03/06/1950 Board of Public Works Minutes

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T 50 March 6, 1950 i A regular meeting of the Board of Public works was held on Monday, March 6, 1950 at 9:30 a.m. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approv- ed. Claim of the following suppliers in the amount of $3,023.05 were approved and order- ed paid: I ,Arrow Towel & Line Service 59.40 Badur Brothers Coal Co. 46,36 ;Burroughs Adding Machine Co. 9.96 Bearings Service Co. 1.48 3Business Systems, Inc. 4.41 Braham Laboratories, Inc. 117.50 City Water Works 117,17 Business Systems, Inc. 34.54 1 ;City Water Works 86.97 Business Systems, Inc. 15.86 1 ;Englewood Electrical Supply Co. 3,60 Business Systems, Inc. 1.11 Indiana Bell Telephone Company 29,97 City' Life Publishing Co. 45.00 ;,Indiana Bell Telephone Company 6,98 Edwards Iron Works, Inc. 3.99 , lIndiana. & Michigan Electric Co. .96 Ellsworth Store 10.00 ' lIModern Floor Covering Shop 40.00 Englewood Electrical Supply 21.73 Royal Typewriter Company 27.75 Indiana, Bell Telephone 33.29 Schilling's 4.96 Indiana Bell Telephone 6.75 1 Sch�lling's 4.95 Indiana & Michigan Electric 3.76 Simon Brothers Inc, 3.80 Indiana Textile Company 75.15 Trojan Tool Equipment Co. 188,80 Koontz Wagner Electric Co. 35.50 • Trojan Tool Equipment Co. 188.80 McCaffery Company 197.10 Trojan Tool Equipment Co. 190.03 McClave Printing Company 17.00 � STREET & TRAFFIC: Medow, Ben Inc. 19.74 .American .kuto Parts, Inc. 12.60 Medow, Ben Inc. 7.34 Messenger Press 12.75 Sears, Roebuck & Co. 7.r0 O'Brien Corporation 127,50 Sheehan Tire Service Inc. 2.50 45 90 Shelley,Edward S. Office Engineers, Inc. , M.D. 10.00 Office Engineers, Inc. 17.58 Slominski, H. H., M.D. 3.00 Republic Powdered Metals 188.65 Standard Automotive Supply 2.23 Scherman-Schaus-Freeman 199.00 Standard .Automotive Supply 13.83 Scherman-Schaus-Freeman 51.25 Walz, J. E. Garage 35.00 Scherr_ian-Schaus-Freeman 199.00 McKinley, L. W. 65.61 Scherman-Schaux-Freeman 186.44 PARKING ME -TER: Scherman-Schaus-Freeman 180.00 Western Union Telegraph .60 �i TRAFFICE ENGINEERING: Mr. Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer was present and matter pertainL ing to his Department were discussed. II RAILROADS: A copy of a letter addressed to Mr. Aaron Huguenard was received by the Board! wherein the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad indicate that they have been wa.tc'- ing the condition of the pavement around their tracks on the city streets in South Bend. The Railroad Company further states that as soon as the weather conditions are favorable the situation will be remedied. A letter was received from the Grand Trunk Railway System advising that an over -head; electric light had been installed at the Ironwood grade crossing. A letter was received from the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company acknowledging 1 receipt of the letter from the Board directingg the Railroad Company to erect short -arm automatic gates at the Logan Street and the 26th Street grade crossing. ENGINEERING DEPARTT�El`vT _ .A letter was received from the City Plan Commission indicating I that the petition�to condemn eight feet of land in Twyckenham Hills Addition for alley j purposes was tabled because of the greater practicability of widening this alley by incre5.s- ing the alley on the north side. letter was received from R. D. Kuespert requesting permission to install metal .A signs in the parkway in various locations drawing attention to a church. The Board denie4l this petition inasmuch as the Board has no authority to grant permission to use public property for any such purposes. i VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2621 This being the date set, hearing was had on the resolution heretofore adopted by the; Board of Public Works for the Vacation of the first alley west of Ironwood Drive from Ewing .Avenue to the South Line of the alley North of Ewing Avenue under Vacation Resolu- tion No. 2621. The Clerk of the Board having shown sufficient proofs of publication and no remonstrators having appeared and no written remonstrances having been filed with the Clerk, it was moved, seconded and unanimously carried that the said resolution be final- ly adopted and the said alley be vacated. The Engineering Department is directed to pre- pare an assessment roll covering the assessment of benefits and the award of damages to the surrounding properties. Mr. R. S. Andrysiak' City Engineer, filed primary assessment roll showing the award of damages and the assessments of benefits in the matter of the vacation of the first � alley west of Ironwood Drive from Ewing Avenue to the south line of the alley north of Ewing Avenue under Vacation Resolution No. 2621. i In the above named assessment roll, the Board hereby orders that it will meet in th-j City Hall at 11:00 a.m. on the 27th day of March, 1950 for the purpose of hearing and receiving remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by said vacation, and �