06/18/1951 Board of Public Works Minutes

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The Board approved stop signs on Wall Street at 24th Street, both sides. A petition was received asking for the installation of traffic control signs &n West Angela Boulevard. This was referred to Mr. Miller for investigation and report. - Mr. Miller was granted permission to go to Indianapolis at a date convenient for him to discuss traffic signals to be installed on State Highways in South Bend. 16 !TAXI CABS: The Clerk of the Board was directed to advertise a public hearing on the ap- plication of United Cab Company, 320 East Jefferson Street for a taxi cab license. This hearing will be on Monday, June 25, at 11;00 a.m. GARBAGE DISPOSAL: A letter was received from Clyde E. Williams and Associates supplemeitt ing the proposal submitted by them on June 8, 1951, wherein they propose to make an eaten sive study and survey of garbage and refuse disposal in the City of South Bend for the sum of $900. The Board accepted the said proposal. i'ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. The Board approved a permit for a temporary barricade in front i of 119 and 121 North Michigan Street for the construction of a building. A pedestrian , walk, equipped with a railing is to be provided. The alley extending from Michigan to • the first north and south alley is to be barricaded by temporary rails or horses, which t) can be removed in case of an emergency. Seventy-two feet of the rear alley is to be bar-i ricaded in a like manner. I The Niles Excavating Company filed a Continuation Certificate on their insurance cove�- ing pipe storing on the city streets. This was approved by the Board. 3 Contractor's Bonds were approved and ordered filed for Donly J. Barth; John Eherenma Sr.; Andrew N. Kramer; Eugene W. Louderback; -Walter Rounds; Walter Szymczak; and Stanley E.-Wesolowski. Excavation Bonds in the amount of $1,000 were approved and cr dered filed for W. H. 1Dreves, Inc; and 0. E. Frame d/b/a/ 0. E. Frame and Son. An Excavation Bond in the •1 amount of $2,000 was approved and ordered filed for Stanley E. Wesolowski. 1' A petition was received requesting the vacation of the alley west of Main Street '� between Donald and Ewing Streets. This was referred to the City Plan Commission for in- ii, vestigation and report. A petition was received requesting the vacation of a portion of the first east and west alley south of Sample Street extending east of High Street. The City Engineer was directed to prepare a Vacation Resolution for same. i A petition was reqeived requesting the construction of a pavement on St. Peters Stree from Corby Street to South Bend Avenue. This was referred to the City Engineer's office. i Rieth-Riley Construction presented a Certificate of Completion for the resurfacing of Main Street. ENTRY OF PETITIONS PRESENTED South Bend, Indiana June 18, 1951 i j The Board of Public Works and Safety hereby receives and places on file the petitions of Clifton Gaines and 28 others for the pavement on TWENTIETH STREET from the south line of • Mishawaka Avenue to the south line of Hammond & Whitcomb Addition, AND Josephine Wunsch and four others for the pavement on VINE STREET from the east line of Twenty-sixth Street to the west line of Twenty -Seventh Street, AND a petition for pavement on RANDOLPH STREET from the east line of Twyckenham Drive to the west line of Robinson Street. PETITIONS REFERRED TO ENGINEER' South Bend, Indiana June 18, 1951 To the City Civil Engineer. - The PetitiorB of Clifton Gaines and twenty-eight others for the improvement of TWENTI STREET from the south line of Mishawaka Avenue to the south line of Hammond & Whitcomb Addition, AND Josephine Wunsch and four others for the improvement of VINE STREET from the east line of�� Twenty-sixth Street to the west line of Twenty-seventh Street, AND A petition for the improvement of RANDOLPH STREET from the east line of Twyckenham Drive to the west line of Robinson Street, by constructing Class "C" pavements are referred to 0