11/22/1948 Board of Public Works Minutes

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454 TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: Mr. Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters per- taining to his department were discussed. , The Board approved the installation, by the Singer Manufacturing Company, of three traffic signals in the 300 block on South Olive Street. The Singer Manufacturing Com- pany to pay for the cost of the installation and the expense of maintaining them. The Board shall have the right to reject this permission wheneverit shall see fit. BUS ROUTES: Mr. Watterson and Mr. Hahn,, representing the Northern Indiana Transit Com- 11, • pany, presented the following letter: November 22, 1948 !I Honorable Board of Public Works and Safety I' City of South Bend, Indiana 214 North Main Street South Bend, Indiana �I j Gentlemen: ! A residential section of the City of South Bend, Indiana, located West and South of River . side,DriTYe, North of Rose Street and East of Englewood Place, is not provided with direr bus transportation. ; Northern Indiana. Transit, Inc. respectfully petitions your Honorable Body for the privi-;1 loge of changing -the Angela Bus line to continue North on Portage Avenue to Queen Street thence East on Queen Street to Kessler Boulevard; thence North on Kessler Boulevard to jl Englewood Place; North North on Englewood Place to Roosevelt Street; thence East on Roosevelt Street to Sherman Avenue; thence South on Sherman Avenue to Rose Street; thenc West on Rose Street to Kessler Boulevard, and return over the same route as outbound. 11 This route in lieu of present route which is West from Portage Avenue over Elwood Avenuell to Adams Street; thence South over Adams Street to Humboldt Street; thence West over it • Humboldt to College; thence North over College Street to Elwood Avenue and return over j( same route°as outbound.. i! Northern Indiana Transit respectfully petitions your Honorable body for the privilege of!! changing the Lincoln Way West -O'Brien Street bus line to continue North on O'Brien Stree to Marquette Boulevard; thence East on Marquette Boulevard to College; thence South on 11 College Street to Lincoln Way West. j i This route in lieu of present route which is North from Lincoln Way West over O'Brien j Street to Keller Street; thence East on Keller to Johnson Street; thence North on John- son Street to Marquette Boulevard; thence West on Marquette Boulevard to O'Brien Street;I thence South on O'Brien Street to Keller Street and returning over the same route as 11• outbound. Respectfully submitted, NORTHERN INDIANA TILUTSIT, INC. BY R. R. Smith II President 'I The Traffic Engineer checked the above routes and recommended that the changes j be approved by the Board, f ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Excavation bonds were approved and ordered filed for Arthur C. Rogers and C. A. Baker and K. F. Rose d/b/a Rose & Baker. i� The Board approved the established grade on the first alley West of Twyckenham Drive from Monroe Street to South Street, for the Whitcomb & Keller Company. STREET DEPARTMENT: Mr, Melton 0. Brannan; Street Commissioner, was present and matters pertaining to his depa.rtr..ent were discussed. This being the date set bids were received for the construction of storage build- ings for the Street Department, and were opened and.publicly read as follows: Sollitt Construction Companyz Non -collusion affidavit and proposal bond for II 301"S. Columbia. Street $3,000.00 accompanied bid. I! South Bend, General construction of buildings $341708.00 Ij completion time 75 days I H. G. Christman Company Non -collusion affidavit and proposal bond for South Bend, Indiana. 15,000.00 accompanied bid ,! General construction of buildings P48,974.00 Alternate bid $21422.00 completion time 70 days II !I