By Director Bernstein. Resolved, by the board of control that contract No. 11716, with The Cleveland Trinidad Paving pany, amounting to approximately $19,500.00 covering the grading, draining and paving of Bulkley blvd., from W. 25th st. to W. 29th st., be and the same is hereby approved. File No. 4726. By Director Bernstein. Resolved, that the director of public service be and he is hereby authorized and directed to enter into contract with R. B. Burnett, the lowest and best bidder, June 27, 1917, for repaving and improving St. Clair ave. N. E., from E. 55th st. to 50 feet E. of E. 82nd st., in accordance with his bid for the same, approximately $161,064.77. File No. 4727. By Director Bernstein. Resolved by the board of control that subsidiary agreement No. 772, with John Gallagher, making certain additions to and amending contract No. 11414, in the sum of $25.93, covering the construction of a sewer in E. 154th st., from School ave. N. E. to St. Clair ave. N. E., be and the same is hereby approved. File No. 4728. By Director Bernstein. Resolved, by the board of control that subsidiary agreement No. 771, with Spilburg and Patmos, making certain additions to and amending contract No. 11490, in the sum PATROLMAN-DIVISION OF POLICE Civil service original entrance examination will be held at 9:00 a. m. Saturday, July 21, 1917, for positions of patrolmen in the division of police, department of public safety, at the Spencerian Commercial School, corner Euclid and E. 18th st. Applicants must not be less than 5 feet 8 inches in height; must weigh not less than 148 pounds, and must be not less than 21 nor more than 33 years of age. Each applicant will be required to undergo a preliminary physical examination, to be conducted by the medical officer of the division of police, at the Orange ave. municipal bathhouse, 1611 Orange ave., at a time to be later announced by mail to each applicant. Applicants rejected in the physical examination will be disqualified. The subjects of the examination will include the following: (1) writing; (2) spelling; (3) arithmetic; (4) a written exami nation consisting of practical questions, which in the opinion of the commission, tend to demonstrate applicant's knowledge of the duties of a patrolman, good judgment and general fitness for the position; (5) an oral examination to be conducted by the members of the commission or by a committee designated for that purpose; (6) muscular strength test. In case two or more applicants have the same percentages, the person filing application first will receive the advantage. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, Edward A. Kline, Secretary. PROPOSALS Division of Purchases and Supplies SEWERS Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the commissioner of purchases and supplies, room 219 city hall, until 12 m. July 19, 1917. and will be opened in the council chamber immediately thereafter, for the construction of sewers in the following named thoroughfares, to-wit: E. 116th st., from Farringdon ave. S. E. to Corlett ave. S. E. E. 171st st., from Saranac rd. N. E. to St. Clair ave. N. E. Corlett ave. S. E., from E. 116th st. to E. 131st st. Each bid must be made in accordance with the plans and specifications which may be seen at the office of the commissioner of engineering, room 618 city hall. No proposal will be entertained unless made on blanks furnished by the commissioner of engineering and delivered at the office of the commissioner of purchases and supplies, previous to 12 m. on the day specified. The city reserves the right to reject any or all bids. July 5 11, 1917.. PAVING APPROACHES CLARK AVE. VIADUCT Sealed bids will be received at the office of the commissioner of purchases and sup12 plies, city hall, Cleveland, O., until o'clock noon, eastern standard time, Wednesday. July 25, 1917, for paving approaches Clark ave. viaduct, and will be opened and read in room 305 city hall, immediately thereafter. Each bid must be made in accordance with the specifications which may be obtained by applying to bridge engineer. No proposals will be entertained unless made on the blanks furnished by bridge engineer and delivered to the office of the commissioner of purchases and supplies, previous to 12 o'clock noon, eastern standard time, on the day above specified. The city reserves the right to reject any or all bids. July 11, 18, 1917. PAVING Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the commissioner of purchases and supplies, room 219 city hall, until 12 o'clock M., July 25, 1917, and will be opened in the council chamber, city hall, immediately thereafter, for grading, draining, curbing, paving and improving the following named thoroughfares between the points named. Arney rd. S. E., from Murray Hill rd. to N. L. Random rd. S. E. Sauer ave. N. E., from W. 85th st. to W. 93rd st. E. 141st st., from Nine Mile creek to Aspinwall ave. N. E. And enlarging, paving and improving the following named intersections. S. Fairmount rd. S. E., Fairchild ave. E.. Wilbur ave. S. E., and E. 107th st. Each bid must be made in accordance with the plans and specifications which may be seen at the office of the commissioner of engineering, room 618, city hall. No proposal will be entertained unless made on the blanks furnished by the commissioner of engineering and delivered at the office of the commissioner of purchases and supplies, room 219 city hall, previous to 12 o'clock noon, eastern standard time, on the day above specified. The city reserves the right to reject any or all bids. July 11, 18, 1917. STRUCTURAL STEEL SUPPORTS FOR Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the commissioner of purchases and supplies, city hall, Cleveland, O., until 12 o'clock noon, eastern time, July 27, 1917, for structural steel supports for locomotive cranes for the division of light and heat, and will be opened and read in room 305 city hall, immediately thereafter. Each bid must be made in accordance with the specifications which may be obtained by applying to the office of the division of light and heat, room 204 city hall. No proposals will be entertained unless mare on the blanks furnished by the division of light and heat and delivered to the office of the commissioner of purchases and supplies previous to 12 o'clock noon, eastern standard time on the day above specified. The city reserves any or all bids. July 11, 18, 1917. the right to reject BOARD OF REVISION OF ASSESSMENTS Thursday, July 5, 1917. At this meeting of the board, the follow ing improvements were disposed of: E. 106th st. sewer, from Sandusky ave. to Aetna rd. Approved. E. 108th st. sewer, from Sandusky ave. to Aetna rd. Approved. Aetna rd. S. E. paving, from E. 103rd st. to 516 feet west. Approved for 1918 duplicate. Glenview rd. N. E. paving, from E. 108th st. to E. 110th st. Approved. E. 110th st. paving, from St. Clair ave. to Glenview rd. Approved. E. 119th st. paving petition, from Kinsman rd. to Union ave. Received and conditionally approved. W. 97th st. paving petition, from Lorain ave. to Allerton ave. Received and conditionally approved. E. 69th st. paving remonstrance, from St. Clair northerly. Adverse report. E. 173rd st. sewer petition and waiver, from St. Clair ave. to Saranac rd. Recommended for adoption. Corlett ave. sewer petition, from E. 116th st. to E. 131st st. Recommended for adoption. The following improvements will be considered at the next regular meeting of the board: E. 40th pl. paving, from Webster ct. to Kelly ct. E. 38th pl, paving, from Webster ct. to Kelly ct. Kelly ct. paving, from E. 37th st. to E. 40th st. Webster ct. paving, from E. 37th st. to E. 40th st. E. 39th pl. paving, from Webster ct. to Kelly ct. E. 157th st. sewer, from Holmes ave. to Saranac rd. Webster ct. paving, from E. 33rd st. to E. 37th st. Carnegie ave, repaving, from E. 22nd st. to E. 55th st. St. Clair ave. sewer, from E. 171st st. to E. 175th st. Melvern ave. sewer, from E. 177th st. July 9, 1917. To the Honorable City Council of the City of Cleveland, O. Gentlemen: In view of the fact that certain members of the council are quoted as being opposed to the ordinance providing for the appointment of a rapid transit commission because the names of its members have not been announced by me, I beg to inform you that if the ordinance passes I have determined, subject to their acceptance, to appoint Messrs. Chas. A. Otis, C. E. Adams, O. P. Van Sweringen, M. A. Bradley and CITY COUNCIL MONDAY, JULY 11, 1917 Fielder Sanders, as such commission. I desire also to call your attention again to the fact that it is the power and duty of the commission to determine all plans for the location of subways and the order of building the same subject to the approval of the people. In case the commission decides to proceed with the Superior ave. west unit first. I have been informed by competent engineers and I believe that it will not delay in any way the opening of the high level bridge. Respectfully, HARRY L. DAVIS, Mayor. Received and referred to the committee on street railways. File No. 44829. July 9, 1917. To the Honorable City Council of the City of Cleveland. Gentlemen: There has been submitted to me a query in regard to the annexation to the city of Cleveland of a certain strip of land near Kinsma rd. in East View village, the said annexation to be supplemental to the annexation recently authorized by the county commissioners of a part of East View village to the city of Cleveland. Inasmuch as a period of sixty days must elapse from the time that the transcript is filed in the case of the first annexation aforementioned before proceedings are terminated and the annexed portion has become a part of the city of Cleveland the strip of land which it is contemplated to annex would not, at the present time, be contiguous territory, subject to annexation proceedings and, therefore, it is my opinion that the proceeding to this strip of land should be deferred for a period of sixty days from the time of the receipt of the transcript from the county commission ers. Respectfully submitted, annex VEVN SVARC, Assistant Solicitor. Received and referred to the committee on judiciary. File No. 44830. From The Cleveland Chamber of Commerce urging the approval of Ord. No. 44622, providing for the appointment of a rapid transit commission. Received and referred to the committee on street railways, streets. File No. 44831. July 9, 1917. The Honorable Council of the City of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio. Gentlemen: Referring to my communication of June 25th, 1917, addressed to your honorable body and pertaining to the right of way from the southerly line of Warrensville farm to Miles ave, and the Erie Railway, will say that my clients will secure title, and give deed to the city of Cleveland, a right of way substantially along the lines indicated upon blue print filed herewith and extending from the southerly line of the city farm, said right of way to be 20 feet in width, excepting at any points where cuts or fills may be required and at such points the right of way shall have sufficient additional width to provide for the increased space required by the cut or fill. Such right of way to be a part of a proposed street to be constructed In consideration of the deeding of said right of way to the city of Cleveland there is to be constructed an extension of the present electric line that runs into the city farm from Kinsman rd. so that the same will extend the length of the said right of way and to a point near the land of the Erie Railway at which point a spur from said railroad is to be constructed for the purpose of handling and switching freight cars and transferring same to the track to be constructed on said right of way. The city is to properly construct and maintain said track upon the right of way in question and to operate passenger cars thereon from Miles ave, to Kinsman rd. hourly to meet the regularly scheduled from the line of the Cleveland & Chagrin Falls Railway Company; the fare not to exceed five cents for a ride over the entire land and not to exceed three cents for riding from Emery rd. to Miles ave., or Emery rd. to Kinsman rd. Passenger cars are to stop to receive or discharge passengers at street intersections now existing or such street intersections as may hereafter be opened up on the land adjacent to the said right of way. cars The grantor to be given the right to construct at its own expense connecting spurs or switches at such points as may be desired for the purpose of transporting building or other materials to land owned by grantor. The grantor and his assigns to be permitted to use said track placed upon said right of way to transfer freight cars to the lands of grantor and assigns, on condition that all expense therefor, including reasonable charge for handling and switching cars from the spur at the right of way of the Erie Railway. Freight cars are not to be operated over said right of way on Sunday. After the property adjacent to said proposed right of way has been developed for residential purposes, freight cars shall not be operated over said right ofway between the hours of 9 o'clock a. m. and 9 o'clock p. m. Respectfully submitted. Cleveland, July 9, 1917. Supplementing my letter of July 2nd, in which I extended an invitation to your honorable body to visit our telephone exchanges, may I have the pleasure of again renewing this invitation and to give you herein some further information upon the general problem of fur-nishing telephone service in Cleveland. This company is now completing 18.000,000 local connections and 100,000 long distance connections each month, which represents an increase of 75 per cent during the period of the past eighteen months. It is, of course, difficult to realize the large construction operations involved in taking care of this unprecedented growth, but in a trip throughout the city and an inspection of our exchanges and outside construction, one can certain On June 1st, we sent to our subscribers a short description of what had been done in each exchange, and I am enclosing herewith, a copy of these leaflets for your informathe photoAlso attached is a tion. graph showing the addition to our Garfield exchange in process; this was taken about a month ago. a All of the work herein mentioned during has been accomplished period when every source of material, manufacturing capacity, transportation facilities and labor have been strained to the limit on account of the abnormal conditions In caused by the European war. spite of these difficulties to contend with, there has been no let up in our efforts to provide for the telethis city. phone requirements of Present and future plans contemplate a continuation of this program of additions and betterments to the telephone plant. We should be glad indeed to cooperate with any inspection of our plant which your honorable body desires to undertake, and beg to remain at your pleasure matter. Yours truly, in R. G. PATE, this Commercial Superintendent. Received and referred to the committee on telephones and telegraphs. File No. 44833. Cleveland, O., July 6th, 1917. Mr. R. E. Collins, City Clerk, re Yesterday Mr. Bieler of the American Foundry Company ferred to us your letter to him of the 11th asking the details as to passage of this ordinance in the hopes that it might be helpful to you in a similar effort in Cleveland. ences. nance was There is very little to say in this respect. The ordinance originated through the effort of several influNo public hearings were held by the city council prior to the passage of same. It was first passed on Monday night, April 16th, substantially the same in form as it finally adopted, except that it provided for a fine of $500 and the mayor sent it back to the council because that body under the statutes of the charter had no right to impose a fine in such cases of more than $300 and therefore, the ordiwas amended and re-passed on April 30th, by a vote of 7 to 2. The labor union element did not openly oppose the ordinance but of the two dissenting votes cast, one was that of a councilman who is a member of the typegraphical union and the other a union labor sympathizer who is in the saloon busiThe ordinance was duly signed by the mayor and is now in full force and effect and we cannot see how any self-respecting, lawabiding citizen in any community, would oppose an ordinance of this kind, which imposes no hardship upon any patriotic citizen. ness. We believe if your business people will urge upon your councilmen to take similar action that you will find it an easy task to secure the passage of such an ordinance in Cleveland. If we be can of further service, please command us. Very truly yours, ESTIMATED ASSESSMENTS File No. 44838. July 9th, 1917. Το the Honorable Council of the City of Cleveland: The undersigned board of revision of assessments having met at the time and place designated in the notices served for the following improvements, after careful consideration approved the estimated assessments as they now stand, and the improvements being deemed a necessity recommended that the necessary legislation to proceed and assess a tax therfore be enacted. E. 110th st., from St. Clair ave. N. E. to Glenview ave. N. E., paving. G. R. 10184. W. S. FITZ GERALD, Director of Law. C. S. METCALF, Deputy Director of Finance. ALEX BERSTEIN, Director of Public Service. W. F. THOMPSON, President of the Council. Received. ASSESSMENT REPORTS File No. 44839. No. 2869-To construct a sewer in W. 32nd pl., between Barber ave. and northerly end. Amount for local sewerage.$ 275.00 Amount for city's portion.. Received. File No. 44840. 690.00 No. 2875-To construct a sewer in Hood ave., between W. 21st st. and W. 28th st. Amount for local sewerage. $5,975.00 Amount for city's portion.. 1,025.00 Received. |