08/19/1946 Board of Public Works Minutes

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267 • • • • • • • the checks and the sums of money payable thereon to the city as agreed as liquidat �i ed damages for such failure. The Board of Public '_`forks reserves the right to reject any and all bids. STREET DEPARTMENT: Mr. Casimer Balka, Street Commissioners was present and matters pertaining o his department were discussed. Mr. Balka turned over to the Board a check in the amount of 5�234.63 from the H. D. Lee Mercantile Company for road oil and asphalt. A form of contract between the Board of Public Works and Safety and Andrew A, Toth for preliminary services in connection with general,structural and mechanical plans for erecting a new one-story structure for the City Street Department was approved by the Board and it was directed that the Board should execute such con- tract upon its execution by Mr. Toth and submit it to the Common Council for ap- proval. C 71IETERY D PARTTrTEfi1T: Mr. Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters pertaining to is epartment were discussed. ., There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 10:00. li ATTEST.' August 19, 1946 A regular meeting of the Board of Public ".?orks was held on ITonday, August 19, 1946 at 8:30 A.I:T. All members were present. I, inutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Claims of the following suppliers in the mount of 807.26 were approved and ordered paid: IjBusiness Systems City ':'later `�lorks ,; D. Sherman Ellison Agency I 1-1. Lower Co. Mirror Press Freda G. Noble Nor. Ind. Publ Ser. Co. Bock ':Melding & Boiler Co. GadburyI s Gara`e Ho= f'_man Bros. Hoffman Bros. Ind. 3, T ich. 'Elec. Co. Ind. Lich. Elec. Co. Ind. v Mich. Elec. Co. 9.57 Royal Typewriter Co. 3.44 South- Bend Tribune 5.00 The Todd Sales Co. 72.00 Vitality need Store ' 5.83 'cteisberf er Bros. 2.00 :"lest Side Floral Co. 4.01 Lien Che»li c al C o . 65.40 The I,-cCaff ery Co. 8.61 B. H. I.iller 18.59 E. H. Hliller 106.06 National I,Till Supply 1.20 ,otco Alloy Co. 14.72 Sheehan Tire Service 1.44 • Standard Automotive Supply 93.56 6.36 40,00 13.50 13.44 20,00 4.80 17.82 4.50 19.80 45.60 87.34 109.55 12.22 TRAin PIC DEPARTT.IEITT: _!',Jr. Ernest I:Tiller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters pertaining to• 's deppartment :sere discussed. BUS ROT -]TES: 'lritten requests were received from the I orthern Indiana Transit Company for a-90 day trial service of routing the Rum Village Bus line.South on LaFayette Street to Broadway, ':'test on Broadway to Franklin Street, South on Frank- lin Street to Indiana Avenue and return via same; also routing the Rum Village bus line East on Calvert Street to Kendall Street, ITorth on Kendall to Indiana Avenue, East on Indiana avenue to Fran!--.lin Street, thus discontinuing the use of Chapin Street which is narrow. The Board granted permission for the 90 day trial run, which, if successful, is -to be perrlanent. The Northern Indiana Transit Company also presented written requests for additional bus service on an experimental basis for a 90 dcy period beginning September 28, 1946 as follows: Olive Street, which is located approximately one-half mile,west of Nash Street is a north and south street in direction and is not provided with bus transportation, the proposed experiment is to operate the base schedule of the Ritm Village line every fifteen minutes west on Indiana Avenue to Olive Street, then South on Olive Street to Prairie ;1venue then Northeast on Prairie Avenue to various other streets that are now followed to the Court Douse; Also Belleville Gardens which is located approximately one-half mile west of Sheridan Street on Sample Street is not provided with bus transportation, the proposed experiment is to operate the base schedule of the Western Avenue bus line every fifteen minutes west on Semple Street to Belleville Gardens and return to Sheridan Street, the residents of Delleville Gardens to provide proper facilit- ies for the turning of the buses at the terminus of the line. The Board approved this additional service and stipulated that if the 90 day experiment proves succ- essful the run should be perrmanent.