HomeMy Public PortalAbout03-19-1954 OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
AND SAFETY, RICHMOND, INDIANA.
FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1954
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, March 19, 1954, at the hour of 9: 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.
Pursuant to advertising in the Richmond Palladium-Item, the Board met
at the hour of 9: 00 o' clock A. M. (CST) , to receive and open bids for
Parking Meters for the Market House Parking• Lot. The proofs of
publications were ordered filed. There being only one bid received
and that being one from the Duncan Parking ' Meter Corp. , Chicago,
Illinois. The same was opened and read aloud as follows, to-wit:
33 Parking Meters of corrosion resisting materials,
cumulative Miller multi-coin parking meters, including
sidewalk flanges, f.o.b. factory O $58. 25 each.
Hodgin moved that the bid of the Duncan Parking Meter Corporation
be accepted, seconded by Chambers and carried.
Pursuant to advertising in the Richmond Palladium-Item, the Board
met at the hour of 9: 00 o' clock A.M. ( CST) , to receive and open bids
for labor and material to do the work provided in Improvement Reso-
lution No. 978-1954 . The proofs of publications were ordered filed.
There being only one bid received a nd that was from the DeBolt
Concrete Company. The same was opened and read aloud as follows:
Construction of concrete curbs, gutters and sidewalks
on both sides of Nort iwest 17th Street, from a point
55 feet south of Northwest "B" Street to Peacock Road
in the sum of 46,4.88.08.
The bid being filled out in proper form and a financial statement
filed, and being under the City Engineer' s estimate of $8, 236.00,
Hodgin moved that the bi.d of the DeBolt Concrete Company be accepted,
seconded by Chambers and carried.
The Board has requested the Chief of Police and Fire Chief to tell
their men to cease the parking of their cars in the spaces at the
Sunoco Service Station parking area that is provided for City cars.
The Board approved the City Attorney of preparing an ordinance to
transfer money from the Parking Meter Fund to provide funds to pre- '
pare the North 10th Street Parking lot for public parking. The sum
estimated by the City Engineer is $6,800.00.
The Board on recommendation of the Mayor instructed the Clerk to
contact the Park Board and request that said Board make a study of
the possibilities of making a public parking lot out of the portion
of land located between South 8th Street and South 8th Street Drive,
just south of South "L" Street.
On recommendation of Cant. Juerling the Board approved the installation
of proper "stop signs" to be placed along Reeveston Road, from South
18th Street to South 23rd Street, to make Reeveston Road a through
street at each intersection.
On recommendation of Capt. Juerling the Board approved the installation
of " stop signs" at the intersection of South 7th and "G" Streets, to
make South 7th Street the through street.
The Board unanimously approved the installation of a 4-way stop
signal to be located at the intersection of South 9th and "L" Streets,
and requested the Common Council to adopt a Resolution to provide
for such a sign.
A remonstrance signed by property owners between Main and South "A"
Street on South 18th Street was received objecting to making South
18th Street a one-way Street from Main to South "A" Street on South
18th Street. This remonstrance was ordered filed.
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The Richmond Water Works Corporation through its Attorney Mr.
Richard Kleinknecht presented the following petition:
STATE OF INDIANA ) BEFORE THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
SS: AND SAFETY OF RICHMOND, WAYNE
COUNTY OF WAYNE ) COUNTY, INDIANA.
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION )
OF THE RICHMOND WATER WORKS ) PETITIO N
CORPORATION, FOR GRANT TO USE
RIGHT OF WAY FOR SOUTH "G" STREET )
AND SOUTH "G" STREET BRIDGE )
TO THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND:
The undersigned, Richmond Water Works Corporation, a public
utility company existing under and pursuant to the laws of
the State of Indiana, and engaged in the operation of a water
plant and the service of water to the City of Richmond, Indiana
and the territory adjacent thereto, hereby applies to this
Board for the right to lay and maintain a pipe line or pipe
lines over, across, and under the following described. real _.
estate, to-wit:
Being a part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 5,
Township 13 North, Range 1 West, in the City of
Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, and being a strip
of ground 20 feet in width more particularly des-
cribed as follows: Beginning at a point in the
westerly line of South 5th Street which point is
50 feet measured southwestwardly at right angles
from the center line of the South "G" Street Bridge,
extended eastwardly; thence westwardly parallel with
the center line of said Bridge and 50 feet at right
angles therefrom a distance of 500 feet, more or
less, to a point 40 feet from the east side of Pier
No. 4 of said Bridge, extended southwarly; thence
northwardly, at right angles to the center line of
said Bridge 100 feet; thence eastwardly parallel with
the - center line of said Bridge and 50 feet therefrom,
20 feet; . thence southwardly, right angles to the
center line of said. Bridge 80 feet; thence east-
wardly parallel with the center line of said Bridge
and 30 feet therefrom, 476 feet, more or less, to
the westerly line of South Fifth Street; thence
southwardly, along said west street line, 20 feet,
_ more or less, to the place of beginning.
and also to construct on the portion of said real estate lying
east of the east line of the said South "G" Street Bridge
extended south across said real estate a brick structure
approximately ten (10) feet square, and approximately nine
(9) feet in height for housing equipment pertaining to the
operation of the . water supply through said pipe line or pipe
lines.
Said pipe line or pipe lines are to be used to carry water from
wells belonging to petitioner to the pipe line apparatus of
petitioner serving said City of Richmond.
Such right is asked for pursuant to Section #48-1902 (C1. 11) of
Burns' Ann. Statutues, 1933, and a copy of the agreement which
petitioner desire that your board shall make with it is attached
hereto and made a part hereof.
Respectfully submitted,
RICHMOND WATER WORKS CORPORATION
By: BROWN, RELLER, MENDENHALL &
KLEINKNECHT
By: /s/ Richard B. Kleinknecht
Its Attorneys
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GRANT OF RIGHT TO LAY WATER
PIPES AND CONSTRUCT STRUCTURE
TO HOUSE EQUIPMENT PERTAINING
TO OPERATION OF WATER SUPPLY
THROUGH SAID WATER PIPES
THIS AGREEMENT, Made by and between the Board of Public Works
and Safety of the City of Richmond in the County of Wayne,
State of Indiana, hereinafter designated as Grantor, and the
Richmond Water Works Corporation, an Indiana utility corpora-
tion, with its principal place of business in the City of
Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, hereinafter designated as
Grantee,
WITNESSET H:
Said Grantor hereby grants to said Grantee, and its assigns,
the right to lay, install, and perpetually maintain, in, on,
along and over the following described real estate situate in
Wayne County, Indiana, to-wit:
Being a part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 5,
Township 13 North, Range l West, in the City of
Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, and being a strip
of ground 20 feet in width more particularly describ-
ed as follows: Beginning at a point in the westerly
line of South 5th Street which point is 50 feet measured
southwardly at right angles from, the center line of •
of the South "G" Street Bridge, extended eastwardly;
thence westwardly parallel with the center line of
said Bridge and 50 feet at right angles therefrom a
distance of 500 feet, more or less, to a point 40 feet
from the east side of Pier No. 4 of said Bridge, extend-
ed southwardly; thence northwardly, at right angles
to the center line of said Bridge 100 feet; thence
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eastwardly parallel with the center line of said Bridge
and 50 feet therefrom, 20 feet; thence southwardly, at
right angles to the center line of said Bridge 80 feet;
thence eastwardly parallel with the center line of said
Bridge and 30 feet therefrom, 476 feet, more or less,
to the westerly line of South Fifth Streetp thence
southwardly, along said West street line, 20 feet, more
or less, to the place of beginning,
a water pipe or pipes, for the purpose of carrying water from
wells of the Grantee to the pipe line apparatus of the Grantee
serving the City of Richmond, Indiana and the territory adjacent
thereto.
Said pipe or pipes shall be installed and maintained across said
real estate at the sole expense of Grantee, and for that portion
of said pipe or pipes. that Grantee shall place below the surface
of the earth Grantee shall promptly restore said real estate
to as good condition as the same was prior to the doing of such
work.
Said Grantor further grants to said Grantee, and its assigns,
the right to construct and perpetually maintain on that portion
of said real estate .lying east of the east line of the South "G"
Street Bridge extended south, a brick structure approximately ten .0
( 10). feet square and approximately nine ( 9) feet in height for
housing equipment Pertaining to the operation of the water sups_ ly
through said pipe or pipes.
Said Grantee agrees to save said Grantor harmless from any loss,
damage, or liability arising during the installation of any
said pipe or pipes or in the construction of said structure,
or caused by the maintenance thereof.
The rights herein granted and all terms and conditions affecting .
the same, shall apply to any and all fixtures and applicances
properly and necessarily connected to, or used in connection
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with, said pipe or pipes, or said structure.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF said parties have hereunto affixed their hands
this the 19th clay of March, 1954.
/s/ Harold G. Coleman
(Harold G. Coleman
/s/ S.W. Hodgin
(S.W. Hodgin)
/s/ Frank K. Chambers
(Frank K. Chambers)
Board of Public Works & Safety of
The City of Richmond, Indiana,
Grantor
RICHMOND WATER WORKS CORPORATION
By /s/ Jerome Powers
(Jerome Powers) President
STATE OF INDIANA )
SS:
- COUNTY OF WAYNE )
• Before me, a Notary Public, in and for said County and State,
personally appeared Harold G. Coleman, S.W. Hodgin and Frank K.
Chambers, members of the Board of Public Works and Safety, and
acknowledged the execution of the foregoing instrument for the
purposes therein set out.
WITNESS my hand and. official seal this 19th d ay of March,
1954.
/s/ Richard B. Kleinknecht
Notary Public
(SEAL)
My Commission expires:
January 5, 1958
STATE OF INDIANA )
SS:
COUNTY OF WAYNE )
Before me, a Notary Public in and for the said County and State,
personally appeared Jerome Powers, President, of the Richmond Water
Works Corporation, and acknowledged the execution of the foregoing
instrument for the purposes therein set forth.
WITNESS my hand and official seal this 18th day of March, 1954.
/s/ Robert W. Reed
Notary Public
(SEAL)
My Commission expires:
June .13, 1957
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STATE OF INDIANA ) BEFORE THE BOARD OF PUBLIC• WORKS
) SS: & SAFETY OF THE CITY OF
COUNTY OF WAYNE ) RICHMOND, INDIANA.
IN THE MATTER OF THE )
APPLICATION OF THE RICHMOND ) PETITIO N
WATER WORKS CORPORATION FOR )
OPENING OF STREET OFF SOUTH-)
WEST "G" STREET. )
TO THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND:
Ehe undersigned, Richmond Water Works Corporation, a publid .
utility corporation created and existing under and by virtue of
the laws of the State of Indiana, and engaged in the operation of
a water plant and the service of water to the City of Richmond
and the territory adjacent thereto, hereby states that it re •
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cently purchased some 20. 1 acres of land located in the South half
of Section 5, Township 13 North, Range 1 West for the purpose of
drilling wells thereon to obtain additional water to supply said
City of Richmond and the territory adjacent thereto. Most of
said land is in the valley of the Whitewater River under and in
the vicinity of the South "G" Street Bridge in said City.
Means of ingress and. egress. to said land is from Southwest "G"
Street across a small strip of land owned by the City of Rich-
mond, Indiana, which has never been opened as a street or public
way.
Petitioner states that it is of public utility that it have means
.of ingress and egress ,to said. land and. that the opening of a
street or public way across said land owned by said City of
Richmond will in no way interfere with use of the lands of said
City of Richmond. That a street be opened across the land of
said City of Richmond which said street shall be described as
follows, to-wit:
Being a part of the Southwest Quarter of. Section 5,
Township 13 North, Range 1 West in the City of Richmond,
Wayne County, Indiana, more particularly described as
follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of the
southerly line of Southwest "G" Street with the easterly ,
line of the Hillman Court Addition to said City, extended
northwardly; thence south 75 deg. 30 minutes East, along _
the southerly line of said Southwest "G" Street 35 feet
to an angle in said street line; thence south 27 deg.
15 minutes West 85 feet, more or less, to a property
line of the Richmond Water Works Corporation; thence
north. 48 deg. West 38 feet, more or less, to the easter-
ly line of said Hillman Court Addition; thence north
27 deg. 15 minutes east, 70 feet to the place of be-
ginning.
Such petition is made to said Board by virtue of Clause #5 of
Section 8-1902 of Burns ' Ann. Statutes (1933) .
Respectfully submitted,
RICHMOND WATER WORKS CORPORATION
By: BROWN, RELLER, MENDENHALL 11
& KLEINKNECHT
By: /s/ Richard B.Kleinknecht
Attorneys for Petitioner
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The Board adopted the Grant aRxGrunZ of right to lay water pipes
and construct structure to house equipment pertaining to operation
of water supply through said water pipes, as set out in the Agree-
, ment between the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of
Richmond, Indiana and the Richmond Water Works Corporation. The
City Attorney was instructed to prepare an ordinance for Council for
their consideration, requesting for concurrence.
The Petition in the matter of the application of the Richmond Water -
Works Corporation for opening of Street off Southwest "G'1 Street
was ordered filed. A dedication for this Purpose is to be prepared
and presented to this board for consideration.
Pursuant- to'advorti€ing'in the Richmond Palladium-Item the Board
met at the hour of 9: 00 o' clock A.M. (CST) for a public hearing to
be held on the Assessinentn-Roll+'No -972®1953e The -probfs per'e, ordered
filed. After-hearing all persons interested or affected by Assess-
ment Roll No. 972-1953, Hodgin moved that Assessment Roll No. 972-
1953 be ,confirmed as adopted, seconded by Chambers and carried.
On recommendation of the Fire Chief, the._ Board approved the in-. .
stallation of a six ( 6) inch water main to be extended from South
32nd and "B1J Streets west along South "B" Street, thence south on •
South 31st Street to the end. The installation of a fire hydrant
at the intersection of South 31st Street and "B" Street. This will
involve about 1100 feet of six ( 6) inch pipe and to serve as fire
protection in this area.
The claims in the sum of $44, 915. 68 were allowed.
There being no further business presented on motion duly made, se-
conded and carried, the meeting adjourned.
Chairman
Attest:
City erk
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
AND SAFETY, RICHMOND, INDIANA.
FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1954
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, March 12, 1954, at the hour of 9:00 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 unanimously carried the minutes
of the previous meeting were dispensed with.
On recommendation of the Chief of Police, Hodgin moved and Chambers
seconded, that Jesse F. Blankenship be appointed as patrolman to
the Police Department as of March 12, 195L . The motion was carried
by unanimous voice vote.
The board unanimously adopted the prima facie assessment rolls for
the following Improvement Resolutions Nos. 94.6-1951 and 976-1953.
The hearing date to be Friday, April 2, 1954, at 9: 00 o' clock A.M.
(CST) .
Claims in the amount of $25, 683. 82 were allowed.
There being no further business Presented on motion duly made,
seconded and carried, the meeting adjourned.
Chairman
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