09/08/1945 Board of Public Works Minutes

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215 SPECIAL MEETING September 8, 1945 A special meeting of the Board o.f Public Works was held on Saturday, September 8 1945 at 10:OO A.M. All.members were present. The Board received from the Mayor the report of the post-war planning committee concerning the construction of a sewage disposal plant for the city of South Bend. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:30 A.M. /j , II !� ATT �I Ii Clerk September 10, 1945 A regular meeting fo the Board of Public Sorks was held on Monday, September 10, Ij1945 at 9:00 A.M. Mr. Cummings !approved. Salary claims in the was absent. amount of Minutes of the last meeting were read and $14,227.90 were approved and ordered paid. '!Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $10,946.44 were approved and ordered paid: ;American Linen Supply $ 9.00 Marsh Frame & Wheel Co. $ 2.00 `;American Linen Supply 1.25 G. E. Meyer & Son 2.95 Business Systems 34.46 Mirror Press 4.32 (Business Systems 5,88 Stanley J. Muszynski 5.00 !;Englewood Electrical Supply 12.60 The Ohio Oil Company 14.50 T. J. Ewer" 5.00 Romy Hammes Co. 1.10 Otto Gratzol Signs, Ins. 9.50 Schilling's Inc. 12.97 The Hoover Company 48.50 G. J. Shoemaker 3.00 Indiana Bell Telephone 6.19 South Bend Sanitary Wipers 4..75 ;Ind. & Mich. Elec. Co. 100.92 Standard Automotive Supply 23.30 Ind. .& Mich. Elec. Co. 167.66 Charles 1W. Stout 44.62 Ind..& Mich. Elec. Co. .56 Charlls M. Strout 93.60 (!Ind. & Mich. Elec. Co. 79020,99 The Studebaker :Corp. 17.71 !Interstate Glass.& Paint Co. 6.35 The Studebaker Corp. 7.97 Il Lower Lumber Company 22.28 Weisberger Bros. 13.04 I, The McCaffery Company .52 Wheeler & Hamilton W41ding 8.75 �JMcComb Battery Company 7.70 C. F. Balka 12.50 lAndressen Corporation 113.65 Korte Bros. 3,160.00 �1C. F. Balka Business Systems 11.37 Municipal Supply Co. -Wholesale 77,60 • iAlpiaonse DeMaegt 4.62 150,00 Nor. Ind. Grocery The Ohio Oil Company 3.25 9.84 'I -The Gibson Company 24.35 South Bend Sand & Gravel 31.26 ,Indiana Bell Telephone 12.00 Stevens Oil Company 40.00 lInd. & Mich. Elec. Co. 11.68 Kuert Concrete Company 16.65 TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: Mr. Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters perta: ing to his department were discussed. iI ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: A petition was received asking for the installation of a sewer on South Douglas Street between West Donald and West Ewing Streets. Also for a sewer on Arnold Street between West Donald and West Ewing streets. These were approved by the Board. An ordinance was presented by the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company to be given j� to the common Council for approval,•concerning flasher lights at the intersection of the City -streets and the Grand Trunk railroad crossings. They have been manually operated II by the railroad company, but th'e company wishes -to install automatic flashers signals �) connected with the railroad tracks for twenty-four hour protection. This was approved j� by the Board and referred to the Common Council. II The "ity Plan Commission approved the vacation of the alley 'West of Marine Street between Dubail and Randolph from Marine Street west to the East line of the first alley i Westof Marine. This was referred -to the Engineering department for preparation of a vacation resolution. • I! A letter was received from Councilman John M. McCarthy informing the Board that excavations in the street have not been a properly backfilled. The Board referred the matter to Mr. Williams for investigation and report. i Contractor's bonds in the amount of $1000.00 each were approved for John C. VonBerg Louis Alhouse, and Charles E. Emmons. These were ordered filed. Excavation bonds in the amount of $5,000.00 were approved for the Goheen Plumbing Company and the Northern i Indiana Public Service Company. These were ordered filed. I