06/25/1951 Board of Public Works Minutes

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June 25, 1951 A regular meeting of the Board pf Public Works was held on Monday, June 25, 1951 at 9:30 a.m. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and ap- proved. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $4,648.76 were approved and ordered paid: Artcraft Printers 72.50 STREET & TRAFFIC: Burke Electric Co., Wm. I. 39.65 Continental Oil Co. 144.39 Business Systems, Inc. .36 Continental Oil Co. � 2,063.80 i • Business Systems, Inc. 11.10 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.79 Continental Oil Co. 35.13 Kuert Concrete Inc., 372.89 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 114.70 Kuert Concrete inc. 22.58 Indiana Michigan Electric Co. 171.42 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 7.69 McClave Printing Co. 93.5o Mishawaka Equipment Co. 47.65 McClave Printing Co. 99.25 Rieth-Riley Construction Co. 136.22 Overhead Door Co. 15.80 South Bend Sand & Gravel 270.63 11 Royal Typewriter Co. 19.00 Toth, George, Lincoln W.W.Gravel 750.00 '11 South Bend City Water Works 23.64 Western Indiana Gravel Co. 35.00 i South Bend City Water Works 69.17 SEINAGE DISPOSAL: I Tri-County News 22.90 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters; pertaining to his department were discussed. BUSSES: Mr. Hahn from the Northern Indiana Transit, Inc., appeared before the Board wit a petition to change the Rum Village bus route. The bus presently runs east on Calvert to Kendall Street, north on Kendall to Indiana Avenue, and east on Indiana Avenue to Main Street. They wish to change the route and have it run east on Calvert Street to Main Street. The Board took the petition under advisement until next Monday. TAXI CABS; This being the date set for hearing on the application of United Cab Company;; Inc., for a license to operate a taxi cab company, hearing was held. Comes now Joseph Pawlowski, representing the United Cab Company of South Bend, Indiana. He informed the I�? . Board that Attorney George Sands had been retained by the United Cab Company. He furthe% informed the Board that Mr. Sands was unable to be present on this date as he was attend= ing a trial. He, therefore, requested that the hearing be set over for one week or unti such time as the Board wishes to set a date for the hearing. Mr. George Beamer, Attorney for the Indiana and South Bend CaD Companies, protested against the continuing of the hearing as he had his evidence and was ready to be heard. Mr. James Keating, represent- ing William. Heirman, a memberof the public and President of the Taxi Drivers Local #141,� and Walter Whitacre, member of the public and Secretary of the Courtesy Cab Company, stated that he was ready to be heard. After a full discussion of the matter, it was the,; decision of the Board to continue the hearing on the aforementioned application until Monday, July 2, 1951 at 2:00 p.m. r ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Contractorts Bonds were approved and ordered filed for Edward Burton; Joseph F. Kuzmits; and S. Edward Merrill. fC An Excavation Bond in the amount of $10,000.00 for the Checkley Contractors., Inc., li was approved and ordered filed. II !j An Excavation Bond in the amount of $2,000.00 for the Burton Construction Corp., j was approved and ordered filed. II An Excavation Bond in the amount of $5,000.00 for the Rieth-Riley Construction Co., was approved and ordered filed. • A petition was received asking that the name of Crumstown Avenue be changed to Ardmoe Trail. This was referred to the Common Council. A petition was received asking for the construction of a pavement on Bulla Street j from Portage Avenue to -Wilber Street. This was referred to the City Engineers Office. The Board approved plans and specifications for the paving of Lincolnway East from Monroe Street to Michigan Street; and Jefferson Boulevard from Lafayette Boulevard to the east end of Jefferson Bridge. The Clerk of the Board was directed to advertise for bids for said paving, which will be received until July 16, 1951. The Board approved plans for a sewer on Chalfant Street and on Bissell Street. � • i VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2651 This being the date set for the continued hearing on Vacation Resolution No. 2651, the hearing is now continued until December 24, 1951. i