HomeMy Public PortalAbout10-06-1927 Office of Board of Public Works
City of Richmond, Indiana,
, . Thursday October 6th, 1527.
The Board of Public Works of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met
in regular session at the office of said Board Thursday October
6th, 1927, at 9 o ' clock A. M. All the members. of said. Board Messrs,
Reid, McFall and Henley being present . The following proceed-
ings were had.
Reading of
Minutes of preceedine meeting dispensed with.
The Board approved tiie contract & bond of Pyle & Ridgeway, cop--
tractors under Improvement Resolution No. 843-1927.
Permission to cut the curb at 1005 South " I" Street was granted
to Ed. J . Vogelsang.
John Sanger, was granted permission to cut sidewalk & curb at
Lot 5, Home Seekers, Addition.
The Clerk was directed to advertise for bid for 2 automobiles
for Police Department .
The Board approved a primary assessment roll under Improvement
Resolution No. 820-1527, for improvement of Boyer Street , from
School to Stevens Street .
The Board approved a primary assessment roll under Improvement
Resolution N . 84l-1927, for Sanitary Sevier in the alley between
Ratliff & Hunt Street, from Stevens Street to Lots 59
Fairview Heights, Addition.
The Board met to hear remonstrances, - of 'per sons whose proper ty
is primarily assessed in the matter of benefits & d_emaes for
the opening and widening of South 5th Street, from South "Hu to
" L" Street as provided under. Declaratory Resolution No. 210-1327.
After hearing all .persons interested who appeared and carefully
considering a remonstrance filed by the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
way Company of Indiana, against the amount of benefits assessed
their .property claiming they were not in anywise benefitted. The
Board after consider some verbal remonstrances, overruled the said
remonstrances, and thereupon approved a final assessment roll of
benefits and damages on said opening and widening, confirming in
all things. all former actions heretofore taken, and now direct said
assessment roll be forthwith transmitted to the Department of
Finance, and declare said street opened from South "Hu to " I"
Street and ti i y e n F d from South " I" to "L" Street .
A petition was received, praying for an a.rc light in College
Avenue, between Southwest " " a.nd "E" Street, Which as refer-
D
red to Superintendent of Light Plant for investigation and
report.
A coziJi nication was received from Black & Veatch Consulting En-
gineers of Kansas City,Mo. , promising to forward the plans and
specifications for the west side sewer system and disposal Works
and outfall sewer, at the earliest time possible to complete
tile same.
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The City Civil Engineer reported considerable just criticism,
regarding the approaches onto the new concrete pavement on School
Street from the various streets and alleys, criticising the way
the approach has been made at Boyer and Crosshall Streets, having
been :_jade with earth instead of gravel, which makes it very in-
convient for people to get back & forth, and suggested the matter
• be taken up with the County Engineer to determine the status of
these approaches as it is improtant for the city and the citizens
to have access to their homes . The Clerk and Engineer were in-
structed to formulate a request to the County Engineer, tn. an
effort to have these approached prowerly constructed. -
The Street Com:nissionsr was instructed to gravel South "Qt' Street
in places of holes in said street, and to repair the intersection
at South 8th N Street with gravel & tar.
The Board together with the Mayor, City Engineer and City Attorney
held a conference with the Officials of the C. & 0. Ry. Company of
Indiana, in matter of new bridge at South 9th Street crossing the
ra.tlroad tracks. after going over the site of the bridge, it was
suggested that our city engineer and the railways company engineer
get together in an effort to wet a bridge plan and estimate of the
cost, so we may be enabled to get a new structure started.
Claims in amount of . 1 _, 233. 52 were allowed.
The Board then adjourned,
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