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Office of the Board of Works
City of Richmond, Indiana,
Friday September 4, 1936.
The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City
of Richmond, Indiana, met in the office of said Board ,
Friday September 4, 1936 at 9 :00 o' clock A.M. Messrs. I/
Joseph M. Waltermann, Simeon Hodgin and William Kelley,
Tr. being present the following proceedings were had,
to-wit :
The minutes of the preceeding meeting were approved
as read.
The Clerk reported receipts at the Municipal Base-
ball park for Sunday September 4, 1936 as follows :
General Admission Cities Share $47 . 00
Concession Cities Share 1.88.
Permission to cut the curb at 328 North 4th Street
was granted to the Ideal Welding Co. and at 213 North
3rd Street to Louck & Hill Co.
City Attorney Kelley advised the Board that vacation
proceeding for the streets and alley adjacent to the
Wayne Works would have to be filed in Circuit Court.
The Board awarded the contract for a draft control
to the Breithaupt E ectric Co . for their bid price of
1.37 . 50 installed.
A representative of the Parlameter Company was
before the Board explaining the proposition offered
by his company. The Board decided that they would not
consider these meters .
The Mayor reported that the traction company had
arranged to load and unload passengers in front of
Quigleys Drug;-Store at Fourth and Main and it was
thought this would work out better since there was no
double track at this location, he also reported that
the Great Eastern Bus Company had agreed that there
busses would only be parked on South •8th Street long
enough to load and unload passengers.
Byrum Robbins who was representing Mrs. Harry Landis
was before the Board and stated that Mr. Landis was
willing to accept the check in settlement for the
damages done to his car in the accident which occured
on Sheridan Street if he was not asked to sign a
release covering personal injuries, and stated that
although Mr. Landis was injured it was not possiblo at
this time to determine the extent of such injuries,
The Clerk reported that he had rented the Municipal
Ball Park to DeHart Hubbard of Cincinnati, Ohio , for
the afternoon of Friday September 11, 1936.
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City Purchasing Agent Ray Stevens was authorized
to secure bids on weather stripping the windows on
the second floor.
RESOLUTION NO. 8
WHEREAS, the City of Richmond , Indiana , by and through
its Board of Public Works and Safety, under date of
April 1, 1935, entered into a contract with Max Irmscher
& Sons, Inc . of Fort Wayne, Indiana, for the construction
of Division I of the Sewage Treatment Works for the
City of Richmond ; and
WHEREAS, said contract is subject to the provisions
of a contract, dated August 16, 1934, entered into
between the City of Richmond and the United States of
America, by and through the Federal Emergency Administra
tion of Public Works, whereby the Ooverment has agreed
to grant aid to the City of Richmond in financing said
project under the condition that the work shall be
carried out under the regulations of the Federal
Emergency Administration of Public Works ; and
WHEREAS, the work under said contract is now 100%
complete, except for minor items of adjustment
furnished by manufacurers to the Contractor and covered
by the Contractor' s guaranteed maintenance and except
due to the unavailability of sewage gas, the gas engine
blower unit under this contract has not been subject
to final test ; and
WHEREAS, as provided for by Resolution adopted by this
Board on the 26th day of June , 1936, there is to remain
in the retained percentage Twenty One Thousand Three
Hundred Seventy Three Dollars and Forty One Cents
($21,375.41) , which retained percentage is to be paid
under the provisions of aid contract ; and
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the Board that the City
of Richmond is amply protected as to the gas engine
blower unit , which is completely installed and ready
for testing, by the above retained percentage.
NO THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:
Section . That the Board' s Consulting Engineer is
hereby instructed to certify on the usual estimate
prepared by the Contractor that the work under said
contract is 100% complete, with the exception of the
testing of said gas engine, upon the approval of the
Public Works Administration
Section 1. That this Board approves payment to the
Contractor of the total amount due under his contract
except the Twenty One Thousand Three Hundred Dollars
and Forty One Cents ( 21,373.41) .
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Section 3. That the Public "forks i,dministration is
hereby requested to approve the modification in the
terms of payment as herein set out .
The Board on the recommendation of City Engineer
Hodgin adopted the above Resolution.
Claims to the amount of 19 , 669 . 77 were allowed
after which the Board adjourned.
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