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OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF WORKS
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA,
FRIDAY AUGUST 12, 1938.
The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of
Richmond, Indiana, met in the office of the said Board,
I/ Friday August 12, 1938, at 9 :00 o' clock A.M. Messrs.
Joseph M. Waltermann, Simeon HodFin and William Kelley,
Jr. , being present the following proceedings were had ,
to-wit :
The minutes of the preceeding meeting were approved as
read.
Mr. Hodgin presented a claim for damages from Mr.
Harry E. Hunt said damages being caused by the construction
of the East and Southeast Sewer and the inability of Mr.
Hunt to use his land during said construction. Mr. Hodgin
stated that there would no doubt be several of these
claims and suggested that it would be a good idea to have
some one who was familar with farm values to go over
these claims. The Board approved of this idea and author-
ized Lige Berry to serve in this capacity.
This being the date advertised for the receiving of bids
for the leaseing of the Municipal Golf Course for a 4 year
period, commencing January 1, 1939 to December 31, 1942,
the Clerk opened the one bid from William Morrey which was
as follows :
For the right and privilege of operating said Municipal
Golf Course for the period of said contract , I agree to
pay to the City,of Richmond, the sum of Two Thousand
Dollars payable in four equal installments of $500.00
each on or''before the first day of April of each years
1939-1940,1941 and 1942.
/ W. E. Morrey.
The Board accepted this bid and instructed that contract
be drawn.
This being the time and the place for the receiving of
bids for the scrap copper which is a part of the salvage
from the abandonment of the Indiana Railway, the Clerk
read the following bids :
Epstien Brothers, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Bare Copper per pound $9.10 per hundred
Insulation to be deducted.
Dann Brothers, Newcastle, Indiana.
Cleaned Trolley Wire $9.10 per hundred
Cleaned Feeder Wire 8.35 " "
Insulated Wire 5.85 " „
F. O.B. Your Plant.
Sam Jaffe Company. Richmond , Indiana.
Trolley Wire $9 .04 per hundred
Clean NO 1 Copper Wire 8. 60 "
Heavy Yellow and Heavy red brass 7 . 00 "
With deduction of 20% of weight for insulation.
Ben Harris & Company, Chicago , Illinois.
Trolley & Feed Wire ( Clean) $8.05 per hundred
Insulated Feeder Tire 5.78 " "
Brass Hangers with iron 5.40 " "
Clean Brass 6.40 " "
Acme Iron and Metal Co. Columbus, Ohio .
Bare Copper I $8. 70 per hundred
Insulated Copper 6. 52 " "
The City Engineer, the City Controller and the City
Clerk were appointed to tabulate these bids and make
their recommendation, and their recommendation was that
the junk be sold to Epstien Brothers of Indianapolis,
Indiana, at their bid price of $9 . 10 per hundred, which
was the high bid.
City Attorney Kelley, dictated a letter for the Mayor
which was to be mailed to the local agent of the
Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, in r.ec'ards
to the accident at the bear cage in Glen Miller Park.
The Clerk was instructed to write to the Cincinnati
7ooc and see if it were possible to get rid of both the
bear and the monkey at the park.
Claims to the amount of (�12 ,405. 68 were allowed after
which the Board adjourned .
Attest :
Mayor.
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