01/30/1917 Board of Public Works Minutes

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366 Board met in regular session at 11:20 A.M. Mr. E. M. Morris absent. Mr, A. H. Rice acting presidenttr Mr. Gordon W.Long with a number -of property owners on Dale Avenue appeared before the Board and objected to -assessment on pipe sewer on -Dale Avenue. .As the assessment roll for said sewer was set for hearing January 23rd.1917 and all property owners.notified to appear, and said assessment roll was modi- Pied at :sald hearing; and confirmed! The Board notified said property owners present that .ne further action could be ,taken.. The Board -ordered. the Clerk to advertise for thirty thousand feet Of white oak ..lumber to be used , in ._street repair. for the exsuixg year. Bids for same to ,be received February 27th..,1917 at .10:00 A.M. Bids for pavement.on Psrtage';Cnurt f om Portage Avenue. to Ashland 1 Avenue. same `referred to the City Engineer for tabluation- to be reported on at 7: 45 P.U. this 30tN- day of January 1917, Communication received from A. R. Erskine in regard to improvement of EwingAvenue west from Miami Street. Same read and placed on file. Clerk instructed to notify.Mr. A. R. Erskine, that this improve- ment was set ever for bids April lst.,1917. C ommun is at ion .received from M. V. Ba ill iere of the New York Central Ry. Company in. -regard to water.conxections in South Bend Same read.and a referred to the City Water Department. The following report was filed by the CityEagineer. January 26th.,1917• The Honorable Board of Public Works, South Bend, Indiana. ' Dear Sirs: - The assessment roll for th paving 'of Michigan Street from South St. to La Salle Ave. includes two items for which there were no bids in the original contract with the 1Gstern Canstruction Company.* These two items are the curb and gutter inlets which were installed at the northeast dad the northwest corner of Michigan At. and Washington Ave. in place of the regular flat inlets, aid the cement walk repair work, which consisted of extending the walk '>out to the new curb line, due to the great irregularity in the old curb line. The ptteo of the curb and gutter inlets is $ 8.50 each, and the price for' extending the sidewllk to the back of the new curb is 12 cents a lineal foot. Respectfully submitted, _ Frederick J. Anderson, City Engineer. Petition for an electric light on Meikus Court and alley intersecting sane. Same placed on file for investigation. Contractors bond for the amount of One -Thousand ( i, 000.00)DollaLrs aligned by Alex Bukowski approved by the Board. Pros ident