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Office of the Board of Works
Gity of Richmond, Indiana,
Tuesday April •9, 1935. .
-The Board of Works of the City of Richmond,
Indiana, met in the offices of said Board,
_ Tuesday April 8th, 1935, at 2 :00 o ' clock P.M.
Messrs. Joseph M. Walterman, Simeon Hodgin and
William Kelley, Jr. being present, the following
Proceedings were had to-wit :
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• Minutes of the preceeding. meeting were read
and approved.
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A petition f or . a Water .Main extension on
North 18th from F to J Streets was received
and turned over to the City Engineer for
investigation. •
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The suggestion was made by the Mayor that •
• we build a bandstand in West 7th Street' park
and have some of the band concerts given .in
this park this summer, after a discussion _of .
this question it was decided that if it was •
desired to hold any concerts in this park, 'that
the park Department could haul some of .the chairs
'from the Glen Miller Park, to the' West 7th, Street •
Park and the musicians: might. perform as well with .
• these as from a: bandstand.
Complaint was made that the No Turn signs at •
8th and Main were hard to see and the City Engineer
was instructed to. look after these .
Superintendent of Streets Burkardt was instrucWeft •
to place: the Stop Line at 16th and Main on the
east side of South 16th Street and to place a
Stop Turtle- -at the •intersection of South 16th and
Main Streets.
City Engineer Hodgin stated that it was the
_wish of the P.W.A. Engineer that some work changes
be ordered in the plans for the Sewage Treatment .
Works so as to leave .at least $8,000. .more available
• 'for such things as might come up in the construction
of same . Mr. Hodgin had a report of the proposed
changes and the approval of Mr. Irmscher for these .
changes, which were as follows;
DEDUCTION
( 1) Substitute 600 tons of re-rolled rail steel,
American Society for Testing Materials Spec •
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ification, or re-rolled intermediate grade
axle steel, each to receive the approval of
the City' s Consulting Engineer, for a like
quanity of new billet reinforcing steel,
American Society for Testing Materials.
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Standard Specifications for intermediate
grade reinforcing bars, SerialDesignation
A-15-33, with a reduction in price of $3.00
per ton
600 Tons @ $3.00 ` 1,800.00
(2 ) Omit sand and gravel grading, and agricultural
tle in sludge drying beds, including 1, 500 c.y.
sand and gravel @ $2.19 . $3,288.60
Grading 300.00
• 4800 6" drain tile 010.00 480.00
$4,068.60
Total .deduction $5,868.60
It is understood and agreed, upon the acceptance
of this order by Max Irmscher & Sons, Inc . , Contractor
and its approval by the State Engineer for the Public
Works Administration, that the amount of Five Thousand
Eight Hundred Sixty Eight Dollars and Sixty Cents
(5,868. 60) shall be deducted from the contract price
named in said contract .
Mr. Hodgin also presented a contract from the
American Solvent Corporation and stated that while
the Royalty price to the contractors was $6,000.00
the City could purchase these patent rights for
• 4,000.00 and as a result save $2,000.00 the Board
agreed that the work changes should be authorized
and the signing of the agreement with the American
Solvent Corporation until after the work changes
had been approved by P.W.A. Engineers.
There being no further business to come before
the Board it adjourned.
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Attest : ,274214241,47
City Clerk.