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453 <br />• <br />n <br />U <br />r� <br />U <br />TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: Mr. Ernest Hiller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters per- <br />taining to his department were discussed. <br />Damage to two traffic signals was reported to the Board, and the Clerk was directed <br />to write letters to the insurance company and to the persons involved asking for reim- <br />bursement for the cost of repairs. <br />BUS ROUTES.: A petition signed by residents of the River Ridge Addition was sent to the <br />Common Council and referred by them to the Board, asking for bus service for school <br />children attending the Marquette School. Said petition was sent to the Northern Indiana <br />Transit Company for investigation and report. <br />ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Excavation bond was approved and ordered filed for Bernhard D. <br />Johnson, and a Contractor's Bond was approved and ordered filed for Paul L. Pocza. <br />A petition was received asking for the investigation of smoke and odor conditions <br />in the area of Fisher, Dunham, Meade and Olive Streets caused by the South Bend Grain <br />Elevator Company. A letter was drafted by the Board and sent to the South Bend Elevator <br />Company informing them that within 30 days, or by December 15, 1948, they will be asked <br />to cease the operation and use of their incinerator until they have a complete plan showi g <br />possible changes which would make the incinerator more efficient. After the said date of <br />December 15, they will be asked to dispose of cobs by hauling them to the city dump. <br />A resolution passed by the Common Council was presented to the board wherein they <br />asked the cooperation of the railroads now using coal-buring engines within the limits of <br />the City of South Bend to convert their equipment to oil buying engines. This was ordere <br />filed. <br />A contract between the City of South Bend and the Rieth-Riley Construction company <br />was approved by the Board for the paving of Sibley Avenue from the West line of Wilber <br />Street to the East line of College Street under improvement resolution No. 2580. Also <br />a. Maintenance bond and a performance bond for the above. <br />PARKING METER DEPARTMENT: Joseph Bliley was appointed as a collector for the Parking <br />Meter Department effective November 16, 19L,8 at a salary of $250.00 per month. <br />STREET DEPARTMENT: Mr. Melton 0. Brannan, Street Commissioner, was present and matters <br />pertaining to his department were discussed. <br />CEMETERY DEPARTMENT: Mr. Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters- pertaining <br />to his department were discussed. <br />There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned <br />at 10 00 A.M. <br />ATTEST: <br />Qa.;. <br />rClerk <br />November 227 1948 <br />• i A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on'Monday, November 22, 1948 <br />at 9:00 A.M. All members were present. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approv:d. <br />Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $2,518.42 were approved and ordered <br />Ipaid: <br />Business Systems <br />$ 1.96 <br />Indiana Bell Telephone <br />98.81 <br />City Water Works <br />1.08 <br />Harold A. Weber <br />12.00 <br />Englewood Electrical Supply <br />10.25 <br />44.55 <br />West Side Floral Co. <br />Equipment Co. <br />25.00 <br />1,096.45 <br />Badur Bros, <br />Indiana <br />iBa.dur Bros. <br />Badur Bros, <br />50.05 <br />145.31 <br />Magnus Chemical Co. <br />Mishawaka Equipment Co. <br />19.09 <br />8.49 <br />Business Systems <br />10.50 <br />Northern Indiana Wholesale Grocery <br />14.00 <br />40.50 <br />• <br />Century tool & Metal Co. <br />168.75 <br />Leo P. Rieder <br />195.02 <br />Ellsworth Store <br />1.80 <br />S. S. Saunders Co. <br />18.61 <br />Ga.dbury Implement Sales <br />1.75 <br />C. A. Schrader Co. <br />Co. <br />42.19 <br />,Graves Auto Glass <br />5.50 <br />Singer General Tire <br />32.25 <br />Hoffman Bros, <br />48.26 <br />Sing er General Tire Co. <br />15.'+9 <br />Huntington Tractor Sales <br />400.00 <br />atanda,rd Automotive Supply <br />(Indiana Bell Telephone Co. <br />7.51 <br />Parking Meter Department: <br />Business Systems <br />8.29 <br />11 <br />