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Home My WebLink About11/05/1918 Board of Public Works MinutesBoard met in, regular- sess ion at 110: 00' A.M.. A11 members present.. It was resolved by unanimous consent of the Board that the salary - of William N. N ies Clerk of the Building Department be raised from $70.00 per month to$801100 per month- s tart ing from November ist . ,1918. By unanimous consent Goo. Hoffman was granted extension of time on Grading contract on Miami Street until January 1st. ,1919. Petition f or sewer on East Mad is on Street fro* Eddy Street to East end of Mad is on Street was f iled with the Board, - Sa idpet it ion was referred to the City Civil Engineer an est imate' to be f iled in February 1919. 00..• ,-Clerk instructed. to notify Street Commissioner D. C. Layton to be present at next Board meeting Tuesday November 8th. ,1918 at 10: 00 ' A.M, as the matter of putting gravel on Indiana Avenue to the O.Brien Factory is to be discussed. vemWM Board ordered that the Street Commissioner be notified to repair City Hall Court between Main Street and Michigan Street. Bodd of William A. Henry- Substitute City Electrician signed by the New Amsterdam Casaulty Company was received and.- referred to the City Controller f or approval. Communication received read and placed on file from the South Bend Deve lopement Company in Harter Heights in' regard to lights at the c onners of St. Joseph Street and Pokogan Street. Monthly report_ of the Building Department .read and placed on file. Monthly f inane ial report of the City Cemetery read and placed on f 11e . Permission granted the Indiana & Michigan Electric Company to set one guy anchor on the south east corner of Colfax Avenue and Francis Street temporary as there is no poles .or guys allowed by Ordiliance on Colfax Avenue. The following c ommunicat ion received read and placed on file. from the Welsbaeh Street Lighting Company of America. We have yours of the mod. requesting the relocation of a gas post at the S. E. corner of .Mishawaka Avenue and Greenlawn Avenue owing �i tits being in the way of freight cars being switched at that corner. We have written to the Gas Company to --day requesting them to move it as soon as possible . Yours very L truly, F. C. STILES, District Manage . The following bond and contract signed and approved. AGREEIAENT BETWEEN the Board of Publ ie ' Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana and Wm. H. Burke of the City of South Bend, Indiana for the covering and the remodeling of the -heating system -,in -the Severn departments, to furnish all material and perform all labor in accordano.e with the plans and specifications herewith attached; for the sum of ..........S 885.00 All work to be completed by December lat.,,19189 contingent upon c and it ions beyond our control. Payment of same to be in 191 : and to be paid at the discretion, of the Board. ♦ V Vii V JJ-&4AVIJ. -WITNESS, our hands and seals this 5th. , day of November 1918, BOARD OF PUBLIC WORDS ° `VF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. G. A. ELLIOTT H. F. ROSTISER JOHN F. DEHAVEN. WM. H. BURKE ° Contractor. CONSTRUCTION BOND. KNOW LL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS , That we Wm. H. Burke of the County of St. Joseph, State of Indiana., as principal, and J. E. Fisher of the County of St. Joseph and State;of Indiana, as suretie, are held and ,firmly boAnd to the City of South Bond, Indiana, in the sum of One Thousand Sollars (.$l,OOOp.00 ) for the payment of ' which, well and truly to be made, we jointly and severally bind ourselves our heirs, o1e6utors, admin`strators and assigns, firmly by theses presents. ° The conditions of the obl igat ion are such that if the above named Wmq. H. Burke shall faithfully comply with the foregoing contract, made and entered into the 1st.0 day of .November 1918 with the City of -South Bend, Indiana and shall Wulf il.l . all the cond it ions and. stupul at ions therein contained, according to the true intent and meaning thereof, in all respects, then this obligation to be void, other- wise to be and remain in full force and virtue in, law. In the event the said City shall extend the time for the completion of said work, such extension shall not in any way rileasa the sureties on this bond. This shall be a construction bond, and the sureties on the same shall not be' held responsible for the maintenance and repatt of the improvement after it has been accepted by the second party, bitusixch sureties shall b 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 lot., day of November 1918. IWM. H. BURKE ENO. E. FISHER The above bond approved this 5th., day of November 19181 G. A. ELLIOTT H. F. ROSTISER JOHN F. DEHAVEN Board of Publ is Works AFFIDAVITS FOR PERSONAL SURETIES.; STATE OF IND IANA ° 3T. JOSEPH COUNTY )SS Wm. H. Burke swear that I own real estate in St. Joseph County State of Ind iana, ;of which I am possessed in feee simple of the valur of One Thousand Sollars over and above my indebtedness and the exemption Allowed me by law, as I believe so help me God. WM. H. BURKE Subscribed and sworn to before me, the undersigned Notary Public this 1st., day of `November 1918. FRANC IS E. LAAiiBERT My Commission expires January 9,1919. Notary Public 1-91-8;LLT70ntUued . _ S TA TE OF IND IANA ST. JOSERH COUNTY ASS I Jno. E. FIsher swear that I own real estate in St., Joq*ph County, State of Indiana, of which I am possessed in fee simple of the value of One Thousand Dollars over and above my indebtedness and the exemption allowed tae by law as I believe, so help me God, JNO. E. FISHER Subscribed and sworn to before me, the enders igned Notary Public ftisrA-st.., day of November 1918. . FRANC IS E LAIMER T My Commissioner expiresJen. 9,1919. Notary Public. The following claims were approved by . +she Board. ' Engineering Dept., payroll .. . ................. 221.25 Street and Alley... ...... The South Bend Supply Co ...................... .64 Builder's Supply Co .......................... 25..00 Miller & S noke ............................... 6.80 Sibley Machine Tool.Co....................... 2.39 Harvey Korn .................................. 65.25 The Studebaker Corporation ................... 287.78 C ity Water Works — , ........ .52- L. A. Lydick ..............................::. 3.50 Chard & Tompsett ............................. 970 . Frank.J. Wolf.... I ........................... �1.65 Wm. Maurer & Co ............................... 13,30 Williston Construction Co ..................... 508,00 Elkhart Iron Works ........................... 73.50 Frazier & Frazier ............................ 4.51 L. F. Bunch Sign Co ......................... 15.00 Garbage Dept., .......................e....... 426.00 Joseph Krill ................................. 12.00 Goo.aW. Zinkey, Postmaster ................... 15.00 Geo. Wheelock & Co ........................... 13.35 . William H. Burke ............................. 827.91 Indiana & Michigan Elea. Co.................. 38.46 We lsbaeh Street Lighting Co. of America...... 78. 08 " West Side Hdwe. Co., ...... 0 ................. 2.25 John I. Schafr Lbr. Co....... .......... * .... 407.03 _ Street Repair Dept...,. ... * ... *-* ... 9 ...... 183.55 Chicago, South Bend & No. Ind. Ry. Co..,..... 12.00 Total.... ... .......,$4,487.21 a 'President,-'