06/20/1951 Board of Public Works Minutes

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SPECIAL MEETING June 20, 1951 A Special Meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Wednesday, June ,20, at 10:00 a.m. All members were present, as were Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, and Geor Barcza, Captain of the Traffic Division. The following persons were present, representing various trucking concerns: • j _W. E. Hesselgrave Superior Freight Lines Lake Motor Freight 2222 W. Sample Street I Ray Shook F & S Transit Company 1020 South Webster Street A. A. McGowan Short Line Express Company 3107 South Main Street C. E. McColly Tucker Freight Lines . 1415 South Olive Street J. H. Ellsworth Norwalk Truck Line i 1040 West Sample Street I N. F. Trump Skippers Dispatch 1216 West Sample Street Those present, representing the property owners in the vicinity of South Meade Stree �I wore an f®llawg: 4- Mrs. Carrie Dobrueki Mr. Leo Holuczynski 813 South Meade Street 834 South Meade Street • Mrs. Stella Szczechowski Mr. M. S. Szczypski 701.South Mead Street 601 South Meade Street Al Niespodziany Mr. Anthony S. Gaczkowski 746 South Meade Street 515 South Meade Street i Mrs. Frank Skibinski Mr. Michel Nowik 434 South Meade Street 413 South Meade Street I Mrs. Raymond H. Sommers Mr. George Gamus 711 South Meade Street 1417 South Meade Street • This meeting was called for the purpose of discussing a petition filed with the Boar of Public Works and Safety remonstrating against the use of Meade Street by heavy trucks and semi -trailers. Mr. Hesselgrave informed the Board that his company, to make way for progress, had recently sold their terminal at Carroll and Columbia Streets and had built a new termi- nal at Olive and Sample Street, unaware that they would be unable to use the streets west,of Olive between Sample and Western Avenue, Mr. McGowan suggested the possibility of making one-way streets to lessen the truck traffic. Mr. N. F. Trump of Shippers Dispatch, said they are anxious to cooperate in any way with the people. He said that he must keep materials going to the factories forthe factories to keep going. He sugges • i ed using five or six streets, assigning various trucking companies to each street and set tang a speed limit at 10 or 15 miles per hour. Mr. Chester Muszynski stated that, in his opinion, none of the streets west of Phill Street are able to bear truck traffic as the ground beneath the streets is muck. Mr. Andrysiak informed the people that Sample Street is on the agenda of paving to be done this summer, but was not sure exactly when the work would be done. Mr. Tucker of Tucker Freight Lines suggested that all trucking companies use Sample Street to Mayflower, May- flower to Western or Lincolnway, excepting emergency runs in which vital materials are needed. There was mush discussion, and the Board finally determined that no solution could • ! be reached at this time. The Board instructed the traffic engineer to establish speed zones .of the absolute minimum speed on these crossing streets until such time as a plan is worked out. He, also, instructed to post signs at Western and Mayflower routing:.:,. i trucks entering the city down Mayflower to Sample Street. Captain Barcza was instructed to police this district carefully and watch speeds. ,I There being no further business.to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned j at 11:15 a.m. i ATTEST: • BOARD 0 BLIC WRKS & SAFETY E1