HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/30/1920 Board of Public Works MinutesPermission granted the Indiana Bell,, Tel. Company, to•;set, one: anchor
on Van Buren Street at alley between Blaine Avene and Cleveland Avenue.
Partial astfmates allowed to the Williston Construction Company
as f of Iowa
Francis Street pavement........ .,.....;..,�
Lawndale.Avenue pavement ...................... 1,458,88
Lawndale Avenue r iirl'aeink................... 3#657.45
Cleveland Avenue pavement.' ..................... 14.919.I5
Request of Coune ilaman wisniewski -for following lights referred to
Beaning for report.
Bertrand and Anthony, Kaley and Lawton,. Leave light in Kaley Park,
burn -ins near hydraantKenwood Avenue Ond Longley Avenue. South Shore Cross -ins at
Studebaker St'reet, lat. alley north of linden Avenue on Studebaker Street., inoandesnet
l ighta.
Petit ion f fled ,,for, grade, by ra is ins same at R-fiver Aveue, Harper
Court from alley east of Lincoln Way to St. Joseph River. Same_ referred -to City Engines
The following resolution approved by the Board and copy of same
filed in the CityControllers office.
WHEREAS. the C ity of South Bend, Ind iena, by and through its
Board of Public Warks, heretofore, by improvement resolution No. 752 caused South
Michigan Street, from Ewing Avenue. to a point forty feet (401) north of Fairview
Street, now in the City of South Bend, Indiana, to be improved by paving the same] and,
WHEREAS, the Chicago, South Bend & Northern Indiana Railway Company
Occupies & portion of said street for the operation of its electric railway, and by
the terms and conditions of its franchise is required to pave a portion of said street;
and,
WHEREA89 the portion of said street required to be paved by said
Railway Company was paved by the White construction Co., as contractor for
such work, and same was completed by it as such contractor bald accepted by the ' City
of South Bend, Indiana, on Nov
eleber 17,1920; and,
WHEREAS, the said Railway Company on the 22nd. day of November 1920,
'executed and filed with the said City of South Bend, Indiana, its sttpulatIon and
-agreement waiving objections on ace unt of any illegality or irregularity in 'the
proceddinga had for such improvement of said street and requested the City to issue
bonds .to pro-oure funds ig1th which to pay that portion of the cost of said improvement
chargeable against said Railway Company in the manner provided by an Act entitled
" An Act Concerning Municipal Corporations, "approved March 6,1905; and all amendatory
and supplemental acts thereto; and,
f WHEREAS, it appears that the amount Chargeable to andpayable
by said Railway Company by reason of said improvement amounts to the total sum of
Five thousand three hundred ninety three and 73/100 5
( ,393.73) Dollars, with interest
from the 27th. day of November 1920 to the 1st. day of June 1921.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that ten bonds be issued in
;..#toordanae with tht p•wers vented in said sit b virtue of,tha Y y provis 0" of said
act, the first of which bonds ahs1l`be. in,the sum of five hundred forty *nd:. Q3/laa
(,Q)" ioilar�,_due,May 1,.1921, with interest evidenced by coupon ►tt*cad to
said bond on thee- tot,a1 dost of said, i111mrs
rovement , to -wit fiva thousand tree hundred
ninety threa-,�xd 75110,0 (5093.M Db, fro& the l7tL _day of Nov ebar 20 to
the, lot. day oIr June I9 �,` id interest - bbS_1ng im the sum of one h d � e ig�ty-four
Tuesday November 3oth. ,1920 C ont inued. r w
and 40/100 (184..40) Dal lags And the balance of which isa Id :bonds shall be due and
payable respectively one M. , .two (2), .three (3) four (4) five (5),:' s ix (6) sQven
(7) , eiSht (8) and nixie ( ) years after the 1st. day of May 1921, and mach of said
bonds (except �sa'id •fi.rst bond) shall be tin the "sum` -of five hundred arYd thirty i�nine
and 30%100 ($539.30) Dollars, and all of said. bonds shall be numb* rod r c'onseo.utively
from one to ten inclus ive; and all of said bonds (except thefirst ether*of) shall have
coupons attached evidencing the interest payable *on said bonds, which interest shall at
per cent er `annum from the rat.' day- o `of May 1921, payable
ha' at 'l`.$CFb'ti� of 9 I ]L (��) i� i�
semiannually on presentation and surrender 'of the; couvbns as they severally mature, and the_.
coupons of said bond .shall be in the amount of the,- in�areqj-t due somiannual�ly .,on the unpaid
balance of the total principal sum of all of said bonds,
r Said - bonds shall be payable in lawful ,monwy of the United States without
re l iefj -from waluat ion ; and appra, is ement Jaws and attorneys.' fees. Said bonds -shall have
the same priority over Other liens as have assessments for other street improvements and
shall be a. first lievn on' all property, assets and '`franchises of .said Railway Company
in the manner andtotlio extent pcov ided by law..
Ad&oed `by the City of South Banal, Indiana this 30, day of Nov. 1920.
G, A. ELLIOTT
H. F. ROSTISER
JOHN.F., DEHAVEN
Board of Public Works
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Aec�,ptcd by the Stockholders bf the' Chicago, -'South Bend & Northern
Indiana Railway Company this 30, day of Nov. 1920.
OREN A. SMALL '
R. R. SMITH
Asst. Secy.
' Vice President t
The
The above, action on the..part of the Stockerholders of the Chicago,
South Bend & Northern Indiana Ra Slay Company has been authorized at their meet ins
on the 8th. day of Sept., 1920, and such action of the stockholders was ratified by the
directors of said Company at their meeting held on. the 8th. day of Sept. , ,1920.
OREN A. SMALL R. R. SMITH
Asst. Soey. Vice Pros.
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Partial ast imate allowed �hi 'White construct i. n }Company ,on
Resurfac-ing of pavement on Wayne Street from LafayetStreet to.S.3oseph Stx�e
for the `amount
v.
Engineer filed assessment . roll and final ast ixn to ,for ,:water con-
nections on W4yna ,Street from Sty. Joseph Street to , LAfe,yc,tt• Blvd. under ImW_ovement
Res Qlut ion No. 846 ,jn the C lty of South Band; ` `Ind iana.
Resolved that, notic*I as to the assessments be published :on the 13th.
'day of Deeembeir 1920 and ',on the �20th, day of Deeember 1920 in the South Bend Daily r
Tribune,,_, stating that this ,Board .will give a .hearing or. the amounts of such
assessments at its office in the City Hall On `thy 22nd, day of Decambei 1920 at
7:15 P.M.
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`Resolved ,further, that the entire Work under the above mentioned
contract be ancepted and approved and the final estimate thereon allowed.
The- following claims were allowed by the Board.
Salary Dept.#. $416.66
Street`-hl alley Dept., 490fJ00
Engineering Dept., 808.29
F. J. Anderson 60.00 y
Miscellaneous Dept., r .� , 12.50
Miscellaneous Deot., 40.00
City Hall Dept., 130.00
Street Lighting Dept., 90.00 r
samete,ry Dept., 125.00 .
Building' Dept., 349.1.6