03/26/62 Board of Public Works Minutes

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March 26, 1962 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held on Monday, March 26, 1962 at 10:00 A.M. Messrs. Edwin L. Davies and Ray S. Andrysiak were present. Minutes of the last regular meeting were not read or approved. The Minutes will be read and approved at the next regular meeting of the Board. Vouchers were approved and ordered paid to the various suppliers. INDIANA & MICHIGAN ELECTRIC COMPANY - RE: REPLACING LUMEN LIGHTS RIVERSIDE DRIVE AT MARION STREET. A letter from.-Ihdidn� & Michigan -Electric Company, signed by Joseph A. Braunsdorf requesting the removal of five underground 1000 lumen lights on Riverside Drive at north of Marion Streets was examined by the Board. The Indiana & Michigan Electric Company proposes to install in their place two 6000 lumen overhead lights. The letter also points out that the present lights were installed in 1909 and, at the present time, four are not working and replacement is exorbitant. These five lights ark now billed at $2.000 per month each and the two new lights would be bhlled at $3.65 each, thus saving the city $2.70 per month. r The proposal, after examination, was approved. TRAFFIC ENGINEER TRAFFIC SIGNS The following installations, following the recommendation of Clem Hazinski, Traffic engineer were approved: 2 - 2 Hour signs installed on south side of 1000 block of West Sample Street. ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENff__�_STREET LIGHT'S Following the recommendation of Nicholas Horvath, Superintendent of the Electrical Department, the following installations were approved: 1 - 4000 lumen street light at corner of Fellows and Walter Streets 1 - 4000 lumen street light at 4328 E. Fellows Street 1 - 4000 lumen street light at Spokane Lane and Portland Lane 1 - 4000 lumen street light at Arcadia Avenue and Portland Lane ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT ( PETITIONS FOR STREET LIGHT'S The following Petitions for street lights were referred to the`;=lectrical Department for investigation and recommendation: Street light in the 11 hundred block South 35th Street from Pole #285-343 Street light at Bridge, 900 E. Indiana Avenue, north side. STREET LIGHT' OUTAGE REPORTS Street Light Outage Reports were accepted and ordered placed on file. POLICE DEPARTMENT ( APPLICATION) The following application,_ for the Police Department was accepted and ordered placed on file: Cornell:£ug6he James. SPECIAL POLICE COMMISSIONS AND BONDS The following Special Police Commissions and Bonds for employees of The South Bend Tribune were approved and ordered placed on file: Raymond Fry and Albert J. Dunkel.