07/08/1950 Board of Public Works Special Meeting Minutes

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Um 0 0 CEMETERY DB;PF'?RTtr NT:- Mr. Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters pertain- ing to his Department were discussed. There being no further business to come before the Boards the meeting was adjourned at 11:00 a.m. ATTEST: BOARD UBLIC g RCS ec SAFE SPECIAL MEETING July 6, 1950 A Special Meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Thursday, July 6, 1950 at 9:00 a.m. All members were present. This being the date set for hearing remonstrances against and for considering the new contract between the City of South Bend and the Northern Indiana Transit Compapy, in corporated, said hearing was held. Comes now Mr. George N. Beamer, Attorney for the Northern Indiana Transit Company, Incorporated, and files proof of publication of notices in the Mirror Press and the South' Bend Tribuae, and the posting of notices in ten public places in the City of South Bend according to State Statute, the Board accepted the filing of proof for record. No tax payer having appeared before the Board to make remonstrance and no other per son wishing to be heard, the Board took the matter under advisement and will make their decision at a later date. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:30 a.m. ATTEST: SPECIAL MEETING July 8, 1950 A Special Meeting of the Board of Public Works washeld on Saturday, July 8, 1950 at 110:00 a.m. All members were present. I 1 This meeting was called for the purpose of approving a contract between the City of ''South Bend, Indiana, and Northern Indiana Transit, Incorporated for a change in bus fares. The contract was approved subject to certain conditions contained in a letter this day received from Northern Indiana Transit, Incorporated and made a part of these minutes, land subject to the ratification of the Common Council. The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend South Bend, Indiana Gentlemen: At an informal discussion between members of your Board and Mr. R. R. Smith, Presi- dent of Northern IndianaTrensit, Inc., arequest was made by you that Northern Indiana Transit, Inc. state its position relative to future service. At this meeting Mr. Smith revealed that the revenue derived from Sunday and late evening operations is insufficient to pay the wages of the drivers and maintenance men, to say nothing of the other costs of operation. He also stated that the number of pas- sengers hauled in the summer is greatly reduced over the number hauled during the other seasons of the year.