03/05/1918 Board of Public Works Minutes

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109 Board met in regular session at-10:00 A.M. All members present. J Pole and Wire Inspector Beaning reported on complaint filed by Ed. Knoblock of pole in front of. window and guy wire at residence No. 121 St. Paul Place. as follows:- This is a Rome Tel. Company pole. Frith -nothing on the pole but a guy wire. This guy pole should be a small pole placed on tlae d1ild-ing line to the west of this property and a small guy wire. The Board ordered th this company be notified to remove this pole. The following c ommun icat ion requesting permission to move poles, received, also pole and wire inspector's report filed with same as follows: - South Bend, Indiana. ° February 28th.,1918. The Honorble Board of Public Works, .South Bend, Indiana. _ Gent lgmen: - �/ In connection with our construction work bn this City our plans, of which you have a copy , show the poles on Portage Avenue from Navarre Street to Angella Ave.,. to be removed; we made the necessary changes in our lines to permit this removal byt find the City has a fire alarm or police circuit on these poles; the Street Railway people are using a number of these poles whic-h they probably will purchase but your wires are on sixteen of them that the Street Railway people do not have any contacts on and we would like to remove these poles within the next two weeks, if it is possible for you to remove your wires. Please advise us of your action regarding this matter and oblige. Yours truly, RECEIVERS, CENTRAL UNION TELEPHONE CO., E. W. LINDSEY, Foreman. Recommended 5th. day of Mar,1918 Thos . H Beaning, Pole & Wire Inspector. Mar.. 5,1918. The City wires will be removed off all of the C. U. Telephone Poles which the Street Car Co. has no connections on except one pole at the corner Of Vassar Ave. This one pole the city will reset and use; temporarily until later when this one pole will be removed°by the City Electrical department and the pole will then be returned to the C. U. Telephone Company. Board approved of Pole and wire inspector's report and the Clerk instructed to notify said Central Union Telephone Company. V Communication received read and placed on file fanm J. M. Jolly in regard to a 14tefor a fire station at the corner of Mishawaka Avenue and 6th. , ' Street River Park. Game read and placed on File. Renewal certificate for excavation bond of Bruno De Peape for the year 1918 was read and placed on file.. '/ ,Financial reports of the Building Department and Electrieial department filed by the Commissioner Commissioner and City Electrician for the month of February 1918. Same read and placed on file. City Cemetery sexton filed f inane ial report for the City Cemetery for the month of February 1918. Same read and approved by the Beard and the Clerk was instructed to notify Cemetery Sexton het collection of the outstanding accounts to February 28th.,1918 and render an itemized report of this at meeting to be held Tuesday March 12th.,1918 at 10:00 A.M. City Engineer F. J. Anderson, filed the -following estimated costs on the followi g improvements.on February 28th.,1918 And same was read and placed on file by the Board. _ Estimated Lost of Pavement Improvement on Blaine Avenue from La Porte Avenue to Lincoln Way West at ......................................................... 07,,30Q 00 i/ Estimated cost of the grade, curb and sidewalk improvement on the west one half of Ernsperger Street from Lincoln Way East to the Bridge over the St. Joseph River at... ...................................................... .....•••••♦... 1....$ 982.00