10/14/1941 Board of Public Works Minutes

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33 MEETING -- OCTOBER 14, 1941 IIENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: The Board approved the grade as established for Timber Lane, as _ 1per drawings submitted by the Engineering Department. DEDICATION WHEREAS, a plat with dedication of streets and alleys indicated thereon, is now presented to the Board, to be known as Poplar Subdivision. This plat and dedication is filed in the records of the Board of Public Works and Safety in `Row #21, Drawer #4, File # , and recorded in Book ,�5 Page ttPtt, in the Recorder's Office of St. Joseph County. INOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Public Works and Safety of South Bend, �Indiana, that all public streets, alleys and public places dedicated to the public use in said plat, are hereby accepted and approved by said Board for and on behalf of the !lCity of South Bend, Indiana. I' ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT: PIIr. Qualls, Superintendent, reported that the following lights have been ordered installed. Light at the intersection of Gladstone and Ford Streets, Donald and Hoke Streets and i !North Side Blvd., and 27th Street. i There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting adjourned at 10:30 A. M. MEETING -- OCTOBER 200 1941 I� A regular meeting of jat 9:00 A. M. All the Board of Public forks was held on Monday, October 29, 1941 members were tiresent. I11inutes of the last meeting were read and l approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the amount of 754.16 were approved and !ordered paid. I !Business Systems, Inc. $ 1.32 The McCaffery Co. $ 5.85 tt 1.68 McClave Printing Co. 2.00 it Gibson -Co. 29.85 River Park Lbr. Co. 3.14 H. F-. Glaser Jr. 485,00 Dad Saville 1.85 The Hallemite Mfg. Co. 17.50 0. J. Shoemaker 57.24 Indiana Bell Tele.. Co. 10.70 It 12.27 it 2.00 tt 17.17 S. Kenny 35.00- Singer -General Tire Co. 62.84 IJohn R Studebaker Corp. 1.75 The following claims to be paid out of W.P.A. Special fund or the Interceptor i� Sewer W.P.A. fund, in the amount of $21.00 were approved and ordered paid. James P. Conboy 1.00 C. E. Williams (Stamps) 20.00 • �! STREET DEPARTIYZENT: Mr. Zmudzinski presented the sweeper report for the week beginning I October 13, 1941. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: A contractor's -bond for Charles W. Aulm was received and appro The City Engineer was instructed to obtain bids for sidewalk and curb on Maple 11 Street from. Western Avenue north to Thomas St., and for surb on Meade Street from the 11 alley north of Jefferson St., to the alley south of Jefferson St. I5r. Samuel Crumpacker, Attorney for the Grand Trunk Ry. Co., appeared before the Board stating that he had had correspondence from the General Manager of the Grand Trunk Ry. Co., relative to the opening of 30th and 32nd Streets across their tracks, and that he was submitting to the general manager, additional information. • I �! ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT: A petition was received, asking for a street light at the inter- section of City Hall Court and Colfax Avenue. This petition was turned over to ir. I Qualls for investigation and report. II A street light at the intersection of Indiana Avenue and Leer Street was ordered installed upon the recommendation of Mr. Qualls. i Mr. Qualls was requested to submit recommendations for lights on the Jefferson Street HouBing Proje,St_, to the Board. Ii TRAFFIC COTI11MISSICN: Mr. Kappelman, Mr. Kromenson, representatives of the Gold Bond Stor and Mr. Percy Walsh, real for appeared before the Board regarding the loading and un- loading of trucks for th Gold Bond store on Colfax Ave. Mr. Williams, after an investigation, was requested to make a study of the carrying capacity of that part of the bridge,