03/28/1922 Board of Public Works Minutes

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0 Tuesday March 28th., 1922. _p v Board met in regular session at 10:00 A..M. All members present. F. J. Anderson City Eggineer and Mayor F. F. Seebirt present. Mr. R. R. Smith Vice President and Gen'l. MAr. Chicago, South Bend & Northerl Ry. Company with Mr. Southworth appeared before the Board and requested permission to place a feeder line for power booster for South Michigan Street and Miami Street lines on Miami Street from Lincoln Way East to Broadway and. on Broadway from Miami Street -to Marietta Street, also to place pi�ht, poles .oxi-Broadway and Miami Streets and use same jointly with- the Indiana Bel? "'e!.ep`icne Company poles now or. said street and print submitted approved and the Board i.iastrocte- the Clerk to notify the Indiana Bell Tel. Vomppany of the ppermission ranted the Chica o South Bend & Northern Indiana Railway Company and that their es are to be Non jointly. Pro e t own s esi in on Rt.:5:n'.S reFt-�frtm HaneyAvenue to Indiana Avenue appeare e ore tie oar Ud reaueste that petition or pavement on Rush Street be granted. City Engineer explained that the sewer was only in part way on Rush Street. Board ordered resolutions prepared for sewer and pavement on Rush Street from Indiana Avenue to Haney Avenue. Councilman Sid Thornton apppeared before the Board in regard to utition on file for rade, curb and Walk on Yorth Hill Street from Howard Street Napoleon Street. *ritten remonstrance tiled a ainst said improvement. The Board after due consideration decided to set said petition for an informal hearing as to the a.dvisdbility of this improvement for April 12th., 1922 at 7:15 P.M. Clerk in- structed to send noticestoproperty owners. Property owners ,ap eared before the Board in re and to petition for sewer on Lon ley Avenue from Colle e Street to Johnson Street. Re oluti.on ordered. Written remonstrance against said �mprovemen.t received read and placed on file. Councilman Hardman with Frank Strouch appeared before the Board in regard to opening of an alley between lots 3-4-5 &6 MeasBs Addition Addition from Porte Avenue to Lincoln Way West.. The Board instructed the Street. Commissioner to to investigate this alley preparatory to placing new curbx returns and report as to obstructions in alley. Property owner b name of Kronewit,ter appeared before the Board for rade curb -and walk on Ruskin Kreet from Emerson Avenue to Oakland Street. Resolution ordered D. C. Layton, Street Commissioner.appeared before the Board and took up matter of the Northern Indiana Gas & Elec. Company using a bar to break into new pavements ror gas leaks. Board requested Mr. G. M. Johnson to appeare before the Board and requested him to have his workmen use a drill and not a bar on pavement. Attorney Harry A. Wair appeared before the Board representing the School City and requested that a resolution be adopted for the v&cation of alleys between 10th.,.and llth. Street and Pleasant Street and Vine Street*'as School City Tas about to let a contract for the erection of a school building .on this bbock. Board ordered Vacation Resolution prepared. Board passed Resolution authoriting the publication of the Building Code in pamphlet form. Be It Reso ved bK tri Bo rd of Publiq Works q this Cit th t the Build -in Code be publishe in mphh et `orm as now in use vui h amesname its o conform to 6rdinance o. 2243 of the Common Council and as ordered by the Common Council of March 27th., 1922.' Clerk instructed to notify Hibberd Printing Company to print and bind I building codes. Board instructed Clerk to send notice to the Weslbach Street Lighting Comp€fiyof America of the Peolples Gas Lighting Building Chica o, Illinois stating that -their contract for gas light for streets in River Park SOW Bend Indiana will terminate 'April 30th., 11923��. Street Lighting Company o sAmerica in reo reetoocontractbe sent to the Welsbach Chec for the sum of $375.00 received from the H. A. Wood Realty Company for street lights in Marquette Park from July 20th. 1920 to March lshs., 1922 as per contract with.hoard of September 23rd., 1919 for 9-160 watt lights at75 per month as per statement sent to said Company under date of 11arch 25th., 1922.