04/05/1922 Board of Public Works Special Meeting Minutes

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Wednesday April 5th., 1922, Board met in special sewsion at 9:00 A.M. All members present. City Civil Engineer filed all tabulation of bids received for improvements Tuesday April.4th.9 1922 and the Board awarded the contracts as follows:- Grade, curb and walk on Bowman Street from C151de Street to Kline Street awarded to H. N. Barnes at0......00..43,336.98 Grade, curb and walk on Brookfield Street from Werwinski Street to - Lincoln Way West awarded to H. N. Barnes at ... .$ 1,955.10 a Grade, curb and walk on Donald.Street from Leer Street to E. Line of Kline Street awarded to H.,L. Davis at.........03.532.95 Grade) curb and walk.on Donald Street from E. Line of Kline Street to Sappson Street awarded to H. N. Barnes at ..... S 3,321.90 Pipe sewer on Dubail Avenue From Leer Street to lst, alley East of Clyde Street awarded to Gee. A. Harrop at ........ $ 2,152.15 The following notice was approved b the Board and the Clerk instructd to send same to the Wel.sbach Street Lighting Company of Chicago, Illinois by mail. South Bend, Ind. April 5,1922 Welsbaeh Street Lighting Company of America. Pe®paes Gas Lighting Blsg. Chicago, Illinois. Gentlemen: - You are' hereby notified :that your contract with the tit'y of South Bend Indiana, executed by its Board of Works April 23'rd. 1917 will terminate April 30,1923, at midnight, and that said contract will•not be renewed nor said services continued after that date, L. B. SLAUGHTER L. P. HARDY v ALBERT F. HONER • BOard of Public Works of the City of u South Bend, The following agreement signed by R. R. Smith of the Chicago, South Bend $c Northern Indiana Railway �ompany for -Michigan Street pavement was approved by the Board. • South Bend, Indiana. • 'Tuesday April 4th. 1922. Board_ of Public Works, City of South Bend,, South Bend, Indiana. ' Dear Sirs: - This letter wi11 confirm the verbal understanding between the Board of Public Works and the Chicago, South Bend & Northern Indiana Railway Company in regard to the paving of South M#chigan Street from a point 40 feet north of Fairview Street to Donmeyer Avenue. on account of the new condition created by the surrender of the Railway Company's franchises, whereby the railway Company is relieved of the necessity of paying for that portion of the pavement between its rails, and for one foot outside ofits rails, the Railway Company has.agreed titb the Board of Public Works as follows: First; The Railway Company at its expense, will lay a new track in the center of the street from a ill also 40 thefeet curveofrom the eenter ofof Fairview reet to Michiganakaide StreetSleading The Railway Company y into Oakside, Street. Second: The abutting property ewners will pay for the cost of the pavement exactly tly the same basis as if there were no track in the street. i Third: Any additional cost of.the pavement Which is caused by the location of the railway track in the street, over and above what the cost would be 3f there were no tract in the street, is to be btrme by the Railway Company . the last paragraph In explanation of it is understood that if any additiond concrete is needed to suppport the track of the Railway Company, that ext a concrete is to be paid for by the Railway Company. Also if a brick pavement t laid 4k pave the rails and for one foot on the outside of the rails, and pro�-ide this brick pavement rose more per square yard than the pavement on the balance of the street costs per square the yard, then the difference between the cost ofst a bar34ckanrthe pavement onnetKerbalance ve ent on he balance of t e street p Q tie street, per square yarg is to be paiyh�a�lwayCompany.�, the street Fourth: An re airs to the pavement in the portlen occupied by the track of he �ailway Company, caused by yy the improper installation ®f the track, or by the working of the rai s is sto bedpaid by ,the Rh lwayrequostythat the We are forwarding this letterP Board of Public Works approved one copy and return the same to us for our files. Yours very truly, APPROVED 92222 CHICAGO, SOUTH BEND & NORTHT`RN INDIANA ��3ARD 8' PIIBLI G WORKS, RAILWAY COMPANY L, BY R. R. SMITH 2neAVirPres. &