08/25/1952 Board of Public Works Minutes

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F'4 8 4 August 25, 1952 i A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, August 25, 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 $29047.99 were approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the amount of $4521.28, were approved and ordered paid: Arrow Towel and Linen Service 02.00 STREET & TRAFFIC: Arrow Towel and Linen Service 2.00 E. R. Newland Co. $4.20 � Arrow Towel and Linen Service 13.45 Standard Oil Co. 12.95 Arrow Towel and Linen Service 13.45 Meyer's Hdwe. Co. 1.92 Walter J. Braunsdorf & Son 3.75 Beaudway Hardware 49.94 Beaudway Hardware 6.92 Beaudway Hardware 2.37, Bearings Service Co. 2.58 Hibberd Printing Co. 67.50 Business Systems, Inc. .66 Hibberd Printing Co. 90.00 Business Systems, Inc. 3.65 South Bend Electric Co. 16.22 Business Systems, Inc. 5.94 Elkhart Paint & Mfg. Co. 115.00 Jacob Currey 10.00 Axelberg Bros. 11.80` Ferguson & Son 13.40 O'Brien Corporation 3.75. Ferguson & Son 141.48 O'Brien Corporation 15.65 Hibbered Printing Co. 14.50 Kuert Concrete Co. 48.06 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.89 Co -Operative Supply Co. 27.50 i Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 10.99 Meile Blumberg Corporation 7.89 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 298.04 O'Brien Corporation 198.90 Frank C. Kettring 30.06 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 11.59 Herbert Leary 5.00 Stockberger-Seastrom, Inc. 2028.00 Levy -Ward Grocer Co. 39.25 Indiana Equipment Co. 1115,00 Office Engineers 1.04 Office Engineers 2.05 Office Engineers 4.16 Office Supply & Equipment Co. 1.78 J. C. Penney Co. 3.48 South Bend Window Cleaning Co. 53.50 i� First appeared before the Board a delegation comprised of the following persons: !i William Beitler., 117 S. Kaley Street Maurice Ranschaert, 105 S. Kaley St. Frank Lewandowski, 121 S. Kaley Street Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Matthew, 2637 Neweo e + Ernie J. Koleriak, 2641 Newcome Street Jos. Molnar, 113 S. Kaley Street. These people reported on a serious sewer situation in the 100 block South Kaley Street, and in the discussion it developed that sometime in the past, in a sewer-draggi g operation, a sewer screw was broken off and left wedged in the sewer at this point. This information being given the Board by Street Commissioner H. M. Tomlinson, the Board, thereupon ordered that the Sewer Department proceed immediately to remove this obstruction, and drag this sewer. The depth of the sewer and amount of work likely to be involved, then being considered,.it was decided to place the job with a sewer con- �� • tractor and the City Engineer was directed to give this matter immediate attention. The truck traffic situation on Kaley Street was next taken up by the delegation and petition was presented by one of their spokesman, bearing thirty-four signatures, and �� dated August 25, 1952, asking that such traffic be stopped from using Kaley Street from Western Avenue to Colfax Avenue. The suggestion was made that Kaley Street be made a boulevard. The Board referred the matter to the Traffic Engineer for his study and !f report. j Mr. Bernhard Rothschild next appeared before the Board and presented a petition wit' regard to the impairment of parking facilities on South Michigan Street, caused by the • new one-way traffic plan now in effect. The Board examined the petition and referred i� to the Traffic Engineer for his study and report. Mr. Herman Waechter, Attorney Russell C. Kuehl and a Nor. Woodward, representing the Dependable Disposal Co. then appeared before the Board in response to the Board's request for a consultation concerning garbage collection complaints. It was first I brought to the attention of the Board that Mr. Herman F. Waechter is no longer president�� of this company, but up to this time his successor has not been named. Mention was made that Joseph A. Cunningham is now an official member of the company. �i Considerable discussion of the garbage collection problem, and particularly the • nature and various causes for complaints on failure to collect the garbage at this season of the year ensued. Attention of the Board was also called to the failure of the citizens, in many instances, to provide garbage cans, using instead paper cartons, oil drums, and other makeshift containers, entirely unsuitable for the purpose. It was also pointed outthat the company's crew personnel has been increased from thirteen to nineteen. It was agreed, on the -part of the company, that overtime will be resorted told in order to."catchup" on current collection. It was also agreed that the Street j Commissioner -will be furnished with map showing routes and scheduled collecting days. i� •