HomeMy Public PortalAbout10-15-1925 280. Office of Board of Public Works
City of Richmond , Indi ana,
Thursday October 15th , 1925.
The Board of Public Works of the City of Richmond. , Indiana, met in
regular session' at the office of said Board Thursday October 15th ,
1925, at 9 o' clock A. LI. All the members of said Board Messrs ,Land. ,
McFall and Henley being present . The following . proceedings were had ,
to-wit : -
The Board unanimously adopted Declaratory Resolution No. 192-1925
for the vacation of the alley between North 22nd & 23rd Street,from
North "D" Street , north to the alley running east. & west .
The Board accepted contracts under Improvement Resolution No. 753 &
754-1925, for the improvement of South 19th and 20th Stre ets , respect -
ively, from Reeveston Road to South "E" Street', and approved primary
assessment rolls for said improvements .
The Board received bids , for planting of trees in certain streets
as follows , to-wit :
Improvement Resolution No. 764-1925, Reeveston Road., from South 18th
to 23rd Street ;
Improvement Resolution No. 765-19925, South 18th Street , from South
"B" to "B" Street;
Improvement Resolution No. 766-1925 , South 19th Stre et , from South
"B" St. to Reeveston Road.
Improvement Resolution No. 767-1925, South 21st Street, from South
"B" to "E" Street.
"W. L. Magaw, bid; on each of the above streets as follows, to-wit : -
Red Oak trees ( each) g5.00, American Elm trees (Each) $5.00.
The bid of W. L. Magaw being the only bid received and being within
the estimate of the City Civil Engineer, the contract was so awarded.
the Board specifying Red Oak trees on Reeveston Road ; American
Elm trees on each of the other streets above stated.
The Board ordered two open cabs , for trucks of the street department
from the V. E. McWhinney Co. , at price of $66.75 each.
The Clerk was directed to notify Hayes Construction Co. , J.L. Teegarden
& J.F.Hipskind contractors , for improvement of South 20th Street
from South "B" to Reeveston Road ; Richmond. Ave . 5th to Sedgwick St.
National Road , SW.lst to 2nd Street , to plant the trees under their
contracts with the City by November 1st , 1925.
The Board continued hearing on assessment roll in matter of opening
Lucky Drive to October 22nd , 1925, and direct the Clerk to Notify
Mr. S.H.Morgan , the Board were ready to accept his plat for addit ion
in Lucky Drive , if he will comply with the request , of the City Plan
Commission, by setting his building lines at 35 ft. instead of 25ft.
The Board th en a d j our ne d,
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Attest : est. of Board
C erk of Board
Office of Board. of Public . Works, 279
City of Richmond, Indiana,
• Monday October 12th, 1925 .
The 'Board of Public Works bf. the City of Richmond, Indiana, met
in regular session at the office of said Board Monday October 12th,
1925 , at 9 o' clock A. M. All the members of said Board Messrs ,
Land , McFall and Henley 'being present . The following proceedings
were had , to-wit :
The Board received Quit-Claim Deed, from Leo J. Vogelman et-al
I/ conveying to the City of Richmond , Indiana, a strip of ground
(85. 20 ' ) in width off of the entire north side of Lot No. 8 , in
I. Bennett' s, Out-lots to the City. the same was accepted by the
Board and Clerk directed to express the thanks of the Board for
same.
The Board received bids for furnishing printed supplies for use of
the Municipal Electric Lighting & Power Plant , as per specifications
as follows ;
" The J. M. Coe Printing Co. , bid
Forms ;7-8-9-52-26-58-5-61-55-31 & 16 total bid $212 .75
" Nicholson Printing Company, bid ;
Forms ; 7-8-9-52-26-58-5-61-55-31 &- 16 , total bid �6`'213.75
The bids were referred to Municipal Electric Lighting & Power
Plant , for- investigation and report.
The Board direct the Richmond City Water Works , to lay 6" mains in
Charles Avenue , from National Road to Main Street and in Main Street
from Charles Avenue to East Haven Avenue . Fire Hydrants to be set
under the supervision of Fire Chief.
The Board direct the Finance Department , to pay the following 5%
due to contractors named , to-wit :
hes. 728 -1924, Schnieder Bros, amount 443.39 :
" 724-1924 , Z .B.Pyle -& Co. " . 202.07 ;
" 649 -1922, D. G.Burkhardt amt . $677.49; yes. 703-amt. $110.90
" 746-1924 , amt. 27.26 ; 748 -1924 amt. $155.94
The Board then adjourned ,
re . o Board
Attest ;
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Clerk of Board