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<br />ITRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: Mre Ernest Mill:era - Traffic Engineer, was present and matters
<br />per alnsng to, his, department were discussed,
<br />Mr. Miller presented a ,copy of a report he made to the common council on park-
<br />ing rates at commercial parking lots in doin town 'South Bend.
<br />llTAXI CABS.: The Board drafted a letter to Mr. Vernon L. RMs, 1002 Miner Street
<br />indic61 g that they had reviewed his past record, and after a full consideration
<br />11 of the facts concluded that they could not recommend the issuance of a taxi -cab
<br />• ildriAtiers license.
<br />ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Mi r. Ray S. Andrysiako City Engineer, filed primary assess-
<br />,,menE roll s Qwing,t e.aw*rds of damages and the assessments of benefits in the
<br />matter of the vacation of the alley South of Ewing Avenue from Michigan Street West
<br />to the first alley olest of Michigan Street under vacation resolution No. 2554,
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<br />1� Ihi-the above named assessment roll, the Board hereby orders that it will meet
<br />in the City Hall at 11:00 A.M. on the 17th day of,March, 1947, for the purpose of
<br />hearing and receiving remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by
<br />1 said vacation, and the Board further orders that notice of said hearing, together
<br />11 with the amount of damages awarded and benefits assessed be addressed to the pro-
<br />,, perty owners by publishing same on the ,28th day of February and on the 7th day of
<br />�IMarch, 1947 in the South Bend Daily Tribune and the Weekly Mirror.
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<br />STREET DEPARTMENT: Mr, Casimer Balka, Street Commissioner, was present and matters
<br />per a nIng t.o is department were discussed.
<br />After tabulating the bids received at the last meeting, the award for,road
<br />toil was made to the Standard Oil Company it being, in the Board1s opinion, the
<br />11 lowest and best bid received.
<br />1 The bid for crushed stone from the France Stone Company was rejected because
<br />i!it contained an escalator clause and the.Clerk of the Board was authorized to exe
<br />j cute a contract for crused stone to be used in the street department, on the op Mx
<br />rmarket,
<br />Il The Street Commissioner informed the Board that he was in naed of a distribu-
<br />tor, a grader and a one-half ton pickup truck. The Board instructed him to draw
<br />up specifications, and directed the Clerk of the.Board to advertise for bids to be
<br />returnable on the 17th day of March, 1947.
<br />it CEi1IETERY DEPARTMENT: Mr. Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters per -
<br />I taining. o is,. epartment were discussed.
<br />There being no further business to come before the Board,
<br />journed at 10:00 A.Me
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<br />March 3, 1947
<br />the meeting was ad-
<br />�l A regular meeting of the Board of Public 'dorks was held on 'Monday, March 3,
<br />1947 at`8:30 A.M. All members were present. Minutes of the last meeting were
<br />read and approved. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $167.15
<br />II were approved and ordered paid:
<br />!I Business Systems $ 4.72 Ind. & Mich. Elec. Co. .80
<br />Business Systems 1.15 Ind.'& Mich, Elec. Co. 6,08
<br />Business Systems 4.32 Mirror Press 7.34
<br />i Business Systems 4.32 South Bend Tribune 7,52
<br />City eater Works 22.52 Schillingis Inca 17.30
<br />j) Englewood Elee, Supply Co. 26.13 Schillingis Inc. 4.37
<br />I. We Lower Co. 10.45 ,Test Side -Hardware Co.
<br />i Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. 35.60 14.52
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<br />�! TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: Mr. Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters
<br />j per a1ning Eo is epartment were discussed.
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<br />I; TAXI -CABS Mr, Vernon L. Rans, Taxi -cab driver, came.:before the Board to appeal
<br />e eczsion of the Board not to recommend the issuance of a taxi -cab drivers
<br />license to him. The Board discussed the case further but found no reason to
<br />reverse their decision.
<br />The Board reviewed the cases of Joseph L. Binder and Charles Benedict and
<br />recommended the issuance of tax -cab drivers licenses to them.
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