05/12/1952 Board of Public Works Minutes

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• n LJ • • May 12, 1952 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, May 12, 1952 10:00 A. M. All members were present Minutes of the previous meeting were read approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the total amount of $31,467.7.2, approved and ordered paid:. C. H. Hanson South Bend Electric Co. i Office Supply & Equipment Co. Meyerts Hardware ArrowTowel& Linen Service Indiana Bell Telephone Co. Indiana Bell Telephone Co. South Bend Tribune Indiana Bell Telephone Co. Hibberd Printing Co. Artcraft Printers Nicholls Printery Gafill Oil Co. STREET & TRAFFIC: Office Engineers, Inc. Ind. Paint & Wallpaper Co. Artcraft Printers, Inc. Standard Oil Co. 04.50 20.52 1.00 3.62 13.45 9.60 9.411 6.11 11.05 33.50 12.75 6.5o 22.95 6.81 8.28 182.50 2.6o Rieth Riley Construction Co. 73.50 Simon Bros. 342.00 Standard Oil Co. 530.o8 Indiana & Michigan Elect. 131.20 Kaley Motor Service 52.70 Scherman-Schaus Freeman 32.64 Sinclair Refining Co. 76.50 Sinclair Refining Co. 76.50 Singer General Tire Co. 461.29 Singer General Tire Co. 463.67 Singer General Tire Co. 67.89 Chicago Auto Body Co. 20.44 Redmer Distributing Co. 123.09 National Mill Supply Co. 14.63 National Mill Supply Co. 68.42 The Gibson Co. 460.00 Bearings Service Co. 31.25 Reid Holcomb Co. 240.70 Romy Hammes Corp. 21.46 Romy Hammes Corp. 16.56 Municipal Supply Co. 386.o5 The S. S. Saunders Co. 311.20 The S. S. Saunders Co. 311.20 G. E. Meyer & Son 65.96 Gafill Oil Co. 2231.46 Singer General Tire Co. 87.93 J. W. Werntz & Son 25.20 TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: Romy Hammes Corp. Ben Medow, Inc. Korte Bros. South Bend Supply Co. Korte Bros. Singer General Tire Co. Sinclair Refining Co. Sinclair Refining Co. Standard Oil Co. Braham Laboratories Car Parts, Inc. Bearings Service Co. The Gibson Co. The Gibson Co. General Equipment & Machine Co. Municipal Supply Co. Kaley Motor Co. Swihart Farm Store Municipal Supply Co. National Brake Service Retco Alloy Co. Pettibone IMulliken Corp. Korte Bros. Central Power Trans. Equipment The Gibson Co. The Gibson Co. Simon Bros. Walter L. Shilts Indiana Bell Telephone Co. Simon Bros. Kuert Concrete Co. Bruggnerts Book Store International Business Mach. C. D. Smelser Co. Indiana & Michigan.Electric Co. Ward H. Crothers Scherman Schaus Freeman Co. Indiana Hell Telephone 'Co. South Bend Electric Co. SEWER DEPARTMENT: Terpstra Bros. INTERCEPTOR SEWER: Barna Massa Construction Co. Thomas D. Nolan Consoer Townsend & Assoc. Consoer Townsend & Assoc. Consoer Townsend & Assoc. Consoer Townsend & Assoc. $7.4i= 149.15 339.20 72.71 343.93 9�.85 8 .74 78.03 188.59 36.00 7.39 16.32 4.40 .6o 5.80 184..12 36.26 95.64 179.82 19.90 2?3.05 34.50 33.12 13.20 6.5o 132.80 342.00 30.00 41.19 342.00 210.40 9.6o 10.74 328.30 31.6o 1.25 1034 4041:80, 2413.12 58b3.75 7549.63 235.00 175.00 167.50 130.00 at and were A delegation of residents and property -owners in the general neighborhood of the 1500 block Swygart Street appeared before the Board relative to their petition dated April 29, 1952, protesting against truck parking and truck terminal construction in this area. Mr. Hurwich advised the delegation their petition had been considered at the previous meeting and referred to the Traffic Engineer for his investigation and report. Traffic Engineer, E. H. Miller, being present, then presented his report. It was first pointed out that the Board cannot prevent the building of a truck terminal in an area zoned for that purpose. Mr. Miller also stressed the point that inter -city trucks using Swygart Street were doing so contrary to the orders of the trucking compsnyts.manageraent and stated this was the information given him by Edward J. Sutton, Manager of Roadway Express, Inc. Mr. Hurwich, at this point, stated that the Police Department would be instructed to give special attention to the area with a view to discovering and warning the truck drivers using Swygart Street contrary to South Bend truck traffic regulations. Mr. Ziegler suggested the posting of signs against the use of -street for heavy truck- ing at the proper locations on Szaaygart Street. Michael Karan, 2021 S. Michigan Street a property owner in the Swygart Street area, called attention to inter -city trucks using Nash Street, and that the paving of this residential Street will not stand this heavy trucking. Mrs. Louis Horvath, 1417 W. Indiana Avenue called the attention of the Board to the poor construction of the terminal buildings, claiming these tar -paper covered buildings were a positive fire hazard.