01/19/1948 Board of Public Works Minutes

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347 Rev. C. J. Witucki, Pastor of St. Casimir Church, presented a letter relative to a bad hump.in the pavement on the Northwest corner of 'South Walnut and.Ford' Streets. This was referred to the City Engineer and the Ztreet Department; CEMETERY DEPARTMENT: Mr. Stanley Lesze ynski, Sexton, was present and matters per- taining to his department were discussed, Tar. Leszczynski presented his annual report for the year 1947, There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned'at 10:00 A,M. ATTEST: Clerk 140 • January-19, 1948 I, A regular meeting of the Board of Public works was held on Monday, January 19, i; 3-948 at 9:30 A.M.- All members were present. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. There were no claims of suppliers to be approved. TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: Mr, Ernest Miller Traffic Engineer, was � L , g' , present and matters pertaining to.his department were discussed. i I� TAXI -CABS: Mr, Feeney and Mr. Stratigos, Attorneys, representing the.Veterans Cab.Company, came before the Board to petition for a cab stand in front of the Odd Fellows Building, and also to ask for a temporary cabstand until the new i taxi -cab ordinance has been passed by the Common Council. No action was taken. i BIDS: Mr. Pajakowski having asked for bids on an adding machine, the following bids were opened and publicly read: Underwood Corporation $238.50 Burroughs Adding Machine Co. 264.60 Victor Adding Machine Co.. 220,50 !j The Board accepted the bid of the Underwood Corporation, their bid being, in the .11 Boardis opinion, the lowest and best bid received. I ENGINPEERING DEPART MENT: Tar. Ralph Allen, representing the StudebakerCorporation, came before the Board.to petition for the installation of two more railroad tracks parallel with and adjacent to the tracks now in use crossing Chippewa Avenue near �I the Studebaker Aviation Plant, The Board took the _matter under advisement'. It WHEREAS$ a quit -claim deed is now presented to the Board releasing the follow- ing described tract.of land to the City of South Bend for alley purposes: q • • A tract of land in the Southeast Quarter of Section 18, Township Thirty-seven North, Range.Three East, described as follows Beginning at -a point 16 feet North of the Northwast corner of Lot Numbered 1 Roseland Park Addition; thence West with the North line of a public alley 689 feet to the West line of Hoke Street; thence North 4 feet; thence .past 689 feet to the Vilest line of Ironwood Drive; thence South 4 feet to the place of beginning. This ,quit -claim deed is filed in the records of the Board .of ;XIorks and ,,oafetY of the City of South Bend in Row #21, Drawer #4 and recorded in the Recorderts c,_._... office of St. Joseph County in Book # Page # . NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Public ':'forks and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the tract of land dedicated to the public use in said quit -claim deed is herel� ac�epted and approved by said Board for and on be- half of the City of South B'u ., I diana. STREET DEPARTMENT: Mr. Melton 0, Brannan, Street Commissioner, was present and matters pertaining to his department were discussed. Mr. Gadbury of the Butler Manufacturing Company and Tar. R. Jordan and Mr. Ullery of the Miller Steel and Supply Company came before the Board to discuss various types of temporary buildings for the Street Department. They were asked to send specifications of their buildings to the Board.