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Monday , Ma rch 18 , 1918
Mr. Pinnick presented the Bids for the Stucco ',Fork on green-
houses a t tiler_ =-filler lark for labo r by the hour . The
Beard instructed. L.r. Pinnick to get bids by contract .
Mr. Feltz moved that the =:roeschell Bro s. Co . bill of 4643..00
for Boiler furnished for Greenhouse at Glen Miller dark be
allowed and their certified check of y100 . 00 be r=t.irned , sec-
onded,by . Tacrlor , so ordered.
The Board then a ourned•
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Pres d l f Board '
Attest •
C./.7 ,t/1
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Citrk of Board
Office of the ,Board of Punic• Works ,
City of r.ichmorid , Indiana
Thursday , March 21 ,1918 •
The Board of Public Works of the City of i ichmond, Indiana
met in reFtular session at the office of the said Board , Thurs-
day , March 21 , 1918 at 9 :00 o ' , A.M. All of the members
of the said Board being present , Messrs . Johnson, aTlor , and
Peltz . The following proceedings were had to -wit : -
The minutes of rrevious meeting read and were approved..
The Clerk presented the Complai nt s of Council referred to the
Board. The Board referred the complaints on lights on South
5th and 10th street to the Superintendent of _Bight Plant and
the comp,aints cn streets and sewers to the city Engineer and
Street Commissioner and that the Board would co-operate with
the Engineer arid Street Commissi oner.
The clerk read a letter from the tii chac cal Conm any, sub-
mitting pri ces on Coal for Fire Houses for the season of 1318 .. •
The Board decided tc take th is under cons i.d eration.
The Clem read a letter from the indi an aefining Co . stating
they zould not furnish oil for the oiling of streets for 1918 .
The Board ordered this placed on file .
Mr. Siekman appeared befcre the Board in rer_ard to roll tng
12th street from South E street to North E street . The Board
took this matter under advisement .
ihurs day ,Mar oh2:1 ,1918
The Clerk read a letter from the leetor-_Hartley Motor Co.
in regard to furnishing Cannon Stoves. This matter was
referred to the Chief of the Fire Lepartment .
Mr. Weidner pre sent ed a letter from the State Board of Account s
in regard to ohortage of Cash Street Fund . Mr. Feltz moved
reco
that this -matter be refe A a.nd: m-
mend to Council , seconded. byrred Mrto. the TaylorCity, so
ttorney ordered.
Mr. Si ekman appeared be ffre the Board in re gard tc dog s• running
at large through the city and tearing up the lawns . He sug-
gested that a dog catcher be an_oointed. After some discussion
Mr . Peitz moved that this matter be referred to Council and
an ordinance drawn up covering this matter, seconded by Mr.
Taylor , .so ordered .
_he Board received bids for the Stucco 'Nor on Greenhouses at
Glen nark as follows :
_ I agree to stucco Green Houses and furnish balance of material
for the sum of Eighty Dollars ( y80.00) . By time , 60V per hour
for plasterers , and. 42 V per hour for laborers .
( Signed ) J.C . Mullen.
I do hereby agree to stucco Greenhouse at Glen Miller part,
furnish all material and labor for the sum of Eighty--two Dollars .
( 82.00) . Price per hour , rlasterers , '722y',. laborers, 50V.
( Signed ) Chas . Hirschfield .
Mr. Peitz moved that the contract be awarded to Mr . Mullen,
seconded by Mr. Tay14 so ordered.
The Board received bids for the wiring of the pest House from
Stanley numbing and Electric Co . , Crane Electric Co. and Hi. cii and
Electric Co . , as follows : -
Stanley Plumbing and Electric Co . , bid : - *89 .00) See detail
Crane Electric Company, bid:.,- 93 .80 ) bids on file .
iachmond Electric Company bid : - 99. 50)
Mr, Johnson moved the contract be awarded to Stanley Plumbing
and Electric Company, seconded by Mr. Taylor , so ordered .
The Clerk i nforred the Board that the Imnrov ement ;eso luti on, r o .
549-1918 referred to Council by them was approved by Counc
March 18th. The ^oard instructed the Clerk to advertise for
bids for same .
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Mr . Felts presented to the Board the request of Adam Bartel to
tap the sewer at North 10th andE street. The Board referred
this to the City Ln;ins er.
- Mr. Johnson actked permission to tap sewer at his factory and. via
instructed to take out permit for same .
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Thursday , March 21 , 1918
Mr. Peitz brought up the que sti on of pur chasi rig. flags for the
City Buildings, nose Houses and Lig'.it ilant . Mr. Johnson
moved that the Board buy flags for the dif ferent buildings
and charge to the respective department s, second ed by Mr.
72a7-1.or , so• ordered .
The City Engi neer again presented ,esoluti on 548-119�!8 . for
the improvernrnt of North A street and a norti on of North 2a
street. The Board referred this improvement back to the
petitioner , Mr. Niewoehner and Instructed him to have in-
cluded North. 2d to Main Street .
. George Bymaster appeared before the Board and asked per-
mission to garden portion of city property on North -Jest 8th
Street North of Main Street . The Board grant ed Mr. Bymaster
this permi ssi on.
Mayor :t. Zimmerman brought up the question of cleaning the
basement of the city building and have it whit e--wa;.hed. The
• Board inf ormed the Mayor they .had instructed the street Com-
missioner. to have his men do this work whenever they were
unable to work outisae.
The Board instructed the Clerk to write the , tixdebaker -Com-
pany in regard. to Fibre for Street ;weeper.
Mr . Dillon informed the Board that he had givers -:ir. Holzapfel
fi fteen days in which to 'i ve bond for pulling the piling
out of well at the Old Light Plart , stati ng that Mr. Holzapfel
had refused to nut up the bond for this purposed The BonNd
instructed i.Tr. Davis to take up with the utility man the •
question of Pullin this piling.
. Davis asked the Board in regard to bu-ying a sewer cleaner
to clean the sewers without digging them up . Mr. Belts
moved that the clerk be instructed to L..dvertise for bids fcr
a suwer cleaner, as to the City n-gineer ' s spe.ci fi cations ,
seconded by =Lr, Taylor , so ordered .
Claims for the amount of 5959006 were allowed and ordered
paid . -
The Board then adjourned .
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reoldet of Board'
Attest •
1 ii..•�ya ZJe�✓`- 4'+/ (yam
Clerk of J oard