03/06/1918 Board of Public Works Minutes

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112, Board met in regular session at 7: 45 P.M. All members present. Hearing had on Improvemeht Resolution No. 564 for the Pavement and of Jefferson Boulevard from East line of Michigan .St"et the east line' of Lincoln Pay. East and resurfacing pavement from East line -vf 1 inhs n lay East to east line of Bridge over the St. Joseph River, under Improvetiert Resolution No. 564. id the City ; of South Bend, Indiana. ,Upono said hearing. a remonstrator, appeared( Ur,Wma. Booth representing Mrs. Nellie Bouth_and Joseph Bevier) but no written remonstrance was filed And the Board b,eing fu1 J1y_ adv is od in the premises, decAdes that the benef its, to. property liable to be assessed. far said improvements. are equal -to the estimated cost of the name , as reported by the City Civil Engineer, and. thereupon takes final action on said resolution, with the f6llowingi modification: Pavement onJefferson Blvd. from the east line of Michigan Street to the west line of Jefferson Street Bridge over the St. Joseph.River. Resolution rescinded to portion extending toyeast line of Jefferson Street Bridge* over St. Joseph River, and the same is hereby in all things ratified, confirmed and approved as modified: - Resolved further, that notices be published on the 14th. day of 'March 1918 and on the 21st. , day of lurch 1918 in, a newspaper of general circulation in said City, stating that this Board will receive bids forthe construction of said improvements up to 10:00 A.M. on the 2nd.day of April 1918. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Mr. Schumaker 'represent ing the Adr ion property on Jefferson Blvd. appeared before the Board in favor of pavement improvement, also Goo. Robertson and Geo M .. Witwer. Mr. Geo, M. Witwer f it ed a complaint about holes in pavement on Jefferson Blvd. from Sunnyside Avenue to Greenlawn Avenue. Same was ordered referred to the Street Commissioner for a report. Tht,Board finding that no petition was filed by the Chicago, South Bed Bend & Northern Indiana Railway Company in regard to pavement between their tracks, Mr. G. A. Elli®tt, President of the Board called H. A. Weir Attorney for said 6ompany by telephone, and Mr. Weir informed him that he would file said petition in proper form, Resolution No, 567 of the Board of Public Works and Re ort of .City C iv it Engineer on sewer, water' end gns o onneet ions: on J�.t f erson Boulevard from_ Mitahi:� an Street to west line of Bridge over the St. Joseph River, in the Slt�hof South Band, IndiaLn.ap was unanimously adapted by the Board, said list advebtised in the South Bend Daily Tribune on the 7th. , and 8th. day of March 1918. Twater connections to be made by March 29th.,1918.