05/19/1947 Board of Public Works Minutes

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305 n U • • • • 0 TAXI -CADS: A letter was received from the Mercury Cab Company requesting an add- Ionaadd- tional cab stand. The Board denied their request. Tir. T11iller having -made a report on taxi -cab conditions, the Board directed that a letter be sent to the Veterans Cabrompany informing them that inasmuch as cab stands are not allocated in relation to the number of taxi -cabs each company owns or has in service, but in .relation to the needs of the public to be served;. -the Board denied their request for additional cab stands because at the present time the down- town area is adequately served as to the location of cab stands. EUGINE�RING DEPARTTJ?ENT : Contractor's bonds in the amount of >l, 000.00 each were approveEl and ordered i 21ed. for Heiman 7. Glaser, Jr.,, Dewe- D. Skeeters, Henf an J. ScTram.acher and L. G. Gab-;r. A,petition Was received askin that Bulla Street from Brookfield street to Por- tage avenue be paved. This was referred to the City Engineer. The Board approved a sketch of the conveyer belt to be built on the outside of Robertson Brothers Department stone, the construction of which they had already approved. STRE1"''T DEPAF17, VENT_ : Mr. Casir.,ie-r Balka, Street CorL:missioner, was present and matters per- aln ng to his department v-iere discussed. CEMET'�Y DEPARTI E'll''',1IT: I:11r. Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, .pas present and , atters pe_r- `Eain ng o nzs, epartment ,,.Tee discussed. There being no further business to come be fore the�oaru, t �e meeting was ad- journed at 10:00 A.11. C ! e rk �- IIay 19, 1947 A regular meeting of the Board of Public ' 'IQ rks was held on Monday,May19, 1947 at 8:30 A.16. All merfoers were present. I;Iinutes of the last meeting Were read and approved. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of ?�2,871.46 were approved and ordered paid: Dull Printing Co. Y g 70.00 Sewage orks Engineering y 2.00 Indiana Bell Telephone 94.40 Sheehan Tire Service 19.42 Ind. T;Iich. Elec. Co. 310.15 Kenneth J. Tubbs 437.69 Interstate Glass & Paint 12.26 Kenneth J. Tubbs 446.88 Badur Bros, Coal Co. 23.12 T;_ishaaaka E,quipr1ent Co. 1.95 Dadu-r Bros. Coal Co. 64.27 IRler Iland Co. 52.00 Badur Bros. Coal Co. 31.35 O+Brien Corporation 298.00 CoraLnercial Supply Co. 80.00 Sczev an-Sc!-aus-Freeman 8.82 Tnaiana well Telephone, 6.00 . Sheehan dire Service 225.80 Ina. -I,Iich. Elec. Co.' 1.80 Sheehan Tire Service 4.8Q Ind.. Ec T:Iich. Elec. Co. 2.04 South Bend Iron !c Metal 3.85 Incl. ec Prlich. Elec. Co. 20.52 South. Bend Sanitary ,8ipers 15.08 Kuert Concrete Co. 5.90 Retco Alloy Company 293.46 Continental oil Co. 711.50 Studebaker Cor-ooration 185.79 The France ;tone Co. 731.61 TRAl{�-'IC DEPARTl., T: T.Ir. Ernest Miller, Traffic T ngineer, was present and matters pertaining to his.7lepartment were discussed. ENGINEERING DEPARTT=TE11T : Contractor+ s Bonds in the amount of ' 1 000.00 each w ere, approve ana ordered zled for Har-y TI. ?_'�arnes,, C. i. Seilor, Jesse D. T,Iatthews and, Henry A. Strohl, Excavation Bonds z.,Tere approved and ordered filed for Phillip Melling, Ed. L. Zimmerman and Edvrard. A. Smith. Vacation Resolution 7 No. 2555 This being the date set, hearinCD g was held on the,assessment roll phoning the, award of damages and the assessment of benefits in the matter of the vacation of the alley North of Howard Street from Francis Street to the alley Ernst, under Vacation Resolution No. 2555.