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Poa.rd met in re;=mzlar session at 10:00 A. M. All members present
AGREE21ENT MADE WITH THE WELSBACH STREET LIGHTING CO. OF MERICA FOR GAS LIGHTS
IN RIVER PARK.
TWI S A GREF241Y�T, �iade this 27th. day of November, A. D. , 19112 by and between the
City of South Bend, by and throu ;h its Board of Public Works, of St.' Joseph County, State
of Indiana,, party of the first part, and The Welsba.ch Street Li;�,htin€g Company of America,,
a corporation created under and purusant to the laws of t.11e State of Illinois, party of
the second part:
WITNESSETTI: That the s�-,id parties hereto, in consideration of the promises and
agreements herein Mutually entered into, do', for themselves and their successors and
assigns, promise and agree to and with each other as follows:
The said party of the second pert hereby agrees to furnish to the party of the
first part Improved Welsbach Street Lights and to maintain the same in accordance with the
Specifications contained herein, for the period of five years, Commencing January first,
1912.
EQUIPMENT FUND SERVICE.
The said party of the second part further a,krrees to Furnish and erect, at its
own cost and e-pen se, where not already erected., first-class Iron Lamp Ports and Boulevard
"Lanterns, equiiped with the Improved Attacluments for the 7elsb€aeh System of Street
Lix: kiting. The said party of the second part further agrees t > furnish, at its own cost
and expense, all illuminant, mantles and material necessary for properly lighting, ex-
tini.�ishing, cleaning and rep€ ir. ing sa?_ci lamps and equi.pnent.
.It is understood and agreed that all posts, lamterns fund equipment furnished by
the sFid party of the second part shall at all times be and remAin the property of the _.
said party,of the second part and may be removed by it at the termination of this contract
The lights to be furnished by the said party of the seco^.d part shall be those
now being Furnished and operated by said party of the second part (20 in number) in what
was formerly the Torn of River Park, County of St. Joseph and State of Indiana: said,
li�4hts being located as follows, to -wit:_
1 - 7th and Pleasant
2..6th and Mishawaka,
.3 - Cor. Plea,sent & 6th.
43- Cor. Mishawaka Ave. & 7t h.
.5 - Cor. 9th. & Wall
6.- Cor. Pleasant and 9th..Sts.
7 - Cor. Mishawaka Ave. and 9th Str.
8.- Cor. 9th. and Vine St. Town Hall
9- -r Cor. 10th. , amd Hishgwaka Ave.
19 -Cor. Mishawaka Ave. and. N. llth Str.
11 v Cor. Vine & 12th Str..
12 - Cor. Afi shwtil:a anti 13th Str
13 - Cor. 14th and dine Str.
14- :Cor. Mishawa-_a Ave. and 15th. Str.
_15 - Cor. 16th. and Vine Sts.
16 - Cor.,Mishawaka Ave. and 17th St.
17 - Cor 19th. and Mine St-.,
18.- Cor. Mishawaka Ave. and 19th Str.
1,q.- Cor. Pleasant and 19th Sts.
?0.- Cor. Pleasant and Dale Sts.
Above lights to be Standard sixty (60) candle poorer Welsba,ch.
The party of the second part to furnish male suns for all lamps.
LItrHTING SCHEDULE.
, The, lamps sha 1 be lighted every nit -lit in each month, and shall burn from dusk
to 12 o'clock midnight, and said party of the first part sha11, if it be required thht
lamps remain burning a f7rea,ter number of hours per night, pay therefor to said party of
the second part a sun in addition to and at the same rate as the compensation hereinafter'
provided `'or.
COMPENS;,_TION.
In consideration Of the furnishing g of said lights and for the faithful per-
formance of and compliance with all and singular the terms and-.tipulation.s of this
contract in every particular by the said party of the second part, as aforesaid, the
c&.id party of t e First part covenants and agrees that it will pay -for the number of
lights above speci:"ied at the rate of Eighteen Dollars per light per year, the
paymenttherefor to be made nonthly at the rate of One Dollar and fifty cents ( 1.50
: per lif-fht per month at the end of the month for whieh the services have been rendered.
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It is agreed and- understood however, that said party of the first part may order an
additional -amp or lamps at any time, and said party of the second part will pnoper3r
place and egmip the same within a reasonable 'time after receiving such order, anc< it
is further a -_:reed and -understood that wheneve-, ten (10) additional lamps have been
so ordered by said party of the first part, w ,ether at one or at different timer,`,
the compensation to said party of the seend part shall, from that time on, during
the life of this contract, be at t1ae rate of Sixteen ($16.00) Dollars per year for
each lamp, including those now and hereafter placed; the payment therefor to be paid
in equal monthly installments of One Dollar and. Thirty-three and one-third($1.33''' O
per light at tie close of the month for which services have been rendered.
Said party of the first part is to furnish and pay a Man to light, extin-
uish, clean find care for above lamps; said man to be under the supervision of the
party of the second part.
TV WITNESS WHEREOF the parties herFto have duly executevi these presents
this clay and. year first above written.
OTTO C . BASTI AN
FRANCIS E. LAMBERT
CHAS. V. NIEDBALSKI
WF.LSBACH STREET LIE:iITING CO. OF AMERICA
BY ART RJR E. STIAW
President.
The followng ten year guarantee bonds were released by the Board..
.Whereas Calvert TT. Def'rees, as Principal, and the American Surety Company
of New_ York, as Surety, did on the-2.3rd. day of December 1()01 execute and deliver
to the City -,f South Bend, Indiana.,a certain bond in the penial sum of Twenty Five
1Tundred ( 2500.00) Dollars by the terms of which bond said principal &nd said Surety
Puar.anteed to said city tr;.e nan4ntenance and repair of brick pavements on rdorth
Lafayette Street, 14ill Street 4Lnd Napier Street for a period of tern years. from the
date of said bond, namely December, 23rd, 1901;
And whereas sa,..d ten year period. of maintenance and repair has expired. a
Now, therefore, we the undersigned, the Board of Public 'Works- of the City of South
Bend., Indiana,, .acting -Cor and on behalf of : said- city under authority duly conferred
by law do hereby release and discharge. said Calvert H. Defrees, s€-.id Principal, and
the American Surety Company of New York, said Surety, from any and -all liability
on said bond so executed and delivered nn, saidDecember 23rd. -1901, , to sAid City and
guaranteeing the maintenance and rep,-J_r of said North Lafayette Street, Mill Street
and Napier Street as aforesaid., Dhated this ?_nd. =play of Ja,nuary,1912.
OTTO C. BASTI N
-FRANCIS E. LAMBERT=
CITAS. F. NIEDBALSKI - -
Bo&rd of Puhlie Works of the City of
Shuth Bend, Indians,.
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new additional lights in River Park as follows:
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Fifth Street and
M Gha,waka Avenue.
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