06/16/1947 Board of Public Works Minutes

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310 Reverend C. Vjitucki' of St. Casimert s Parish:,, came before the Board to ask permission to close Fisher Street for carnival purposes from July lst to July 8th inclusive. Also to close 'Nebster Street during the evenings so it could be used for pedestrian traffic only. The Board granted permission to close a part of'Fisher Sheet' during the day and evening and Webster Street during the evening only. Representatives of the F & S Transit Company, Norwalk Trucking Company and Shippers Dispatch came before the Board to discuss the truck access routes. The matter was re-,, . erred to Mr. Miller for investigation. DOG POLJID: The clerk of the Board was directed to advertise for a one-half ton jxick up ruck for the Dog Pound, bids to be returnable on July 71 1947. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: A petition was received with 18 signers asking for the con- s ruc lon of a pavement on Sibley Street from �,11ilbur Street to Co11ege Street. This i was referred to the Engineering Department. Contractorts bonds were approved and ordered filed for Thomas J. Buczjnski, Clarence P. Coleman, Millard I. Hartman and Carl Sousley. �j The Leslie Colvin Construction Company asked permission to extend their partial ocdupan.cy of Main and Wayne Streets while the building is being built for the Indiana Bell Telephone Company to August 15, 1947, The Board granted their request, STREET DEPARTMENT: Mr. Casimer Balka, Street Commissioner, was present and matters per aina.ng o is department were discussed. CEMETERY DEPARTMMTT: Mr. Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters per- aining o nis -department were discussed. The. Clerk of ".the -Board was ` directed to .advertise for a pre -fabricated building for storage purposes for the Cemetery Department. Bids to be returnable on July 7, 1947. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourn at 10 ; 00 A.M. f C e- BCrARD OF PUS__1'IORKS June 230 1947 A regular meeting of the Board of Public 'corks was held on IvZonday, June 23, 1947 at 8;30 A.M. All members were present. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of �7, 383.78 were approved and ordered paid: - Business Systems 6.75 Sinton Supply Co. 3.08 F. E. Champaign 13.50 South Bend Sand & Gravel 3.89 City ,'rater Works 21.40 South Bend Tribune 7.77 Indiana Bell Telephone 90,87 Vitality Feed Store 29.80 Badur Bros. 62.77 C. A. Schrader 7.80 Badur Bros. 31.79 C. A. Schrader 10.04 L. 0, Gates 14.'60 C. A. Schrader 17.84 Catherine Haberle 14.50 H. H. Slomir_ski, I,I.D. 133.00 Hoffman. Bros, 34.24 H. H. Slominski, I,.I.D. 3.00 Hoffman Bros. 71.87 The South Bend Clinic 3.00 L. A. Ka1up.a, Inc. 6.22 South Bend x-Ray Lab. 10.00 Korte Bros. 6,150.00 South Bend K-Ray Lab. 6.00 G. E. Meyer & Son 6.71 ?;lest `Side Hardware 101.95 lVilliam E. Miller, I4I.D. 284.00 H. C.' '•`lurster, M.D. 3,.00 Municipal Supply Co. 21.80 Retco Alloy Co. 5.68 St, Josephts Hospital 33.10 St. J�osephts Hospital 157.30 St. Jos e-ph' s Hospital 1.00 TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: Mr. Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, ti.*as present and matters per- taining to Ifis department were discussed. The -Board approved the elimination of parking on the ;lest side of Munsun Street, between Dunham and the lst alley North of Orchard, and on Kendall Street , the west side between Dunham Street and the is't alley North bfOrchard Street. The Board gave permission to' -use Chapin Street from Sample Street to ,,Vestern Avenue as a truck access route temporarily until such time as the Semple Street roadway I$lest of Sheridan Avenue is repaired or until a traffic signal is installed at the intersection of Western Avenue and Taylor -Street. ;`rhenever any one of the above mentioned improvements is completed, then trucks shall not use Chapin Street 'but shall use the officially designated trruck routes as set forth in Ordinance #'3510. rol • • 0 • 0 •