, for pgvement on Sunnyaide Avenue from La Salle Avenue to McKinley Street, was approved ✓ by the Board. RegardI.ng .the .mortar .or .sand cushion under the brick under the street car tracks on Eddy Street .and Mishawaka .Avenue.. , .The Street car .Company having been notified and hav ing ens idered the matter represented to the Board through their attorney H. A. Wair that their company would not elect to pay the extrs ambt.t for mortar cushion and notified the Board that the sand cushion would be datisfactoryr and #.hat they would raise no question at the assessor nt roll hearing on the question. 8f sand_ i cushion.. being used. The City Attorney 'sass • advised In- the premises and recommended tshe above- solution, The City Engineer is herefore duly authorised and requested to permit the use of sand cushion under the brick under the street car tracks on above mentioned street.and avenue and the Board finds accordingly. 16 THP CITY .CIVIL ENGINEER submitted the list of property owners in the natter of the appropr iat ion of c erta,in property under 0ondemnat ion R'earolut in No. 49 for the Widening of Uiami Street from Ewing Avenue to City Limits, as per Resolution on page No. of record.No. 6. Whichoust includes the names of the owners and holders.of property and of,interests therein sought to be taken or bene fically or Worlously affected, and the description of the severe'l pieces of pro- perty which is affected by its said appropriation proc= edings. THEREUPON the Board proceeded to award the damages sxt sustained and to assess the benefices accruing to each piece'of property upon said list, It was thereupon, upon motion duly made and seconded and unenimoi* adopted;°resolved that said list, together with the amounts of benefits and damages and net benefits and net .damages therein set for:th�ps..to the several parcels of lad be adopted and that the respective amount of benefits contained in said Fist be and are hereby assessed against the several tracts of land as specifically set forth in said list and that the respective amounts of damages contained in the said list be and are hereby awarded to the several tracts of land as specifically set forth in said list, and that the het benefits or net damages, as the case may be as to the respective tracts of land, contained in said list are hereby awarded or assessed as the ease maybe as. -to the said several tracts of land. The Board hereby further sets off the benefits and damages ;each against the other where both benefits and damages are assessed, against the same piece pf lgroperty,tract of land or interest, and hereby fixes .said respective 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 several tracts at the amount that shall be paid.to`the owners of the respective tracts as damages. -Theroupon, 'upon motion duly made and seconded and unanimously adopted the `. E1bveAth. d day of :December 1915 at 7:45 P.M. was fixed as the day on which this Board aril-1 receive or hear remonstrances from persons with regard to the amount of their respective awards or assessments, and the Clerk of this Board was instructed to prepare and cause to be dulyandlegally #iven, notices to the owners of eahh pared, of property, showing -the amount of the assessments ar award', with the desor.iptl�on of the property affected; and the da$re of said hearing. The following bond and contracts were approved by the Board. PUBLIC IMPROVEMT CONTRACT. THIS AGREEUENT, Made ° and ea-tered_, into this 15th. day of i/ November 1917, by and between Staples & Hdkdeiaan df the County of St. Joseph and State of Indiana ( hereinafter referred to as the " Contractor# and the City of South.Bond, in the County of St. Joseph, and State of Indiana, by and through its Board of Public Works, (hereinafter referred to as the " City,) under and by virtue of an Act of the Generol. Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled w An Act Concerning Municipal Corporations, " aproved March 6,1905, and all amendatory and supplemental acts thereto:- Witnesseth, that the contractor covenants and agrees to put pipe sewer in and along Portage Avenue from alley north of Kinyon Street to Stocker Place in'the City of South Bend, Indiana at and for the following prices:- 465 lin. feet of 12" pipe sewer, per lin ft..... , .;$ 2.25 52 lin.-feet of 8" pipe sewer, per lin ft........ .,75 264 lin. feet of 6" pips sewer, per lin ft......... .85 2 storm water grates, each ......... :................ 8.00 2-8" X 12" V.s.................................... 6.00 • Em Tuesday November 20th.,1917. Continued, It -lid to periorm all work in the pro.seci tion; r said improvement: wader and aA:Qordi1Rg to the toirma a 06A diflons of Improvement Re_,;nitltion No "O------ adop-ted by the Board of Public Worlca,_ Mid fhe plant profile awn meciffca'iorrs on .file the office of the Department of Public" WorkC which skid _ resr7lt tiftf , '?.*+@; tiro +t d and spe^*fixations are m?de a part .hereof as fully and effectuall�r >t� if copied, once set out heroin at €,tll lengr h: livt ef7r �°ictor t' r he" {' ^t+r S 1�' coyE.ttarYS 1 (1 1' S #I t �"1 the, prosecution of said wP� all pr@ @I skill '4t j P,ftre aiA dangcrotls pies@ } and I ti} V #'rl1} : q •l (` 'per jJr ^ r, v 1 ^. 'V ner',,00 nr 1 ra. Y`t'i j'1 1111� @vf?11t tLl atly Itilitry or 0anl oa rt-s% t'v" r i" 1i'i1 i or r; 71t,:,7 Frnn' a }- m }}r or Fh. +� nnnf-t d th it�l fir arising thrrefrom, Ito any persnri or ^lop re•V, 1 ;il t ay 2 % li< ti?iClat� j7 C.'!iC i. his f1lyn exppmg?' PrA {l.' sutw `he liability therefor; and in the evert of anq Oa:r-i or cla;ris being tiaflH or Ell?y action or R1W'Qn9 bro -�ght against the city by reason; or onnk�; account of or grcwir;g out of d v )rk or its conetniction, he sg contrapfior will at his own expense defend the same, emir « ] pay any judgixleilt recovered therein, alto will all respect# fully' indemnify and save harmless said city, its officers, agents or. representatives from all cov; - expense, pa meat or judgment recovetied in connection with such. claim or claims, action or 4etions, A d f Within ten days after any such action is begun, the city shall notify the contractor of the pci dency th"00f, then any judgment rendered against the city shall be ccinclusive^against the contractor attd'again#t the siroty of his construction bond, as to the -amouht, liability and other matters pert4ning thereto, 'Zk7d t z pc:'io-t Ada, q !td3aialtr as fixed iav *he .aad to setu'tz a i'e ra..aia$i,:a its ac'd re -pair. the !Af 'w 1wiemath't" tat Pubfic Works a bow ;,raga suffi6ent surrey chiitvon apd is an Pmou st as fated by thwv times`A0a m d4hksu& Itpair work the t tMctor anti the so ty mi 1a - rararzat-ee bond shall U siabject tti the sa.rae ti 1i= tYs tht dty and any Sher pt soya fo any m3bry 4or dam agv to a�ay person or Pt Th the ":=e i auger lei tb tf a same exreut as is hied in the lass preceding Para gra! <V efi the ttiotl wtark, A.t.vd it is ft fthtr s.gfttA by aaad been said fatties that the aecepraraee of _he work ppro_idtd for in tins t,w' ct, or the. pay taat sha11 t t4MStitUlt a %Mitrer +tail the part at ;,. CitV of any of that prOV j�ns,,,et jbh ci),tttj.,6t, nor dwell it said tonuaetor or the twtuies on his bond for the faithful perto ttaet of ; c or shalt the a tan � prima facie evidence of the perfiu r"-Ace oaf any provision of tbls- ttt t; ex=qA to the rntteAt tall tntitiaaag the _tractor to the contract price ;fir, Iu-to r s � pay fear labor and �msaterials a� or furnished t+o be used in the making of stth ih -6 t in t% ptxtwm of abia cmuaxt, whe.thex done or �ish�ed for iaina, of his agent; a sa es r r sit tra<ttor; and tbz city a restr out of any 0%waum made on any esfimltte in favor of 'tile ttantrar ar �� or oa:it taf � saa>at ltn'm � � � ' the ��, � t� work, so � as y bt i,s�xy eta pay all lE�ore�°-s �r mattri� mess #� umor�nta ds� tlrte�n, , die t�• �:>�s >a� � , i+a� to bz nod i� tthc p�rs�%a{x of ttlleis oointx�t ergo ttitc d�ra�. : va�rk, ate ht �� treas'rt>t�ec, � as �calpv �, ma. s�taian mt'�ty o�teted iroen k oeas asses.' fog sai7l;tt �+ pad+ tar ��' mar � tllmt# �ap�tt ^'1 zh. earib, and un weal material in the streets or sides %ereOf ;tpo ,,l e 5'Cr si »,� ti+e im!)rov9,m-;,t or the reva*ring thereof. Thy work C.t *t+ h impr;v^tttent shall be completed according to the terms of this contract on or efry,.e a}te ..... ,,, „� .....-..�t ._- .�.--_.day cf __._.____ .----. _, 19________1 upt;`.;r� kkie *ssr!e 4p� the d e* Sri of zinc sas sl: li bw ey erclP io '8"o�rd of Public works, Acid it is a r rll !.?u ?,jv e, Siell "� ev-ion of !?'� , or any altera.�ion of this contract Or of the ma:irser or ctae`cit- vd of dole such v�Trar±-t fIvAl °r' uo way a ect the duties, obligations or liabilities of the 5ontractor or his sure- aier, It is agreed that,tile 4141 int assign this rot era-`. or slab -let the work or any part thereof to donebe .i,d hi°i¢i11ll�Yo iVb'br Thqa ar, i3 3 of i1a•� };nnrd of P:St?l;c Works. t is further agra4A x Ft;j �'.: -d vg ir hf'- c,)ntraclor shall pive to rP.SideritS Of Said city and, GOulil;�► I 7refetence in the eiz p'loyi ,' of of it lab6r n6-c '�:ssary in the Performance of this contract, and failing to do so, °shall forfeit to the city the stein of ien dollars for each failure to observe this stipulation. And upon the performance of all the t@rZns and conditions of this contract, and things to be done and performed by said contractor the said city agrees to cause the cost o;; doing such work to be assessed, col- lected and paid to said contractor in the manner fixed by the statute governing tits making of such improve - To each of the conditions and stipulations of this contract, including all and singular tke provisions and atet'ms-of the plans, profile, specifications and resolution aforesaid, tl}e underatigned binds himself gr itself, st d tbpA resnertive successor or ass was of such parties. ,9/1 INTESTIMONY WHEREOF. Wep the foregoing named parties, hdreunto set our hands this 15th. day of November 1917. CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA... BY E. M. MORRIS JOHN B. WEBER Its Board of Public Works. CONSTRUCTION BOND. STAPLES AND ACKEMAN BY STAPLES. Contractor. Know all men by these presents, That we Staples and Ackerman of the County of St. Joseph, State of Indiana as principal, and American Surety Company of New York as sureties, are'held add firmly bound to the City of South Bend, Indiana, in the sum of Sxix Hundred and sixty nine Dollars ($669.00) for the payment of which, well and truly to be.made, we jointly and severally bind ourselvea, our heirs, executors, adminstrators and assigns, .firmly by these presents. The c and it ions of the obligation are such that if the above named Staples & Ackerman shall faithfully comply with the foregoing contract., made and entered into the 15th. day of November 1917 with the City of South Bend, Indiana and shall fulfill all the conditions and stipulations therein contained, according to the true intent and meaning thereof, in. all respects, then this obligation to be void, otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue in law. In theevent the said City sh ll. extend the time for the completion of said work, such extension shall not in any way release the sureties on t this bond. 48 This shall be a construction bond, and the sureties on the same shall not be held responsible for the mintenance and repair of the improvemAt after it has been accepted by the second party, but such sureties shall be held resonsible for the faithful compliance with all other conditions, sti ulations and require- ments covered by or set out in the contract. WITNESS our hands and seals this 15th. day of.November 1917. AMERICAN SURETY OOMPANY OP NEW YORK BY FRANCIS R, LAMBERT Resident Vice President. Attest: HUGH P. DUNNAH00, Resident Assistant Secretary. STAPLES AND ACKE_RWAN BY STAPLES.- 0 The above bond approved this 20th.-day of November 1917. E. U. MORRIS A. H. RICE BOARD OF'PUBLIu WORKS PUBLIC IMPROVMNT CONTRACT. THIS AGREM ENT, Made and entered into this 17th. day of November s/ 1917 by And between Bruno De Peape and of the County of St. Joseph and State of Indiana ( hereinafter referred to as the ".Contractor* ), and the City of ,South Band, in the County of St. Joseph, and State of Indiana, by and through its Board of Pubic Works, 0 hereinafter referred to as the " City% under and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, `entitled, " An Act Concerning Municipal Corpo.ratione, " approved Msrrdh 6,1905, and all amendatory and supplmenetal ♦hte thereto: Witnesseth ,that the contractor covenants nd agrees to construct pipe sewer in and along Pleasant Street from Ninth Street to Eighth Street, in the City of South Bend, Indiana, aA and for the follwing prices: - 370 l in. feet of 18" inch pipe sewer, per tin ft.... $ 2.01 180 tin. feet of 6" inch pipe sewer, per lin ft.... .85 11 lini feet of mnholes, per ft. in depth...:....... 6.00 1 manhole, curb end cover, each .................... 15.00 d ik jai i f€ At : fir ui avy Nrarstpution o. said ftngrovetnent under anti according to tha ter= ai ?V44h6 at fftivrompont Rosalutia" No...., �Z'......., adopted by the Board of Public Work q-"`q,�� Ali{ tips 1t{ s, t�r� t rid sf=�*Et&4tieviq em file -- the ofiice of 'the Department of Public Wor's, �vl+ieli Ord,:. F@OJ iV001t, Mans, prodts end are made a part hereof as fully and effectually as if cop -let! ;Iftk' 49t out Herein at 611 ter gib, The c ssltrt etor ftiCttlrr ¢ pry vlr covenant-, and agres th t in the prosecution of said work all rtni c 0,4111 8A siAre ' Vl N4 tyorcin` !h hz, r :: ` all excavations and dangerous &lid ��1 "40 F.?? dm,, a Wit} �H�•i�t i' l}i'S'! �1 33 rt nr ft+�t v 4-{1 nv person or l,rr? % rty; that iri the ev( i - (; Ally 11lJv1Vy or tlaHi{+ resullmig fWd*xi Or! r r, c;r r�fi 1` 'g fr•-)m n-,•v r-atter or thinw connected therer; i 40411A ti orK+i�roffli i� any pers,,n .ir srnp-rtv, h- N{l r,1v �r°'�. 1;giiidate the same at tiis own expense, & t0l#1� ile 104111y tho.rofor; a.i,d in the r+aim or claim's being made,or any action or aeti6as + �: bfco& ajpiwt the city by reuwii or on arcotint of or growing out of s?id work or its construction, flh eptei0or Will at his own expense defend the same. and vrill pay any judgment recovered therein, and w'l all f optet% fully-hidomnify and save harmless said city, its officers, agents or representatives from all coF,' !1�efltl, lnelit �' �lidgtitetit recovered in connection v�iih cuch claim or claims, action or actions. ti F s� i t ` �111i �fi 8y8 efte�P any such a.ctlon is begun, the city shall notify the contractor. of the gendenc�+ t�-,erc^fD th�li t►31y ��eiit �tidere�d against the city shalt be conelusivs against the contractor �d agaiotlt` the sttset.f° � hfS �8tf'uoti®t► bid, gat � the arnowat, lis►bilit�r sad other matters portaining thereto;- . _ T_..�.._ t F J. �tK is sou -ev RsnbT4 0 ftc I -was a � � � �,�g �► �� � des t: �cr � �� � -�� nor A it: rsz Paid eootrr or the reties ma h lid the'bfiria &fly Ow w 4wO fbe affiance be prima facie evidit-we of the performauft of kA Ww 9"€e£t4weeig to the Amtent of esatitf ng the contractor to the sxmtratt ante ttheeefr, epalwxctor agrees is fray for all labor and materials .used or furriishetd to be used to the tft�" ot #eb 11PProvemat a" in the performance of -this contract, whether done or furnlsht 4 for hies, at M4 4900 ala1 I s sor or oubeontractor ; and the city may reserve out of any allowance tnaide an aW 118ti tih in aya of *@ contraeW or his assigns, or out of the amount due him or hit smog Upon tha i6tWatl.O of ft Work, to w" as may be n-xessary to pay all laborers or materiaa tanen for aakountt dug thole tot W dole of Materials cited or furnished to be used in ;the performa not ©f thle WAtMat lad tht d thl at 1414 w®€krt and the county treasurer, acting as city treasurer, may retain ino4ty' ooil+l NO rom p1' Peft ' ownsrg ltsscssod for said sanr'mvement to'pay such deists or until the contractor ihowe that , Iey haws haeu Rriicl nn a -1 d ." i , 4�9 A- rf ; C ' ReT � " rettio oIt rtl i =viz, eamb, and un-sed material in the street' or aides the?to Rpm t<ho oeel"i#t➢wi} it the ittinro.� rn pit or the repairing thereof. ThA, wtirk, of tt"Iki'09 Aiirh lrnpr�svptnent shalt be comnteted according to the terms of this contract nn of holovo, the....... .....a... ,_wp � 9 .. ...... � .n. �0�'il?1• •--•-••.--dav of ......p!BhrLts,T.y....19.1? n ,.,..,e.etee.e n+fit � ,. .•.R) Hotegg the tifti� 1"ttr the f rim++ i.flon of the sa ,e shall be extended -in wrlti:j.g by trp. Board of �'i-ti�lic Work Apd It It ltgread ibat niiv gtfrh a'vtenaion of titrA, nor ary alteration of this contrexi or of the xtinnno# or U100. bd iii doltiq tltteh work ilia1' +n no way affect the duties, obligations or tiabilitlets of the ca€ tractor or hip sure., It IN lgreed that the rnntrac sir shall not assign this contract, or si±h-let the work or any part thereof to bd dbite hl reMidtri w►thoot the -,v,14.: n eonefit of the Board cif Pt;lstic Works, It It hirther agreed and sti pti'a t t d th*i t the contractor shall give to residents of said city an4 cowity 1t'e ti'rtiNe hi the ethplovrrient of 211 labor necessary in the performance of this contract, a,nd Will" to 49 s4), !hall ft�ef6t. to the Cite the rum of ten 'dolly-s for each failure to observe this stipulation, At1d upon the per ormance ot all. the terns and conditions of this contract, and things to be +0tta anj erfortned by said tofttractor the said city agrees to cause the cost of doing such work to be x##041e4t 401- Iftied and paid to'aid Contractor in the manner fixed by the statute governing the nnakia$ oti Rtrt� �slpf'9e'�" manta► TO (At h of'the ibadfiio is "d itioula<tk" of tires ou�t�azt, including all and tingutee tie wed 4fi�! s itn to of the 14m, profile, specificiti s and rs�' nholi %aforesaid, the undctft red bin& b#IN Joelf �"V�r o, ;msigrts of sues! paz IN TESTDIONY WHEREOF, Wes the forego ins. named part ices, hereunto set our hands this 11th. day of November 1917. ° BRUNO DE PEAPE CONTRACTORi CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA By E.M. MORRIS JOHN B. WEBER Its Board of Public Works. CONSTRUCTION BOND* Know all men by these presents, That we Bruno De Pospe of the County of St. Josep�hh- tate of Indiana, as principal, and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, o a t4more, Md. tins sureties , are held and firmly bound to the City of South Bend, Indiana,'in the sum Of Four hundred and eighty nine Dollars ($489.00) for. the payment of which,, .well and truly to be made, we jointly and sev:vrally bind oursleves, our hairs executers, aadminstratore and ,assigns, firmly by these presenta the c and it ions of the obligation are such that if the , above named Bruno De Peep* shall faithfully comply with the goregoing contract, made and entered ante the 17th. day of November 1917, With the City of South,Bend,.Indiana, and shall fulfill all the conditions and stipulations therein contained, according to the true intent and meaning thereof, in a1i1 respects, then this obligation to be void , otherwise to be and remain in full force a.nd virtue in law. In the event the said City shall extend the time for the completion of said work,isuch extensions shall not in any way release the sureties on this bond. This shall be a construction bond, and the sureties on the same shall not be held resons ible for the maintenance and repair of the improvement after it has been accepted by the second party, but such sureties shall be held responsible for the faithful compliance with all other conditions stipulations and requirements covered by or set out in the contract. WITNESS our hands and seals this 17th. day of November 1917. BRUNO DE PEAPE UNITED STATES.FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO. BY L. E. BARTER, Atty. in fact. The above bond was approved this 20th. day of November 1917, E. M. MORRIS JOHN B. WEBER BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS* res Idint. t� Regular sem3.en et ova 7xil,5tP. : >ndt"bold en accoun* of no quorumm, Mr. John B. Weber only nembf r present. All hes.. ing and b4siness _8e0 for this time deferred until Wednesday'November 21st.,1917 at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday November 219t.,1917. . Board :net in wpeclll session at 11:00 A.M. Mr. A. H. Rice aj3sent. Concerning the improvement of the roadway of Jefferson Blvd from 1, iichigan Street to the west line of the Bridge over hhe St. Joseph River, with asphalt, asphaltic concrete, brick, creosot>3ed Wooden Block or bitulithic, in pursuance to resolution No. 559 November 20th., 1.917 being the date for receiving and opening bids, the Board at 1.0:00 A.M. on tho above mentioned date! publicly opened and read and considered all bids* and continued said time for preliminary order until 7:45 P.M. November 20th., 1917 and from that date to 10: 00 A.M. this 219t. day of November 1917. And thereupon the Beard designated Sheet Asphalt the kind of pavement thhwhich said boulevard is to be improved an ft"s bite - December 1917 as the. time when petitions roust be f iled, and the Boa:°d 'h4� q. a c��it ins continues this matter until the 4th. day of December 1917 at 10,00.A.M, pn the day sbs ve -: Qd thy,-:oa-rd �ri..}�1_?e.ither pass on .petitions 1-et said contract .or reject all e Attested:- E .'U. HR IS Ia,*ronica C. Sam:ice ti ... Clerk ofd T'� . 49B]tR 'ft-tred this 219t.9 day of November 1917. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. Hearing had on assessment roll and final estimate for Asphaltic concrete pavement on Dubsil Avenue from Michigan Street to Miami Street, under Improvement Resolution Igo: 543• 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 roll riled the 8th. day of November 1917 is benefitted in the amount of assessments as shown on said rolls, * and the Board further find that the assessment roils filed November 8th.,1917 and the final estimate allowe November 8th.,1917 should be and the same are hereby in all things ratified, confirmed and approved and ordered that the City Controller be n©tfied to hold OUT of the amount due The White Construction Company contractors, the sum of One Hundred Dollars until further notice from the Board , complaints having been received in regard to defective curb and dirt left on the street. The Board instructed the City Civil Engineer to investigate the , same abd report ,to the Board, V � Hearing given on Vacation Resolution No. 43 for the Vacaton 4f an alley lying between -Lots 2.3 & 4 in Fords Sub. D iv is ion of the south part of Bank Out Lot 60. In the City of South Bend, Indiana. In the above matter no remonstrators appeared and no Written remonstrance was filed. The Boardtherefore sustain all farmer action taken and declare the above described property in all things vacated and this resolution in all things ratified, confirmed and approved. Resolved further that the City Wngineer be instructed to prepare a roll showing awards of damages and assessments of benefits to all parties and properties interested in the hbove matter. Petition received read and placed or. file for a light at corner of Napier Street and Cherry Street.