10/25/1948 Board of Public Works Minutes

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I I y TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: Mr. Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters per- taining to his department were discussed. I Mr. Miller was authorized to attend a meeting of the Governor's Safety Council in Indianapolis on October 25, 1948. ;( ii Mr. Miller presented the following list of locations where he wished to install stopl, signs and the board approved said locations: Prast Boulevard at Elmer Street, both sides Arthur Street at Miner Street, both sides ! Chapin Street at Calvert Street, both sides Catalpa Street at Calvert Street, both sides. PARKING METERS: It was the decision of the Board that the Junior Chamber of Commerce request to place tags on the parking meters should be denied, however, the Board gra.ntedll permission to place the tage on the utility poles. i ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Contractor's bonds were approved and ordered filed for Charles V. Berta., Charles W. Aulm and Belleville Lumber & Supply Company. if Approval for a canopy cornice for the Kewpie building at 328 North Michigan Street was granted by the Board. II ii I A contract between the City of South Bend, Indiana and 'the Rieth-Riley Construction� ?+Company was approved by the Board, for the paving of South Libe3ty Street from the North line of Sample Street to the South line of Western Avenue, under Improvement Resolution 11 No. 2571-1948. A Maintenance Bond and a Performance Bond for the above improvement were I also approved by the Board. A contract between the City of South Bend, Indiana and the Rieth-Riley Construction Company was approved by the Board, for the paving of South Jackson Street from the North line of Sample Street to the south line of Dunham Street, under Improvement Resolution No. 2573-1948. A Maintenance Bond and a Performance Bond for the above improvement were also approved by the Board. A contract between the City of South Bend, Indiana and the Rieth-Riley Construction! Company was approved by .the Board, for the paving of North O'Brien Street from the r_orthi line of Washington Street to the North property line of Lots 11 and 13 in Wheeler's ij Subdivision, under Improvement Resolution No. 2567-1948. A Maintenance Bond and a Per- formance Bond were also approved by the Board. STREET DEPARTMENT: Mr. Melton 0. Brannan, Street Commissioner, was present and -matters pertaining to his department were discussed. CEMETERY DEPARTMENT: Mr. Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters pertain to his department were discussed. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 10:00 A.M. ATTEST: erk October 25, 1948 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORM A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, October 25, 1948 at 9::00 A.M, Mr. Troeger.was absent. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approve Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $7,884.46 ware approved and ordered paid: J. V. Cassady, M.D. $ 5.00 Ben Mcdow, Inc. $61801.24 Feferman Motor Sales 4.88 '14unicipal Supply Co. 6.50 ;atherine Haberle 21.39 National Mill Supply Co. 3.98 Hoffman Brothers 121.26 National Mill Supply Co. 12.25 Hoffman Brothers 141.77 South'Bend X-Ray Laboratory 5.00 Hutchinson Ayto Paint Co. 42.71 Studebaker Corporation 10.70 Korte Brothers 160.64 west Side Hardware 18.85 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 7.31 Wire & Disc Wheel Co. 96.62 Linden Hardware Co. 26.60 Wire & Disc Wheel Co. 122.88 Linden Hardware Co. 8.40 Industrial Electronics Corpl 27.00 F. E. Champaign 143.79 Of;fie6 Engineers 69.25 Business Systems 15.73 Simon'Brothers, Inc. 10..80 t • r: • :7 0