02/24/59 Board of Public Works Minutes

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February 24, 1959 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held on Tuesday, February 24, 1959 at 10:00 A.M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous regular meeting were read and approved. Claims in the total amount of $5085.61 were approved and orddred paid to the following suppliers: American Dist. Company American Dist. Company Sam Berman Coal Company Churchill Company Bert S. Cichowicz J. Charles Dutrieux Englewood Elec. Supply Freeman Spicer Company Freeman Spicer Company Gibson Company Harley Davidson Sales Ideal Press Indiana Bell Telephone Indiana BK1 Telephone Indiana Bell Telephone Indiana & Michigan Elec. Indiana & Michigan Elec. Interstate Glass Co. Memorial Hospital Meyer's Hardware Midwest Fire & Safety Midwest Fire & Safety Midwest Fire & Safety Midwest Fire & Safety National Brake Service Portage0il Corp. Radio & Television Dist. Co. Russell & Russell Sinclair Refining Company Sinclair Refining Company Smogor Lumber Company Smogor Lumber Company South Bend Water Works - Standard Automotive Supply 40.56 American Dist. Company 102.98 72.16 Sam Berman Coal Company 282.82 334.05 Business Systems 28.62 134.21 Bert S. Cichowicz 33.96 23.31 Correlated Supply Co. 12.00 600.00 Drs. Ericksen & Olson 12.00 62.56 Freeman Spicer Company 31.69 57.09 Freeman Spicer Company 112.64 3.08 Gendle's Surplus Store 7.50 33.08 J. 0. Hildebrand 23.00 19.70 V. Graves Auto Glass 14.68 36.00 Indiana Bell Telephone 27.79 188.18 Indiana Bell Telephone 28.76 10.19 Indiana Bell Telephone 9.19 42.33 Indiana Bell Telephone 12.84 7.00 Indiana & Michigan Elec.. 7.40 2.00 Indiana & Michigan Elec. 12.00 10.00 Memorial Hospital 4.75 6.75 Memorial Hospital 24.00 17.94 Midwest Fire & Safety 15.93 31.07 Midwest Fire & Safety 15.93 15.93 Midwest Fire & Safety 11.43 12.45 Midwest Fire & Safety 88.55 -11.58 Northern Electric Co. 19.80 3.77 Radio & Television Dist. 63.07 36.19 Reco Store 7.25 33.20 S & S Quality Cleaners 40.20 9.50 Sinclair Refining Company 307.36 69.72 Smogor Lumber Company 129.14 49.50 Smogor Lumber Company 55.78 93.45 South Bend Hardware 57.59 16.38 South Bend Water Works 76.20 1,278.12 36.20 Comes now Orville & Dorothy Denniston, owners of the following described property: Lots Numbered 105 and 106 of Garst's First Addition to the the City of South Bend, commonly known as 759 and 759a,.South Michigan Street, South Bend, Indiana in person and also their attorney, A. H..Huguenard. Said appearance is based upon appeal of Dennistons reference to condemnation order. Hearing had on evidence of Building Commissioner and also by evidence of the Denniston's and Attorney, A. H. Huguenard. The appeal is now denied and the condemnation order is modified in the following particulars: 1. Said owners will be given three (3) weeks which is until March 16, 1959 to remove certain property from the real estate, and 2. That only tenants, owners, or agent shall be permitted to enter onto premises to remove property. Further, any and all injuries will be the responsibility of those going on premises. Comes now Mrs. Maude Chapman, 1007 E. Sample Street and her:Contractor Earl Maden reference to condemnation order issued by Building Department on structure located at 1009 E. Sample known as the River Cafe and submits evidence that the structure can be rebuilt to conform to the Building Code requirements and requests permission to do so. The Board hereby agrees, after examining evidence, that said request will be granted and further that Plans and Specifications be pubmitted first to the Bldg. Commissioner for 1:his approval. Also, it is understood that a period of 60 days will be given to complete this project. Verner Lane, Building Commissioner, comes now and informs the Board that several buildings located at 916-918 E. Sample Street and owned by the City of South Bend are in very poor condition and the Building Department is going to proceed to take action for demolition of these buildings. The Board hereby directs lit. Lane to issue said said order Unediately.