09/29/1952 Board of Public Works Minutes

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504 � Mrs. Cora B. Bonfiglio appeared before the Board in the matter of the adopting final assessment roll for the improvement of BULLA STREET, and informed the Board of her satisfaction with the pavement, offering no objection to the adoption of assessment roll i RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLLS NOS. 2677-'1951, 2716 & 2717 - 1952 After hearing all persons interested who appeared and the clerk of -the Board of Public Works and Safety having proofs of publication ,of the notices to property owners i and the same having been found sufficient, therefore i :i BE IT RESOLVED, By the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the Preimary of Preliminary Assessment Roll adopted bythe Board on the 8th day of September, 1952, for the improvement of VASSAR AVENUE from the east line of Olive Street to the west line of Elmer Street by construction of a Class ttCti Type t}A Pavement AND For the improvement of BULLA STREET from the west line of Portage Avenue to the west line of Medora Street ( South ) by constructing a Class"C" Type LEA Pavement AND For the improvement of FELLOWS STREET from the south line of Ewing Avenue to the north line of Altgeld Street by constructing a Class "C" Type 4A Pavement be and the same are in all things confirmed. R. S. Andrysiak G. P. Ziegler Board of Public Works & Safety Ward H. Crothers, Clerk The Board next took up the matter of the resurfacing of Hydraulic Avenue and were in agreement to call for bids for the performance of this improvement in accordance with specifications under consideration by the Board. The Clerk was directed to proceed with the required legal advertising. Copy of a letter sent Haines & Haines contractors for the Gertrude Street local sewer, notifying this firm, under date of September 26, 1952 that penalty will be invoked if construction is delayed any longer, was read by the Board and placed on file. A letter, under date of September 22, 1952, from Consoer-Townsend & Associates RE: Contract 2-B, Thos. D. Nolan, Contractor, requesting a change in alignment for a portion of the remaining 670 feet (approximately) of 48" sewer on Niles Avenue to be completed, was read and considered by the Board. The Board approved this re -location, which will effect a definite saving thru the elimination of two manholes, and directed the Clerk to so notify Consoer-Townsend & Associates. STREET DEPARTMENT: H. M. Tomlinson, Street Commissioner, being present, reported that diligent search involving considerable digging by the Sewer Department at the location in the 1900 block South Chapin Street failed to discover the house tap indicated on Engineering Departmentts map of this area. Report was accepted by the Board for deferred consider ation. The Street Departmentts need for a self -feeding material spreader was brought to the Boards attention. The Board directed the Clerk to proceed to obtain quotations on this piece of equipment from three manufacturers of this type of machinery. Specifications for the material and installation required for the extension of the Street Department Office heating system to supply heat to the old office building now used by Thos. D. Nolan, Contractor, were examined and the Clerk was directed to adverti for bids in accordance with these specifications. Mr. Tomlinson also mentioned Street Departmentts need for processed gravel and asked that the Board advertise for bids in the quantity of 5,000 cu. yards, and/or 5,000 tons. The Board approved and directed the Clerk to proceed to advertise acco Representatives of the Studebaker Corporation next appeared before the Board in the matter of complaint made in the regular meeting of September 8, 1952 by Mr. John Zrinyi; and stated that the equipment used by them, namely, the Schneible Wet Dust Collector, is the best of its type and is the same equipment used for this purpose at the Buick, Chevrolet and Pontiac plants in Michigan. They further pointed out that the remounting of these collectors on concrete foundations at ground level has practically eliminated any noise of operation, and since repeated efficiency tests show these four dust collectors as being 99.8% efficient, the possibility of offensive dust from this source is practically nil. It was also pointed out that this is a heavy industrial section involving coal yards, railroad switching activities and heavy truck traffic, which could be the source of the excessive dust condition complaint. The Board accepted and thanked the Studebaker representatives for their report. • • • • • y• 0 0