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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/25/1919 Board of Public Works Special Meeting Minutes417. PI Board met in special session at 10: 00 A.M. Mr.- H.• F. Rost iser absent. In regard to the matter bfi,t.he,�Pottowat,omie Park Assessment for the Eddy Street and Mishawaka Avenue pavement improvement, -this matter having bean. considered by the Board tt was unanimously decided to present an ordinance to the Common Council laying thewholi matter before .them and asking, for an ordinance appropr iat ing the sum of $ 5045.48 to the care-ofthe Board of Public Works in "which to pay said assessment. Also'a letter explaining" this and a copy of resolution signed under date of August 28th. 191%. The Board also decided to have ordinance drawn presenting contract for the erect ion of add it ion to the City Hall: to the Council' for -their ratification. and for the sum .of $2.790.0_0 for payment of same The following communication was sent to We D. Hines, Director of Railroads at Washington, D. C. in regard to track elevation in this City. ''South Bend, Ind. Jan. 25th.01919. United States Railroad Adminstration`; ti Hon.. W.' -D. Hines, Director General of` Railroads, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir In 1916 the City of Ysoutl$end adopted a resolution concerning the elevation of tracks of the New York Central Ral'roaci` Lines through the "Cityof South Bend, Ind Tana. This matter was considered by >the Board pf Public Works at numerous meetings held, and just prior to the war, plans, spec if scat ions and estimates were filed by different railroad companies and agraaments ontered into by the City of South Bend, and c -stain railroad companies: During+ therar this ` improvement was held back and no advancement was made., The C ity . now contemplates :the_ , carrying out of the improvement and we have on file Circular No. 44 issued 'by the=United,States Railroad. Adminstration dealing with contemplated, improvement b.. municipalities and limiting the expenditure by the railroad to $500.00 without first obtaining the .Director General of Railroads consent. _ The City 6f South Bend and the people at large are vitally., interested in the elevation of tracks through this City and said improvement is apparently agreeable by the New York Central Railway.Company at the present time. We write this letter to find out the attidude of the United States Railroad Adminstration towards this improvement and whther the carrying out of the improvement atthis time would be agreeable to your department. Kindly let us hear from you and oblige. Yours respectfully, G. A. ELLIOTT President. S The following contract was approved by the Board and ordered sent to the Common Council for ratificaion Monday January 27th.,1919. CONTRACT r THIS AGREEMENT made the 25th. , day of January in the year Ninteen Rhundred and nineteen by and between Jmsaph Good hereinafter called the Contractor, and City of South_Bend, . Indiana by its Board of Public Works, hereinafter Balled the owner, WITNESSETH, that the Contractor and the Owner for the consideration hereinafter, named agree asy follows; _ ARTICLE 1, The Contractor agrees to provided all the materials and to perform: all the work shnwn ' do the drawings and' described in' the° spec if icat ions en- titled Addition to the City Hall, South Bend, Indiana prepared by E. R. Austin, Acting ; and in these contract documents entitled the Architect, and to do every- thing required by the General Conditions of the contract, the Specifications and the Drawings. ARTICLE 2. the Contractor agrees that the work under this contract shall be -substantially completed April 1st., 1919. ARTICLE 3. The Owner agrees to pay the Contractor in current funds for the performance of the Contract. Two housand Seven Hundred and ninety Dollard, ($2, 790. 00) subject -to additions and deductions as provided in the General Con- ditions of the contract and to make payments on account thereof as provided° therein, as follows: -Payments shall be made as the work progresses to the amount of 80% of the value of the labor performed and the materials furnished and wrought into the building up to the time that the certificate is issued, less the aggregate of the entire work, a sum sufficient to increase the total payments to 90% of the amount of the contract, and within 65 days thereafter, the balance due under the contract. ARTICLE 4. The Contractor and the Owner'agrees that the General Con- ditions of the Contract, the Specifications and the Drawings, together with the Agrement form the contract, and that they are fully a part' of° the Cnn.tract as if hereto attached or here -in repeated; and that the following is an,exact enumeration of the Specifications and Drawings:—, ne plan and one • set specifications. Contractor shall furnish a Two Thousand -Dollar ($2,000.00)Dollar surety bond, - premium to be paid by owner. It is understood and agreed that this contract shall become effective when confirmed by proper ordinance of the Caammn Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana. The Contractor and the Owner for themsevles, their successors, executors adminstratordl and assigns, hereby to the full performance of the coven- ants herein contained. IN WITNESS WHEREOF they hereunto set their hands and seals, this day and year above written. ' JOS R. GOOD Contractor. CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA BY G. A. ELLIOTT BY H.F. ROnSETISSER B0PJDJ8#XPhL�I H*WS, The Board instructed Mr. Good to file bond as soon as Ordinance approving this contract was passed. Pres dent.