09/17/1951 Board of Public Works Minutes

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340 I have contacted Chief Bolderjack of the Mishawaka Police Dept. to whom the petition was referred. After discussion of the problems involved.it was decided that it would be impractical to prohibit trucks from using Ironwood Drive as this is the only through Stve t capable of handling truck traffic between Logan Street in Mishawaka and Twyckenham Drive in South Bend. Logan Street is one mile east of Ironwood and Twyekenham Drive is one-hal mile west of Ironwood. ?Thirty Mile Per hour -Signs will be installed on Ironwood Drive between L. W. E., and Ewing Avenue both in South Bend, and Mishawaka. • 'Very truly ypurs,- Ernest H. Miller -City Traffic Engineer Mr. Robert Hajzyk appeared before the Board to present a petition to prohibit truck traffic on Camden Street from Sample to Western Avenue. This was referred to Mr. Miller for investigation and report. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Contractorst Bonds were approved and ordered filed for Clifford ones and William r. Myers. - The Board approved plans for pavement on Klinger Street from the alley west of Addi- son Street to St. Joseph Street. The Board approved plans and specifications for a pavement on LaSalle Avenue from the east line of 141ain Street to the west line of Hill Street. The Clerk of the Board was directed to advertise for bids for the above pavement with bids to be returned October 1,. 1951 at 11:00 a.m. Wallace R. Schwalm and Merritt Schwalm appeared before the Board to present a peti- tion to vacate the first alley west of Eddy Street from Washington Street north to the alley north of Washington Street. This was referred to the City Engineering Department for the preparation of a vacation resolution. The Board approved the driveway plans for the building at the northwest corner of West Calvert Street and South Franklin Street for•the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. This plan was approved with the understanding that every time a truck is backed in to the building, a CD guard will be posted at the sidewalk and that all vehicles will be completely off of public property during loading and unloading operations. A complaint having been received regarding smoke nuisance emanating from a building at 232 South St. Joseph Street, Mr. Fred Elbel, w.ner of the Peerless Press, who occupies said building was directed to appear before the Board on Monday, September 24, 1951 at 11:00 a.m., regarding the above complaint. VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2686 R. S. Andrysiak, City Engineer, filed primary assessment roll showing the awards of damages and the assessments of benefits in the matter of the vacation of the first alley west of Scott Street from. Lincoln Way West to the south line of the alley north of Lincol Way West under Vacation Resolution '�o. 268E, In the above named assessment roll, the Board 'hereby orders that it will meet in the •.. City Hall at 11:00 a.m., on the 8th day of October, 1951 for thepurpose of hearing and receiving remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by said vacation, and the Board further orders that notice of said hearing, together with the amount of damages awarded and benefits assessed be addressed to the property owners by publishing same on h the 21st day of September and on the 28th day of September, 1951, in the South Bend Daily Tribune and the Weekly Tri-County News. BEFFERSON,BLVD. RE -SURFACE PAVEMENT CONTRACT NO. `J!IORK ORDER NO. 2 - Rieth-Riley Construction Company September 17, 1951 South Bend, Indiana You are hereby authorized to increase -Contract No. 1, dated July 23, 1951, for the • Bituminous Concrete (AH) Re -surface pavement on Jefferson Blvd., from the east curb line of Lafayette Blvd., to the east end of Jefferson Blvd., bridge by the following items of work at the following unit prices, to -wit: Item lb. Removing old cement sidewalk, excavation, installed new cement sidewalk complete in place . . . . . . . . . . . 5300 Sq. Ft. @ $0.57 - 3,021.00 tl •