HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/28/1913 Board of Public Works Minutes75 6
Friday March 2gth,, 1913.
Board met in regular session
at 10:00 A.M. All members present.
Bids received and opened for Grade on Michigan Avenue from Olive Street to 1436 feet
west, under Impro vement Resolution No. 193. on Wednesday Larch 26th.-' werec:awarded to.
De Paepe & Coussens. Contracters,for the amount of..,.*--*.* ................*03471*797
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ZContraetors bond for One Thousand ( 1,000.00) Dollars signed by Hugh Anderson as
prinicipal and .the United States Fidelity &e Guaranty Company, of Baltimore,Md: as
sureties was; approved by the Board.
`/ A renewal of Bond No. 797153 for excavation signed by W.i. Braunsdorf and Fidelity
and Deposit Co. of MD for One Thousand ($1',000.00)Dollars was approved by the Board.
A renewal of Bond No. 652050 for excavation, signed by W. • H. Burke and the Fidelity
and Deposit go. of Md.-for One Thousand ($1,000.00)D011ars was approved by the Board.
✓ Board ordered. a steel cabinet for the City Hall Building to be placed in the Board
of Public Safety Room at the request of the aforesaid Board, from the Art Metal
Construction Company of Jamestown, N.Y.
In the matter of the Condemnation Resolution No. 20 for a highway on Sample Street
south, all action was deferred on -same until May 9th. 1913 at 10:00 A.L.
CONDEMNATION RESOLUTION NO. 26.
Resolved by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend,
Indiana: That the following described property be appropriated for the use of said
City; Beginning at the north east corner of Lot 34 Stanfield and Foster Addition,
thence north on the west line of Foster Street produced to the south east corner of
Lot 6 in Dallmants Addition, thence east 60 feet to the south west corner of lot 15 in
said Dallmant s Addition, thence south to the northwest corner of lot 33 in Sknfield
and Fester Addition; thence west 60 feet to theplace of begining.
The following described property may be injuriously or beneficially
affected by such proceedings; is the property herein proposed to be appropriated and
all the lots and parcels of lots and land in the following described territory as
follows,to-wit: - Beginning on the south line of St. Vincent Street' and the First
Alley east of Niles Avenue, thence south to the north line of Howard Street thence
east on the north line of Howard Street to a point 107.17 feet east of the east line
of Foster Street$ thence north to the south line of St. Vincent Street; thence west
on the south line of St. Vincent Street to the place of beginning. All as shown on
the attached map showing proposed opening and the property affected.
The pwrpose of such appropriation is OPENING AND EXTENSION OF FOSTER
STREET.
Notice of this resolution shall be published on the _l.st... day of
April_ and on the 8'th.., day of April 1913 in the South Bend Daily Times.
This Board, at its office in the City Hall on the 9th. day of May
1913 at 7:45 P.M. will hear and receive remonstrances from all persons interested in
or affected by these proceedings.
Adopted this 2$th. day of March,1913.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Fridav March 2$th.. 1913. Continued.
GRADE94CURB AND WALK IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 246.
Resolved by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, St.
joseph County,State of Indiana, That itis deemed necessary to improve BROADWAY FROM
FRANKLIN STREET EAST TO IM VANDA°LIA RAILROAD, as follows,to-wit:-
By grading said Street
from property line to property line. and the construction of cement sidewalk and cement
curb on both sides of said street where not already''constructed. All as shown on the plans
and in accordance with the specifications, profiles and detail drawings on file in the
Office of the Department ff Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana.
And such improvement is now ordered, in accordance 'with the profile,, de-
tails,, drawings and specifications on file in the office of the department of the Board
of Public Works of said City; and such improvement is now ordered.
The cost of.said improvement,.including to cost of street and alley inter-
sections, shall be assessed upon the real estate abutting on said. BROADWAY FROM FRANKLIN
STREET TO TBE VANDALIA RAILROAD, all according to .the method and manner provided for in
an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled "An Act Concerning
Municipal Corporations," approved March 6,1905, and in accordance with and pursuant to the
provisions of all amendatory and supplemental acts trjereto, passed by the General Assembly
of the State. of Indiana. Assessments, if deferred, are to be paid in ten equal annual
installments, with interest at the rate of Six per cent per any. A bond or bo ds shall be
issued to the contractor in payment of such work, unless the property owners pa said
assessment before said bond or bonds are issued. Under no circumstances shall he City
of South Bend, be , or be held responsible for any sum or sums, due from said property owner
or owners for said work or for the collection of the same, or for the payment of any bond
bonds, certificate or certificates, issued to said contractor in payment for such work
except for such moneys as shall have been actualy received by the City from the assessments
for such improvement, or such moneys as said City is by said above entitled Act required
$o pay. All proceedings had, and work done in the making of said improvement, assessment
of property, collection of assessments and issuance of bonds therefore, shall be as provided
for in said above entitled Act and amendments thereto.
Notice of this resolution sball be published on the 31st. day of March
1913 and on the 7th. day of April 1913 in the South Bend Daily Times. This Board will
give a hearing on this resolution in its office in the City Hall on the 25th. day of April
1913 at 7:45 t.M.
Adopted this 28th.. day of March,1913.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
In the matter of the Trunk sewer on Mishawaka Aveziue, under Improvement Resolution No.
177. The Board having the opening and awarding of these:ntract for said sewer,under
advisement do hereby reject all bids and find that improvement Resolution No.177 should
be and the same is hereby in all things rescinded.
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TRUNK SEWER IMPROVEKENT RESOLUTION N0. 245.
✓ Resolved'by the Board of Public works of the City of South Bend,
County of St. Joseph, State o.f Indiana; That it is desired and deemed necessary to
construct a sewer IN MISHAWAKA AVENUE AND BETWEEN THE WESTERbY FND OF" SAID MISHAWAKA
AVENUE AND THE ST. JOSEPH RIVER, all in slid City , which, from its sire and char-
acter, is not only intended and adaptedfo use"_by property owners whose property
abuts along the line of said sewer, but is also intended and adapted for receiving
sewage from collateral drains already constructed or which may be hereafter con-
structed, and the same is hereby ordered constructed in and along the following line
in said City.to-wit:-
Beginning on the easterly bank of the St. Joseph River at a point in;
line with the center line of Mishawaka Avenue if produced, thence running south
easterly in line with the center of said Mishawaka Avenue with a sewer fifty-four
(54) inches in diameter to the ce ter line of Eddy Street; thence still south east-
erly following the center line of said Mishawaka Avenue to a point One Hundred (100)
feet east of the center line of Ermerson Avenue with a forty-eight (48) inch sewer,
thence easterly along the center of Mishawaka Avenue to the center line of Greenlawn
Avenue with a twenty-four (24) inch vitrified pipe sewer; thence east along the center
line of said Mishawaka Avenue to the center of Ninth Street. with a twenty (20) inch
vitrified pipe sewer; thence still east along the center of Mishawaka Avenue to the
center of Twelfth Street with an eighteenth (1E) inch vitrified pipe sewer;- thence
still east along the center of Mishawaka Avenue to the center of Sixteenth Street
with a fifteen (15) inch vitrified pipe sewer, together with the house connections to
the curb line along the line of said improvement,
And to be built in accordance with the profiles, specifications, detai
detail plans; maps and estimates now on file in the office of the Department of
Public Works of said City, which includes an estimateof the proportion that the cost
of an adequate local sewer, built along the above line, -bears to the cost of the main
sewer, to be built as follows: The cost of an adequate local sewer, built along the
line above described, is hereby estimated and fixed to be Forty Three (43%) per cent
of the cost of the main sewer to be built along said line as aboee set -forth, which
proportion, as herein estimated and fixed, shall be taken and adapted in all computa-
tions requiring a knowledge of the cost of such local sewer if built along the line
where the main sewer is to be built. The cost of the construction of said sewer shall
be divided as follows:
1. - So much of such cost as shall be equivalent to the construction of an
adequate local sewer not adapted to receive sewage from collateral drains or sewers'
if built along the proposed line as hereinabove set- forth, shall be paid by the abut-
ting property holders and the City of South Bend, if it be determined that said City s
is benefited by said sewer in the same manner and to the same extent as local sewers
are paid for by them, under the Statutes in such cases made and provided.
li 2. The excess of cost over and above what would 'be equivalent to the cost
of a local sewer, if built along said line, shall be assessed against each piece Of
property in the district or area to be drained and against the City, if it be deter-
mined that the said City if benefited by t e said sewer' according to the manner and
method preseibed by law, all of which said property beneficially affected lies within
the following described territory in the City of South Bend, County of St. Joseph, and
State of Indiana,to-wit:-
Beginning at the intersection of the northerly bank of the St.
Joseph River and the center line of the first north and south alley west of Frances
Street, in said City; thence running north along the center line of said alley to the
center of Division Street; thence east along the center of Division Street to the
center line of the Grand Trunk Western Railway Company's Righty of Way:- thence
easterly along the center line of said Railway Company's right of way to the center 6
of Greenlawn Avenue; thence north along the center of said Greenlawn Avenue t- the
center of the road along the north line of Section 7, Township 37 North, Range 3
East; thence east along the center of said road to the center of Nineteenth' Street
thence south along the center of Nineteenth Street to a point one hundred fifty
(150) feet south of the south lino of Mishawaka Avenue thence west parallel with and
one hundred fifty (150) f- et south of the south line of said Mishawaka Avenue and
Mishawaka Avenue produced to the easterly bank of the St. Joseph River; thence
north westerly following the easterly bank of said river to a point in line with the
center line of the first north and south alley west of Frances Street which point is 6
the place of beginning.
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Said improvement shall be known and designated as THE MISHAWAKA AVENUE TRUNK
SEWER, Under Improvement Resolution No. 245, in the City of South Bend, Indiana.
.AAd each piece of ;property in said district or arm -above described, in-
cluding abutting property holders and the said City of South Bend, if the said City is
benefited, shall be assessed, as aforesaid, to pay said excess of cost over and above what
would be equivalent to the cost of a local sewer; all 6f which will more Rally appear
by reference to the profiles, map,drawings and specifications now on file in the office of
the department of Public Works of said City, which, among other things, gives the exact
course of said proposed main sewer, overflows, and its appurtenances, and the district or
area which may be injuriously or beneficially affected thereby, as shown by the heavy
boundary lines marked on said map and drawings, with proper words and figures written there-
on, clearly indicating what said heavy boundary lines represent, and the district 'or ares:
embraced thereby. Assessments if deferred, are to be paid in ten equal annual install-
ments,with interest at the rate of Six per cent per annum. A bond or bonds shall be issued
to the contractor in payment for said work, unless the property owners pay said assessments
before said bond or bonds are issued. Under No circumstances shall the City of South
Berid be or be held responsible for any um or sums due from said property owner or owners
for said work, or for the collection of the same, or for the payment of any bond,bonds, certi
�--icate or certificates iZ-sued to said contractor in payment for such work, except for such
moneys as shall have been actually received by said City from the assessments for such
imp rovmme nt a.
All proceedings had and work done intthe cnstruction of said main sewer
and its appurtenances, manner of assessment of property collection of assessments and is- �
suance of bonds therefor, shall be, as provided for in an Act of the General Assembly of the
State ff Indiana,entitled "An Act concerning Municipal Corporations," in matters pertaining
to the constitution. alteration and maAntenance of public drains in such cities. and within
four miles thereof, also providing fo the assessment of property specially benefited there-
by for the payment thereof, An whole or in part, an-~ for the collection of such assess-
ments; repealing all laws and parts of laws in conflict tzierewith, and declaring an
emergency ,approved march 6,1905, and all acts supplementary and amendatory thereto, pa ssed
by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana.
Notice of, this. resolution shall be published on the 26th. day of March
1913 and on the 4tl*u day of April 1913,in the South Bend Daily Times. This Board will give
a hearing on this resolution at its office in the City Hall on the 25th. day of April 1913
at 7:45 P.M.
Adopted ^this Wth. day of starch 1913.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
President.
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Friday March 29th. 1913.
Board met in regular hearing at 7:45 P.M. All members present.
,/Declaratory hearing given on improvement Resolution No. 222 for pipe sewer on
Quincy Street from Portage Avenue to Blaine Avenue,In the City of South Bend., Indiana.
In the above matter no remonstrators appeared, but a remonstrance was
filed. The Board therefore after due consideration find in each and every case in sad
said improvement that the benefits to the property and to the City of South Bend, are
equal to the estimated cost of said improvements and the same are hereby in all things
ratified, confirmed and approved.
Be it resolved that notices be published in the South Bend Dail,* Times
on the 31st. day of March 1913 and on the 7th. day of April 1913 to the effect that
this Board will receive bids for said improvement up to 10:00 A.M. on the 22nd. day
of Apri1,1913. 'The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
,/Declaratory hearing given on Improvement Resolution No. 217 for Pavement on Howard
Street from Leeper Avenue to Niles Avenue. In the City of South Bend, Indiana.
In the above matter no remonstrators appeared and no remtrances were
filed.- The Board therefore find in each and every ease in said. Improvement that the
benefits to the property and to the City of South Bend, are equal to the estimated
cost of said improvements and the same are hereby in all things ratified, confirmed
and approved.
Be it resolved that notices be published in the South Bend Daily Times
on the 31st. day of March 1913 and on the 7th. day of April 1913 to the effect that
this Board will received bids for said improvement up to 10:00 A.M. on the l8th. day
of April 1913. The Board. reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
Declaratory hearing given on Improvement Resolution No. 218 for Pavement on College
Street from Washington. Avenue to Michigan Avenue, In the City of South Bend, Indiana.
In the above matter no remonstrators appeared and no remonstrance
was filed. The Board therefore find in each and every case in said improvement that
the benefits to the property &nd to the City of South Bend, are equal to the estimated
cost of said improvements and the same are hereby in all things ratified, confirmed
and approved.
Be it resolved that notices be published in the South Bend Daily Times
on the 31st. day of March 1913 and on the 7th. day of April 1913 to the effect that
this Board will receive bids for said improvement up to 10:00 A.M. on the 19th.
day of April 1913. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
J Declaratory hearing given on Improvement Resolution No. 219 for Pavement on Pine
Street from Napier Street to L.S. & M. S. Ry. In the City of South Bend, Indiana.
In the above matter no remonstrators appeared, but a remonstrance was
filed. The Board therefore find in' eaci and every case in said improvement that the
benefits to the property and to the City of South Bend, are equal to the estimated
cost of said improvements and the same are hereby in all things ratified, confirmed
and approved.
Be it resolved that notices be published in the South Bend Daily Times
on the 31st. day of March 1913 and on the 7th. day of April 1913 to the effect that
this Board will receive bids for said improvement up to 10:00 A.M. on the l8th. day
of April 1913 . The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
f Declaratory hearing given on Improvement Resolution No. 220 for Pavement on Ottowa
Street from Vistula Avenue to L.S.& M. S. RY. In the City of South Bend, Indiana.
In the above matter a remonstrator appeared, but no remonstrances
were filed. The Board therefore find in each and every case inlaid improvement that
the benefits to the property and to the City of South Bend are equal to the esti—
mated cost of said improvement and the same are hereby in all things ratified, con—
firmed and approved.
Be it resolved that notices be published do the South Bend Daily
Times on the 31st. day of March 1913 and on the 7th. day of April 1913 to the effect
that this ,Boa;rd :;rill receive bids for said improvement up to 10:00 A.M. on the 18th.
day of April 1913. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bias.
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March 29t h. , 1913. Continued.
✓Declaratory hearing given on Improvement Resolution No. 221. fast Grade, curb and walk
on Prairie Avenue and Concrete Pavement on Prairie Avenue f rod Webster Street to Grant
Street. In the City of South Bend, Indiana.
In the above matter remonstrators appeared but no remonstrances were filed.
The Board after due consideration decided to defer all action until- Friday April 4th. 1913.
at 10:00 A.M.
✓''Declaratory hearing given on Improvement . Resolution No 226 for Pavement on Kemble Ave.
from Prairie Avenue to Ewing Avenue. In the City of South Bend, Indiana.
In the above matter no remonstrators ppeared and no remonstrances were
filed. The Board therefore .find i_i eaen and every case in said improvement that the
benefits tothe property a -ad to the City of South Bend, are equal to the estimated cost
a said improvements and the same are hereby in all thing✓ ratified, confirmed and approved.
Be it resolved that notices be published in the South Bend. Daily Times on
the 31st . day of March 1913 and on the nth. day of April to the effect that this Board
will receive bids for said i provement up to 10:D0 A.M. on the l8th. day of April,1913
The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
✓ Declaratory hearing given on Improvement Resolution No. 223 for Concrete Pavement on
South Bend Avenue from Eddy Street to Eastern City Limits. In the City of South Bend,
Indiana.
In the above matter remonstrators appeared but no further remonstrance - was
filed. The Board after due consideration decided to defer all action on the same until
Tuesday April the 9th. 1913 at 10:00 A.M.
Declaratory hearing given on Improvement Resolution No. 225 for Grade, curb and walk on
Olive Street from Elwood Avenue to Keller Street. In the City of South Bend,Indiana.
In the above _matter remonstrators appeared but no remonstrance was filed,
The Board after due consideration deferred all action until Tuesday April £ith.. 1913 at
10:00 A.M.
wDeclaratory hearing given on Improvement Resolution No. 224 for grade, curb and walk on
Johnson Street as now platted=and laid out in Mayr's Michigan Avenue Add. In the City o
of South Bend, Indiana.
In the above matter no remonstrators -appeared and no remonstrances were
filed. The Board therefore find in each and every case in said improvement that the
benefits to the property and to the City of South Bend, are equal to the estimated cost
of said improvements and the same are hereby in all things ratified, confirmed and
approved.
Be it resolved that notices be published in the Soutii Bend Daily Times
on the 31st., day of March 1913 and on the 7th. day of April 1913 to the effect that this
Board will receive bids for said improverent up to 10:00 A.N. on the 22nd. day -of April,1913
The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
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President.