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Home My WebLink About04/22/1919 Board of Public Works Minutes° Board °mete - in -regular -sees ion at 10 00 A.M., All members present. Mayor F. R. Cars on present. This being the date set for the consideration of b ids :received for the paving of South Bend Avenue from Eddy Street to easterly City Limits, under Im.pr ovement Res olut ion °No.4 - ,622,, ,t.ht ,Board, au wAImous,ly dec ided to re jeect all b ids r6c a ived April' lath. 9,1919'as. :only none, bid was. under the estimate and hereby order said improvement &dv.ert is,i,ed f_or ,b ids, under ,pre sent ,resolution. Same to be adtert ised April 24th.,1919 and M'ay lst.,1919 in the South Bend Daily,Tr. ibune bids to be received M 3th., 1919 et 10:,00 �A .M. THe -Board. reserves the right., to reject any and all bids. Attorney Wm. N. Bergan and Mr. F. M. Caldwell property owners on South Bend Avenue appeared °before ° °the Beard and Yei dd ter the Board rejecting bids and a wr itten petit iori Waa 'pres°ente°d `tt 'the 'Erdard request ing that said improvement be made with c onc�re ` `ea °-'5iHW was' read` '01d °planed° 'on f ile. - tyt�.,° ........ South, .Bend, Apr it 21,1919. ,T o the Board of Pub 1 is Works, _ South, Bend , Ind iana . Dear. Sirs We, the undersigned represent that each of us are .the owners of a parcel of real estate abutting on South Bend Avenue, between Eddy Street and th City Limits, in the City of South Bend, Indiana, and we respectfully petition the Board of Public Works of said C ity 't o. cause the same t o be Improved Atith a .c oncreto pavement. C oqu ilard ,estate . Alexis Coquillard, Trustee 368 feet. I. W. Lower, about 80 feet. Vernon C. Bast ings. about 45 feet. Indiana Saving & Lean Assh. ab out 45 feet 0. W. Johnson " O.5 feet Mr. Curtis 1246 So. Bend. Avenue �Q feet Frank. Miller .. 35 fact. J. W. Sanders, 90 feet , Frances E. Sanders William Hunl is Edw. Heffner -45 feet A. A. Wright 150. feet Wm. Ryakman 50 feet , F. M. Caldwell 50 feet . B. F. Dunn 40 feet . John 8c Julia. Barber estate by Wm. N. , Bergan 50 feet Wi llaim .N: Bergen. 45 feet. , L. S. Fichenseher 40 or 50feet Henry Mast 50 feet Elbel Bros ( Inc.) 80 feet. J C. Rough .208 feet. Bids were received read and referred to the City City Engineer to be Pepsrted on Wednesday April 23rd.1,1919 at 7:15 P.M. Bid of Wm. Burke on Water connections on Miami Street, one 2 inch water c onneea! t ions ........................... , .... $ 82.50 The Board instructed clerk to call up Mr. Chas. pricey of water connect ions, PAVEMENT IN EDGWATER PLACE ADDITION. Bid of ,The Western, Construction Company. , cement curb per lin ft.................°.... 0 cement sidewalk per sq. Id......... ,......... .15 Grading per cu. Ord .. . ................... .60 Replacing brick roadway per sq. yd........ t° 1.10 Asphaltic concrete , pave*rt Bent Trinidad '-Lake asphalt per sq. yd..................... 2.28 Weidler about this 60=_ 9 marginal curb per tin ft ... ...... ............. 6—so ,`20 Check for $540.00 Bid of the Williston donstruction Coo any. LCement walk per sq. ft..;..............:....«...... .15 cement curb per lip ft .............................. .30 Grading -per cu. yd................................. *70 AsphaIlt roadway per sq. yd.. us in Standadd Mexican -Asphalt....... , ...... , ... , ... 2.0 Asphaltic concrete per sq. yd ...... , ....._..... 2.21 8 inch conduit pipe, per 1in ft.....°...'...., ....... .80 Storm. water `inlei s. e►ch...........................10.00 Marginal curb Iper lin ft .......................... . .30 Resetting inlets each ............................. °2..50 Manhole covers, each..... 2.50 ........................... Check for $540.00 Petition received read and placed on file for pipe sewer can -St. Louis Blvd-. from Corby Street to Howard Street. The Board ordered a resolution prepared on same. Renewal certificate on Fred P. Futter Bond .of $1, 000.00 approved by the Board. Petition received read and placed on file for pavement on Birner St. from Allen. Street to Blaine Avenue. • The Board ordered a resolution on same. Communication received from.W. D. Teeple National Deputy of the George McKenzie Poinssett Garrison No. 93 Army and Navy Union in regard to tract of ground in Cemetery Same read and placed on file, Appl icat ion received from Herman Kab itz for pas it ion`,,as inspector in the Engin ering Dept., Same read and placed on file. Mr. D. C. Layton, Street Commissioner reported on bill of Wig. H. Burke against Mrs. R. C. Cordtz for cleaning and repairing sewer and reported estimate of cost at $ 55.92, original bill read. $100.00 Petition received read and placed on file for a pipe sewer and brick pavement an W. Dunham Street from So. Chapin Street to McPherson Street. Same read and placed on file. The following communication received read and placed on file and answered. April 18,1919. Union Depot, Detroit, Michigan Mr. GAlbert A. Elliett, ° President, Board of •Public •Works, : - .. ° ...... South Bend, Indiana. Dear Sir I acknowledge receopt of your favor of the 16th., concerning Grand Trunk Tracks on Division Stizeet, and I have asked Mr. Whittenberber, lax General Manager *f the Grand Trunk Western and his engineer, Mr. Irving to attend your meeting on the 29th. , inst. , if you conckude •to hold the Meeting at that date. The policy of . the -Rail read ,Administrat ion is to defer at this time all improvements and changes that are .not •of the utmost necessariSy in connection with the operation of the property,• -and therefore from the -Administration's standpoint I would urge upon you -that -this -matter be put over for the time being. Mr. Kelley will doubtless write you concerning the attidudo of the Corporate Company. °° °°°•°YQurs very trulym FRANK H. ALFRED$ Federal Manager. The Board instructed Clerk to notify -the following parties to c onstruct or repair their sidewalks or the- same would be constructed or repaired -by - the City under the. Various Sidewalk Contract Thirty day nptice sent t,o Samuel Spite estate, repair sidewalk middle part of lot ?7 0. P. of South - Bend, . Indiana sin 119 and 121 South Michigan St. Thirty day notice sent to Frank Arnold, to repair sidewalk at north 22 feet of. Lot 27 Of P. to the City of South Bend, Indiana, located at 119 & 121 South Michigan Street. Thirty day notice sent to Albert Lichtenberger, to repair sidewalk at south 22f t of Lot 27 0. P. PLat to the City of South Bend, Indiana at 119 and 121 So. Michigan Street. Thirty day notice sent to Harry Shaffer Elkhart, Indiana to repair and construct sidewalk at 126 Summit Place 2nd . Addition, located at the northeast corner of Huron Street and Brookfield Street, South Bend, Indiana'. The `Follow ing "order* was approved by the Board. It is ` herebir ordered by the --Board that the Mayor, City Engineer and the members of the-"Boardl of Public Works go to Chicago, Illinois to examine Tervia pavements wit a view of proper repair of the present Tary is pavements in South Bend; That itemized expenses of each of the above be submitted to the Board and refunds made upon presentation of statements of expenses. • The following claims were presented to the Board. • Gaf ill Oil Co. 45.90 Eyelet Tool C. 1038 Street and alley Dept., payroll 1,191.50 The Herr & Hera Co.,. 1.40 Pittsburgh C: & St. L. Ry. Co. 42,62.' .C. Garb a Dept., g p 426.00 The Herr & Herr Co." 10.83 Ind Una & Michigan -Elee . Co. .85 Joseph Luther 15.00 Geo. W. 'Zinke�s Postmaster 5.00 The National Lbr. C o: , 2.70 H. L.-Loehr Dec. Co. 8..85 Ina Una & Mich. Elea. Co., 80. 69 Joseph A. Luther 84.73 We lsbac h St. Lighting Co. 78. 0& Street Repair 237.70 Gaf ill oil Co. 4.33 The Tribune Printing Co. , - 1.00 The Cemetery De -t., payroll - 130.95 West Side Hdwe. Co., ll.00 Vargo Hdwe. Co. 80.50 Geo. W. Zinkey, 'Postmaster. 15.00 2,475.81 All of the above claims were allowed by t'he Board.