08/27/1918 Board of Public Works Minutes

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289 Board met in regular session at 10:00 A.N. All members pr esent. Mr. Smith of the School City appeared before the Beard and requested permission to construct a sewer -in alley waa:t north of Washington Avenue from Taylor Street to High School. The Board agreed. to .go out and investigate same... o Mr. Geo. M. Urey, Sexton of the City Cemetery met with the Board and requested permission to order vaults for cement , same to be paid for in January 1919. Same granted, The Beard ordered that the City Engineer that the City Engineer should have alley filled in on Corporaon porperty in River Park, which runs east of Eleventh Street between Lots No-s 77,78979 and 80 in Sub -Division "C", and use check of Twa hundred and fifty ($250. 00)Bollars in the name of Jp W. Vernon, for the payment of same. The Board ordered that the salary of Pat Goodaur of the Garbage Dept., be increased 50 cents per day, or from $3.00 per day to $3.50 per day. Communication received from the 'United States Fuel Adminstration oil Division in: regard to Bl --ine Avenue pavement, same read and placed on file. pet it ion s from resident property owners on Indiana Avenue between Carroll and Fellows Street remonstrating against the tearing up of the Indiana Avenue pavement for the purpose of connection for a sewer for he use of residents of Columbia Street. Said petition read and placed on file. Communication received read and plaedd on file from E. H. Potter Oaxt Agent of the New York Central Ry. Co. with circular No. 44 of . Director General W. G. McAdoo issued under date of July 29th., 1918 relative to Street or Road Improve- ments. The following c la ims .were presented to the Board. Eng ineer ing Det . payroll ................... ...... $150 00 Garbage Dept, payroll ......... ... ......... 390.00 -Street and alley Dept .................. ..........1*818.93 Steet Repair Dept.,....... .............. ....... 258.20 Ch:.rd & Tompsett................................ 1.50 Builder's Supply Co ............................. 4.85 Lindahl BDnthers ......... ................. ..... 95.75 Main Welding Company.....,*** ..... ..... , .... « . .75 Chard & Tompsett...... ... .... ........... ..... 9.40 Schuyler Rose .................................. .' 221.01 The Wesley Miller Flour & Feed Co.,....... ....... 5.81 Sudebaker Corporation of America........... ..... 4.80 Studebaker Corporation. af.lmerlea.......... ...... .75 Harvey Kern....... ............................... 49.52 3,011.27 All of the above claims were approved by the Board.