07/24/1951 Board of Public Works Special Meeting Minutes

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311 n U n • • 0 SPECIAL MEETING July 24, 19 1 A Special Meeting of the Board of Public Works wgs called on Tuesday, July 24, 1951 at 2:00 p.m. All members were present. The meeting was called for the purpose of signing contracts between the City of South Bend by and through its Board of Public Works and Safety and Mancini & Ventrella for the construction of the Hydraulic &LaSalle Avenues Sanitary and Storm Sewers. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 3:30 p.m. ATTEST: TY July 30, 1951 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, July 30, 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 $1,911.69 were approved and ordered paid: Andrysiak, R. S. 23.60 Casimer Super Market 146.25 Huntington Laboratories, Inc. 108.85 Central Egipment Co. 9.08 Hurwich Iron Company 6.50 Dow Corning Corp. 61.80 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 112.60 Wnglewood Electrical Supply 91.50 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 12.79 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.19 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 10.80 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 12.44 McComb Battery Co. 15.15 Ivankovics, S. G. 6.50 Record, The 6.25 Kuert Concrete, Inc. 23.50 Record, The 9.07 Meyer & Son, Inc., G. E. 38.32 South Bend Tribune 5.89 Republic Steel & Tool 120.07 Weaver Co., Inc., G. E. 10.78 Republic Steel & Tool 136.68 West Side Hardware 126.60 Seneca Petroleum Co. 101.50 West Side Hardware 94.75 Smogor Lumber Co. 86.21 STREET & TRAFFIC: Smogor Lumber Co. 64.23 Burke Elctric, VVm. I. 97.50 PARKING METER: Burke Electric, Wm. I. 119.10 Indiana Bell Telephone Co, 9.19 Casimer Super Market 195.00 Vennet, Maurice C. 40.00 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters pertaining to his department were discussed. Mr. Frederick Elbel appeared before the Board to present a request for a 'traffic signal at 'Ploodlawn and Portage Avenues. Mr. Miller discussed this request to some length: and the Board informed Mr. Elbel that a study would be made of the situation, but a traf fic signal would probably not be installed this year. Mr. Stephen Lebiedzinski appeared before the Board representing the residents on Kaley Street and requested that sign be placed on Kaley Street prohibiting trucks. The Board directed Mr. Miller to install said signs. Mr. Knoop, representing Mercury Motors, appeared before the Board to discuss, the use of Louise Street by the t rucktrailers operated by his company. Mr. Knoop informed the Board that they were using Louise Street because North Side Boulevard was blocked for;' the installation of the Intercepting Sewer System and as soon as North Side Boulevard is opened,for traffic, they will again use that as an exit from their property. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.- Contractorts Bonds were approved and ordered filed for George S, Cressy; Louis R. Demeter; Harold Hansen; D. E. Hodges; Harry G. Mills; S-L-A-B Construc- tion Company, Inc.; and Al Tomaszewski & Sons. Cosette Benbow appeared before the Board to request permission to install a canopy from the driveway of 216 South Lafayette Boulevard, approximately 14 feet across the side walk to the curb. This was to be a permanent canopy. Permission was denied. The Board approved plans for the construction of a permanent type canopy extending 2 feet from the building on the northeast corner of South Michigan and Dayton Streets for the Taylor Construction Company.