04/14/1952 Board of Public Works Minutes

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! The following Contractorst Bonds, each in the amount of $1,000.00, were approved by the Board and ordered filed: Thos L. Hickey, Inc. I� Darwin Listenberger L. W. Rimer Swanson Construction Co. Standley J. Wachowiak �6 j There being no fur.ther'business to come before the Board, meeting adjourned at 1 12 M. • is -0 ATTEST: Zwx4d. v Clerk. April 21, 1952 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, April 21, 1952 at 10:00 A. M. All members were V143.23 esent. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Payrolls totaling were approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the total amount of $1694.20, were approved and ordered paid: General Scent Conditioner Service General Scent Conditioner Service General Scent Conditioner Service Office Supply & Equipment Co. Koontz Wagner Electric Co. Schwarz Paper Co. Arrow Towel & Linen Co. Ward H. Crothers Indiana Bell Telephone Co. Indiana Bell Telephone Co. Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. South Bend Tribune Tri County News R. S. Andrysiak South Bend Tribune S TREE T & TRAFFIC: Maurice Bock Service Station Koontz Wagner Electric Co. Indiana Bell Telephone Co. $49.00 Indiana Paint & Wall Paper Co. $2.83 8.00 Indiana Paint & Wall Paper Co. 29.65 12.00 So. Bend Window Cleaning Co. 53.50 5.10 Office Engineers; Inc. 1.39 10.45 Office Engineers, Inc. 4.95 9.51 Arrow Towel & Linen Service 2.00 13.45 McComb Battery Service 16.94 9.30 Gafill Oil Co. 28.20 10.99 PARKING METER DEPARTMENT: 240.54 Indiana'Bell Telephone Co. 9;19 551.34 Thos. E. Bath Agency 18.78 7.77 SEWAGE DISPOSAL: 7.99 Consoer Townsend & Associates 413.79 21.59 SEWER DEPARTMENT: 6.59 Belleville Lumber & Supply Co. 49.28 $4.80 83.64 11.64 A Mr. Scott, representing Kroger Super Markets, appeared before the Board request- ing privilege of advertising an Anniversary Sale by signs placed on an obsolete model automobile to be driven throughout the City. Mr. Hurwich cited the prohibitive Ordinance denying the use of vehicles on the streets for the principal purpose of ad- vertising, and request was accordingly withdrawn. Next appearing before the Board was Mr. Valentine Brzezinski presenting a petition i from business men and other property owners of the blocks concerned, demanding the closing of Western Avenue from Kosciusko Street to Olive Street night and day while street construction operations are underway, because of the excessive dust condition ji caused by heavy and speeding traffic. Considerable discussion was given the matter. Mr,. Ted Doba, who was present, called attention to the fact that several of the signers of the petition, had previously signed a petition requesting that the street • ! be kept open. He agreed, however, that the dust condtion is such as to have brought about the changed position in the matter by these signers. The.Board stated the matter would be placed in the hands of the Traffic Engineer for immediate action. 1� A complaint registered with the Board concerning intolerable condition of the sidewalk in the 600 block on Portage Avenue next received the Boardts attention, and the Clerk was directed to notify all property owners in the block to have their sidewalks restored to satisfactory condition at an early date. A petition, bearing one -hundred -fifty-three signers objecting to the excessive smoke in the area near the Pennsylvania Railroad y yards and the Sibley Foundry, was next taken up by the Board. The Clerk was directed to write both the Pennsylvania Railroad • i Company and the Sibley Foundry & Machine Co., asking them to put into effect immediately such improvements or changes in operation it may be possible to effect that will tend to abate this nuisance.