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HomeMy Public PortalAbout04-12-1940 I1U OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF WORKS CITY OF RICHMOND,INDIANA, - FRIDAY, APRIL 12TH, 1940. The Board of Public Works and. Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in the office of said Board Fri- day April .12th, 1940 at .9 :00 o ' clock A. M. Messrs. John R. Britten, Simeon Hodgin and Henry U. Johnson being present the following proceedings were had to-wit ; The minuted of the proceeding meeting were approved as read. . • The Board discussed the matter of disposing of the stray dogs within the City.. A letter was presented from the State Board of Tax Commissioners approving appropriations for the sums of : 8,200.00 for the purchase of Equipment Andount and : 1,000.00 for. Repair of Public Buildings Account . The Board ordered that the proper legal advertising be had for Street Maintenance Material for the year 1940, bids being accepted April 26th, 1940 at 10:00 o ' clock A. M. Proper legal advertising was ordered by the Board for the purchase of two trucks and two truck bodies to be used by the Street Department in the collection of Trash and Garbage, bids on each to be accepted April 26th, 1940, at 10 :00 o 'clock A.M. with a trade in - allowance for one Willys Knight truck known as No. 6 and one International Truck known as No. 4 now used by the Street Department. Mr. James Alyea local Supt. of the Indiana Railroad System appeared before the Board 'requesting the approval of the following changes in the various Buss routes of t the City, the same to take effect on or about May first. Proposed change in routing on mast Haven Line, from 8th and Main Street , west over Main Street to West Main and lath St, them South on 10th St . to National Road, then West over National Road to East Haven Avenue, then north on East Haven Avenue to State Hospital, and return over same route. The purpose of this change is to put buss service through the center of this residential section, instead of using National Road where we were serving only one ' . side. , Proposed addition to West Richmond Line, to operate as usual only we would add from North West 5th and Peacock Road, West to North West 8th St. then North to Richmond Avenue and continue as heretofore. ( cont) The purpose of this addition is to better serve the inhabitants in this territory, as well as the Johns Mansville Plant . The Board approved the proposed changes temporarily. April 12th being the date designate for the accep- ting of bids for the garbage collected by the City of Richmond, the following bid was received. We, the undersigned, propose to purchase the garbage collected by the City of Richmond at the sum of $25.00 per month, payable on or before the 15th- day of each month. The said garbage shall be delivered, on our farm north of the City of Richmond . Should this agreement prove unsatisfactory to either party, the said agreement can be canceled by either party by giving 60 days notice of said intention. It shall be understood that this agreement shall not be binding to either party should there be an injunction or any legal proceedings by the County or State to re- strain either party from fulling this contract . Signed ; Lester Toney On proper motion the said proposal"; was approved. April 12th being the date designated for the accept- of bids for Fire Hose for the use of the Fire Depart- ment, the following bids were received. General Fire Hose Co. 500:.24 feet Underwriters specifications --4• . 65 per ft. 500 2 " Surety Brand .90 t . n : If. Pif Zug Couplings are desired instead of Rocker Lug deduct .02 per foot from the above prices .If couplings are furnished by City, deduct .06 per foot from the above prices . Bi-Lateral Fire Hose Co. 500 211. Motor Double Jacket S1.30 per.ft . 500 ft .22 Red Starr Double Jacket 1.25 - " " 500 ft'.2? Ideal " " 1.20 n n Eureka Fire Hose .division. 500 ft. 2 z Paragon 3 ply -$1.30 per ft. 500 ft 22 Trojan Double Jacket 1.20 n " • 500 ft.2 Multex 1.10 n n 500 ft.2 Suprise Wax& Gum D.J. 1.10 " ,e Goodrich Silvertown Stores . 500. ft. 22 Highflex Jr. Double Jacket---- 1.10 per ft . 500 ft . '2 Flexseal Jr. " " 1.15 " 2 ( cont ) 11.2 Fabric Fire Hose Co. 500 ft. 21 Arrow Brand $1.20 per ft. 500 " " Buckeye " 1.15 " " 500 " " Yale " 1.10 " " 500 " " Colonial 1.00 500 ft. " Elks head .77 " " Queen City Sply. Co . untreated 500 ft. 22 Boston Fire Jacket $1.20 per ft.. 500 ft. 2- Bay State 1.10 " " 566 ft. 2* Vigilant 1.10 " 500 ft. 2* Paramount Treated add .05 per ft. the General Fire Hose Co. bias and the Bi- Lateral Fire Hose Co. Bids were not accompanied with the re- quired Certified Check of $100.00 therefore their bids did not receive any consideration, the rest of the bids were referred to a Committee composed of Fire Chief Harry Williams , Police Chief Ellis Duckett and Street Commissioner Charles Hart, a report to be made at the next regular meeting of the hoard April 19th. The 12th day of April being the date designated by the Board for the acceptance of bids on the various parks concessions, the bids presented were as follows; - Floyd Amos p225.00 Robert W. Endsley-- 256.00 George J. -Huber 275.00 H. Humburger 240.00 The City Attorney Er. Johnson was instructed to prepare a. contract with george J. Huber who received .' • the award for the concessions in the parks on the highest bid. After allowing claims to the amount of $6,313.80 S they adjourned. • • . C irman Attest, �o cz Clerk of tie oard S .