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OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
AND SAFETY, RICHMOND, INDIANA.
FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1955.
The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana,
met in regular session in its office in the City Hall in said City,
Friday, June 3, 1955, at the hour of 8: 00 o' clock A.M. ( CST) . Mr.
Coleman -presiding with the following members being present: Mr. Hodgin
and Mr. Chambers. The following business was had, to-wit:
On motion duly made, seconded and carried, the minutes of the previous
meeting were dispensed with.
11 A petition for construction of a concrete roadway the full width be-
tween Glen Court and the Pennsylvania Railroad, from North 20th to
North 21st Street was received and referred to the City Engineer.
A petition was received fpr construction of concrete curb and gutters
on both sides of Ross Streetfrom N.W. "H" to Vine Street. This was
referred" .to the City Engineer.
The Board authorized the Clerk to instruct the Light Plant to purchase
and install automatic switches to control the lights on the North 10th
Street Parking Lot.
The Board authorized the City Attorney to check with Mr. Clarence Brown,
Attorney for the School Board, about the legal steps that would have
to be taken to transfer the school property located at South 12th and
"A" Streets to the City of Richmond, Indiana.
The Board aiproved the request of Mrs. Ken Goodwell, Director of
Vacation Church School of the First Presbyterian Church, to reserve
the parking spaces in front of the church on North "A" Street from
the service station to North 10th Street during the annual vacation
church school which meets in the morning each week day from June 13
to June 24, 1955.
II The Board received the following Resolution from the State Highway
Department of Indiana and requested that said Resolution be made a
record of this meeting.
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, under and by virtue of the Statutes of the State
of Indiana relative to traffic regulation, the State High-
way Department of Indiana has the authority and the duty
to adopt and promulgate regulations in the interest of the
safety and convenience of the traveling public using the ' -
highways, including streets in cities and towns, under the
control of said Department.
Be it resolved that parking on US 27 (North 10th St. )
in Richmond be restricted as follows:
NO PARKING AT ANY TIME on the west side , of North 10th
Street (US 27) in Richmond, between a point 20 feet
north of the White Water Boulevard and a point approxi-
mately 300 feet north 'thereof.
This resolution is supplemental to and amendatory of
- all previous resolutions restricting parking on state
highways in Richmond.
WITNESS OUR HANDS AND THE SEAL OF THE DEPARTMENT THIS 17 DAY
OF MAY, -1955.
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OF INDIANA
BY /s/ Neil R. Godwin
/s/ Virgil Smith
/s/ Diane E. Walker
ATTEST:
/s/ Diane E. Walker
Secretary
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The following Agreement was signed by the Board of Public Works and
Safety,
AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, made this 3rd day of June, 1955, be-
tween. The City of Richmond, Indiana, acting through is Board
of Works, hereinafter called "City" , and The Richmond Home
Telephone Company, Inc. , of Richmond, Indiana, hereinafter
called "Company" , WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company many years ago owned and maintained
a small substation of City owned Property comprising Starr Park
west and adjoining North 10th Street in said City and the City
later desired said structure be removed from said park premises
and in consideration of such removal City proposed and Company
agreed that said substation be removed to and adjoin the
structure of City comprising No. 2 Hose House at North 8th
Street and Ft. Wayne Avenue and at the northwest corner thereof
which was done and has so been maintained by the Company since,
and
WHEREAS, said structure, Lx8 feet has become wholly in-
adequate to serve its purposes by reason of growth and ex-
pansion of Company property and facilities and the greatly in-
creased demand for telephone service by the residents of said
City, and
WHEREAS, to provide sufficient space for installation of
necessary additional equipment of Company to better serve the
public and residents of the section north and west of said
location it is desirable to increase said substation by con-
structing an addition thereto 8x8 feet, adjoining present
structure on the west thereof, and that Company has submitted
a drawing showing said proposed addition, and
WHEREAS, City has considered said request of Company and
finds that such addition will in no way impair the use of saidI/
real estate and the Hose House now on the same and that City
should give its consent to Company to build and maintain said
addition and that the same will inure to the benefit of a
large number of residents of said City desiring and using
telephone service.
THEREFORE, said City does here' y approve said addition
and consents to its construction on the following conditions,
to-wit:
The addition shall be of the same architectural design
and character of present substation building; that the walls
shall be of brick to match present outside walls as nearly as
obtainable; that said addition shall be of the same width as
present structure and the outside walls of addition continous
with present walls.
Further that the Company will maintain said addition and
original Part of the structure in proper manner, paint any part
subject to painting the same color as that on the Hose House;
that the Company will save City Harmless from the claim of any
person whomsoever for personal injury or property damage by
the use of said structure and the apparatus, wires and equip-
ment therewith in any way connected or used in and about said
premises. I/
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It is understood. Company shall have the right of ingress
and egress to said structure for inspection, maintenance and
use of said structure in the business of the Company.
The undertaking of the Company herein set out -shall be
binding and obligatory on its assigns and successors.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this
instrument in duplicate the day and year first above written.
THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA
By /s/ H.G. Coleman
/s/ S.W. Hodgin
/s/ Frank Chambers
Its Board of Works
11 THE RICHMOND HOME TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC.
By /s/. Denver C. Harlan
Vice—President
Claims in the amount of 3030. 86 were allowed.
There being no• further business presented on motion duly made, seconded
and carried, the meeting adjourned.
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Chairman
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Attest:
, City Cler