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HomeMy Public PortalAbout06-28-1935 • • -141 _ • • • • Office of the Board of Works City of Richmond, Indiana, Friday June 28, 1935. • The Board of Works of the City of Richmond, Indiana, • met-_ in the office of. said Board, Friday June 28, 1935, at 9 :00 o ' clock A.M. Messrs . Joseph M. Walterman, Simeon Hodgin and William Kelley, Jr. being present , the following proceedings were •had to-wit : . The ninUtes of the n_ receeding meeting were read and approved. • A communication from Chas . H. Hurd in regards. to the subletting of the contract . for the electric to J-2 -F)rc y work to "•the7 G.H::Kraraer Electric Company of Richmond, Indiana., and the. Complete installation of bar pereens , �/'/6'� - •and. grinder for the. grit chamber.-The Board approved. these contracts with the provision that all' local labor • . . shall be employed and. as much of the same as is Possible and that the work ,be not drug out over a , period of time so as one Or two individuals can handle all of the work. City engineer Hod.gin .reported that he nad talked to Mr. Pierce and that he was now planning to use . • • additonal labor at diff'erEnt • poikts on the sewer. • • Guy DeBolt was granted permission to - place his concrete mixing machine on City property just north of the South G Street Bridge until January 1 .1937 , and the. City Attorney was instructed to draw up a ` contract at such rental as might ' be determined by the Board and said contract shall contain::a . clause permitting the City to cancel this agreement at any time the City. sh-all see fit . • Superintendent of Streets Burkhardt reported the • cost of neon,: J\To Turn signs for 8th and Main Street would be around ?1. 50 Per letter and the Board instructed Mr. Burkhardt to have these installed. A communication was received from the F.E.R.A. Recreation Project recuesting the City to furnish i.„--water on the rarlham baseball diamonds, this request was referred to the City Engineer and the Superintendent of streets . A complaint was made in' regards to the dump on south 16th street and Mr. Burkhardt was instructed to investigate this complaint . Councilman William Schnieder appeared before the • Board and stated that he had numerous complaints from -people who lived on the West Side in regards - to to the garbage collection and hoped that the Board would see that this work was done in a manner that was satisfactory. • 14 . , Councilman Schnieder also asked for placing of a tennis- court in Bealview Park. The Board agreed . to furnish the court or prepare it if the South Side Improvement Association would furnish the back stops and nets . The question of installing a traffic light at _ South 9th and E Street was also brought up to the Board by Councilman. Schnieder and the Board agreed that there should be alight Placed at this corner and so ordered. Ilaurice Hiatt of H iatt ' s Garage a reared before. the Board for permission to cut the curb from the corner in front of his garage at North 8th and Rim - . ' . Street . This was referred to the City- i ngineer.°for • • .investigation. The. Clerk reported that the Market Master, the City Controller and himself had attended the auction- eering of the market stalls and that contracts 'had been signed by. the following. Stall No . ' Price Wm.E g rl eho f 1. `ll,51 .0 0 -T4 --I4 2, - 51. 00 . • Walt Schnieder 3 21 .00 t4 '1 4 51 . 00 • Ralph Straw 5 51 .00 Tony Zwissler 6 51 . 00 Louis Osborne 7 51. 00 Melvin Woods 8 • 51 . 00 Bert Eubanck 9 51 .00 . • . errs . C.Smelker 10 17 . 00 it " 4T 11 51 . 00 John Davenport 13 51 .00 Rarl •Narris 14 51 . 00 Fred Schnieder 15 51 . 00 it Ti 16 51 . 00 Nrs .Doner 17 51 .00 Roy Jackson 18 51`.00` Mrs . D.L.Peacock 19 51 . 00 Mary Elliason 20 51 .00 . Mrs . Wert 21 51 .00 Jess Higgs 22 • 51.00 • Frank Mercurio 25 21 .00 Vern Swoveland 26 21 . 00 Charles Niles 28 21 . 00 - I/ Homer Putoff 2.9. 20. 50 . Fred Oberhelman 30 20. 50 " 31 20. 50 Wm. 8reeg 3n 20. 50 • " 'f 33 _ 20. 50 Tony Zwissler 34 20. 50 _ John Behner 57 10. 50 'T 4' 58 10. 50 Total 01183. 50 The Board approved the awarding of contracts at the l_arket House, at the above figures . • 143 Professor Glen West of Purdue University, who is •engaged in making a survey of the Police Radio System, appeared before the Board and sought the permission of the Board to make Field Intensity Test and stated that he c'Tuld .secure the proper equipment to make this test from the Indianapolis Power and Light Company and he thought that the cost would not exceed 4125. 00, and he further stated that these tests were necessary before any def'inate recomendations could he made. The B )ard granted. Permission to Mr. West to secure this eoui-ment and make the desired tests . Claims. to the amount of 42, 552 .70 were allowed. The Board then adjourned. reside t of the Board Attest : City Clerk.