09/24/1951 Board of Public Works Minutes

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3- 5 CEMETERY DEPARTMENT: Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters pertaining to his department were discussed. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:00 a.m. ji ATTEST: October 1, 1951 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, October 1, 1951, • j at 9:30 a.m. Mr. Baer was absent. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approv!. ed. Salary claims in the amount of $23, 933.01 were approved and ordered paid. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $4,720.16 were approved and ordered paid; American Vetrified Products 8.82 Trojan Tool Equipment 188.28 American Vetrified Products 147.00 Trojan Tool Equipment 188.28 Fiwek Brothers 20.42 STREET & TRAFFIC: Haberle, John B. 14.00 Continental Oil Co. 809,25 Eckler Mfg. Co., Henry 10.40 Continental Oil Co. 1,507.$0 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 13.85 Continental Oil Co. 225.13 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 113.15 Darnell Drugs Co. 3.72 Indiana & Michigan Electric .92 Harmon, V. E., M.D. 20.00 is Lower Company, I. W. 186.00 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9,19 • McComb Battery Co. 4.80 Kaylor Spring Co. 7,84 ` Peltz-Kaufer Paper Co. 39.30 Troeger, Andrew 11,32 II Schilling?s 57.00 PARKING METER DEPARTMENT: Schilling's 7.63 Dual Parking Meter 2.00 Schwarz Paper Cq. 80.33 Englewood Electrical Supply 758.45 is South Bend Water Works 44.61 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.19 Trojan Tool Equipment 191.48 Vennet, Maurice 40.00 !! TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matter$ pertaining to his department were discussed. Mr. Miller was granted permission to go to Indianapolis on October 2, 1951, to dis • cuss off-street parking with the State Committee and also to attend the Mid -West Safety Conference in Chicago October 8, to.l2, inclusive. r A petition was received asking for the elimination of heavy truck traffic on Dundee] '! Street. This was referred to Mr. Miller. RAILROADS: A letter was received protesting the removal of railroad watchman at the grade crossings at Western Avenue and Washington Avenue. A letter was sent to Mr. G. A. Farabaugh, attorney for the New York Central Railroad asking that a representative of j the railroad be present at the next regular Board meeting Monday, October 8, 1951. i. • ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Contractors? Bonds were approved and ordered filed for Adams I Roofing & Construction Company; Melvin L. Green; Carl McClellan; and Kenneth F. Rose d/b;a Red Rose Builder. Permission was granted for the erection of a canopy across the sidewalk at the First Presbyterian Church Saturday, October 6, 1951. i Sewer plans were approved by the Board in the McKinley Terrace Addition for the Crown Development Company for Manchester Drive and Corby Street. Mr. R. A. Smith representing Wilson Brothers appeared before the Board to discuss i the smoke nuisance. Mr. Smith assured the Board they were willing to cooperate in any • way possible and would have smoke arrestors placed on their buildings. ! L. 0. Gates Chevrolet Corp., was granted permission to build certain driveways, curbs and sidewalks along Western Avenue, Franklin and Wayne Streets for their new garag6. One driveway entrance on Franklin Street will necessitate that trucks will have to back up over the sidewalk. This permit is issued on the condition that each and every time a delivery is made where the truck must back in over the walk, a man will be posted to protect the pedestrian traffic at this driveway. Mr. Harold Maurer and Mr. Roger Doust appeared before the Board to request permist sion to occupy a portion of the wtreet in f ront of the National Bank Building during conk struetion of a vault for the bank. It was the decision of the Board that permission for` the above project be withheld until such time as the heavy traffic, due to football games in South Bend, would be eliminated. Permission for such work will be granted about November 26, 1951. F