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City of Richmond., Indiana,
- Thursday May 5th, 1927. -
The Board of Public Works of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met
in regular .session at the office of said Board Thursday May 5th,
1927, at 9 _o 'clock A. M. All the members of said Board, Messrs,
Land, McFail and Henley being present. The following proceedings
were had, to-wit : _
The Clerk reported as to complaint of Councilman Benn, account of
Gas Company having under-mined the sidewalks in National Road; also
As to the contracts submitted by Black & Veatch, Consulting Engineers
in matter of making surveys etc. , for sewage systems and disposal
plants for .city, which the Mayor had referred to theeBoa.rd, the
Committee on Ordinances, etc. , and the Committee on "ewers, Streets
and alleys,_ the Board referred the contracts to the City Attorney
for investigation with the request that he report at Mondays meeting
of the Board, the Board decide to investigate as to sidewalks in
National Road complained of.
A letter was received from Municipal Traffic Post Co. , of Portland,
Indiana, stating they would re-place the post at Railroad and repaint
and replace all bad sign in their posts the latter part of the
coming week.
The Board directed new awnings be placed were needed in city building,
line Board granted the following contractors certificates to W. L.
Magaw, as follows to-wit : Resolution No. 817 grading i .W. 6,th St .
P . eegarden, No . 35----4742.46; -W.L.Magaw, Resolution No. 812-1926
Improvement of South " I" 9th to 13th Street----No.36-- ;;3973,83
The Clerk was directed to notify the T . H. I & E. Traction Co. , to
extend their tracks for street car service in School Street, from
Ridge to Hunt .Street and in Hunt Street, from School Street to
north corporation line.
The Board directed Sup 't. of Parks, to install; base ball diamond in
• Rosevelt,- Field in Glen Miller Park.
The Board received bids under Improvement Resolution No. 831-1927,
for improvement of the alley between South 10th & llth Street, by
cement roadway, from South " I" to "J" Street as follows, viz:
" Daniel G. Burkhardt, bid;
• Cement roadway complete $0.222C per so-foot .
" Pyle & Ridgeway, bid;
Cement roadway complete 0.2824 per so-foot
The bid- of Daniel G. Burkhardt, being the lowest received
and being within. fh.P -estimate of the City Civil Engineer, the
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contract was on motion awarded to said Daniel G. Burkhardt .
The Board received bids under Improvement Resolution No.830-1927,
for the improvement of Ridge Street , by constructing cement curb &
gutter on both sides of stfeet and grading & paving the -roadway
with one of the following kinds of modern city pavements, to-wit :
Re-inforced Concrete, Sheet Asphalt, Rock Asphalt or Brick, from
. Charles to school Street, as follows, to-wit :
( see next page for bids)
E3 Thursday May 5th, 1927.
Bids under Imp. .Res. 83M-1927 :
" Pyle & Ridgeway, bid;
Straight curb & gutter $0.97 lin-foot
Circle curb & gutter 1.25
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a" Re-inforced Concrete pavement - 2. 63 sq-ya.rd
61 The Andrews Asphalt Paving Co. , bid;
Straight curb & gutter, also circle curb & gutter 0. 7J li-foot
o" Re-inforced Concrete roadway 2. 78 sq-yard
Rock Asphalt on 611 concrete base 2. 78 " 11 •
11 Daniel G. Burkhardt, bid;
Straight 8urb & gutter 0. 84 lin-foot
Circle curb & gutter 1.06 " lr
8" Re-inforced Concrete pavement 2.03 sq-yard
" W. L. Magaw, bid;
Straight & Circle curb & gutter -- $1. 00 li-foot
811 Re-inforced Concrete pavement 2. 75 sq-yard
Rock Asphalt on 6f1 concrete base 2. 98 °r "
" John F. Hipskind, bid;
Straight •curb & gutter $1. 10 lin-foot .
Circle curb & gutter 1.30 " ' "
011 Re-inforced Concrete pavement 2.89 sq-ward
Rock Asphalt on 6" base concrete 2.83 " "
10 J . L. .Teegarden, bid;.
Straight curb & gutter - y1. 2f tin-foot
Circle curb 4 gutter -- 1. 50 "
b" Re-inforced concrete roadway 2, 84 sq-yard
The Board take all bids under advisement, and now enters its
preliminary order, designating that said street be paved with
U" r e-inforced concrete under said resolution No. 030-1927.
The City Civil Engineer, was directed to make an inventory of
all Tots and lands Owndd by the City and improvements thereof.
with a view of city selling some of their vacant lots . ,
The Board then adjourned,
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Clerk of Board. •