|
409
<br />March 31, 1952
<br />�i
<br />A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, March 31, 1952 at
<br />110: A.. M, All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and
<br />!approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the total amount of $6565.88, were
<br />lapproved and ordered paid:
<br />I
<br />H. F. Glaser $6 .23 Samuel L. Asire $10.00
<br />I J. W. Werntz & Son 3 .85 Connie Pickering 10.00
<br />• ! Walter J. Braunsdorf & Son 132.14 Indiana Lumber & Mfg. Co. 6.50
<br />Walter J. Braunsdorf & Son 2 .08 J. W. Werhtz & Son, Inc. 17.30
<br />Walter J. Braunsdorf & Son .82 Knapp Seed & Hdwe. 65.50
<br />Indiana.Paint & Wallpaper Co. 16.49 PARKING METER DEPARTMENT
<br />Weisberger Bros. Inc. 9.55 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.84
<br />Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 248,18 Sinton Supply Co. Inc`. 18.20
<br />The Office Engineers, Inc. 1.27 STREET & TRAFFIC:
<br />Ward H. Crothers 5.00 South Bend Electric Co. 171.54
<br />Office Supply & Equipment Co. 5.40 Healy Sign Co. 5.5p
<br />The Hibberd Printing Co. 106.75 Healy Sign Co. 5.50
<br />Mary Ann Micinski 15.00 IMPROVEMENT FUND:
<br />A. K. Diedrich 10.00 The Hibberd Co. 76.00
<br />• W. D. Hobbick 10.00 Wilbur Gartner & Associates 494-84
<br />DISPOSAL:
<br />Dependable Disposal Co. Inc*
<br />4979.20
<br />i
<br />A letter addressed to the Board by the Northern Indiana Transit, Inc., dated March
<br />1I26th, 1952, in reference to Ordinance No. 3863, and written at the request of the
<br />jCommon Council, was read, and the matter of a thirty day trial rerouting of the Western
<br />;Avenue to Falcon Street, and the Belleville via Ford Street bus routes described in
<br />(this letter, was explained to the Board by Attorney Nicholas Cholis, who personally
<br />;appeared before the Board. The adjustment in routes, to be put into effect April 12,
<br />!1952, was taken under advisement to be acted upon at the next meeting of the Board.
<br />ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT:
<br />Drawings and blueprints pertaining to the installation of a fire escape at the
<br />rear of Wymants Department Store were presented to the Board by representatives.of
<br />Wymants. The -Board examined the drawings and finding the normal position of the fire
<br />escape to be 33 feet above the alley, approved the installation and referred the
<br />drawings and blueprints to the Building Department.
<br />i�Mr. Wilbur Gartner of Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates, Civil Engineers, reported
<br />to the Board Profiles, Drawings, Plans, General Details, Specifications, Estimates
<br />!.and Preliminary Improvement Resolution for the improvement of KENMORE STREET from
<br />• :!the south line of Western Avenue to the north line of Ford Street, AND
<br />�j
<br />ALLEY BETWEEN BR OOKF'IELD S TREE T AND JOHNSON S TREE T from the north line of Vassar
<br />Avenue to the south line of Humboldt Street, AND
<br />! KLINGER STREET from the east line of Michigan Street to the west line of Charles
<br />l Street, AND
<br />SOUTH ILLINOIS STREET from the north line of Western Avenue to the south line of
<br />Washington Street, AND
<br />j ALLEYS BETWEEN FOX STREET, DONALD STREET, DALE AVENUE, AND MIAMI STREET.
<br />The Board approved the reports and passed Improvement Resolutions, authorizing
<br />!these public improvements, and the 23rd day of April 1952 at the hour of 7:30 o'clock
<br />'P. M. CST is hereby fixed as the time, and the office of the Board in said City -as the
<br />�placa
<br />, when and where all persons whose property may be affected by such proposed
<br />improvement, may be heard as to the necessity for the same, and all petitions and
<br />'remonstrances received and the Board will, on said day, decide whether the benefits
<br />.accruing to abutting and adjacent property, and to the City of South Bend, Indiana, will
<br />Abe equal to or exceed the estimated cost of said improvement. The Clerk of the Board
<br />is hereby o3�s3ered to .give notice by two weekly publications, of the time and place of
<br />,hearing of the following resolutions:
<br />•
<br />! IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTIONS NOS. 2702, 2703, 2709, 2712 and 27159 adopted
<br />March 31, 1952 and to be published on April 4, and April ll, 1952.
<br />The Board next took up the matter of the bituminous concrete (AH) re -surface
<br />;pavement on Sample Street from the East line of Lincolnway East to the South line of
<br />:Mishawaka Avenue and ordered legal notice to be published inviting sealed bids, said
<br />'notice to appear April 4th and April llth, specifying bids to be received at the
<br />;office of the Board until 11*00 A. M. April 21, 1952.
<br />It now being 11:00 o'clock, the time set for the opening of bids for the supplying
<br />of equipment, gravel and -ready -mixed concrete for the Street Department and wire and
<br />;.fire alarm boxes for the Electrical Department, the Board then proceeded to open bids
<br />.
<br />as follows:
<br />
|