06/23/1952 Board of Public Works Minutes

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450 June 23, 1952 is A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, June 23, 1952 at' 10:00 A. M. --All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Salary claims in the amount of $272385.76 were approved. Claims of the ;following suppliers, in the total amount of $2038.89, were approved and ordered paid: 1 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. $10.99 Gafill Oil Co. $12.07 • Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 260.89 Interstate Glass & Paint Co. 22.70 J. C. Penney Co. 9.73 STREET & TRAFFIC: J. C. Lauber Co. 102.00 Healy Sign Co. 5.00 Westron Corporation 14-31 J. J. Haverstock 18.25 Super Sales Co. 8 3 •53 Healy Sign Co. 12.00 Tri-County News 6.70 South Bend Supply Co. 19. 43 1, South Bend Tribune 6.59 South Bend Electric Co. 325.49 j South Bend Window Cleaning Co. 53.50i 1 1 Office Engineers 2.70 INTERCEPTOR SEWER: Office Engineers 8.44 Barna Massa Construction Co. $171.94 i Wheeler & Hamilton 329.19 Barna Massa Construction Co. 539.99 �I i J. W. 'Werntz & Son 16.95 {� Ferguson & Sons 51.50 Mr. E. A. Schumaker, representing petitioners who have requested the construction of sidewalk on West Washington Street at Chestnut, appeared before the Board and stressed the urgency that this matter be taken care of before school opens this September. Mr. Schumaker stated that trucks frequently park in the path where sidewalk should be con- structed, forcing the pedestrian traffic, mainly school children,-intokiazardous area. He also stated that in his opinion, the rear of signboards in this location should be lighted. Mr. Schumaker was advised by the Board that the matter is receiving their attention and it is believed the property -owners gill install the desired sidewalk upon some further urging on the part of the Board. Next appeared before the Board, Tvb?. R..W. Wolfram, presenting a blue -print for the Boardts examination, and requesting permission to put a three-foot canopy, extending from an office building, which is one -foot in from the property line, thereby making the canopy extend two -feet out from the property line. Permission was granted by the Board, provided the height clearance meets with Building Department requirements. This office building is located at 1315-17-19 Mishawaka Avenue. The Board awarded the contract for the re -surfacing of Chapin Street from the South line of Washington Avenue to the Northwesterly line of Prairie Avenue, to the Rieth-Riley Construction Company for the total sum of $80,969.00. A letter was received from the City Plan Commission indicating that they a rove the petition of Edwards Iron Works for the vacation of the south twelve feet of pWest Woodside Street adjacent to Edwards IronWorks, AND The petition of C. Harry Swanson, Inc. for vacation of East- Washington Avenue from the east line of Tuxedo Drive, east a distance of 130 feet t o the west line of Lots numbered ninety-six (96) and ninety-seven (97) in Swanson Park Fourth Addition to the City of South Bend, AND The petition of I. H. Wilson and .H. F. Smith to vacate the alley from High Street to Studebaker Golf Course, alley bisects block between Donald and Fox Streets, subject to Utility easements and Public functions. The above petitions were referred to the Engineering Department for further con- sideration. PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ADOPTED RESOLUITION NOS. 2677, 2716, 2717, & 2719 BE IT'RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South end, Indiana, that the Profiles, Drawings, Plans, General Details, Specifications and stimates approved by this Board on the 12th day of May 1952, for the improvement of BULLA STREET from the west line of Portage Avenue to the west line of Pdedora treet, south by constructing a Class "C" Pavement AND FELLOWS STREET from the south line of Ewing Avenue to the north line of Altgeld treet by constructing a Class 110 Pavement AND 11 VASSAR AVENUE from the east line of Olive Street to the west line of Elmer Street. by constructing a Class "C" Pavement AND 1 ALLEY BETWEEN ADAMS STREET AND COLLEGE STREET from the north line of Humboldt .Street to the south line of east and west alley north of Humboldt Street by constructing is Class 110 Pavement. II (� Be and the same are hereby adopted and ordered placed on file in the office of �the_Department of Engineering of this Board. July 14, 1952, at the hour of 10:00 otclock �M CST is hereby fixed as the time, and the office of the Board of Public Works and • • 1 •